Offshore radio in England in the 1960s as well as the fact the major labels had left little to no airtime to less established acts. The Radio Caroline name was used to broadcast from international waters, using five different ships of three different owners, from 1964 to 1990. Radio Caroline was the brainchild of Ronan O'Rahilly, who dreamed up a way to air music by "unestablished" rock and roll artists Other well-known stations of the period were Radio Atlanta, Radio London, Radio 270 (broadcasting of the coast of Filey, Yorkshire) Radio 390, Radio Scotland, Radio Northsea International and Radio City. Most offshore
Pirate radio in the United Kingdom and the people involved were never caught. Other recordings of Radio Arthur are on the Pirate Archive website. More recently, Interference FM, set up by a collective to broadcast during the Carnival Against Capitalism demonstration on 18th June 1999. Other political stations include the likes of Galaxy Radio, founded in the early 1980s and gaining a strong audience by the late 80's after becoming consistent reliable station broadcasting mostly on Fridays, weekends and Monday mornings. Galaxy Radio did attempt to broadcast 24 hours on the FM briefly and did advertise for a short time, before returning to broadcasting mostly on