media reports and the shock of hearing just how powerful the signal was. 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:. -1.04 -1.26%. Andy Archer then came in to say he and Johnny Jason wanted to record the opening programme for Radio Seagull and asked Rob, my friend and I to buy a bottle of sparking white wine for ten Dutch guilders which could be used to sound like champagne when "opened" on air. The two stations were able to cover most of the British Isles. It began taking in water and the crew was rescued by lifeboat. 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. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 16:42. Two of the BBC's flagship radio stations see sharp drop in - mirror I don't think Grandma saw her radio again till I managed to get a small tranny of my own to replace it. 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. When Radio Veronica closed in 1974, some presenters moved to Radio Mi Amigo. In late 1977, Radio Caroline began sponsored evangelical programmes, and music programmes began at 9p.m. On 20 October 1978, technical and financial problems put the Mi Amigo off the air. Part of being a good communicator means knowing how to listen. Caroline claimed boarding the ship and removal or destruction of equipment was piracy. [46] Dedicated apps for listening via Apple IOS[55] and Android[56] devices are also available. Caroline caused more interference to Spectrum than vice versa. Engineer Peter Chicago had hidden transmitter parts during the raid and retuned one 5kW transmitter, previously used on short-wave, to 558kHz. However, Dutch Caroline failed to secure a high power AM frequency and the cable network service was discontinued because of lack of funds. Ken Bruce remains most popular UK radio host as mid-morning trend 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. Many people, of a certain age, still associate Radio Caroline with the pop music of the 60s & 70s. On 1 January 2016, a second channel was launched called Caroline Flashback, playing pop music from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. It was founded in 1964. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. Radio Seagull became Radio Caroline on 23 February 1974, retaining the album format. 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. RAJAR reserves the right to publish complaints along with their outcome on this page. Radio stations ranked by listeners weekly UK 2020 | Statista Half of AM/FM listening in the United States takes place in a car, but between reduced (or eliminated) commutes and social distancing, there's been a steep decline in the drivers that make up public radio's traditional broadcast audience. [64] On 24 November 2021 a new transmitter was installed with an effective radiated power of 4kW. Global delivers record results extending its position as the UK's #1 commercial radio company Global leads the UK commercial radio market with highest . Since November 2009 Radio Seagull can be heard periodically on 558kHz in London. Walgreens Nixes Abortion Pill in 20 Red States After Warning - Bloomberg Wonder where he is now? Radio Caroline was begun by Irish musician manager and businessman Ronan O'Rahilly, after he failed to obtain airplay on Radio Luxembourg for Georgie Fame's records because the station was committed to sponsored programmes promoting major record labels: EMI, Decca, Pye and Philips. Listening in Lockdown "Other Radio" currently has a weekly listenership of 3.8m adults a week. ", The next Caroline memory arrived from Groningen in the North East of the Netherlands. RAJAR figures showed 34.51m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 49.9%. 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. There are very few restrictions placed on Caroline's licence, allowing them to broadcast virtually what they like within the law. They were keen to see what this heating was like, with a view to installing it in their own home. Smedley's men occupied the fort until 22 June. We simply knocked on the door which was answered by a young Canadian who called himself Rob Day. I always tried to get the best quality out of my car radio, while listening to the station and I always felt fed up when Caroline was off the air again, forcing me to tune in to the sound of Hilversum 3 the then so-called public pop station in the Netherlands. The 'amateurs' were said to be reaching 39million listeners with 15million in the South of England and the rest in the North. Radio Caroline broadcast 24 hours various song, hip hop music, clasic, etc. 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. 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. In June 1990, Spectrum Radio, a new multi-ethnic community radio station in London, was officially allocated 558kHz. The transmitter was initially too powerful for the antenna insulators. Her story illustrates how uniquely dangerous government regards an independent voice transmitted over unrestricted airwaves and to what ends it will go to silence it."[42]. Some DJs from the USA and Commonwealth countries, such as Graham Webb, Emperor Rosko and Keith Hampshire were also heard. 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. Ken Bruce has also confirmed that he's moving. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. Have you ever met the guy? I think so. Offshore radio stations were no exception to this rule. On 31 July 2014 the ship was moved to the Blackwater Estuary in Essex.[47]. 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%. [39] Caroline returned to the air using a makeshift aerial with a less powerful signal. 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. 