In the spring of 1964, Radio Caroline was born, and the significance of these years rings true, even 61 years later.
One listener, Brian Nichols, remembers tuning into the station in 1975, aged just 16, and recalls the significance of the ‘pirates’ who went to sea.
Radio Caroline memorabilia (Image: Sarah Lucy Brown) He said: “Caroline did make a difference.
“It gave me and so many others the ability to listen to music you couldn’t listen to anywhere else and it wasn’t necessarily pop music to begin with.
“Radio Caroline really influenced what I listened to, and it gave us more options than the two BBC channels that were accessible before.”
The radio station holds significance in Suffolk as in the summer of 1966, Caroline transferred its suppliers to Felixstowe for 14 weeks.
Radio Caroline moored up (Image: Sarah Lucy Brown) In August 1967, suppliers were outlawed and although it legally stopped, in reality it continued from various other locations in the Netherlands and Spain.
Mr Nichols remembers the sound quality when tuning in, and that it wasn’t always a clear line.
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Emperor Rosko, an American DJ, aboard the Mi Amigo ship (Image: Newsquest) He set up the Felixstowe and Offshore Radio Facebook page with a friend and colleague, Charles Wright, to build up a bit of history about the significance of Suffolk’s coast in creating the type of radio we have today.
Mr Wright’s brother, Andy Wright, even captured video on a trip to Radio Caroline on the Mi Amigo ship in 1966.
The video shows a young Charles Wright, DJs Dave Lee Travis, Tom Lodge and Mike Ahern.
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Caroline continued as an offshore station until 1990, but is now available online, broadcasting legally.
The Hut in Felixstowe, near the Fludyers Hotel, was also in part helped by Radio Caroline as the round table raised the funds for it to be built 60 years ago.
Mr Nichols said that it is importance to keep the significance of Felixstowe’s role in radio alive and commented on the irony of modern-day Radio Caroline using old BBC frequencies.
If you have memories of Radio Caroline, email me at katie.drake@newsquest.co.uk.