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. 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 broadcast 24 hours various song, hip hop music, clasic, etc. Island FM (58% of people in their area tune in every week) Channel 103 FM (55%) Moray Firth Radio (46%) Radio Borders (43%) Yorkshire Coast Radio (42%) 3FM (38%) Wessex FM (38%) Northsound 1 (38%) IOW Radio (35%) Tay FM (35%) 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. USD. Former presenter Johnnie Walker said in an interview on NPR last year that O'Rahilly thought it was a 'wonderful image' of 'happiness and laughter disrupting the works of government'. Hughley is partnering with Janssen to empower Black communities with information and encourage better self-advocacy for their health. [14] Presenters Tony Blackburn, Roger Gale, Ray Teret, Simon Dee, Tony Prince, Spangles Muldoon, Keith Skues, Johnnie Walker, Robbie Dale, Dave Lee Travis, Tommy Vance, Tom Edwards, Paul Noble, Bob Stewart and Andy Archer became well known. Radio Caroline finally stopped broadcasting from open waters in 1991 when the MV Ross Revenge lots its anchor in a storm and the crew had to be rescued by helicopter. In Happy Birthday Tony Blackburn: 80 Poptastic Years on Radio 2, Dermot O'Leary will talk to Tony about his life and career and surprises him with . In June 1990, Spectrum Radio, a new multi-ethnic community radio station in London, was officially allocated 558kHz. Only the Caroline app has a live programme schedule, 'Now Playing' and multiple streams to suit most internet speeds. On Saturday, 28 March, it began regular broadcasting at noon on 1520 kHz (announced as 199 metres) with the opening conducted by Simon Dee. I just hated the intrusive way deejays tried to influence my taste on the other radio stations. Since Radio Caroline could not find enough advertising, it shared its nominal 259-metre wavelength (actually 1187kHz or 253 metres) with Dutch-language pop stations. When Radio Monique hired the main transmitter, spare parts were taken from a fourth transmitter to convert the 5kW into a 10kW unit, the RCA 5 and 10kW transmitters having similar designs. Some of these 28-day Restricted Service Licence (RSL) broadcasts took place from the Ross Revenge during the 1990s, with the ship anchored off Clacton, in London's Canary Wharf, Southend Pier and off the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. 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 . Comedian and award-winning radio host D.L. There proved to be a lot of people, cultivating little gems of the station's history. Radio Caroline is broadcast in the Republic of Ireland on channel 927 on the UPC Ireland cable service in the main cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Cappoquin, and the County Waterford towns of Lismore and Tallow. BBC Radio 2 has the best radio audience figures in the UK, with a reach of almost 14.58 million per week. The station had some success but stopped broadcasting due to lack of funding. DJs could choose ordering of oldies all current pop hits in strict rotation. 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. MV Caroline sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man, broadcasting as she went. From 2007, the ship was docked at Tilbury, where a volunteer crew repaired and maintained it. However, in July 1964, the owners of the two stations opted to merge the operations. 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. Some DJs from the USA and Commonwealth countries, such as Graham Webb, Emperor Rosko and Keith Hampshire were also heard. Radio Caroline continued on satellite but required manual tuning. RAJAR figures showed 34.51m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 49.9%. Caroline Hepker. [31] During this period each night transmission of Radio Caroline started with Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft by the progressive Rock Band Klaatu, issued in 1976 on their album 3:47 E.S.T. Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. This memory has never left me and I can remember it made us all late for school, though as my mother was also my teacher at primary school, it didn't matter so much for me! Between them, the stations were covering most of the British Isles. (ii)576 kHz: continuation of above, with slightly more singles played. [16], On 20 June 1966, Smedley boarded the Shivering Sands Fort with 10 workmen to repossess a transmitter that he had supplied, but had not been paid for. The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) put a permanent watch on movements around the Ross Revenge and the MV Communicator, Laser 558's ship. He was part entrepreneur, part buccaneer who broadcasted rock 'n' roll from a. 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. [46] Dedicated apps for listening via Apple IOS[55] and Android[56] devices are also available. However, Dutch Caroline failed to secure a high power AM frequency and the cable network service was discontinued because of lack of funds. 