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. [18], On 3 March 1968, the radio ships Mi Amigo and Caroline were boarded and seized before the day's broadcasting began. After 31 August, shows for Radio Mi Amigo were delivered on cassettes rather than reel-to-reel tapes. The station hasn't the glamour anymore it had in its High Seas Days, but I'm still enjoying all the memories. The only problem I had with it was the weight of it hanging on my arm my right arm is probably longer than my left one now and being able to find sufficient pocket money to buy the batteries! I vividly remember the days leading up to the first broadcast from the Ross, the test tones, the usually incorrect! Nice to think about Dixie Peach, too. The ship has working radio studios, from which both Caroline and BBC Essex have broadcast. 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. Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. Harry Howard, History Correspondent For Mailonline When Laser 558 went on the air in 1984 an audience of several million soon grew over a short period of a few months, resulting in dwindling audience figures for . If you're like most people, you probably don't give much though to how many words you take in each day. Missy Mazzoli is a symphonic composer with a photographer's eye (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. After the Fredericia was renamed the MV Caroline, it sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man and laid down its anchor in open water around three miles from land. Radio Caroline - 2. 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. MV Ross Revenge weathered the storm in the North Sea. 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. London, United Kingdom. During a violent struggle, Calvert was shot dead. His programme, which airs five days a week, rose from 4.3 million to 4.5 million listeners between the . [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%. 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. US Stocks Snap Two Days of Losses; Yields Rise: Markets Wrap. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. Another RSL broadcast ran from 7 August until 3 September 2004, with the ship moored at the cruise liner terminal jetty at Tilbury in Essex. However, according to Gerry Bishop's book Offshore Radio this transmitter was antiquated and failed to work. Therefore I would like to thank the Monitor Magazine from Benfleet from the later Buster Pearson and the Pirate Radio News team from the Netherlands. 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. James O'Brien overtakes Nick Ferrari to nab most LBC listeners 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. BBC Radio 2 listening figures plummet after veteran DJs leave Shortly after the law was enacted, the station was renamed as Radio Caroline International. Bloomberg Daybreak Europe | Bloomberg Radio 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. Radio Caroline In Timaru, an NZBC station, originally 3XC, later 3ZC, broadcast as Radio Caroline until 1995. Zoe Ball lost a million listeners from the same period last year, when . Only British content are transmitting through this station so far. Finally, Radio Mi Amigo moved to 962kHz on 1 December. In 2011 Radio Caroline joined Radioplayer UK, an internet service formed by the BBC, Global Radio and the Guardian Media Group that supplies a live feed of UK radio stations to across the world.[57]. The following day, Caroline was one of few stations in the South East still broadcasting. 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. 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 North = 10kW (later 20kW). Dave Foster (Rpt) 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. The Huskers (16-13, 8-10 Big Ten . Broadcasting hours were 6am to 6pm to avoid competition from Radio Luxembourg, which began transmissions at 6pm. [21] It was not until RNI returned to its original anchorage off the Netherlands that the jamming ceased. The founder of pirate radio, Radio Caroline, has died. O'Rahilly wanted Radio Caroline to become an oldies station. Lodge hired new DJs and introduced free-form programming. The station returned at 8pm and continued until after midnight to avoid competition with popular television programmes. 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. The pair's aim was to circumvent big record companies' control of the broadcast of popular music, as well as. 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). Commercial programming commenced at noon on Friday 22 December 2017, with a signal that could be heard as far afield as Southampton, Birmingham, Glasgow and in large parts of The Netherlands and Belgium. Caroline Pavis +1 (610) 357-3121 Investor Relations: [36] The remaining 5kW transmitter was later converted for short wave use. The crew (Caroline Martin, Rico and one other) was rescued by an RAF helicopter. Watch Live TV Listen to Live Radio. Meanwhile, Radio Mi Amigo had interference on 1562kHz and changed to 1412kHz (212 m). I recall that Easter weekend in 1964 when Radio Caroline arrived very well. Lord Annan, author of the 1977 Report of the Committee on the Future of Broadcasting, spoke in defence of Radio Caroline in the House of Lords at report stage on the Broadcasting Act 1990, saying "Why break a butterfly upon the wheel? Smedley's trial opened on 11 October at Chelmsford Assizes, where the jury acquitted him.[6]. They were towed to Amsterdam by a salvage company to secure unpaid bills for servicing by the Dutch tender company Wijsmuller Transport. Next to that we can listen in to Radio Caroline on internet and satellite. Radio Caroline Flashback | Free Internet Radio | TuneIn Caroline can be heard on DAB+ in Aldershot, Birmingham, Cambridge, Brighton, Glasgow, Norwich, London,[2] Portsmouth, Poulton-le-Fylde and Woking.