Four studios were on board, enabling other broadcasting services. A request to stop broadcasting on short wave 6.215MHz was complied with, and after several hours the government ship returned to port. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. A licenced and registered bureaux that wishes to supply bureaux services using RAJAR data is permitted to do so. As its popularity began to blossom, the British Government looked at ways to curtail the station's influence. Owner: Planet Sales Ltd. First air date: 1964. Broadcasters included Tony Christian, Pawl "Hound Dog" Shanley, Dave Fox, Simon West, Dale Richardson and Peter D.[citation needed]. Currently they also broadcast on DAB radio in certain areas of the UK: these services are part of the Ofcom small-scale DAB+ trials. Syndicated shows from the US and recorded religious programmes were also broadcast. Caroline returned on 9 March 1977 on 953kHz, actually 315 metres but announced as 319. In addition, we have used some data from our BBC and Commercial Stakeholders from their own independent case studies during lockdown and these are sourced accordingly. 'He said that's the name for my radio station,' he added. The Dutch government banned unlicensed offshore radio on 1 September 1974. Programmes were presented by current and former DJs from the BBC, ILR, Ireland, Luxembourg, offshore and land-based pirate stations, and other international and freelance backgrounds, including Tony Prince and Emperor Rosko. 1980s: Belgium had outlawed offshore radio in 1962 and prosecuted advertisers, cutting the station's revenue. These stories continued and included co-operation by a former member of the Beatles[who?] Several years later some of the seized items were returned to the station. Only British content are transmitting through this station so far. Shortly after the law was enacted, the station was renamed as Radio Caroline International. Over the following months, Caroline's signal quality improved as transmitting valves were donated and programming returned to normal. Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. Offshore radio stations were no exception to this rule. At the same time, Allan Crawford's Project Atlanta was equipping the MV Mi Amigo at Greenore, where the two competed to be the first on air. My parents' house in Holyhead, North Wales, looked out over Newry Beach and we often saw various ships stopping off just behind the breakwater to pick up the pilot for their onward journey Blue Funnel line vessels in particular. Radio Caroline broadcasts music from the 1960s to contemporary, with an emphasis on album-oriented rock (AOR) and "new" music from "carefully selected albums". The benefits, entitlements as a RAJAR subscriber and the data explained. No, I did buy records which were also nice and were brought to my ears by listening to Radio Caroline quite other music than the other stations were offering. On 4 May 2015, Radio Caroline started a 24-hour "Flashback" webstream[58] carrying "oldies" music and jingles. [7] O'Rahilly named the station after Caroline Kennedy, daughter of U.S. president John F. Tenders and boat owners were warned, and some were prosecuted for ferrying staff and provisions to the ship. Broadcasting hours were 6am to 6pm to avoid competition from Radio Luxembourg, which began transmissions at 6pm. Backed by wealthy investors which included Jocelyn Stevens of the popular Queen Magazine, the station was bizarrely named after Caroline Kennedy the daughter of assassinated US President John F Kennedy. It left Spain, with an incomplete studio, to avoid legal entanglements. This was replaced by a twin-mast T-antenna. We are a small team and you can find out here who the best person to contact is regarding any query. To my surprise Bob, in passing, mentioned the plans to get an ILR-station on the MV Ross Revenge, after the ship had stranded on the Goodwin Sands. The station restarted in August 1983 from a new radio ship, the MV Ross Revenge, an ex-North Sea factory fishing trawler used during the Anglo-Icelandic Cod War by Ross Fisheries. At times, a 10kW transmitter was used to save fuel and relieve the generators. Now as in the past, for every commercial radio station it proves very important to have an audience, as advertisers are always looking at the station's RAJAR-figures. Jan 27, 2022. Caroline Archive Hour. Radio Caroline continued, moving its headquarters and servicing operation to Spain. London, United Kingdom. Hughley is partnering with Janssen to empower Black communities with information and encourage better self-advocacy for their health. Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. Since the pandemic took hold in the United States, NPR's radio ratings have taken a nosedive. The Fredericia was renamed MV Caroline and anchored off Felixstowe, Suffolk, where it began test transmissions on Friday, 27 March 1964. In October 1965, O'Rahilly bought Crawford's interest in the MV Mi Amigo and engaged Tom Lodge from Radio Caroline North to make programme changes and regain the audience from Radio London. In mid-September 1965, the crew and DJs on MV Mi Amigo were joined for the weekend by 1960s pop singer Sylvan Whittingham, who visited the ship to promote her single "We Don't Belong". Caroline can also be listened to over the internet including via music players such as Amazon echo (Alexa). ". The crew and broadcasting staff were rescued unharmed, but the ship's hull was damaged and repairs were carried out at Zaandam, Netherlands. MV Caroline sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man, broadcasting as she went. His programme, which airs five days a week, rose from 4.3 million to 4.5 million listeners between the . How radio is measured in other European countries and throughout the rest of the World. The LBC brand. The Radio Caroline name was used to broadcast from international waters, using five different ships of three different owners, from 1964 to 1990, and via satellite from 1998 to 2013 (pictured:. This service was Radio Seagull and broadcast live during the evening. The operation then continued, despite disagreements between O'Rahilly and some of its DJs over what the station should be playing. 2hrs of the best current and classic rock, you just have to check Dave`s programme out, live and always full of those special suprises. Radio Caroline had greater night-time interference, and it was decided to move Caroline to a new frequency. The late 1970's model of Radio Caroline is still my favourite, despite the fact they were on and off the air more than a partisan station in WW2. On 1 October 1989, Radio Caroline restarted broadcasting from the Ross Revenge using makeshift equipment and low power, to retain the 558kHz frequency. Initially this was a minor inconvenience as the 300-foot (91m) mast was thought sturdy enough. He promised to write some lines about it for this series and here they are: "In the early 1990's, soon after the Ross Revenge was dragged of the Goodwin Sands and taken into Dover, a plan was conceived by the team of the then Invicta Radio Group, comprising the fairly nautical crew of Roger Day, Andy Archer, Johnny Lewis, Nigel Harris, Bob Matthews and Bob Le-Roi. UK Radio Stations. According to the survey, respondents aged 56 . For several months only one transmitter could be used, leading to the loss of the income-generating Radio Monique, although a substitute Dutch daytime service, Radio 558 (later Radio 819), was eventually established. Radio Caroline John Miles - Highfly Premier Christian Radio Hope Through The Night DJ On Tap Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall in Love Again Times Radio The best of Times Radio - Highlights from the week Original 106 Anne-Marie - 2002 Smooth Country Michael Johnson - Give Me Wings Red Rose Radio ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me U105 The medium wave frequency was 235 metres (1278kHz) and programmes were sent through ISDN landline to Maidstone and via the internet and broadcast on satellite. When Laser returned as Laser Hot Hits, it used Caroline's former and inferior frequency of 576kHz. The 10kW transmitters could run on the Henschel generator beside the two main MAN units and also a Cummins unit on the aft deck behind the wheelhouse.[29]. When the US-backed Radio London arrived off the coast of England, there was an unsuccessful attempt to merge its sales operation with that of Caroline before Radio London started transmissions. From 1970 on a lot happened in offshore radio, which has often been forgotten by people who write about this subject in books. We arranged to meet the Caroline tender to go out to the ship but no one turned up. (Anderson): Yeah. Chris Evans, her Radio 2 predecessor, is on 869,000 for his Virgin Radio breakfast show (down from 1m in last available figures for Virgin in Q4); Virgin Radio has a weekly reach of 1.44m (1.62m . The supermarket chain Asda and English Heritage were among the backers. Following negotiations with the service provider, satellite transmissions ended at midnight on 30 September 2013. Information for commercial radio stations that are licenced by OFCOM and are looking to be measured on the RAJAR survey. During a violent struggle, Calvert was shot dead. Radio Caroline 4+ Patrick Mounteney 4.6 10 Ratings Free iPhone Screenshots Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. Rob Day never made it to the airwaves to the best of my knowledge and that was that. In 1972, MV Mi Amigo was bought for her scrap value at auction by enthusiast Gerard van Dam, who intended to use her as a free radio museum. Later, some programmes were pre-recorded on land and broadcast simultaneously from both ships. Ray Clark) and Rob Charles. In an extant photo, Caroline Kennedy and her brother, John F. Kennedy Jr., are apparently dancing in the Oval Office as their father looks on, an activity which O'Rahilly reportedly interpreted as a playful, jovial disruption of government. On 30 August 1974 Mi Amigo moved from the Dutch coast to the Knock Deep Channel, approximately 12 miles (19km) from the British coast. Between 31 January and 1 May, Radio Caroline South broadcast from the vessel Cheeta II, owned by Britt Wadner of Swedish offshore station Radio Syd, which was off the air because of pack ice in the Baltic Sea. I don't think Grandma saw her radio again till I managed to get a small tranny of my own to replace it. The four-week event was funded through on-air local business commercials. Ownership was hidden due to illegality of operation. The two stations were able to cover most of the British Isles. ", Also Philip Coleman was selected to be a part of this chapter: "I do not think my Caroline memories deserve to be mentioned in the Caroline's special, but there are two which may be of interest to you: First, on September 30, 1972, I was a student with a part-time job. