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==Critical response== Partly in response to the sensational death of Calvert, and lurid tales of [[piracy]], the British government passed the [[Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967|Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967]], which made offshore broadcasting a criminal offence as of 15 August 1967.<ref name="btr"/> Radio City stopped broadcasting after Calvert's wife Dorothy, whom he had married in 1946,<ref name="GRO">General Register Office indices of Birth, Marriages and Deaths</ref> appeared in court charged under the older [[Wireless Telegraphy Acts|Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949]], because the station was sited within the {{convert|3|mi|0|adj=on}} limit. Radio City closed down shortly after Dorothy Calvert lost the case.
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