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. It commemorated the 40th anniversary of Radio Caroline and promoted the station's legal internet and satellite programmes. It left Spain, with an incomplete studio, to avoid legal entanglements. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. Broadcasting from various offshore locations to Western Europe, Status unclear and mainly operated by supporters, Radio Atlantis 1973 and Radio Mi-Amigo 19741978, Geographic areas bordering upon North Sea, 963 kHz (wavelength announced as "319" metres) later moving to 819 kHz with additional transmitter in 531594 kHz range (principally 558 kHz). Original 1960s Caroline North jingles were interspersed with generic Radio Caroline ones. Since January, Emma Barnett has been the lead presenter, coming via BBC Radio 5 Live. [54] Surveys in 2008 and 2010 showed a small percentage listened via Sky, and that satellite listening had dropped by 9% since 2008, while online listening had increased by around 40%. BBC Radio 2 to air special show for Tony Blackburn's 80th birthday. Since August 2000, Radio Caroline has also broadcast 24 hours a day via the internet and by the occasional restricted service licence. ", Earlier this year I met Bob Le-Roi and of course we talked a lot about Radio Caroline. 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. [citation needed], In Spain, a station broadcast during the summer 2009 on 102.7MHz in the Costa Blanca from studios in Benidorm. Rob Day never made it to the airwaves to the best of my knowledge and that was that. Great reads on Radio Caroline and Free Radio from the 1960's to the 1990's, including from Radio . Listening on an internet radio or webplayer In March 1964, The Fortunes recorded Caroline, which became the station's theme. [53] This ended on 1 July 2011 after a failure to renegotiate costs with Sky and deciding not to pursue a Freesat EPG slot. Lodge hired new DJs and introduced free-form programming. Over 90% of Caroline listening is 'background listening', in the sense that listeners are doing something else at the same time (so, for that matter is over 90% of Light Programme listening. Only British content are transmitting through this station so far. 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. Dutch nationals were arrested and returned to the Netherlands, together with most of the broadcasting equipment. Yet another source of income is gifts from listeners, making the listeners still very important for the Lady's survival. Never miss a show by setting an alarm for when it is about to start, or if you do - listen to it later using our 'Listen Again . Now I don't know Peter Moore personally, so cannot comment on the type of person he is, but I do know that he has done a lot for Caroline over the past few years and I'm sure without him it would still be nowhere to be heard. That's the group of Sietse Brouwer in Harlingen. The name was taken from Caroline Bay, a popular recreation area nearby. Reception at that hour was far more difficult than during daytime and so I did my utmost to get the best reception possible. O'Rahilly and Drummond were inspired by the Danish Radio Mercur, which in 1952 became the first station in the world to broadcast commercial radio from a vessel in international waters without permission from the authorities in the country that it broadcast to. I took my radio to work and annoyed everyone by listening to RNI in Dutch on short-wave. We were so amazed at the size of her mast, never having seen anything like it before. Watch Live TV Listen to Live Radio. They were towed to Amsterdam by a salvage company to secure unpaid bills for servicing by the Dutch tender company Wijsmuller Transport. In May 2017, Ofcom awarded the station an AM band community licence to broadcast to Suffolk and north Essex;[3] full-time broadcasting, via a previously redundant BBC World Service transmitter mast at Orford Ness, commenced on 22 December 2017.[4]. 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. The only broadcast staff on board were Tom Lodge and Jerry Leighton. Radio Caroline South = 10kW (later 50 kW). 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. 