(i) 963 kHz: unformatted free-choice album format, with news. The appetite for dance music is thriving with both Heart Dance and Capital Dance celebrating record listening figures. It was renamed Radio Caroline South and MV Mi Amigo remained off Frinton-on-Sea while MV Caroline broadcast as Radio Caroline North. 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. Most Read. The highlight however was picking up test transmissions from Radio Caroline I had missed the tests of the previous day. "Other Radio" currently has a weekly listenership of 3.8m adults a week. 15 August 1967 following passage of the Marine Offences Act, Broadcasting from various locations offshore to Western Europe. Huskers Close Out Cats, 80-64. [1] Unlicensed by any government for most of its early life, it was a pirate radio station that never became illegal as such due to operating outside any national jurisdiction, although after the Marine Offences Act (1967) it became illegal for a British subject to associate with it. To keep it this way they have had to steer clear of big investors and conventional means of broadcasting which, although a nice idea, has its drawbacks. Radio Monique was popular throughout Benelux. The station hasn't the glamour anymore it had in its High Seas Days, but I'm still enjoying all the memories. [36] The remaining 5kW transmitter was later converted for short wave use. I took my radio to work and annoyed everyone by listening to RNI in Dutch on short-wave. Radio Seagull became Radio Caroline on 23 February 1974, retaining the album format. 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. However, the station has since moved online and continues to broadcast 24 hours a day. On a national level, though, this figure is amazingly reliable; it's a national sample size of over 100,000 adults. Beginning in 1975, the cassettes were transported from Playa d'Aro on the Europa Bus service, which carried people from Amsterdam to Madrid at low prices. [6] Caroline was broken up for scrap in 1972. Currently they also broadcast on DAB radio in certain areas of the UK: these services are part of the Ofcom small-scale DAB+ trials. Radio Caroline continued, moving its headquarters and servicing operation to Spain. American Cancer Society 2022-2024. . Clive Garrard. 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. Belgian courts sentenced Tack and some DJs to fines and jail in absentia, although the prison terms were later cancelled. Radio Caroline 4+ Patrick Mounteney 4.6 10 Ratings Free iPhone Screenshots Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. According to the survey, respondents aged 56 . The station tried to obtain a licence from a developing country,[44] hoping it might offer protection from the new provisions in the Broadcasting Act 1990 which came into force on 31 December that year. On this page Hans Knot presents a few exemplary ones. 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. Greg James' breakfast show on Radio 1 also saw an increase in listeners quarter-on-quarter. Radio Caroline had greater night-time interference, and it was decided to move Caroline to a new frequency. As those people, who did promote the stations with their magazines and internet sites, wouldn't have been there, we certainly wouldn't be celebrating Caroline's Fortieth Birthday this year.". Engineer Peter Chicago had hidden transmitter parts during the raid and retuned one 5kW transmitter, previously used on short-wave, to 558kHz. The station has subsequently broadcast on 531kHz AM from the Ross Revenge during some bank holiday weekends, beginning on 2831 August 2009 and also within a few days of the 50th anniversary of the ship's first voyage. It commemorated the 40th anniversary of Radio Caroline and promoted the station's legal internet and satellite programmes. Radio Caroline presenter Ray Clark remembers listening to Mr Damon as a nine-year-old on the radio. I remember wandering around that show house with my tranny on my arm. iPhone Maker Plans $700 Million India Plant in Shift From China. Detailed information on the survey process. In an earlier House of Commons debate (in June 1966), the government had claimed that the pirate ships were a danger because of radio frequency interference to emergency shipping channels, and to overseas radio stations and the pirates were paying no royalties to artists, composers or record companies. Later in 1973, when the contract with Radio Caroline ended, the crew of Radio Atlantis moved to their own ship, the MVJeanine.[6]. She stayed behind the breakwater for about fifteen to twenty minutes and we watched the ship before it headed north toward, we assumed, the I.O.M. That this House expresses its disappointment that, having pioneered commercial radio in the UK and for the past decade being a fully licensed broadcaster, Radio Caroline, a cornerstone of British radio history, has been denied by OFCOM the opportunity to secure a medium wave frequency from which to broadcast; regrets that as a result its devoted listeners are confined to listening to Radio Caroline via the internet and unable to enjoy its musical offerings in transit; and calls on OFCOM to exhaust all avenues in making the provisions available for Radio Caroline to celebrate its 50th birthday in 2014 by broadcasting on a medium wave frequency which, it appears, is unwanted by both BBC and commercial operators as a broadcast platform. In March 1964, The Fortunes recorded Caroline, which became the station's theme. The 'amateurs' were said to be reaching 39million