Quest'anno nei giorni di Pasqua si celebra il cinquantesimo anniversario di Radio Caroline, l'ormai mitica nave musicale ("the boat that rocked") pirata, che ha completamente trasformato la radiofonia europea, aprendo le porte a una programmazione commerciale, scanzonata e allegra, che si distingueva nettamente dalle paludate trasmissioni delle emittenti "statali" (che alla fine dovettero arrendersi allo stesso stile). Ray Clark, oggi a BBC Essex, ebbe la possibilità di trasmettere attraverso una delle sue "franchise" successive e ha appena pubblicato una storia di Radio Caroline che i critici definiscono "definitiva". La si può acquistare in formato cartaceo da Amazon o dal sito dell'editore The History Press. Il volume è disponibile anche nei formati elettronici .mobi e .epub.
Trevor Dann ha realizzato con Ray una breve intervista per il podcast di RadioToday (minuto 6':50"):
Radio Caroline was the world’s most famous pirate radio station during its heyday in the 1960s and ‘70s, but did the thousands of people tuning in realise just what battles went on behind the scenes? Financed by respected city money men, this is a story of human endeavour and risk, international politics, business success and financial failures. A story of innovation, technical challenges, changing attitudes, unimaginable battles with nature, disasters, frustrations, challenging authority and the promotion of love and peace while, at times, harmony was far from evident behind the scenes. For one person to tell the full Radio Caroline story is impossible, but there are many who have been involved over the years whose memories and experiences bring this modern day adventure story of fighting overwhelming odds to life. Featuring many rare photographs and unpublished interviews with the ‘pirates’ who were there, Ray Clark, once a Radio Caroline disc jockey himself, tells the captivating story of the boat that rocked!
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