Were Sixties offshore pirates in UK waters a CIA plot?

[FloridaBear1776]

That's the speculation behind this website, which tries to suggest that the conduit for CIA slush money was radio evangelist Herbert W. Armstrong, whose 'prophecies' warning that a European Union would become the biblical 'Beast' were supposedly aimed at keeping the UK out of the EU:


http://www.geocities.com/hwa_research/

 

[CHRles]

> That's the speculation behind this website, which tries to
> suggest that the conduit for CIA slush money was radio
> evangelist Herbert W. Armstrong, whose 'prophecies' warning
> that a European Union would become the biblical 'Beast' were
> supposedly aimed at keeping the UK out of the EU:
>
>
> http://www.geocities.com/hwa_research/
>

This is hands down the dumbest and funniest thread of the year on Radio Info.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

I always thought the reason for all those offshore pirates broadcasting to Britain during the 1960's was to satisfy an increasing appetite for pop/rock music among British teenagers (and many of their parents as well), which was not being satisfied by the very limited number of hours each week that the old BBC Light Programme (later to become Radio Two) devoted to current pop/rock music.

The pirates saw a need not being filled, and set about filling that need.

 

[markwooldridge]

I think the nearest the CIA you could have got to would have been the Mayor of Easton, Texas. Don Pierson headed up a consortium of Texas businessmen who founded Radio London. Radio London, or the Big L as it was known as, was modeled on KLIF (known as the Big K). Big L started the careers of many UK DJ's. John Peel started out on Radio London, as did Kenny Everett, arguably two of the most talented DJ's in UK radio history.

However it was the radio pirates that helped shape commercial radio in the UK to the way it is today.

> I always thought the reason for all those offshore pirates
> broadcasting to Britain during the 1960's was to satisfy an
> increasing appetite for pop/rock music among British
> teenagers (and many of their parents as well), which was not
> being satisfied by the very limited number of hours each
> week that the old BBC Light Programme (later to become Radio
> Two) devoted to current pop/rock music.
>
> The pirates saw a need not being filled, and set about
> filling that need.
>

 

[Slambang]

..and Peel also did a turn on KLIF in Dallas as well (as the stations "Beatles Expert")


> I think the nearest the CIA you could have got to would have
> been the Mayor of Easton, Texas. Don Pierson headed up a
> consortium of Texas businessmen who founded Radio London.
> Radio London, or the Big L as it was known as, was modeled
> on KLIF (known as the Big K). Big L started the careers of
> many UK DJ's. John Peel started out on Radio London, as did
> Kenny Everett, arguably two of the most talented DJ's in UK
> radio history.
>
> However it was the radio pirates that helped shape
> commercial radio in the UK to the way it is today.
>
> > I always thought the reason for all those offshore pirates
>
> > broadcasting to Britain during the 1960's was to satisfy
> an
> > increasing appetite for pop/rock music among British
> > teenagers (and many of their parents as well), which was
> not
> > being satisfied by the very limited number of hours each
> > week that the old BBC Light Programme (later to become
> Radio
> > Two) devoted to current pop/rock music.
> >
> > The pirates saw a need not being filled, and set about
> > filling that need.
> >
>