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 Invicta (London pirate station) 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 all soul station". Radio Invicta was the first UK station to play only soul music. Steve Marshall went on to work in the Middle East and the Island of Ireland and all over the World. Some of the Radio Invicta djs included Tony Johns, Peter St Crispian, Roy King, Steve Chandler, Steve Marshall A great many