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. Six weeks later, the BBC introduced its new national pop station Radio 1, modelled largely on the successful offshore station Radio London, and employed many of the ex-pirate DJs. Research suggests that the average person hears between 20,000 and 30,000 words during the course of a 24-hour period. The first record played was Fool (If You Think It's Over), by Chris Rea, dedicated to the British Home Office. [34] It had an antenna system radiating from a 300-foot (91m) high mast, the tallest on any ship in the world. The station hasn't the glamour anymore it had in its High Seas Days, but I'm still enjoying all the memories. [citation needed]. Radio Caroline is a British station from London. The ship has working radio studios, from which both Caroline and BBC Essex have broadcast. The founder of pirate radio, Radio Caroline, has died. A coastguard vessel escorted the launch back to shore, but the authorities were unhappy that Caroline listeners had jammed the emergency switchboards. . Finally, Radio Mi Amigo moved to 962kHz on 1 December. The following day, Caroline was one of few stations in the South East still broadcasting. -1.04 -1.26%. To allow Radio Mi Amigo to continue broadcasting by day, the engineering work for Caroline's move had to be carried out over six nights, after the 50kW transmitter was switched off. RAJAR figures for Q3 2022, 27 June - 18 September 2022. The continuing story of Radio Caroline, the 1960's pirate radio station that survived the Marine Offences Act, which saw the end of pirate radio station around the shores of the UK. Officially, Radio Caroline was managed from offices in North America, with advertising from the US and Canada. Click the pic to find out more. The flagship channel enjoyed an average weekly audience of 7.7 million in the three months to. The tapes were picked up in Belgium at a bus stop, taken to a small sports plane and dropped in the sea close to the radio ship. The latest NOP Audience Survey Figures show that Radio Caroline has an audience in Great Britain in excess of any other radio station with 19% aged 16 and over, whilst Radio London did have 12%. Listening on your phone or tablet (iPad etc) Download the Boom Radio UK app from the app store - and then just click the white arrow. Broadcasting was in Dutch and English by day and in English at night, although for the first few months broadcasting finished at 10p.m. On 19 January 1979, the ageing ship took in water and a lifeboat was called to rescue the crew members. [citation needed] The new station introduced British audiences to slick American-style top 40 radio with electronic jingles produced by Dallas-based PAMS, and was an immediate success. However, Dutch Caroline failed to secure a high power AM frequency and the cable network service was discontinued because of lack of funds. Since 1991, the Ross Revenge has been maintained by enthusiasts called the Radio Caroline Support Group, originally the Ross Revenge Support Group. After a short test on 773kHz in late 1975, in May 1976, Radio Caroline began a daytime service on 1562kHz (192 m) using a 10kW transmitter, while its overnight service continued to share the 50kW transmitter with Radio Mi Amigo's daytime programming on 1187kHz (253 metres, announced as 259). After the MOB became law on August 15, 1967, we had to wait a long time for new offshore radio stations to arrive although we did have our Caroline stations up till March 1968. Radio Seagull became Radio Caroline on 23 February 1974, retaining the album format. On 31 July 2014 the ship was moved to the Blackwater Estuary in Essex.[47]. RAJAR stands for Radio Joint Audience Research and is the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK. Radio Caroline's first musical theme was Jimmy McGriff's "Round Midnight", a jazz standard co-composed by Thelonious Monk. [6] The first programme, which was pre-recorded, was hosted by Chris Moore. Caroline coming in to pick up her pilot. Some DJs from the USA and Commonwealth countries, such as Graham Webb, Emperor Rosko and Keith Hampshire were also heard. And that means that people's work schedules are significant drivers of the hourly flow of listening throughout the day. [6], Smedley was charged with Calvert's murder on 18 July, but this was reduced to a charge of manslaughter. It was the floating pirate radio station whose mission to was to transmit rock 'n' roll to the masses. ", Finally, here is Mark Reynolds writing in from Buckinghamshire and thanking all the people who tried to keep the memory of Radio Caroline alive over the years: "I did learn about offshore radio in late 1966 and followed the stations from that point on. Around this time, O'Rahilly decided Caroline should adopt an album format similar to FM progressive rock stations in the US, an audience not catered for in Europe. He was part entrepreneur, part buccaneer who broadcasted rock 'n' roll from a. The poster itself,. Radio Caroline broadcast appeals for help, giving the ship's position as .