WONDERFUL RADIO LONDON
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Independent
label: This disc was sold to listeners of Radio London for 12s.6d (approx.
63p) and featured highlights of the stations' final hour, and was released
shortly before the stations close. The record includes greetings, reminiscences
and best wishes from various DJs along with popular jingles, a message from the
managing director and the Radio London theme tune: PAMS Sonowaltz (Big Lil).
Radio London, also known as Big L and Wonderful Radio
London, was a top 40 (in London's case, the "Fab 40") offshore commercial
station that operated from 23 December 1964 to 14 August 1967, from a ship
anchored in the North Sea, three and a half miles off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex,
England. The station, like the other offshore radio operators at the time, was
dubbed a pirate radio station, and its offices were located in the West End of
London at 17 Curzon Street, just off Park Lane. The station broadcast from the
MV Galaxy, a former Second World War United States Navy minesweeper originally
named USS Density. The majority of programmes were presented live from a studio
in the hold. The ship's metal bulkheads presented problems with acoustics and
soundproofing that were originally solved by lining the walls with mattresses
from the crew's bunk beds, which meant none of them could sleep during the day.
Distributed By Radio London.
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Wonderful Radio London -
Highlights Of Big L
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