The information for these pages has come for a variety of sources. It has been gathered over the years from numerous newspaper and magazine articles, from radio station press releases, from reference books and from some of the DJs themselves. If you spot any mistakes or have further information please get in touch.

Many thanks to those who have already done so including Mary, five Peters, one Pete, Duncan, three Steves, four Tonys, six Davids, five Daves, Des, three Pauls, Declan, Errol, two Rays, Roy, five blokes called Chris, Ken, Wayne, four Johns, Martin, Martyn, Tim, Tom, three Keiths, three Grahams, a Grahame and a Grahme, four Stuarts, Wendy, five Bobs, Rob, Kenny, Rachel, Johnnie, Helen, Alma, two Andys, three Ians, two Georges, Arthur, Bill, Ben, two Andrews, Miles, Clive, four Alans, Norman, two Jerrys, one Gerry, Jimmy, Jim, three guys called Hans, a Michael, two Micks and four Mikes, two Carls and a Karl, Gary, Woolf, a couple of Ricks, Bruce, Natalie, Roma, Carolyn, Ed, Ted, Raoul, three Nicks and one Nik, Doug, James, Ruth, Maggie, four Richards, Dickie, Susan, Alex, Hannah, JJ, Jack, three Colins, Lynne, Jon, Jonathan, Susannah, Look, Lars, Eric, Simon, Shirley, Phil, Wim, Ronnie, Robbie, three Geoffs, one Jeff, Gary, Thule, Gordon, Greg, two Normans, Harm, Ross, Roland, Joanna, Joyce, Albie, Petra, Jelle, Jempi, Bernard, Derek, Charlie, Manfred, Munro, Penny, Brian, Nigel, Fred, two Harrys, Michele, Mavis, Byron, two Terrys, Marion, Onno, Howard, Fiona, two Robins, Edward, ‘PY the pork pie’, the groovy Mark T and Clive from Hot'n'Gold.

The most useful magazines have been:
Offshore Echo's which has been published five times a year since 1974 and is the country's premier free radio magazine. Most of the DJ theme tune information included in The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame came from a series of articles in Offshore Echo's. Chris Edwards, the magazine's editor, has now added this information to the magazine website. Other theme tune details have come from Jim Parkes' Encyclopedia of Offshore Broadcasting.
 
We have also plundered
Monitor which was a fantastically detailed and well-researched fanzine produced with tender loving care until his death by Roland “Buster” Pearson. Some articles from back issues of the magazines are now available on-line at Monitor 2 and 2(b).
 
Radio News - a free four-page supplement published in the London Weekly Advertiser during early 1967.
 
Beatwave which only lasted for a couple of issues in 1967.

 
The Caroline Movement Bulletin, which supported and reported on Caroline (and Laser) during the eighties.
 
Dee Jay & Radio Monthly which put out about a dozen issues during the early seventies.
 
Free Radio News - published by the Free Radio Campaign in the late sixties and early seventies.
 
Free Radio Times - launched in 1969 by the Free Radio Association. After one issue it changed its name to Sound.
 
Script which later became Radio Guide and
 
Wavelength magazines.

These books have all been useful in compiling The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame. Most of them are now out of print but Amazon occasionally has copies, either new or second-hand:
 
From International Waters by Mike Leonard. Published 1997 by Forest Press. This massive book covers sixty years of offshore radio from early attempts in the 1920's to the very last stations off the coast of Israel. The same author is also responsible for The Beat Fleet. This smaller volume, published 2004, concentrates on the British stations of the sixties. It is available from Amazon or direct from the publisher: Forest Press, PO Box 1, Heswall, Wirral CH60 3TH, price £9.99 (plus £2.75 postage and packing within the UK).
 
The London Sound by Brian Long. Privately printed and published, this epic and fascinating labour of love tells the Radio London story in the minutest detail. All copies have now been sold.
 
Manx Giant by Andy Wint, published 2008 by Chesterfield Publications, is the story of Radio Caroline North, written to coincide with the convention and exhibition held on the Isle of Man to mark the fortieth anniversary of Caroline's demise.
 
The Music Spinners: Britain's Radio DJs, edited by Nik Oakley and Dave Gotz, published in 1976 by MRP, it is an A to Z of the country's broadcasters of that time.
 
Offshore Radio by Gerry Bishop. Published in 1975 by Iceni Enterprises. Encyclopaedic and comprehensive, it is complete up to the closure of the Dutch pirates and the return of Radio Caroline to the UK coast in 1974.
 
Pirate Radio Then And Now by Stuart Henry and Mike Von Joel. Published 1984 by Blandford Press, it is a diary of offshore events from the sixties to the birth of Laser-558.
 
Pop Went The Pirates by Keith Skues. Published 1994 by Lambs Meadow Publications to tie in with offshore radio's thirtieth birthday. The definitive account of the British pirate era written by someone who was an integral part of it. Many of the birthdates in The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame have come from this highly recommended book. A revised edition, Pop Went The Pirates II, was published in hardback in 2009 and is available from www.popwentthepirates.co.uk and Amazon.
 
Radio 270 - Life On The Oceaan Waves, published 2002, and Radio Caroline North: Rockin' & Rollin', published 2004. Both by Bob Preedy.
 
Radio Caroline by John Venmore-Rowland. Published by Landmark Press in 1967, just ahead of the introduction of the Marine Offences Act, it covers Caroline's early years.
 
Radio Caroline: The Pirate Years by Ralph C. Humphries, published 2003 by the Oakwood Press. Despite the title, this is actually a brisk journey through the history of all the offshore stations, not just Caroline, from the fifties to the sinking of the m.v Mi Amigo in 1980. Not entirely error-free (it claims that Caroline played the Rolling Stones' Satisfaction and the Beatles' All You Need Is Love during the opening weekend of Easter 1964. Neither had even been recorded then!) but it is still an interesting addition to any fan's library.
 
Selling The Sixties: The Pirates And Pop Music by Robert Chapman. Published by Routledge in 1992, it is an analysis of the various stations' programme policies. It is available in hardback or paperback from Amazon.
 
The Wet And Wild History Of Radio Caroline 1964-2004 edited by Hans Knot and published in 2004 to coincide with Radio Caroline's fortieth birthday. It contains reminiscences from a wide range of people who have been involved with the station over the years. One for the serious offshore enthusiast, it can be ordered from the publisher, The Foundation for Media Communication, at PO Box 53121, 1007 RC Amsterdam. In Holland and Belgium it costs €25. Everywhere else, it is £20. More details here.
 
When Pirates Ruled The Waves by Paul Harris. Originally published in 1968, it then told the story of UK offshore radio up to the towing-away of the two Caroline ships in March of that year. It has since been combined with a later book covering the Dutch pirate era to produce a new edition which takes the story up to the mid-seventies. See here for details.
 
Who's Who In Pop Radio by Peter Alex. Published in 1966 by New English Library, it contains photographs and biographies of every DJ working in radio at the time.
 
The Wonderful Radio London Story by Chris Elliot. Published in 1997 by East Anglian Productions to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the station's demise. A very detailed account of the life of Britain's most successful pirate.

The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame recommends the following, all of which we believe are still in print: