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Pop Went The Pirates

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Introduction:
"How well do you remember the golden age of Pirate Radio? All questions relate to stations and broadcasts that could be received in the UK."


1. The Marine Broadcasting Offences Act spelled the end for many pirate radio stations. When did the Act come into effect?
    September 1968
    August 1968
    August 1967
    September 1967


2. In which year did Radio Caroline start broadcasting?
    1961
    1962
    1964
    1963


3. Ronan O?Rahilly, Radio Caroline?s founder, purchased a Danish ex passenger ferry to use as a radio ship. He was a huge fan of President Kennedy, and named the ship ?Caroline? in honour of Caroline Kennedy. What was the former name of this ship?
    Erica
    Fredericia
    Kirsten
    Elskede


4. ?Official? broadcasts by Radio Caroline started at noon on 28 March 1964. The first record played was ?Not Fade Away? by the Rolling Stones. Who was the DJ who hosted the first broadcast?
    Tony Prince
    John Peel
    Stuart Henry
    Simon Dee


5. Radio Caroline offered all day pop music, which was unheard of in the UK at that time. Within a year of its first broadcast, it had more listeners than all three BBC radio stations. Radio Caroline merged with Radio Atlanta, thus gaining a second ship. What was the name of this ship
    Mon Ami
    Mi Amigo
    Mein Freund
    Mijn Vriend


6. Which station broadcast from the MV Galaxy?
    Radio 270
    Radio North Sea International
    Wonderful Radio London
    Radio Veronica


7. Which of these stations was a land based rather than an offshore radio station?

    Radio Mercury
    Radio Veronica
    Radio Jackie
    Radio 270


8. Which DJ was fired from Wonderful Radio London in 1965, and also from Radio 1 in 1970, for making disparaging remarks on air?
    Kenny Everett
    Kid Jenson
    Dave Cash
    Johnnie Walker


9. Which of these DJs did not start their broadcasting career with a pirate radio station?
    Noel Edmonds
    Ed Stewart
    Dave Lee Travis
    Tony Blackburn


10. Wonderful Radio London complied with The Marine Broadcasting Offences Act and shut down within hours of The Act coming into force. Other than its theme tune, what record was the last one played on Wonderful Radio London?
    "Hello Goodbye" by The Beatles
    "Silence is Golden" by The Tremeloes
    "Let The Heartache Begin" by Long John Baldry
    "A Day In The Life" by the Beatles


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