Pirate radio in the United Kingdom Caroline and Radio London started to broadcast on medium wave to the UK from offshore ships or disused sea forts. At the time, these stations were not illegal because they were broadcasting from international waters. The stations were set up by entrepreneurs and music enthusiasts to meet the growing demand for pop and rock music, which was not catered for by the legal BBC Radio services. The first British pirate radio station was Radio Caroline, which was launched by Irish music entrepreneur Ronan O'Rahilly, and started broadcasting from a ship off the Essex coast in 1964. By 1967 ten pirate
Radio City (pirate radio station) show on pirate radio - "The Auntie Mabel Hour", recordings of DJs acting comic sketches and parodying contemporary songs. Some material seems to have been stolen from "The Goon Show" and "Round the Horne". At Christmas 1966 the show featured a parody of "Alice in Wonderland" and included the DJs singing new comic lyrics to instrumental versions of popular songs. Another novelty was "The Anti-City Show", which invited listeners to send letters and reel-to-reel tapes of complaint about the station. It became a forum for complaints about anything that annoyed. Occasionally, "You've Got Your Troubles" by The Fortunes was broadcast