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). The survey also found that 18.1 per cent of radio listeners tuned in. It is jointly owned by the BBC and the Radiocentre on behalf of the commercial sector. News at peak hours: 7, 8, 9am, 1pm; 5, 6, 7pm, with headlines at 6:30am, 7:30am and 8:30am. I'd never heard anything like it before. The Dutch Radio Caroline then changed its name to Radio Waddenzee (nl) for daytime Dutch and German language, and Radio Seagull for nighttime English language broadcasts, and now broadcasts on 1602kHz every day and on the internet, presenting a progressive rock format. It was also claimed to reach 39 million listeners though I suspect both figures probably had a lot of. On 9 August 1985, an official vessel anchored 150 yards from the Ross Revenge. The ship was further delayed by hull damage, and repaired before writs could be issued. "People who listened to NPR shows on the radio at home . Documents to detail all the latest market information. In 1987, the Territorial Sea Act[38] extended the UK maritime limit from three to 12 nautical miles (22km). It gets good listening figures as it is the safe, middle England choice for people who have never listened to or refuse to listen to Radio 4, 6music, (or Radio 3, although I'm not a fan myself) or . iPhone Maker Plans $700 Million India Plant in Shift From China. Smedley's men occupied the fort until 22 June. BBC Radio 2 newsreader Colin Berry started his career reading the news on Radio Caroline South. New data has shown the listening figures for BBC radio stations, with two of its flagship outlets having experienced a sharp decline in audiences - whilst some shows have remained steady instead The RAJAR Audio MIDAS Survey is designed to provide context and insight into how, when and where audio content is being consumed within this liberated environment; including device usage, activities, location, who listened with. That autumn various tests, consisting of continuous music, were made on 259 metres. The MV Caroline was then broken up for scrap in 1972 the same year that the Mi Amigo was rescued, allowing Radio Caroline to re-start its broadcasts. Tenders and boat owners were warned, and some were prosecuted for ferrying staff and provisions to the ship. The Fredericia was renamed MV Caroline and anchored off Felixstowe, Suffolk, where it began test transmissions on Friday, 27 March 1964. Important information on how the survey works and who and what we measure. On Easter Saturday, my parents wanted to go and view a show house on a new estate. 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. Radio Caroline continued, moving its headquarters and servicing operation to Spain. The Ross Revenge also featured powerful generators.[37]. A well-nourished captain said they often failed to appear for a tender but he always got paid! Caroline Pavis +1 (610) 357-3121 Investor Relations: [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. By and large the old hands ignored us but Rob was very enthusiastic and took us to the top floor where the new studios of Radio Mi Amigo were being given a dry run. Caroline also promoted O'Rahilly's concept of Loving Awareness (LA), a far-eastern philosophy of love and peace. Myriad factors contribute to the audience curve for radio . Hughley to Raise Awareness About Multiple Myeloma Among Black Communities. Radio Caroline's first musical theme was Jimmy McGriff's "Round Midnight", a jazz standard co-composed by Thelonious Monk. 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. I vividly remember the days leading up to the first broadcast from the Ross, the test tones, the usually incorrect! The Mi Amigo "Top 50" tapes were flown over by helicopter to get them on board more quickly. 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. The last broadcast from the Mi Amigo was by Stevie Gordon and Tom Anderson:[32]. On a national level, though, this figure is amazingly reliable; it's a national sample size of over 100,000 adults. Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. The station was opened by DJ Tom Anderson, who had said "goodbye" from the sinking Mi Amigo in 1980. Just as I was about to go to school one morning, my mother called me and my brother into my parents' bedroom to watch the M.V. Radio stations ranked by weekly reach in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 1st quarter 2020 (in 1,000 listeners) Listeners reached in thousands* BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 1 Classic FM. Alan even worked with Bob at Radio 1 on. The ship has working radio studios, from which both Caroline and BBC Essex have broadcast. BBC Radio 6 Music celebrates its 20th birthday with record listening figures. In October 1965, negotiations began for Radio Caroline to take over Radio City, which broadcast from Shivering Sands Army Fort, a Second World War marine fort off the Kent[6] coast. Most of Radio Caroline's pop music programmes were targeted at housewives, and some later programming was aimed at children. Spectrum threatened to sue the Radio Authority, which then allowed Spectrum to temporarily broadcast on 990kHz alongside 558kHz. 