NPR's Scott Simon talks to U.K. broadcaster Johnnie Walker about Ronan O'Rahilly, the founder of the pirate Radio Caroline, who died on April 20 at the age of 79. The founder of pirate radio, Radio ...

He said he was in the “why-not” business. And his Radio Caroline became the soundtrack of British and European youth in the 1960s. By Penelope Green It was on the Saturday before Easter 1964 that ...

In 1964, the young and rebellious Irish go-getter entrepreneur Ronan O’Rahilly, along with his corps of DJs, started beaming Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones — and other artists spurned as “a menace” by ...

The founder of pirate radio, Radio Caroline, has died. Ronan O’Rahilly passed away April 20 at the age of 79. He was part entrepreneur, part buccaneer who broadcasted rock 'n' roll from a dilapidated ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to U.K. broadcaster Johnnie Walker about Ronan O'Rahilly, the founder of the pirate Radio Caroline, who died on April 20... Remembering 'Radio Caroline' Founder Ronan O'Rahilly ...

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