{"id":13494,"date":"2009-08-14T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=13494"},"modified":"2009-08-14T20:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T20:24:00","slug":"42-years-ago-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=13494","title":{"rendered":"42 years ago in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wikipedia<\/p>\n<p>The Marine, Etc., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 c.41, shortened to Marine Broadcasting Offences Act, became law in the United Kingdom at 12 midnight on Monday, August 14, 1967. Its purpose was to extend the powers of the British Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1949 (which it incorporated by reference), beyond the territorial land mass and territorial waters of the UK to cover airspace and bodies of water.<\/p>\n<p>At the time that the Bill was introduced in Parliament in 1966, there were radio stations and proposals for television stations outside British<br \/>\nlicensing jurisdiction with signals aimed at Britain. These stations were at sea but there were press reports of stations planned from aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The Act included the Channel Islands and extended to the Isle of Man. As a result, offshore stations called pirate radio became criminal if operated or assisted by persons subject to UK law. Station operators thought they could continue if they were staffed, supplied and funded by non-British citizens, but this proved impractical.<\/p>\n<p>More at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marine_Broadcasting_Offences_Act\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marine_Broadcasting_Offences_Act<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were reported to be 20 million listeners to the closedown of Radio<br \/>\nLondon on August 14 1967 at 15:00 UK time.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Caroline continues &#8211; see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiocaroline.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.radiocaroline.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The full story of offshore radio can be found in &#8220;Pop Went the Pirates II&#8221; by Keith Skues, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popwentthepirates.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.popwentthepirates.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Info via <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/dxld\">DXLD<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikipedia The Marine, Etc., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 c.41, shortened to Marine Broadcasting Offences Act, became law in the United Kingdom at 12 midnight on Monday, August 14, 1967. Its purpose was to extend the powers of the British Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1949 (which it incorporated by reference), beyond the territorial land mass and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=13494\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">42 years ago in the UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,28,49,23],"class_list":["post-13494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-am","tag-dx","tag-offshore","tag-pirate-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5CD59-3vE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28393,"url":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=28393","url_meta":{"origin":13494,"position":0},"title":"Marine Offences Act Scotland 69AM","author":"Administrator","date":"August 13, 2013 14:36","format":false,"excerpt":"Today and tomorrow, Scotland 69am www.scotland69am.com will be commemorating the introduction of the Marine Offences Act on August 15th 1967. There will be a two part AJ Pirate Radio Special, Part 1 tonight followed by Part 2 tomorrow night. Part 1 will feature recordings of the early days of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English&quot;","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":449923,"url":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=449923","url_meta":{"origin":13494,"position":1},"title":"The Marine Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967","author":"Administrator","date":"August 12, 2016 09:22","format":false,"excerpt":"This Sunday 14 August marks 49 years since The Marine Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967. A very sad day, at 3pm Radio London closed down for ever. Most other stations off the UK also closed, Radio Caroline continued.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English&quot;","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":465667,"url":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=465667","url_meta":{"origin":13494,"position":2},"title":"Radio Mi Amigo on LV18 &#8211; 1476 kHz &#8211; 14 and 15 August","author":"Administrator","date":"August 7, 2021 14:59","format":false,"excerpt":"DJ\u2019s line up for a celebration of offshore broadcasting Radio Mi Amigo is set to return to the airwaves on 14th and 15th August in conjunction with Carillon Wellbeing Radio. 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On August 14th - http:\/\/www.coolam.nl\/292-schedule.jpg - 3 programs - Remember the CloseDown August 14 1967 - of the English Offshore stations - because of the Marine Offences Act.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;English&quot;","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":467476,"url":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=467476","url_meta":{"origin":13494,"position":5},"title":"RADIO 270 ON TODAYS RADIO STATIONS","author":"Administrator","date":"August 4, 2022 17:46","format":false,"excerpt":"RADIO 270 ON TODAYS RADIO STATIONS To commemorate the passing of the Marine Offences Act, which scuppered many radio stations, including RADIO 270, in August 1967, many contemporary radio sations are airing airchecks and other items of Radio 270 broadcasts this month. 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