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}5141N 135E / 51.683N 1.583E / 51.683; 1.583. Furthermore, it was stated that the pirates' use of wavelengths also broke international agreements. On 3 August 2021, Ofcom announced that it had granted a power increase to combat man made noise and interference, and to extend the coverage area to include Suffolk, northern parts of Essex, and parts of Kent and East Sussex. Between them, the stations were covering most of the British Isles. 15 Alfred Place The pair's aim was to circumvent big record companies' control of the broadcast of popular music, as well as the stranglehold which the BBC then had on the airwaves. We almost got on board the MEBO II with the assistance of Brian McKenzie but although we went out on the Trip tender the weather was too bad to allow boarding. When we started our series to commemorate the forty years of Radio Caroline, we asked the readers to write down their memories of the station in just a few lines. Two (Radio 270 and Radio London) of the remaining four UK-based offshore stations closed, but the two Caroline ships continued with their supply operation moved to Netherlands waters, where unlicensed ship-based broadcasting was not outlawed until 1974. Radio Caroline's transmission output was almost 20kW, achieved by linking two 10kW Continental Electronics transmitters. From there Bert Alting wrote: "in the mid-1970's I was living partly on a little room on the loft of a house and in the early evenings I tried never to miss the close-down of Radio Mi Amigo Caroline's sister station in those days and the daily opening of Radio Caroline. O'Rahilly had initially competed with another pirate station broadcasting from the MV Mi Amigo. It was also claimed to reach 39 million listeners though I suspect both figures probably had a lot of. Radio Caroline lobbied against the Labour Party, for the Conservative Party and for the introduction of licensed commercial radio in the United Kingdom. (ii)576 kHz: continuation of above, with slightly more singles played. , updated A little about myself. [53] This ended on 1 July 2011 after a failure to renegotiate costs with Sky and deciding not to pursue a Freesat EPG slot. He was opposed by some DJs and crew who had worked on the Mi Amigo and the album format stayed along with presenters such as Andy Archer, Samantha Dubois, Grant Benson, Robin Ross and Simon Barrett. In March 1964, The Fortunes recorded Caroline, which became the station's theme. The lineup will feature some of the most incendiary figures on the far right, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, whose supporters stormed . Clive Garrard. Technology. On Saturday, 28 March, it began regular broadcasting at noon on 1520 kHz (announced as 199 metres) with the opening conducted by Simon Dee. [6] The Cheeta II was equipped for FM broadcasting, so it was fitted with the 10kW transmitter from the Mi Amigo, feeding a makeshift antenna. Dave Foster (Rpt) We're not leaving and disappearing, we're going onto the lifeboat hoping that the pumps can take it; if they can, we'll be back, if not, well, we really don't like to say it. In July Caroline moved to the adjacent channel, 962kHz (312 metres but still called 319) and reception in the UK improved. 68% of Brits listen to the radio at home. In 1967, the UK Government enacted the Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967, outlawing advertising on or supplying an unlicensed offshore radio station from the UK. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. Nation Radio Scotlanddelivers a record reach of 79,000 and listening hours of 636,000 Greatest Hits Radio South Coastperformed strongly, where total listening hours soared to over 1.7. In the South East England new standard regions 4 and 5, Radio Caroline has 27% whilst Radio London has 24%." When the MV Caroline left for the Isle of Man, the Mi Amigo remained in Felixstowe. 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I am taking a career break from my profession as a Sollicitor and in 2001 was fortunate to be allowed to run the news service from the Mi Amigo RSL from the LV18 where I met Bart Serlier among many others. Lodge hired new DJs and introduced free-form programming. To accommodate the second aerial, a second short mast, just in front of the bridge, was employed as the other end of the aerial fixed to the main mast. Radio Caroline first began broadcasting in March 1964 from a 702-ton former Danish passenger ferry, the Fredericia, in international waters off the coast of Felixstowe. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. Radio Caroline continued on satellite but required manual tuning. I must say the people on the station got my sympathy very quickly. DJs Chris Cary, broadcasting as Spangles Muldoon (who was also station manager), Andy Archer, Paul Alexander, Steve England, Johnny Jason and Peter Chicago (real name Peter Murtha)[25] manned the station. Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly and Alan Crawford initially to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly. The next day, Calvert visited Smedley's home in Saffron Walden, Essex, to demand the departure of the raiders and the return of vital transmitter parts. Gaining advertising is very much a Catch-22 situation.