listeners with 15million in the South of England and the rest in the North. News stories appeared in Europe[22] announcing the start of Caroline Television[23] from two Super Constellation aircraft using Stratovision technology. The ship would be moved to a permanent mooring in Ramsgate Harbour with the Gold service, at the time called Coast, operating like the FM-services from Whitstable studios being moved onto the ship to become Radio Caroline. Lincoln - Jaz Shelley and Alexis Markowski both put up big double-doubles to lead four Huskers in double figures, as the Nebraska women's basketball team rolled to an 80-64 win over Northwestern in front of more than 6,000 fans at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Sunday afternoon. The pair's aim was to circumvent big record companies' control of the broadcast of popular music, as well as. Radio Caroline North subsequently moved to 257m (1169kHz) but also called it 259. It began taking in water and the crew was rescued by lifeboat. We arranged to meet the Caroline tender to go out to the ship but no one turned up. Part of being a good communicator means knowing how to listen. 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). Caroline launched the programme in 2015 with a new team in London who have now taken the programme onto London DAB digital radio in the UK. In practice, day-to-day servicing was carried from France and the UK. We . However, full station identity jingles for the new Radio Caroline were not aired until 10th October 1983. [64] On 24 November 2021 a new transmitter was installed with an effective radiated power of 4kW. Radio Caroline was a real phenomen. It is jointly owned by the BBC and the Radiocentre on behalf of the commercial sector. 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. ", And then a small packet of Caroline's past was brought back by Mary Payne, director of the Radio London company which does a lot of work, including maintaining an excellent site on the history of Radio London together with her husband Chris. Radio Caroline tried several frequencies, among them 963, 576, 585 (briefly), 558 (after Laser 558 closed) and later 819kHz. Former offshore broadcasters who continue on the station are: Roger Mathews, Nigel Harris, Martin Fisher, Marc Jacobs, Johnny Lewis, Doug Wood, Dave Foster, Cliff Osbourne, Chris Pearson, Bob Lawrence, Jeremy Chartham and Ad Roberts. About - The Organisation. Situation: Ship 3 miles off Ramsey, Isle of Man. (Anderson): It's not a very good occasion really, we have to hurry this because the lifeboat is standing by. 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. 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". However, in July 1964, the owners of the two stations opted to merge the operations. BBC Radio 1 lost nearly half a million listeners in the first quarter of 2022, new figures show. RNI operated on medium wave, short wave and FM. 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. They were towed to Amsterdam by a salvage company to secure unpaid bills for servicing by the Dutch tender company Wijsmuller Transport. The supermarket chain Asda and English Heritage were among the backers. He was part entrepreneur, part buccaneer who broadcasted rock 'n' roll from a. The project not unexpectedly hit the quay side, but it would have been interesting should the plan have come to fruition. Watch Live TV Listen to Live Radio. [34] It had an antenna system radiating from a 300-foot (91m) high mast, the tallest on any ship in the world. A bulletin report which provides information of the survey period, any new stations that have joined or any changes to the stations or groups. Click the pic to find out more. "Why do we have to pay, why aren't they out at sea, the music's no good," and so on. How different it seemed six weeks later when the Mi Amigo had no mast and RNI no English service. Only the Caroline app has a live programme schedule, 'Now Playing' and multiple streams to suit most internet speeds. I am enjoying their programmes immensely at present but there always seems to be a lot of criticism about the station no matter what they do. We are a small team and you can find out here who the best person to contact is regarding any query. Following negotiations with the service provider, satellite transmissions ended at midnight on 30 September 2013. Caroline can be heard on DAB+ in Aldershot, Birmingham, Cambridge, Brighton, Glasgow, Norwich, London,[2] Portsmouth, Poulton-le-Fylde and Woking. BBC Radio 2 to air special show for Tony Blackburn's 80th birthday. Dave Foster. In February 1964, O'Rahilly obtained the Fredericia and converted it into a radio ship at the Irish port of Greenore, which was owned by his father. O'Rahilly wanted Radio Caroline to become an oldies station. Home; Stations . While 6 Music saw a 3.1 per cent dip in its quarter-on-quarter listening figures - pulling in 2.6million listeners - the station is still the UK's number one digital radio station. In July Caroline moved to the adjacent channel, 962kHz (312 metres but still called 319) and reception in the UK improved. Radio Caroline South's 259 metres signal was now near those of Radio London on 266m (1133kHz) and the BBC's Light Programme on 247m (1214kHz). Menu. Radio Caroline began to broadcast from the ship on 19 August 1983, with unwanted mechanical sounds on speech. The latest listening figures reveal that Global continues to lead the UK commercial radio market with the biggest set of audience numbers in our history. Janssen Launches Health Equity