AFTER 56 YEARS RADIO CAROLINE WILL BROADCAST THE QUEEN'S CHRISTMAS SPEECH ON 648 KHz

Radio Caroline is to broadcast Queen's Christmas Message on Christmas Day - 56 years after being turned down for being an unauthorized broadcaster.

On 1st December 1964, David Block, Caroline's former publicity officer, contacted the BBC to request a copy of the Queen's Christmas message. He was told that, despite Caroline having more than 12 million listeners, his request could not be taken seriously because Caroline was a pirate radio station, and to come back 'if and when' he could provide 'evidence of credentials as representative of an authorized broadcaster '.

Radio Caroline has been an authorized broadcaster since 22nd December 2017, when we took over and returned to use the abandoned BBC World Service transmission facilities at Orfordness on the Suffolk coast. We again applied for permission to broadcast the Queen's Christmas message this year - and this time approval was granted.

"Fifty-six years is a long wait, but we are very pleased to now be able to transmit the Queen's Christmas Message." Said station manager Peter Moore. "This will be heard on 648 AM in the South East, on DAB in various towns and cities and globally via the Internet, where we have time shifted the message for East and West Coast US. "

Nella foto il primo discorso di Elisabetta II alla BBC