We’re in the midst of a studio refurbishment right now, with the aim to create more desk space around the essential equipment!
There’s more to do (like putting a studio clock back up) but it’s getting there!
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Radio Mi Amigo is proud to announce that we will be marking the 60th anniversary of Radio London’s first transmissions with four days of special live shows from our studio on board the LV18 in Harwich Harbour.
Our very special guest will be Keith Skues, a veteran of Radio London, Radio Caroline, Radio One and many many more!
Listen via our website 20-23 December for the special shows, we’ll be announcing more DJs closer to the event.
We are grateful to a number of people who have made this event possible, including RadioLondon.co.uk and Radio Fab.
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Number 1s of the 1960s
Kevin Dinnigan presents his special show UK Number 1s of the 1960s on Monday 18th Nov at 9am GMT, repeated at 3pm the same day.
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Burt Bacharach Special
Kevin Dinnigan will be presenting a regular weekly show from 20 January but, before that, has produced a Burt Bacharach Special. Listen at 9am or 3pm on Monday 4th November!
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Halloween Special
Join us on Thursday 31st October for a Spooktacular evening of great music.
We’ve lined up the best music for your entertainment and we kick off at 6pm!
6pm Stephen ‘Foz’ Foster
7pm Duke Anthony
8pm Pete Nightingale
9pm/10pm Rick Marks
11pm Gordon Bathgate
Midnight Chris Cooper
We still need funds to recover from the arson attack on our ship in February 2024. If you can, please support our appeal.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/lv18-restoration-fund
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Radio Seagull special event
In the last week of August 2024 Radio Seagull in Harlingen, NL, marked the decision of 31 August 1974 by the Netherlands government to shut down the remaining Dutch ship-based radio stations. That day Radio North Sea Intl, Radio Veronika and Radio Atlanta fell silent.
Many of the regular LV18 DJs were on board the LV8 Jenni Baynton in Harlingen Harbour, NL, marking the 50 year anniversary of an important but sad event in Dutch radio history. This special broadcast on Radio Seagull concluded 6am (BST) Saturday 31 August.
Radio Mi Amigo relayed the overnight Radio Seagull shows via this site.
Mandy Marton, on LV8, said: “Two super Radio lightships, LV8 Radio Seagull & LV18 Mi Amigo are united together commemorating 50 years since the the day the music died, we’re continuing the good old days by Rocking the boat and the airwaves! 
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14 August 1967 – a special show
At 2100 tonight – 14 August 2024 – we are playing a special two hour show produced by Duke Anthony in 2022. Duke covers the start of the pirates in 1964 and the events leading to 14 August 1967, featuring Radio Caroline and Radio London.
Listen here at 2100 and at 0300 15/8/2024 to hear this show. All times are BST (GMT+1)
On 11 August 2024 we received a call from Johnnie Walker during a live show with Keith Skues. That call is available here!
Six months ago the LV18 was subject to an arson attack, causing £250,000 of damage. Donations are being sought to support the full restoration of this historic vessel. Johnnie Walker is the patron of the charity that owns the LV18.
We finished our Pirate Radio Weekend with a studio party last night but the highlight of the weekend was definitely the phone call from Johnnie Walker to Keith Skues!
Obviously it takes many people to make a 60 hour continuous broadcast happen so thank you to everyone who lent their time to make this happen.
We are now looking towards August 2025 to continue our regular series of shows marking the important date of 14th August 1967
We are also raising money to restore the ship after February’s arson attack. If you can help, please do.
You can find the conversation between Johnnie and Keith here
During our 2024 Pirate Radio Weekend we enjoyed shows from Keith Skues, a veteran of pirate, BBC, BFBS and Independent broadcasting.
During Keith’s show on Sunday 11 August we received a phone call from the legendary Johnnie Walker. What followed was a five minute chat between the two great broadcasters.
We have a special show on 14 August 2024 which tells the story of pirate radio 1964-1967 and which features original recordings of Johnnie Walker.
| Six months ago the LV18 was subject to an arson attack, causing £250,000 of damage. Donations are being sought to support the full restoration of this historic vessel. Johnnie Walker is the patron of the charity that owns the LV18. |