As the old adage goes: “Always be yourself. Unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate.” That certainly applies to the small, but special circle of swashbuckling radio enthusiasts in the ...

Pioneering radio station founder Ronan O’Rahilly has died following a seven year battle from vascular dementia. The Irish businessman was 79 when he died on Monday 20 April 2020 – with the radio ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to U.K. broadcaster Johnnie Walker about Ronan O'Rahilly, the founder of the pirate Radio Caroline, who died on April 20... Remembering 'Radio Caroline' Founder Ronan O'Rahilly ...

There were two: the BBC Light Programme (frumpy and dated) and Radio Luxembourg (in the grip of label giants Decca and EMI). The fact that by contrast we have such an enormous range from which to ...