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. Currently they also broadcast on DAB radio in certain areas of the UK: these services are part of the Ofcom small-scale DAB+ trials. Due to generator trouble, the two services could no longer be broadcast simultaneously and Radio Caroline again broadcast at night with both stations using the 50kW transmitter and Radio Caroline began to receive more mail from the continent. Reception area: North of England, Midlands, Ireland, Scotland and North Wales. Shortly after the law was enacted, the station was renamed as Radio Caroline International. In March 1968, the very existence of Radio Caroline was threatened when both the MV Caroline and Mi Amigo were boarded and seized before being towed to Amsterdam by a salvage company to secure unpaid bills owed to a Dutch firm. [19], Because of the rise of land-based pirate stations after the MOA became law (usually stations run from bedrooms or outdoor sheds with small wattage transmitters), at least two stations later broadcast using the Caroline name, one based in Dublin. Have you ever met the guy? "I think it lit a spark," he said. ", 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. On 2 July 1964, Radio Atlanta and Radio Caroline's companies, Project Atlanta and Planet Productions, announced the stations were to merge, with Crawford and O'Rahilly as joint managing directors. The first record played was Fool (If You Think It's Over), by Chris Rea, dedicated to the British Home Office. It was renamed Radio Caroline South and MV Mi Amigo remained off Frinton-on-Sea while MV Caroline broadcast as Radio Caroline North. Browse our programme schedule, read the presenter profiles, send emails and brush up on your world, music and radio history on our 'This Day' page. From 1970 on a lot happened in offshore radio, which has often been forgotten by people who write about this subject in books. 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! His programme, which airs five days a week, rose from 4.3 million to 4.5 million listeners between the . News service at peak hours. Obviously, we hope to be back with you as soon as possible, but just for the moment we would like to say goodbye. BBC Radio 5 Live posted a reach of 5.89m listeners. The 'amateurs' were said to be reaching 39million listeners with 15million in the South of England and the rest in the North. 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.. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. Since the pandemic took hold in the United States, NPR's radio ratings have taken a nosedive. 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:. Discover the history of the three RAJAR contracts, and understand the review of methods and sampling and fieldwork events timeline. Radio Caroline's transmission output was almost 20kW, achieved by linking two 10kW Continental Electronics transmitters. Information for commercial radio stations that are licenced by OFCOM and are looking to be measured on the RAJAR survey. The four-week event was funded through on-air local business commercials. Owner: Planet Sales Ltd. First air date: 1964. BBC Radio 4 had 10.48m listeners with 6.62m tuning in for The Today programme (Mon-Sat). Listening in Lockdown 15 August 1967 following passage of the Marine Offences Act, Broadcasting from various locations offshore to Western Europe. [18], On 3 March 1968, the radio ships Mi Amigo and Caroline were boarded and seized before the day's broadcasting began. [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". 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. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. London, United Kingdom. London, United Kingdom. News stories appeared in Europe[22] announcing the start of Caroline Television[23] from two Super Constellation aircraft using Stratovision technology. Radio Caroline is the best UK online radio. 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. [25], Between 11 and 20 April 1973, the ship broadcast for Radio Veronica while its ship, the Norderney, was aground. ", 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. US Stocks Snap Two Days of Losses; Yields Rise: Markets Wrap. Shrewdly, the BBC also employed many of the one-time pirate DJs who had helped to make Radio Caroline a success. The two stations were able to cover most of the British Isles. Zoe Ball lost a million listeners from the same period last year, when . Radio Caroline Flashback provides an alternative live service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. When Marine &c. Broadcasting Offences Act become law on 14 August 1967, Radio Caroline was renamed Radio Caroline International. 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. On 11 November 2017, test transmissions commenced from an omni-directional mast (formerly used by the BBC World Service) at Orford Ness, Suffolk. Janssen Launches Health Equity Campaign in Partnership with Award-Winning Radio Host D.L. This request, and one to stop transmissions on 819kHz, was refused. