Radio London ("Big L") was a seafarer. The station sent out at 266 meters (1133 kHz) in the middle wave from the "Galaxy" ship that is 3½ miles from Frinton-on-Sea, north of the Thames mouth for anchor had gone.
Radio London began testing broadcasts on 17 December 1964 with scheduled programs. The ship had a 66 m high mast and the transmitter had a power of 50 kW, even though it claimed in 756 and 1966 that it was 75 kW. The station first introduced the famous American radio jets from PAMS (Wonderful Radio London!) From Dallas, with a highly recognizable sound. The American Top 40 music format was very popular with the audience, and the channel was very popular. Radio London had an estimated 12 million listeners in Britain and 4 million in the mainland. The station was a major competitor of Radio Caroline for advertising.
The end came on Wednesday, August 14, 1967, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon: the infamous anti-pirate law, the "Marine Offences Bill", which threatened employees of such stations with high penalties.
After 2006, there was a radio station that used the name Big L, this time legally from the Netherlands, see: Radio London (The Netherlands). Info
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