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	Offshore Radio Collection In partnership with Ben Meijering, Radio London is proud to announce the creation of a new YouTube channel, Offshore Radio Collection. There were three major historic Offshore Radio events that were not open to the public, but hundreds of photos were taken and are available on the net. Now, we bring you video taken at these very special events! 2002 35th Anniversary Offshore Reunion at Doggett's, London 2007 The Radio Academy's Celebration of Offshore Radio 2017 Offshore 50 – the biggest gathering of offshore personnel to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the stations' enforced closure More information and links are in What's Happening

	Big L Fab 40 on BOOM Radio Radio London is proud to announce that we are collaborating with BOOM Radio on Sunday, 14th August when the station hosts a special day of programmes to commemorate the 55th Anniversary of the Marine Offences Act. (A full schedule for the day is in What's Happening). Chart specialist John Peters will be presenting the final Fab 40 as broadcast from Big L on 6th August 1967. John (left) is heard regularly on BOOM and is a long-term radio anorak and chart expert who participated in Big L '97. Prepare to hear the Fab 40 on DAB+ throughout the UK, via smart speakers such as Alexa and via the usual internet radio sources. You can also listen via the BOOM Radio website: BOOM Radio Player

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On 14th August 2017, over 100 offshore radio personnel gathered on a ship on the Thames to mark 50 years since the Marine Offences Act decided that even though they were entertaining a third of the UK population with music, what they were doing had to be made illegal...

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