Programmes were recorded on land and broadcast between 6a.m. and 7p.m. 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. 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!' Here they produced programmes for Dutch-speaking holidaymakers, mostly Europop, Top 40, MOR and Dutch language popular music presented by Belgian, Dutch and occasionally English DJs with frequent commercials. [64] On 24 November 2021 a new transmitter was installed with an effective radiated power of 4kW. If you're like most people, you probably don't give much though to how many words you take in each day. However, the station has since moved online and continues to broadcast 24 hours a day. For the first years, advertising on the station was in demand. "People who listened to NPR shows on the radio at home . The ship has working radio studios, from which both Caroline and BBC Essex have broadcast. I could never figure out if he was "high on life" or high on some of that famous Falls Head Herb usually found in the Overdrive studio, so John Bennett tells me. 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. This was all in the 1970's. I must say the people on the station got my sympathy very quickly. City: London. RAJAR figures showed 34.51m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 49.9%. 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. Original 1960s Caroline North jingles were interspersed with generic Radio Caroline ones. ", The next Caroline memory arrived from Groningen in the North East of the Netherlands. Bubblegum Lemonade released "Caroline's Radio" in 2010 which was a nostalgic look back at listening to Radio Caroline. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. Using land-based studios leased in Kent[51] in the late 1990s, the station began broadcasting via satellites Astra 19.2E and Eutelsat 28A, covering western Europe. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. [25], Between 11 and 20 April 1973, the ship broadcast for Radio Veronica while its ship, the Norderney, was aground. The Quarterly Summary Report of all stations with added features. Currently they also broadcast on DAB radio in certain areas of the UK: these services are part of the Ofcom small-scale DAB+ trials. The Government argued that the pirate operation was a danger because of the possibility of the radio frequency interfering with emergency shipping channels. Legal status unclear due to a need to conceal actual legal ownership. London WC1E 7EB, Find out more information on completing the Radio Diary. By Aisha Majid. That's the group of Sietse Brouwer in Harlingen. 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. Many people, of a certain age, still associate Radio Caroline with the pop music of the 60s & 70s. On 1 September, a small motor launch had difficulties in rough seas. They included Blackburn, who became the first to broadcast on Radio 1. (Anderson): Yeah. I can clearly recall "Pushover" by Etta James and "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)" by Betty Everett being two of the tracks. 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. However, the storm had weakened the mast, which collapsed in another storm later. From the Radio Today site. 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. Dave Foster. "[41] In a 1995 article for the pressure group Charter88, Steve McGann commented: "Whether Caroline was right to maintain her defiance for so many years is irrelevant. 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. 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. Much improvement to the lay-out of the ship was planned but basically the studios would have remained. Over 30% of radio listeners older than 34 still use analogue radio. But next to hearing other people talk about the subject, I never really had listened to the Sound of the Nation. The crew and broadcasting staff were rescued unharmed, but the ship's hull was damaged and repairs were carried out at Zaandam, Netherlands. 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. 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. 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 . 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. It was the floating pirate radio station whose mission to was to transmit rock 'n' roll to the masses. From 2007, the ship was docked at Tilbury, where a volunteer crew repaired and maintained it. I remember Caroline North with great affection. 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. Caroline also promoted O'Rahilly's concept of Loving Awareness (LA), a far-eastern philosophy of love and peace. On 9 August 1985, an official vessel anchored 150 yards from the Ross Revenge. Four studios were on board, enabling other broadcasting services. In the late 1990's and later on I helped them with the promotion team when they were busy trying to convince as much as possible cable networks to put their signal on their networks. The Mi Amigo "Top 50" tapes were flown over by helicopter to get them on board more quickly. [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. The Ross Revenge also featured powerful generators.[37]. "It was just so special and so different and worth fighting . 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. [67][68][69][70] The station, owned by St Peters Studio and Community Radio Limited, has not only licensed the name from Radio Caroline, but has also got technical support and programming from the station, who have their own community radio licences in the south, south east and in East Anglia on 648AM (with Radio Caroline also found on DAB in a number of British cities, plus DAB+ in Cambridge). Programmes were still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. 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. The two stations experimented with different frequencies. This channel broadcasts mainly in community format. Radio Caroline began to broadcast from the ship on 19 August 1983, with unwanted mechanical sounds on speech. Second, it also requires a good sales team and, of course, sales people don't work for nothing. Radio Caroline's first musical theme was Jimmy McGriff's "Round Midnight", a jazz standard co-composed by Thelonious Monk. Part of the raid was broadcast live[40] before officials disabled the transmitters. 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. Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. Latest releases and insightful stories into the radio industry. 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. Several years later some of the seized items were returned to the station. [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. Zoe Ball lost a million listeners from the same period last year, when . [39] Caroline returned to the air using a makeshift aerial with a less powerful signal. [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". The flagship channel enjoyed an average weekly audience of 7.7 million in the three months to. The two stations were able to cover most of the British Isles. Community radio listening figures - do 10 million people tune in every week? 