Chris Cooper - Empire Radio (SW), EST (Birmingham), Voice of Peace and Radio Caroline

Chris Cooper - Empire Radio (SW), EST (Birmingham), Voice of Peace and Radio Caroline:

This time Mark Wakely chats to Chris Cooper from Birmingham. He was one of the people behind Empire Radio, the short wave pirate, then went on to found the Birmingham FM pirate EST before going on to The Voice of Peace and Radio Caroline. He can now be heard regularly on Radio Seagull. He is a great story teller with a great memory of his pirate days. 


Pirates of the Airwaves by Mark Wakely


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