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 Examples
of Pirate Radio Programme Planning and Playlists: Big 'L' - Radio London Radio Atlanta Radio Caroline KING Radio Radio City Radio Invicta Radio 390 Radio 270 Radio Essex BBMS Radio Sutch Radio Adverts Of course, what kept the whole thing afloat was the income from advertising broadcasts and 'paid' programmes. Many shows were 'sponsored' by various companies with frequent allusion to, and discussions about, the product with pre-recorded jingles and 'live'ads read out by the DJs, such as this OXO one. Here is a medley of a few well-known jingles for Flash, Bananas, Bulova, Sunsilk, Consulate, Ever Ready, Woolworths, Heinz, Maxwell House and Double Diamond: See Media for more radio and television advertising sounds and information. |
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Weekdays
June 22nd - 26th 1964 06:00 Early Call (Bob Scott) 06:15 Country and Western Style (Johnnie Jackson) 07:30 Breakfast Club (Ted King) 08:45 Musical Mail Bag (Richard Harris) 10:00 Work Along (Clive Burrell) 11:15 Morning Star (Tony Withers) 11:30 Spin Around (Clive Burrell) 13:00 Headline Hits (Tony Withers) 14:00 Music The World Over (Richard Harris) 16:00 Sounds Of The Sixties (Tony Withers) 18:00 All Systems Go! (Mike Raven) 18:30 Music Of The Moment (Neil Spence) 
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Saturday
June 20th 1964 06:00 Early Call (Bob Scott) 06:15 Country and Western Style (Johnnie Jackson) 07:30 Breakfast Club (Ted King) 08:45 Musical Mail Bag (Richard Harris) 10:00 Down Beat (Tony Withers) 12:00 Sweet And Lively (Clive Burrell) 13:00 The Saturday Show (Tony Withers) 16:00 Latin Americana (Clive Burrell) 16:30 Best Of The Ballads (Richard Harris) 17:00 Country and Western Style (Johnnie Jackson) 18:00 All Systems Go! (Mike Raven) 17:00 Music Of The Moment (Neil Spence) Sunday June 21st 1964 06:00 Sunrise Serenade (Richard Harris) 08:00 Croissants And Cafe (Clive Burrell) 09:00 Sunday Singalong (Neil Spence) 10:00 Quality Street (Richard Harris) 11:30 Turntable 64 (Tony Withers) 14:00 Music The World Over (Richard Harris) 16:00 All Systems Go! (Mike Raven) 17:00 Traffic Jam Session (John Ridley) 18:00 Nice'n'Easy (Clive Burrell) |
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List extracts from programmes broadcast during April and May 1964 |
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Dee Show / Carl Conway Show 10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. 'Blueberry Hill', Ray
Connif (light orchestral) |
The
John Junkin Show 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Preacher', Billy May (jazz big band) 'You And I', Billy Davies (pop) 'Limehouse Blues', Tony Bennett (ballad) 'The Reverend Mr. Black', The New Christy Minstrels (folk) 'Living It Up', Murray Ross (jazz vocal) 'Hello Little Girl', The Fourmost (pop) 'Lover', Johnny Dolittle (jazz ballad) 'Falling In Love', The Big Jolly Trio (jazz) 'If I Were You', Peter and Gordon (pop) 'Confessin', Louie Prima and Keely Smith (jazz ballad) 'I Could Write A Book', Ella Fitzgerald (jazz vocal) |
The
Chris Moore Show 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Opening theme: 'I've Got A Woman', Jimmy McGriff (jazz instrumental) 'I'm So In Love', Frank Sinatra (ballad) 'Wheel Of Fortune', Ray Conniff (light orchestral) 'Peanuts', Gene Pitney (pop) 'Take The A Train', Mantovani (light orchestral) 'Ain't Misbehavin', Nat King Cole (ballad) 'As Usual', Brenda Lee (pop ballad) 'I'm The Lonely One', Cliff Richard (pop) 'Pushover', Etta James (r&b) 'Hey Look Me Over', Cy Coleman (jazz) 'Stars Fell On Stockton', The Shadows (pop instrumental) |
The
Carl Conway Show 12:10 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. 'Anytime Is The Right Time', Ray Charles (gospel r&b) 'Something Special', Dusty Springfield (pop) 'Baby Don't Cry', The Puppets (pop) 'Summer Place', Andy Williams (ballad) 'America', Trini Lopez (soundtrack from 'West Side Story') 'I Just Wanna Stay Here And Love You', The Mike Sammes Singers (light orchestral) 'Yesterday And You', Ellenka Balluska (foreign ballad) 'Sunday', The Stringalongs (instrumental) 'My Favourite Things', Mark Murphy (soundtrack from 'The Sound Of Music') 'Little Egypt', The Marauders (pop) |
Big
'L' Radio
London
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The
Chris Denning Show
Saturday 21st May 1966 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. 9:00 Weather forecast,
DJ theme tune and introductory patter |
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The
Lorne King Show 6:00
Weather |
The first number
in brackets is the Radio London 'Fab 40' position |
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| Monday
to Friday 06:00 Early Bird Show 07:03 Voice of Prophecy 08:00 Breakfast Break 08:30 Allen Revival Programme 08:45 Up and About 10:00 Just Go 12:00 Gary Stevens Show 13:00 Breakaway 17:00 5 x 4 Show 17:30 Sixty Minute Special 18:30 Voice of Prophecy 19:00 Ralph Cooper 19:30 City by Night 20:00 Auntie Mabel Hour 21:00 City by Night 23:00 Late Date 24:00 Closedown |