Campaign in Partnership with Award-Winning Radio Host D.L. Dates of the upcoming scheduled releases of RAJAR data. (Gordon): I think we'll be back in one way or another. That's the group of Sietse Brouwer in Harlingen. On 19 August 1989, James Murphy, an investigator for the UK Office of the Official Solicitor, acting for the Department of Trade and Industry, joined colleagues and counterparts from the Netherlands Radio Regulatory Authority to execute an armed raid on the Ross Revenge in which equipment was damaged or confiscated. and a sign-on date of 1 July; the station failed to appear. Programmes were still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. [46] Dedicated apps for listening via Apple IOS[55] and Android[56] devices are also available. Radio Caroline North = 10kW (later 20kW). Caroline coming in to pick up her pilot. Another Belgian station, Radio Mi Amigo International, launched on 1 January 1974; it was run by Belgian businessman and Suzy Waffles owner Sylvain Tack. Since September 2015, Radio Caroline has been broadcasting 'live' for one weekend each month[59] as "Radio Caroline North" (with original DJs and a mixed 1960s, 1970s and 1980s music content and jingles) from its former home the MV Ross Revenge on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, via Manx Radio's 1368kHz 20kW transmitter on the Isle of Man. On 28 December, unpaid crew cut the Mi Amigo's generator fuel line and departed. [27] The album was reissued on CD on Ross Records, c.1992, and in a "30th Anniversary Edition" with bonus material on SMC Records in 2005. Mary wrote us: "I wondered if your series should be including the titles of any of the records played on the Test Transmission tapes? ", Andries Peterson from the Netherlands also has his memories of the station: "I had heard from Radio Caroline before the station started its transmissions off the Dutch coast, late 1973. (Anderson): Yeah. "People who listened to NPR shows on the radio at home . English Website 228 Listen live 3 Playlist Contacts Related radio stations Radio Caroline On the air Radio Caroline Flashback Radio Caroline Flashback playlist TOP songs on Radio Caroline Flashback 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. There proved to be a lot of people, cultivating little gems of the station's history. In the 1960's, to attract advertisers, Radio Caroline and Radio London always reported rather high listening figures. (Gordon): Well, we're sorry to tell you that due to the severe weather conditions and the fact that we are shipping quite a lot of water, we are closing down, and the crew are at this stage leaving the ship. ", And, here's one coming from Johnnie Lang, a fervent Caroline supporter: "I feel that I have to put forward a little in the way of defence for the actual Radio Caroline. The Dutch government banned unlicensed offshore radio on 1 September 1974. Owner: Planet Sales Ltd. First air date: 1964. I thought something might happen and sure enough at 1.00 p.m. British time on came RNI Second, by about 3.45 p.m. the signal was really very poor so I tuned into Manx radio and there was Daffy Don Allen with his country and Western Jamboree. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 16:42. It left Spain, with an incomplete studio, to avoid legal entanglements. London, United Kingdom. These analogue transmissions ended and a full digital service from Astra 28.2E started in February 2003.[52]. People have to move away from the idea that Caroline can only broadcast from a boat I thought that back in the early days we were fighting for free radio to be legalised "free" as in freedom of speech and on land! 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. 'He said that's the name for my radio station,' he added. RAJAR figures showed 34.51m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 49.9%. I live in Wigan, just west of Manchester. We were so amazed at the size of her mast, never having seen anything like it before. Kennedy. On 30 August 1974 Mi Amigo moved from the Dutch coast to the Knock Deep Channel, approximately 12 miles (19km) from the British coast. The operation then continued, despite disagreements between O'Rahilly and some of its DJs over what the station should be playing. The crew and broadcasting staff were rescued unharmed, but the ship's hull was damaged and repairs were carried out at Zaandam, Netherlands. A little about myself. From 1970 on a lot happened in offshore radio, which has often been forgotten by people who write about this subject in books. Wonder where he is now? The Dutch claimed the ship's Panamanian registration had lapsed in 1987, was not under legal protection from any country and that its transmissions breached international regulations which since 1982 had prohibited broadcasting from outside national territories. In June 1990, Spectrum Radio, a new multi-ethnic community radio station in London, was officially allocated 558kHz. On 1 October 1989, Radio Caroline restarted broadcasting from the Ross Revenge using makeshift equipment and low power, to retain the 558kHz frequency. The LBC brand. Gradually Caroline is fighting its way back and I'm sure that once advertising is coming in, there will be no need for listener donations. This request, and one to stop transmissions on 819kHz, was refused. A rudimentary news service, consisting of headlines on the half hour at peak listening times, was started on 12th September 1983, while the famous Caroline Bell was re-introduced on 16th September. 