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Contextualising Caroline: The Offshore Pirate
- Source :
- Sound, Space and Society ISBN: 9781137576750
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017.
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Abstract
- This chapter introduces the case study around which this book is developed: offshore, rebel broadcasting stations such as Radio Caroline. It also justifies the relevance of this example for understanding sound–space–society connections. Offshore radio piracy marks a pivotal moment in social history. The soundscape of the British Isles was dominated by the radio transmissions of one, authorised broadcaster: the BBC. Yet by the 1960s demand for alternative forms of radio broadcasting were rising. This chapter charts the context of the emergence of the radio pirates; how the spaces of the air and sea legally enabled their activities; the subsequent style of sound broadcasting that was made possible; and the key moments of the phenomenon that led to its eventual closure.
Details
- ISBN :
- 978-1-137-57675-0
- ISBNs :
- 9781137576750
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sound, Space and Society ISBN: 9781137576750
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........ab65b8c1d689a3b68687a65c40450348