Radio Caroline : the True Story of the Boat that Rocked

✍ Scribed by Clark, Ray

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 411
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Radio Caroline was the world's most famous pirate radion station during its heyday in the 1960s and '70s, but did the thousands of people tuning in realise just what battles went on behind the scenes? Financed by respected city money men, this is a story of human endeavour and risk, international politics, business success and financial failures. A story of innovation, technical challenges, changing attitudes, unimaginable battles with nature, disasters, frustrations, challenging authority and the promotion of love and peace while, at time, harmony was far from evident behind the scenes. Read more...

Abstract: Radio Caroline was the world's most famous pirate radion station during its heyday in the 1960s and '70s, but did the thousands of people tuning in realise just what battles went on behind the scenes? Financed by respected city money men, this is a story of human endeavour and risk, international politics, business success and financial failures. A story of innovation, technical challenges, changing attitudes, unimaginable battles with nature, disasters, frustrations, challenging authority and the promotion of love and peace while, at time, harmony was far from evident behind the scenes

✦ Subjects

Radio Caroline.;Pirate radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- History.;Adventures -- Fiction.;Boat -- Fiction.;Radio -- Fiction.;FICTION -- General.;Pirate radio broadcasting.;Great Britain.;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.