Radio London (offshore radio)

Radio London ("Big L") was an offshore radio. The station sent out on 266 metres medium wave from the ship of the "Galaxy" (a former Minesweeper of the United States Navy) that 3 ½ miles off the coast of Frinton-on-Sea, North of the Thames Estuary for anchor was gone.

Radio London began test transmissions on 23 december 1964 with regulated programs. The ship had a base of nearly 70 feet tall and the transmitter had a power output of 75 kW. The station first introduced in Europe the famous American radio jingles PAMS PRODUCTIONS of the company ("Wonderful Radio London!") from Dallas and had thereby a very recognizable sound. The American Top 40 music format was very popular with the public and thereby the transmitter was quite popular. Radio London had an estimated 12 million listeners in Britain and 4 million on the Mainland. The drive was a major competitor of Radio Caroline for recruitment advertising.

The end came on August 14, 1967: at 3 p.m. the next day would be the infamous anti-piratenwet, the "Marine Offences Bill" effect, which employees of such transmitters with high punishments threatened.

Since 2006 there is again a radio station that used the name Radio London, this time legally from Netherlands, see: Radio Station (Netherlands).