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
Radio Invicta (London pirate station) of the DJs on the soul, funk, and jazz-funk scenes at the time played on the station, including Froggy, Chris Hill, et al. Perhaps the best known ones who continued their careers at the BBC being Gilles Peterson (first on BBC Radio 1, then later on BBC Radio 6 Music) and Pete Tong (BBC Radio 1). Radio Invicta (London pirate station) Radio Invicta was a pirate radio station that broadcast in London from 1970 to 1984. Most of the time, Radio Invicta operated on VHF on 92.4 MHz. It used the slogans "Soul over London" and "Europe's first and only