From the MV Obiap 'somewhere in the North Sea', this was Radio Sovereign. There is some suggestion that this actually came from an office in Kent, South-East England.
This does in fact originate from 1970, and was put together by Crispian St John and Hans Verbaan. they made some transmissions from a land based transmitter near Eastbourne. They didnt have a ship, or much money, and the station took its name from the Royal Sovereign light, off the Sussex coast near Eastbourne. They certainly never had pro sung jingle, and I back up Johns assertion that the one heard at the end was added from his 1985 reincarnatiuon of the station. But it was all happening for a few weeks in December 1970, while RNI was off the air.
I remember sending off some money for a tape. I'm still waiting for it! Eventually, I received it via the long gone Commercial Radio Audio Magazine (CRAM). Remember it?
I have a cassette of Sovereign's 1970 Christmas day programming that I got around 1976. Parts of that recording are on here, so some of it is certainly from 1970. The "ship" (which never existed) was the MV Obiap. I've been told two slightly different verisons of the name were "Oh blast, it's another pirate" or "Oh B*gger, it's another pirate".
I can't vouch for this clip, or for the station itself, but... Back in the early 80s there was a DJ on Merseyland Alternative Radio (a land-based pirate station - still exists, kind of) who used to talk about his days on an offshore Radio Sovereign in the 70s, which also used to have a VHF service. I think he used the moniker Bill Henderson. I also remember the Twickenham-based Sovereign in the 80s. Totally different kettle of finny creatures.
This is a complete hoax!! This clip had to be made post 1983 for the simple reason that the jingle used at the end was made in 1983 and I should know, I commissioned it for the real Radio Sovereign in 1983 a station I owned and put together with (now sadly deceased) Crispian St. John. The jingle was made by Steve England.
Not to be confused with Radio Sovreign, which started Broadcasts in 1971 on 220m with Duke Edmonds and two others, from the Colchester area. This one runs on and off until 1977
This was a land based pirate as has been said in the Eastbourne/Brighton area one Christmas. By the way OBIAP apparently stood for Oh Blast It's Another Pirate.... It fooled the authorities who by all accounts checked with coastguards to see if they could find the ship
So it is totally impossible for this to have been a clip from 1970 as purported. It's also interesting to note that the perpetrators of this also included a music clip 'The Overure from Tommy'. I used this as Radio Sovereign's theme in 1983. So this is just a pale attempt to copy the original ideas Crispian and I formulated in '83. My guess is that a few people put together a demo tape in a studio using the name Radio Sovereign.
This has now found its way on to the Internet. The voice of Andy Archer is heard on this clip which does give it some credibility but believe me, this is purely a fantasy trip! Absolutely no offshore broadcasts using the call sign Radio Sovereign have ever been made.
I was a very avid MW listener in 1970, Anyone following RNI's frequencies would have had to have been as it moved up and down to evade the jamming. After it closed Radio Veronica was the only broadcasting ship off Holland. This is not from Dec 1970 and in February 1971 the Mebo 2 transmitters were switched on and RNI was back on air. This is a collage of clips. From September 25th 1970, the Nordeney was the only broadcasting boat all Autumn and into the New Year.
Great pirate radio spoof when we were all searching for the returning RNI or another rumoured pirate. The following was a letter in Record Mirror 06/02/70. I was somewhat upset to see the letter sent to you by Mr Richardson which slated Radio Sovereign (RM January 14th),I must say that I enjoyed the programme broadcast over the Christmas period very much, especially the feature of the hits of 1970 and the Andy Archer Beatles' show: As for Mr. Richardson's assumption that the Obiap is non existent I would like to inform you that many of the fishermen at Newhaven harbour, including my own father, passed by the ship at its position not far from the Royal Sovereign lightship and were welcomed most heartily by the disc jockeys and crew. I am looking forward to April very much when Radio Sovereign is expected to sail back from Spain to bring us more powerful musical entertainment. - RITA WALTERS, 26 Gibbon Road, Newhaven, Sussex.