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In the South East England new standard regions 4 and 5, Radio Caroline has 27% whilst Radio London has 24%." Since a couple of years we can read a lot on the subject Offshore Radio on several internet sites. ", From Shaun in California we received a response on our chapters on the internet: "Chapter 10 of the series, treating the return of Radio Caroline in 1983, brought back some very happy memories. O'Rahilly wanted Radio Caroline to become an oldies station. I live in Wigan, just west of Manchester. This channel broadcasts mainly in community format. And that means that people's work schedules are significant drivers of the hourly flow of listening throughout the day. Because commercial radio was prohibited in Belgium, Radio Mi Amigo had little competition from the former BRT State Radio and TV (today VRT Flemisch State radio and TV) and became very popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK. He announced towards the end of the programme that it was his last show because he had accepted an offer to become programme controller of RNI! We are no longer accepting comments on this article. When the MV Caroline left for the Isle of Man, the Mi Amigo remained in Felixstowe. European medium wave channels had been reallocated to multiples of nine. In July Caroline moved to the adjacent channel, 962kHz (312 metres but still called 319) and reception in the UK improved. Whittingham was unable to leave on the tender when a storm arose. [64] On 24 November 2021 a new transmitter was installed with an effective radiated power of 4kW. Broadcasters included Tony Christian, Pawl "Hound Dog" Shanley, Dave Fox, Simon West, Dale Richardson and Peter D.[citation needed]. However, according to Gerry Bishop's book Offshore Radio this transmitter was antiquated and failed to work. The Huskers (16-13, 8-10 Big Ten . 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. Global delivers record results extending its position as the UK's #1 commercial radio company Global leads the UK commercial radio market with highest . Greg James' breakfast show on Radio 1 also saw an increase in listeners quarter-on-quarter. On 4 May 2015, Radio Caroline started a 24-hour "Flashback" webstream[58] carrying "oldies" music and jingles. Wonder where he is now? To remain in international waters, the ship moved to a new, less-sheltered anchorage. Many people, of a certain age, still associate Radio Caroline with the pop music of the 60s & 70s. 15 Alfred Place The Joint Industry Currencies (JICs) are owned by the industry advertisers, agencies and media owners to provide transparent and objective audience measurement for each medium. Only 17% of the total UK population can pick up community radio, according to the same Ofcom report we mentioned earlier. (Anderson): Yeah. Frequency: 648 AM. Internet streaming of Radio Caroline programmes continued. The Radio Caroline name was used to broadcast from international waters, using five different ships with three different owners, from 1964 to 1990, and via satellite from 1998 to 2013. [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. In 2020, the show's two long-serving presenters, Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey, both departed the programme. The benefits, entitlements as a RAJAR subscriber and the data explained. Radio Caroline was a real phenomen. Second, it also requires a good sales team and, of course, sales people don't work for nothing. 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. A brief name change from Radio North Sea International during the UK General Election campaign, after which the station reverted to its original name. City: London. On 28 December, unpaid crew cut the Mi Amigo's generator fuel line and departed. From the anchorage in the Knock Deep the Mi Amigo's mast could be seen on the horizon. Listen to Radio Caroline Flashback. The station re-started for a second time in August 1983 from new ship the MV Ross Revenge. These analogue transmissions ended and a full digital service from Astra 28.2E started in February 2003.[52]. Later, some programmes were pre-recorded on land and broadcast simultaneously from both ships. Programmes were still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. 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 . Harry Howard, History Correspondent For Mailonline, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Two Russian tanks annihilated with bombs by Ukrainian armed forces, Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' The Dutch offshore station Radio Veronica was on 1562 kHz and Radio Atlanta broadcast on 1493 kHz. Clive Garrard. The pair's aim was to circumvent big record companies' control of the broadcast of popular music, as well as. Ronan O'Rahilly passed away April 20 at the age of 79. 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. 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. [66], In October 2020, a new station using the Caroline name and logo launched in Burnham-on-Crouch, broadcasting to the Maldon District of Essex on 94.7FM. 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. Radio Caroline Ltd. and Caroline Support Group (originally called the Ross Revenge Support Group). UK Radio Stations. Programmes were recorded on land and broadcast between 6a.m. and 7p.m. The Quarterly Summary Report of all stations with added features.