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Now, for a litle more detail about Pirate Radio in the U.K. (United Kingdom) - we received this message from DANDAITCH@aol.com

Tue, 28 Jul 1998

Sorry Bry, Radio Monique was a dutch pirate broadcasting from the "MI AMIGO" off of the Kent coast in the early 70`s , they shared air time with Radio Caroline,Monique broadcasting during the day on as I remember 909 Mhz AM and Radio Caroline doing the night shift between 18:00 and 06:00. unfortunately I believe they went down with the Mi Amigo in about 1976. they played basically the same music as Caroline although it was more "POPPISH" i.e.more singles rather than album tracks.

I also noticed on your websight that you had no mention of a station called LASER 558 who used to broadcast from the north sea in the early eighties off of a ship called LASER 558 this was just after Caroline started up again from the ROSS REVENGE. They broadcast for about 18 months maybe 2 years until the British government sent a cutter out to watch them for 24 Hrs a day stopping supply vessels reaching them. While they were broadcasting they had a HUGE following among the teen-agers locally.

For your further information, in the early nineties the Ross Revenge home of Radio Caroline was boarded `illegally`?? by representatives of the British and Dutch government who systematically destroyed the transmitters and all but one of the generators on board the ship this is what eventually forced the closure of Radio Caroline as a pirate station although they still broadcast under special licence and running extremely low power from the Ross Revenge anchored in a dock outside Chatham in Kent...

(Note from Bry - we will all miss Radio Caroline for sure!!)

From: kissfm ( E-mail: kissfm@tinyonline.co.uk ) Subject: re:radio monique artical Date sent: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 1. Radio Monique did not broadcast from the mi-amigo,the mi-amigo home of Radio Caroline sank in march 20th 1980 in heavy seas. The vessel was too old to continue to stay afloat she grounded on a sand bank and took in water,so much so that the pumps counld not handle it. It took four attempts for the life boat to rescue the crew and canary.

2. The Ross Revenge the new home of Caroline dropped anchor in the north sea in 1983 and started test transmissions not long after.
Radio Monique started broadcasting from the Ross Revenge around 1983/84 as the dutch network, it transmitted on 819khz-366m medium wave. May I make a suggestion? Contact the Caroline web site England and get all the lowdown on the station from easter sunday 1964 -caroline 1999.

I hope that this information has been of some use! If you wish to reply contact me at the following email address: kissfm@tinyonline.co.uk
My name is Jan, but please call me Jon (dutch to english translation...)

Date sent:        Sun, 11 Jul 1999
From:             Dave Granger 
Organization:     FMFX/Capitol Underground
Subject:          FCC Shuts Down Denver Station

FCC shuts down Micro-station in Denver Colorado:

    Capitol Underground Radio - The flagship station of the Denver Radio
Coalition was shut down Thursday July 8th, by FCC agents and local
police.

    At approximately 6:30 pm, one half hour after the beginning of
Capitol Undergrounds broadcast day two FCC agents, and three Denver
police officers gained entry into the broadcast studio.  The agents then
seized the transmitter and antennae, cataloged and photographed the
studio and remaining equipment.

    Capitol Underground and its staff will continue to fight for
legalized micro-power radio, and is actively lobbying the FCC and
Congress to pass the proposed rulemaking for Low-Power FM service.

    To find out more about the Denver Radio Coalition and the
Free-Airwaves Campaign go to the Denver Radio Coalition web-site at
http://www.angelfire.com/co/denverradiocoalition
or contact Dave Granger at danger@netherworld.com for information on the
latest events in Denver.

We will not be stopped in our fight to bring Free-Radio to Denver and
the country.

Dave Granger
Capitol Underground Radio
http://www.angelfire.com/co/capitolunderground
danger@netherworld.com

For those who care, you can get information about the FCC Rules Part 15 for low power, unlicensed broadcasting at:

PART 15 RULES: Click on "Information available online" then FCC rules and regulations.

Or take the shortcut here!

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