Editing Reginald Calvert (section)

{{Short description|British radio executive}}
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'''Pearce Reginald Hartley Calvert'''<ref name="narch1">{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/record?catid=7979513&catln=6|title=The Discovery Service|website=Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="NPC">National Probate Calendar, 1966</ref> (1928<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thebookofbands2.blogspot.com/2009/05/reg-calvert-1938-1966.html|title=SCREAMING LORD SUTCH's SAVAGES: Reg Calvert (1928 – 1966)|website=Thebookofbands2.blogspot.com|author=Alain, Christine|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref> &ndash; 21 June 1966)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicfinder.online/reginald-calvert-manager/|title=REGINALD CALVERT (Manager)|date=14 May 2015|website=Musicfinder.online|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref> was an English [[talent manager|artist manager]], born in [[Huddersfield]], [[Yorkshire]], England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/regcalvertplays/home|title=Reg Calvert Plays|website=Sites.google.com|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>

He was the manager of [[The Fortunes]], [[Pinkerton's Assorted Colours]], [[Screaming Lord Sutch]], and other pop groups. In 1964, after hearing [[Radio Caroline]], he decided to start his own [[pirate radio in the United Kingdom|pirate radio station]], and made use of an [[Maunsell Forts|old World War II fort]] in the [[Thames Estuary]]. Originally, the station was called Radio Sutch, and it started broadcasting on 27 May 1964, on 1542[[Hertz|kHz]]. They had a summer of fun, but when Sutch decided to return to performing, Reg Calvert carried on, renamed it Radio City, and put it onto a more professional footing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Radio Sutch|url=http://www.offshoreechos.com/forts/radio_sutch.htm|website=Offshoreechos.com|access-date=2017-05-02}}</ref>

Calvert was shot and killed by [[Oliver Smedley]], the former owner of a rival offshore station, [[Radio Atlanta]], who was later acquitted of murder on the grounds of [[self-defence]].