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Final
Hour Aug 14 1967 - CD |
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£ 5.99 GBP
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At
the
stroke
of
Midnight
on
August
14th
1967,
a
dream
came
to
an
end
for
Tommy
Shields,
the
Managing
Director
of
Offshore
Pirate
Radio
Station
-
Radio
Scotland.
Coming
on
air
on
New
Years
Eve
1965,
Radio
Scotland
was
the
only
Pirate north
of
the
border,
and
during
it's
short
life,
the
station
suffered
from
a
number
of
problems,
ranging
from
a
poor
signal
to
its
target
area,
to
having
the
ship
towed
round
the
coast
of
Scotland
in
search
of
a more
suitable anchorage.
The
station
was
off
air
for
a
considerable
amount
of
time,
and
advertising
revenue
suffered
badly
as a
result.
Tommy
Shields
had
done
his
best
to
make
the
station
a
hit
with
listeners,
but
the
constant
breakdowns,
and
loss
of
programmes
frustrated
listeners,
and
Radio
Scotland
closed
on
Monday
August
14th,
never
having
fulfilled
his
aim
of a
truly
independent
radio
station
for
Scotland.
Indeed,
he
was
so
devasted
by
the
loss
of
his
beloved
station,
he
died
a
broken
man
only
months
later.
Here
then
is
the
final
hour
from
Radio
Scotland
-
running
time
:
just
over
an
hour
-
Audio
quality
-
fair,
but
as
you
would
expect
from
a
recording
of
over
40
years
old.
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