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. [30] Radio Caroline returned to the air on 15 April 1979. The BBC Light, Third, and Home programmes became Radios 2, 3 and 4 respectively. London WC1E 7EB, Find out more information on completing the Radio Diary. Caroline also promoted O'Rahilly's concept of Loving Awareness (LA), a far-eastern philosophy of love and peace. 50 kW (second 10 kW transmitter later added). Dutch nationals were arrested and returned to the Netherlands, together with most of the broadcasting equipment. I wonder if any of the people who criticise have even tried setting up or running a radio station on land, let alone from twelve miles out to sea with the law heavily biased against them. Smedley's trial opened on 11 October at Chelmsford Assizes, where the jury acquitted him.[6]. News at peak hours: 7, 8, 9am, 1pm; 5, 6, 7pm, with headlines at 6:30am, 7:30am and 8:30am. Ray Clark) and Rob Charles. BBC Radio 4 had 10.48m listeners with 6.62m tuning in for The Today programme (Mon-Sat). One would circle over the North Sea in international air space near the United Kingdom, while the other remained on standby. Radio Caroline was off the air for most of the 1990s, except for occasional low-power broadcasts of one month. Wavelength: 199 metres. Lodge hired new DJs and introduced free-form programming. 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. Radio Caroline are committed to promote UK Culture, Music, News, Heritage, Tourism and many more through their . [8] On a fund-raising trip to the U.S., O'Rahilly reportedly saw a Life magazine photograph of Kennedy and his children in the Oval Office that served as the inspiration for the name "Caroline Radio". From the anchorage in the Knock Deep the Mi Amigo's mast could be seen on the horizon. The station had some success but stopped broadcasting due to lack of funding. During Easter 2008, the station broadcast live for three days from the Ross Revenge, featuring presenters who had worked on the Mi Amigo in the late 1970s: Roger Mathews, Mike Stevens, Bob Lawrence, Brian Martin, Martin Fisher, Cliff Osbourne, Jeremy Chartham, Marc Jacobs, Ad Roberts, Dick Verheul and Kees Borrell. Broadcasters included Tony Christian, Pawl "Hound Dog" Shanley, Dave Fox, Simon West, Dale Richardson and Peter D.[citation needed]. One of Radio Caroline's directors, Major Oliver Smedley, formerly of Radio Atlanta, entered a partnership with Radio City's owner, pop group manager Reginald Calvert and installed a more powerful transmitter on the fort. These data are produced and sold at cost providing both industry accountability and a robust trading currency for each medium. album, and Turnbull and Gallagher joined them on the Stiff's tour, becoming The Blockheads.[28]. Internet streaming of Radio Caroline programmes continued. 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. Community radio listening figures - do 10 million people tune in every week? Harry Howard, History Correspondent For Mailonline Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. She was so fine, I made her mine, her name is Caroline! The bureauxs client must also be a RAJAR subscriber. Tony Blackburn turns 80 years old on the 29th of January and BBC Radio 2 will celebrate the occasion in a special programme, reports OnTheRadio.. Three British nationals, a Dutchman and their canary (named Wilson after the former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson) were rescued. The national digital station, which is owned by News UK's . MV Caroline sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man, broadcasting as she went. "Walking down the King's Road" track by Squire "In a Chelsea drug store with some friends of mine, mini skirts, dolly birds and Radio Caroline". I don't think Grandma saw her radio again till I managed to get a small tranny of my own to replace it. Over the following months, Caroline's signal quality improved as transmitting valves were donated and programming returned to normal. During a violent struggle, Calvert was shot dead. Some DJs were embarrassed but some were fascinated by the challenge of an abstract concept. Offshore radio stations were no exception to this rule. When Marine &c. Broadcasting Offences Act become law on 14 August 1967, Radio Caroline was renamed Radio Caroline International. Only British content are transmitting through this station so far. I was extremely excited about the new station and borrowed a big transistor radio from my grandmother, so that I could take the music everywhere I went. [6] The generator was left running but the pumps could not manage and the vessel sank 10 minutes later. (iii)558 kHz: strict pop and oldies mainstream format (no presenter music choice) with strict adherence to format clocks. Boom Radio grows by 9,000 listeners from 233,000 to 242,000 but has a boom in hours - with average hours up from 7.8 to 10.1 and total hours up from 1.81m to 2.45m Times Radio drops by 135,000. 18:03 GMT 28 Sep 2021. 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. [6] Because of the Christmas holidays, no solicitors were available to issue a writ and the ship lay in Amsterdam harbour until O'Rahilly arranged for it to be towed back to sea. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. In the 1960's, to attract advertisers, Radio Caroline and Radio London always reported rather high listening figures. Unhappy at the loss of advertising, Radio Mi Amigo terminated its contract with Caroline in November 1978 and broadcast from its own ship, the MV Magdalena later that year, but this was short-lived.