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1. slate.com › culture › 2009The True, Considerably Less Rocking Story Behind "Pirate Radio"

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   Nov 13, 2009 · Nov 13, 200910:22 AM. The film Pirate Radio , which opens in the U.S. on Friday, has a raucous premise: enterprising disc jockeys commission a leaky sea vessel to start a pirate radio station just ...

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2. www.npr.org › 2009/11/13 › 120358447The Real Story Behind Britain's Rock 'N' Roll Pirates : NPR

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   Nov 13, 2009 · Vicki Barker. 5-Minute Listen. Playlist. The Boat That Rocked: Radio Caroline, broadcast at sea from the vessel Mi Amigo, was one of the many pirate-radio stations that anchored off the coast...

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3. www.loudersound.com › features › murder-mayhem-andMaritime mischief: pirate radio's rock'n'roll revolution | Louder

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   Aug 13, 2021 · last updated 13 August 2021. Superstar DJs, murder, mayhem... and swearing parrots. This is the story of how pirate radio sparked a rock’n’roll revolution in the '60s. John Lennon supposedly once said: “Before Elvis, there was nothing.”.

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5. www.nytimes.com › 2009/11/13 › moviesCelebrating Offshore Radio Stations of British ’60s Rock ...

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   Nov 13, 2009 · By Manohla Dargis. Nov. 12, 2009. Boys will be boys and often at top volume in “Pirate Radio,” Richard Curtis’s fanciful fiction about rebel broadcasters who, in the mid-1960s, blasted British...

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6. endante.com › the-boat-that-rocked-ending-explainedThe Boat That Rocked Ending Explained - Endante

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   Sep 19, 2023 · As the story unfolds, we witness the crew of Radio Rock, led by Quentin (played by Bill Nighy), battling against the establishment’s attempts to shut them down. The film explores themes of freedom of expression, rebellion, and the power of music to unite people. The ending of “The Boat That Rocked” is both bittersweet and triumphant.

7. www.newswise.com › articles › pirate-radio-truePirate Radio: True History Stranger than Hollywood Fiction

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   Nov 10, 2009 · Pirate Radio: True History Stranger than Hollywood Fiction. 10-Nov-2009 10:00 AM EST , by University of Indianapolis. favorite_border. Newswise — A new film opening Friday is inspired by the ...

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   Is pirate radio a true story?

   • Fictional accounts of true events routinely streamline stories by creating composites of multiple characters, but Pirate Radio goes one further by making a composite of an entire culture. The mid-’60s witnessed a brief golden age of pirate radio, with at least a dozen floating stations emitting signals to the U.K.

   The True, Considerably Less Rocking Story Behind "Pirate Radio"

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   Was Radio Rock a real pirate radio station?

   • Real pirate radio stations weren’t particularly rock focused. For those who lived during this period, the film’s fictional Radio Rock is bound to recall Radio Caroline , the most fabled of the 60s pirates. It started broadcasting in 1964 and enjoyed a brief heyday before a governmental crackdown in 1967.

   The True, Considerably Less Rocking Story Behind "Pirate Radio"

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   Was Radio Caroline a pirate radio station?

   • The Boat That Rocked: Radio Caroline, broadcast at sea from the vessel Mi Amigo, was one of the many pirate-radio stations that anchored off the coast of England during the 1960s. The stations flouted British law with their illicit rock 'n' roll programming. At the dawn of the 1960s, Britain still bobbed to the rhythms of a vanished age.

   The Real Story Behind Britain's Rock 'N' Roll Pirates : NPR

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   Which pirate radio stations were repurposed?

   • Radio Atlanta, Wonderful Radio London, Radio Invicta, Radio Sutch, Radio Essex, and Radio 270 all operated from repurposed rigs . Real pirate radio stations weren’t particularly rock focused. For those who lived during this period, the film’s fictional Radio Rock is bound to recall Radio Caroline , the most fabled of the 60s pirates.

   The True, Considerably Less Rocking Story Behind "Pirate Radio"

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9. www.npr.org › 2009/11/12 › 120287823'Pirate Radio' Tunes Into Rock-Revolution Nostalgia - NPR

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   Nov 12, 2009 · The latest film from British writer-director Richard Curtis (Notting Hill, Love Actually) is a true-story-inspired comedy about the bawdy crew of an oceangoing rock-music radio station in...