Offshore Pirate Radio in the 1970s The Dutch Experience
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, offshore pirate radio stations often called “sea stations” played a major role in broadcasting popular music to audiences in the Netherlands and across Western Europe. These stations operated from ships anchored in international waters in the North Sea, beyond the legal reach of national broadcasting authorities. By doing so, they could transmit commercial radio programs that were not permitted on official state-controlled channels. One of the most famous Dutch offshore stations was Radio […]