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Subject: Founder of Radio Caroline Ronan O'Rahilly dies aged 79
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/20 at 4:20 am
The founder of Radio Caroline - the first pirate radio station off the UK - Ronan O'Rahilly has died aged 79. His death was announced by the current Radio Caroline, which still exists off the Essex coast. The station was founded in 1964 to compete with the BBC and launched the careers of many well-known DJs, achieving enormous popularity. Mr O'Rahilly, who lived in Ireland, had been diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2013 which lead to his sad demise. Radio Caroline was the first of several pirate radio stations that challenged BBC radio's dominance in the 1960s. The station played pop music all day, while the BBC only played pop for an hour a week.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-52362113
Subject: Founder of Radio Caroline Ronan O'Rahilly dies aged 79
Written By: Dude111 on 04/23/20 at 1:08 am
Very sad :(
Subject: Re: Founder of Radio Caroline Ronan O'Rahilly dies aged 79
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/20 at 2:15 am
I have fond memories of going to bed and listening my transistor radio under the bedsheets late at night.