{"id":474831,"date":"2025-12-07T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T09:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=474831"},"modified":"2025-12-07T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T09:46:25","slug":"pirate-radio-hall-of-fame-website-updated-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=474831","title":{"rendered":"Pirate Radio Hall of Fame website updated December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame website has been updated by Jon Myer, and includes a tribute to Colin Nicol, plus details some Christmas programmes on Boom Radio:<br \/>\n92 years old, Radio London&#8217;s \u201cBirdbrain\u201d, Tony Brandon, will make a welcome return to the air on 29th December at 4.00pm.<br \/>\nRadio 270&#8217;s Paul Burnett is on Boxing Day at noon;<br \/>\nRadio Caroline&#8217;s Nick Bailey Sunday 28th December is on at 8.00pm with a chart of easy-listening favourites;<br \/>\nand (ex-Radio Atlantis) Steve England&#8217;s Radio World is on New Year&#8217;s Day at 8.00pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.offshoreradio.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.offshoreradio.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame website has been updated by Jon Myer, and includes a tribute to Colin Nicol, plus details some Christmas programmes on Boom Radio: 92 years old, Radio London&#8217;s \u201cBirdbrain\u201d, Tony Brandon, will make a welcome return to the air on 29th December at 4.00pm. Radio 270&#8217;s Paul Burnett is on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=474831\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pirate Radio Hall of Fame website updated December 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5CD59-1Zwz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":474486,"url":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=474486","url_meta":{"origin":474831,"position":0},"title":"Pirate Radio Hall of Fame September 2025 update","author":"Administrator","date":"September 1, 2025 15:38","format":false,"excerpt":"I have just updated the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame. 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