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. On 27 April, the Mi Amigo was fully operational. [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 supermarket chain Asda and English Heritage were among the backers. One is lack of finance, so presenters work for nothing we, the Caroline supporters, can ask for no greater dedication and I am quite happy to do my bit and help keep the dream alive with my monthly subscription. It commemorated the 40th anniversary of Radio Caroline and promoted the station's legal internet and satellite programmes. Caroline Pavis +1 (610) 357-3121 Investor Relations: [6] The first programme, which was pre-recorded, was hosted by Chris Moore. Whilst they were ultimately unable to stop it broadcasting because of the fact it was broadcasting from international waters the 1967 Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 made it illegal for British subjects to associate with it. I don't think Grandma saw her radio again till I managed to get a small tranny of my own to replace it. This comes after Steve Wright, Craig Charles, Paul O'Grady, Vanessa Feltz and Ken Bruce all left Radio 2 in a mass exodus over the past six months. Radio Caroline continued, moving its headquarters and servicing operation to Spain. 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. They were keen to see what this heating was like, with a view to installing it in their own home. During the same quarter, on BBC Sounds there were a total of 162m plays of. 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. The final song was Pilot of the Airwaves by Charlie Dore.[43]. Without serious competition, Radio Caroline gained a regular daytime audience of some 7 million.[12]. Broadcasting hours were 6am to 6pm to avoid competition from Radio Luxembourg, which began transmissions at 6pm. Radio 1Xtra had 744k listeners, BBC Radio. Radio Caroline are committed to promote UK Culture, Music, News, Heritage, Tourism and many more through their . Alan even worked with Bob at Radio 1 on. 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.. 'He said that's the name for my radio station,' he added. Caroline Hepker anchors Bloomberg Radio's 'Daybreak Europe' programme, on-air live from 6-10am weekday mornings. Welcome to the Radio Caroline Web Shop, run by volunteers to help the running of the radio station and the preservation and restoration of its radio ship, the Ross Revenge, in the estuary of the River Blackwater in the county of Essex, UK. [citation needed]. Listening in Lockdown On the heels of Breaking the Waves, she (along with Jeanine Tesori) was the first woman to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. The resulting signal was low-powered, but ensured that Caroline South's advertising revenue would continue. Radio Caroline's transmission output was almost 20kW, achieved by linking two 10kW Continental Electronics transmitters. 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. The Huskers (16-13, 8-10 Big Ten . The bureauxs client must also be a RAJAR subscriber. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. Each of his crew was awarded The Thanks of the Institution on vellum.[33]. US Stocks Snap Two Days of Losses; Yields Rise: Markets Wrap. On 24 March 1970, a radio ship named Mebo II anchored off the east coast of England during the UK general election campaign, broadcasting as Radio North Sea International (RNI). In March 1964, The Fortunes recorded Caroline, which became the station's theme. Internet streaming of Radio Caroline programmes continued. A licenced and registered bureaux that wishes to supply bureaux services using RAJAR data is permitted to do so. 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. DJs could choose ordering of oldies all current pop hits in strict rotation. Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. UK Radio Stations. [6] Caroline was broken up for scrap in 1972. This was not because they wanted to buy a house, but because the ones on the new estate had been constructed with an innovative type of central heating, which blew hot air through ducts under the floor. The ship was further delayed by hull damage, and repaired before writs could be issued. London, United Kingdom. Great reads on Radio Caroline and Free Radio from the 1960's to the 1990's, including from Radio . In July Caroline moved to the adjacent channel, 962kHz (312 metres but still called 319) and reception in the UK improved. Its medium wave transmission was jammed by the UK authorities and on 13 June, RNI changed its name to Radio Caroline International with co-operation from Ronan O'Rahilly. 17:31 GMT 28 Sep 2021 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'. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. Only the Caroline app has a live programme schedule, 'Now Playing' and multiple streams to suit most internet speeds. Continuous Flashback Music. I took my radio to work and annoyed everyone by listening to RNI in Dutch on short-wave. Our internet radio site was created for listing together the most popular online available radios of the UK, and to give easy and free access to them at the simplest way in one place. 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. During a violent struggle, Calvert was shot dead. 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. Listening Statistics: 23 Facts You Need to Hear. 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. 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. 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. 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. In June 1990, Spectrum Radio, a new multi-ethnic community radio station in London, was officially allocated 558kHz. In 1990 the UK government amended the 1967 anti-offshore law to allow the boarding and silencing of stations in international waters if their signals could be received in the UK, even if their vessels were foreign-registered and operated. The fact is that the station is on air for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week something I would have not thought possible not that long ago. Details of the modified methodology introduced since the Covid Pandemic. It was also claimed to reach 39 million listeners though I suspect both figures probably had a lot of. From its two vantage points, Radio Caroline's presenters who included future BBC stalwart Tony Blackburn and Tory MP Roger Gale regaled Britons with pop songs which they could only hear on conventional stations for a few hours a week. 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