Offshore radio acquired the yacht Ceto and installed radio equipment. Unfortunately, the apparatus could not operate properly overboard, the signal being heavily affected by the climate conditions. The transmitter was then replaced by Siemens loudspeakers and the Ceto toured England "broadcasting" gramophone records interspersed by advertising. Unauthorized offshore broadcasting stations operating from ships or fixed platforms in the coastal waters of the Northern Sea first appeared in 1958. There were as many as eleven such stations in the mid-1960s. One of the most popular offshore radio broadcasts in Europe came from Radio Caroline, which developed out both of the strict broadcasting regulations
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