Saturday 06:00 Early Bird Show 07:30 Voice of Prophecy 08:00 Breakfast Break 08:30 Allen Revival Programme 08:45 Up and About 10:00 Just Go 12:00 Gary Stevens Show 13:00 Breakaway 16:30 Discomania 17:00 5 x 4 Show 17:30 Sixty Minute Special 18:30 Voice of Prophecy 19:00 Ralph Cooper 19:30 City by Night 20:00 Auntie Mabel Hour 21:00 City by Night 23:00 Late Date 24:00 Closedown |
Sunday 06:00 Early Bird Show 07:30 Voice of Prophecy 08:00 Breakfast Show 09:30 Basildon Request Show 11:00 Just Go 12:00 A La Carte 14:00 Auntie Mabel Hour 15:00 Breakaway 16:30 Discomania 17:00 Cobweb Corner 17:30 Release Date 18:30 Voice of Prophecy 19:00 City Top 20 20:00 City by Night 23:00 Late Date 24:00 Closedown |
When
David Sutch sold Radio Sutch to Reg Calvert the station name was changed
to Radio City and the wavelength to 299 metres. Some original programmes
continued, like 'The AntiCity Show', 'The Five by Four Show', 'Feed
Back', 'Discomania' and 'The Auntie Mabel Hour'. Most stations played jingles and commercials from tape cartridges but Radio City used reel-to-reel. In addition to the usual music programmes, subsidised by American evangelical shows, Radio City broadcast the only comedy show on pirate radio - 'The Auntie Mabel Hour' - with recordings of DJs performing comic sketches and parodying contemporary songs. Some of their material seems to have been 'borrowed' from 'The Goon Show' and 'Round the Horne'. Christmas 1966 found the show featuring 'Alice in Wonderland' that had DJs singing alternative lyrics to instrumental versions of pop songs. Another unusual feature was 'The Anti-City Show' in which listeners were invited to send in letters and tapes with complaints about the station. It generally became a soapbox for anything that annoyed.
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Around December 1966 the 270 schedule looked like this; 06:00 Paul Burnett or Mike Hayes 09:00 David Sinclair or Rusty Allen 12:00 Roger Scott or Guy Hamilton 14:00 Brendan Power or Hal Yorke 16:00 Roger Scott or Guy Hamilton 18:30 The World Tomorrow 19:00 Paul Burnett or Mike Hayes 21:00 - 00:00 The Midnight Hour (David Sinclair or Rusty Allen)  June 1964 12:00 - 14:00 Music From Me To You (Reg Calvert, Brian Paul, Colin Dale) 14:00 - 17:00 Closedown (?) 17:00 Old Favourites (Brian Paul) 17:30 Swing With The Girls (Colin Dale) 18:00 Turn Of The Pops (Flipsides) (Jeff Mew) 20:30 Nutty Ned Half Hour (Screaming Lord Sutch) 21:00 Rocking Good Time (Sutch, Colin Dale, Brian Paul) 23:00 Music For Lovers (Brian Paul) 00:00 - 00:50 Something New (Rhythm'n'Blues) (Colin Dale 00:50 - 12:00 Closedown (?) |
05:00 Early Morning Spin 07:00 Breakfast Show 09:00 Top Sticks 10:00 Mail Call 11:00 Strictly For Highbrows 11:30 Pot Luck 12:55 Information Desk (mon-fri) 13:00 Lunch Box 14:00 Date With Romance (mon-fri) 14:00 A Seat In The Stalls (sat-sun) 15:00 Memory Lane 16:00 Afternoon Session 16:30 Kiddies Corner 17:00 Music For The Evening 18:00 Closedown |
07:00 Rise and Shine 08:00 The Mike and Mandy Breakfast Show 09:00 Country Style 09:30 South of the Border (mon-fri) 09:30 All That Jazz (sat) 09:30 Concert Hall (sun) 10:00 Mail Boat 11:00 Music from the Shows 11:30 Our Kinda Folk 12:00 Lunch Box 14:00 Melody Hour 15:00 Memory Lane 15:30 Lucky Numbers (Roger Gomez) 16:30 Stateside '65 17:00 Up and Coming 18:00 Raven Around (Mike Raven) |
The early
1967 schedule looked like this: 06:30 Bright & Early 07:00 The World Tomorrow 07:30 Morning Melody 09:00 Spotlight 09:15 The Marie Simone Hour 10:15 Masters of the Organ 10:30 Keyboard Cavalcade 11:00 LP Special 11:15 Doctor Paul 11:30 Music from the Shows 12:00 Lunch Break 13:00 From Me to You 14:00 Playtime 14:15 Melody Fair 15:15 Stateside Special 15:30 Intermezzo 16:00 Memory Lane 16:30 Tea Time Tunes 17:00 Music Express 18:00 The Scene at Six 18:30 The World Tomorrow (repeat) 19:00 Country Style 19:30 From Me to You 20:00 Dinner at Eight 20:30 Continental Cabaret 21:00 - 00:00 Serenade |
The
final BBMS (RADIO ESSEX) 24-hour programme schedule as published in
Radio News:
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| 'The
World Tomorrow', a 30-minute 'paid' syndicated programme, was hosted
by Garner Ted Armstrong and recorded daily in New York. It consisted
of American religious items and current events which were interspersed
with frequent requests for 'donations'. Radio 390 offered more 'quick-fire' shows, rather than the longer shows presented by other stations. Its format was generally aimed at the older listener and featured a lot of music which was not classed as 'popular'. As a result It only lasted a very short time. In 'The Marie Simone Hour', Marie would give general daily horoscopes, inviting listeners to write in for 'personal' ones - at a price. |
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