As a part of our live weekend (28-31 March 2025) we paid tribute to Johnnie Walker. Johnnie had been the patron of the Pharos Trust charity, which owns the LV18 and Radio Mi Amigo, for two decades. Johnnie would have been 80 years old on Sunday 30th Marsh. Duke Anthony produced and presented a special show on Saturday 29th March […]
Repeat! Johnnie Walker Special – 3rd April 7pm & 4th April 1am
Review of 2024
What a year! Retreating back into 2023 briefly: We had been able to refit our studio in mid to late 2023 and this persuaded the team that a 24/7 online radio station was viable. That launched with a live event at Christmas 2023. Just two months later an arson attack on the LV18 caused havoc and our fledgling station was […]
New Years Eve 2024
The sad news about the passing of Johnnie Walker arrived just two hours before our New Years Eve entertainment was due to start. One of our team recorded an obituary and we played it at 2200. Another year ends – have you read our review of 2024 on Radio Mi Amigo? We’ll be on the ship and in the studio […]
Ha’Penny Pier Christmas Tree lighting
The Ha’Penny Pier Christmas Tree will be lit this afternoon and we’ll be lighting our lantern to mark the event. Radio Mi Amigo is providing music alongside local groups, including Shanty singers performing carols! The visitor centre and LV18 will be open. 4pm onwards.We last lit our lantern on 6th June 2024 to mark the 80th anniversary of D Day.
What a weekend!
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 […]
Keith Skues & Johnnie Walker
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 […]
Pirate Radio Weekend 9-11 August
RADIO MI AMIGO – AUGUST PIRATE RADIO WEEKEND We gathered an eclectic group of DJs for our August 2024 Pirate Radio Weekend – 9-11 August Listen to the Johnnie Walker/Keith Skues phone-in that happened at 1430pm on 11 August 2024: https://www.lv18radio.uk/2024/08/ks-jw20240811/ See below for Press Release FRI 9TH AUG 2024 Midday Olly Kinvig 1PM Rick Marks 3PM Neon Nancy 5PM […]
Visiting the LV18
Update: The LV18 re-opened to visitors at the start of June after an extensive cleaning and restoration project for the least affected areas of the ship. Can you help? Donations are being sought to support the full restoration of this historic vessel. https://www.gofundme.com/f/lv18-restoration-fund Please note that because of our recent fire the ship is not open to visitors at the […]
LV18 Radio History
From 1958, when the LV18 was first deployed by Trinity House until 1994 when the LV18 was retired, the vessel’s primary role was as a lightvessel – a floating lighthouse – to help protect ships from undersea hazards. A secondary role was weather reporting. The LV18 was equipped with radios but these were only for ship to ship and ship […]
Easter Report
The following was sent to the Harwich & Manningtree Standard for the 5th April 2024 edition. Radio Mi Amigo was broadcast from historic light vessel LV18 in Harwich Harbour over Easter Weekend, with fans flocking to Harwich to help mark the 60th anniversary of offshore broadcasting. Radio Caroline started the radio revolution in 1964 just off the coast of Harwich, […]