{"id":17572,"date":"2016-03-02T08:58:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T12:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17572"},"modified":"2016-03-02T08:58:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T12:58:29","slug":"radio-caroline-a-video-diary-of-the-weekend-aboard-the-mv-ross-revenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/radio-caroline-a-video-diary-of-the-weekend-aboard-the-mv-ross-revenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Caroline: A video diary of the weekend aboard the MV Ross Revenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ross-Revenge-Caroline\"<\/a>Many thanks to Mike Terry who shared the following note and video via Facebook<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The great old days when the signal was mellow and radio waves were not blocked by buildings and hills and propagated beyond the horizon especially at night, it all added to the excitement. We would never have heard many of the great records of the 60s and later without this station! So many international stars made their name on the offshore stations around our coast 50 years or so ago. UK radio was changed for ever.<\/em><\/p>\n

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[Note: This video may only be viewable via Facebook<\/a> or the SWLing Post site.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to Mike Terry who shared the following note and video via Facebook: The great old days when the signal was mellow and radio waves were not blocked by buildings and hills and propagated beyond the horizon especially at night, it all added to the excitement. 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