Dorothy Calvert overleden

Dorothy Calvert, voormalig eigenaar van de zeezender Radio City, is zondag 21 februari overleden. Dorothy Calvert was bijna 82 en had al enige tijd problemen met haar gezondheid. Na de dood van haar man Reg Calvert, in de zomer van 1966, nam ze de volledige leiding van Radio City over. In 1967 werd vast gesteld dat de uitzendlocatie van Radio City, Shivering Sands, zich binnen de territoriale wateren bevond. Radio City sloot haar zender definitief op 8 februari 1967 om middernacht.

DOROTHY CALVERT
Tekst: Hans Knot - Foto: Dorothy & Reg Calvert (Copyright: Susan Moore - Archief: Pirate Radio Hall of Fame)

It was with great sadness to learn today, February 22nd, of the death of Dorothy Calvert. She showed, directly after her husband was shot in the sixties, that she was a power woman. She took over the running of the station as well as promoting and managing several popgroups and artist. Next to that running a publishing company and beeing a mother caring for her children. A second heart operation in a few years were to heavy for her. Personaly I was in contact with her a few times when I was wrtiing my book on Radio City in the eighties of last century. It was a warm contact which related to give me information which hadn't been published at that stage before. May she rest in peace.

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