This does in fact originate from 1970, and was put together by Crispian St John and Hans Verbaan. they made some transmissions from a land based transmitter near Eastbourne. They didnt have a ship, or much money, and the station took its name from the Royal Sovereign light, off the Sussex coast near Eastbourne. They certainly never had pro sung jingle, and I back up Johns assertion that the one heard at the end was added from his 1985 reincarnatiuon of the station. But it was all happening for a few weeks in December 1970, while RNI was off the air.
I remember sending off some money for a tape. I'm still waiting for it! Eventually, I received it via the long gone Commercial Radio Audio Magazine (CRAM). Remember it?
I have a cassette of Sovereign's 1970 Christmas day programming that I got around 1976. Parts of that recording are on here, so some of it is certainly from 1970. The "ship" (which never existed) was the MV Obiap. I've been told two slightly different verisons of the name were "Oh blast, it's another pirate" or "Oh B*gger, it's another pirate".
I can't vouch for this clip, or for the station itself, but... Back in the early 80s there was a DJ on Merseyland Alternative Radio (a land-based pirate station - still exists, kind of) who used to talk about his days on an offshore Radio Sovereign in the 70s, which also used to have a VHF service. I think he used the moniker Bill Henderson. I also remember the Twickenham-based Sovereign in the 80s. Totally different kettle of finny creatures.
This is a complete hoax!! This clip had to be made post 1983 for the simple reason that the jingle used at the end was made in 1983 and I should know, I commissioned it for the real Radio Sovereign in 1983 a station I owned and put together with (now sadly deceased) Crispian St. John. The jingle was made by Steve England.
Amazing station that was too, and the UK’s first ever “gold” (oldies) station (with cheekily added current hits as “Future Gold” - nice touch).
Not to be confused with Radio Sovreign, which started Broadcasts in 1971 on 220m with Duke Edmonds and two others, from the Colchester area. This one runs on and off until 1977
Proper cool
This was a land based pirate as has been said in the Eastbourne/Brighton area one Christmas. By the way OBIAP apparently stood for Oh Blast It's Another Pirate.... It fooled the authorities who by all accounts checked with coastguards to see if they could find the ship
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wow
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Hotlegs (pre-10cc) at :41, flip side of Neanderthal Man, You Didn't Like It Because You Didn't Think Of It.
So it is totally impossible for this to have been a clip from 1970 as purported. It's also interesting to note that the perpetrators of this also included a music clip 'The Overure from Tommy'. I used this as Radio Sovereign's theme in 1983. So this is just a pale attempt to copy the original ideas Crispian and I formulated in '83. My guess is that a few people put together a demo tape in a studio using the name Radio Sovereign.
This has now found its way on to the Internet. The voice of Andy Archer is heard on this clip which does give it some credibility but believe me, this is purely a fantasy trip! Absolutely no offshore broadcasts using the call sign Radio Sovereign have ever been made.
I was a very avid MW listener in 1970, Anyone following RNI's frequencies would have had to have been as it moved up and down to evade the jamming. After it closed Radio Veronica was the only broadcasting ship off Holland. This is not from Dec 1970 and in February 1971 the Mebo 2 transmitters were switched on and RNI was back on air. This is a collage of clips. From September 25th 1970, the Nordeney was the only broadcasting boat all Autumn and into the New Year.
Great pirate radio spoof when we were all searching for the returning RNI or another rumoured pirate.
The following was a letter in Record Mirror 06/02/70.
I was
somewhat upset to see the letter sent to
you by Mr Richardson which slated Radio
Sovereign (RM January 14th),I must say that I enjoyed the programme broadcast over the
Christmas period very
much, especially the
feature of the hits of 1970
and the Andy Archer
Beatles' show:
As for Mr. Richardson's
assumption that the Obiap
is non existent I would like
to inform you that many of the fishermen at
Newhaven harbour,
including my own father, passed by the ship at its
position not far from the
Royal Sovereign lightship
and were welcomed most
heartily by the disc jockeys
and crew.
I am looking forward to
April very much when
Radio Sovereign is
expected to sail back from
Spain to bring us more powerful musical
entertainment. - RITA
WALTERS, 26 Gibbon
Road, Newhaven, Sussex.
Correction, from Record Mirror 06/02/1971
There is absolutely nothing on Google about "MV Oblap". "Oblap" is of course "Pablo" spelt backwards, so maybe somebody's little in-joke?
Well, "Palbo", actually, but close enough...