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RED SANDS RADIO
In early 2024, Bob Le-Roi was forced to abandon his Red Sands Radio website after suffering a cyber attack, but now Bob's website is safely moored alongside Radio London.
Red Sands Radio contains a fascinating archive of not merely the stations on the Thames forts, but of all the offshore stations and is now available again, hosted by Radio London – click on the red banner below.

'A to Z' of this site
From 'Ahern' to 'Zombies' – they're all here!

Frequently Asked Questions
All about this website and its owners...

RADIO STATIONS
	*Tune in for everything you ever wanted to know about Radio London – 'Big L' 1964 - 67; the station, the DJs and the good ship Galaxy!*
	Sixties Offshore Scrapbooks Click left for Big L, click right for Caroline
	Caroline Flashbacks! Meet Bud Ballou, Keefers and the whole Caroline Sixties gang, see the 2004 and 2009 Reunion photos AND the Caroline charts.
	Radio Scotland – 242 Tartan radio waves were all the rage in the 60s!
	RNI A scrapbook from the original station and stories of the 1999 & 2000 RSLs
	Pirate BBC Essex In 2004, the Beeb emulated the pirates so well that they did it again in 2007 and 2009!
	Radio Luxembourg Memories of 'your station on the stairs'
	Jocks Offshore DJs are lost, found and remembered
	On Other Wavelengths Radio News and Views from far and wide, including Radio England and Britain Radio
	Find jingles and more via our Links page

Seasonal fun aboard the offshore stations

	The Biggest Sixties Offshore Reunion, Ever! 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...
	Offshore Radio Collection on YouTube In partnership with Ben Meijering, we're proud to present the YouTube channel, Offshore Radio Collection. See three of the biggest Offshore Radio events as if you were there! More info and links here.
	All the Offshore Reunions! The complete index to a host of great photos from reunions held since 1997

	Glamour Models! A collection of favourite ladies – models of the radio ships
	The 'Kneesflashes' archives What's been Happening over the past years
	Reliving the Sixties Sixties music will never die! Concert reports and more...
	Aylesbury's Local Hero John Otway Read about the 'two-hit-wonder' and how we 'assisted' at Abbey Road

Websites Hosted at Radio London

Bob Le-Roi's Red Sands Radio Archive

Jempi Laevaert's Radio Caroline Charts

Site Statistics in 2024
to the end of December

Visits to Site:120,809
Average Visits per Day:329

Page Views:361,537
Average Pages per Day: 987

Over 2,750 pages on the site!

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Thanks to a generous legacy from our much-missed friend John Sales, who was always one of our greatest supporters, this website will continue for many years, keeping radio history alive.

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I want to send my thanks to you both for a really wonderful website. It's been over 10 years of wonderful news of offshore gems. You have both kept the interest of Offshore Radio alive, and it's magical – there is nothing in the whole of this world to beat it. I also believe that Offshore would have died if the website wasn't around with the amount of news items, the hard work behind the scenes and the time that you both put into it. No other site has the same dedication on the same scale as yours.

I hope you will keep the site going for many more years to come and I feel you both should be awarded the MBE for keeping Offshore Radio alive on the site and in our hearts.

Stephen Burnham

More Tenth Anniversary comments here!

"I could not possibly thank you enough for keeping the blood, sweat and tears fresh and alive. Without you, Radio London would merely be an ever-fading, occasional memory."

Radio London founder, Tom Danaher (died 2015)

"You have done an outstanding job in keeping the spirit of Radio London alive; I know my father would have been amazed and impressed that something he started over 40 years ago is still being talked about. Thank you, Mary, for all that you do."

Grey Pierson, son of the late Radio London founder, Don Pierson

More 'wonderful' comments here!

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