[49] The LV 18 was later used by the BBC for Pirate BBC Essex broadcasts.[50]. 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. The pair's aim was to circumvent big record companies' control of the broadcast of popular music, as well as. Great reads on Radio Caroline and Free Radio from the 1960's to the 1990's, including from Radio . 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 . (Gordon): I think we'll be back in one way or another. 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. 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. 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. I think so. 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. 'He said that's the name for my radio station,' he added. During 2013, a survey showed a continued move from satellite reception and growth in internet listening. During mid-August 1989, authorities in several European countries carried out coordinated raids on houses, recording studios and offices believed to be used by Caroline. About - The Organisation. Over 30% of radio listeners older than 34 still use analogue radio. [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. Many people, of a certain age, still associate Radio Caroline with the pop music of the 60s & 70s. Presentations were made to US advertising agencies. This statistic shows the result of a survey on weekly radio listening in the United Kingdom (UK) in the first quarter of 2020, by age. 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. The station had some success but stopped broadcasting due to lack of funding. RNI operated on medium wave, short wave and FM. A licenced and registered bureaux that wishes to supply bureaux services using RAJAR data is permitted to do so. 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". "Other Radio" currently has a weekly listenership of 3.8m adults a week. 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. As its popularity began to blossom, the British Government looked at ways to curtail the station's influence. Bubblegum Lemonade released "Caroline's Radio" in 2010 which was a nostalgic look back at listening to Radio Caroline. Dates of the upcoming scheduled releases of RAJAR data. At times, a 10kW transmitter was used to save fuel and relieve the generators. 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. Ownership was hidden due to illegality of operation. Frequency: 648 AM. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. RAJAR reserves the right to publish complaints along with their outcome on this page. Caroline Flashback provides an alternative service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. Since August 2000, Radio Caroline has also broadcast 24 hours a day via the internet and by the occasional restricted service licence. 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 next Caroline memory arrived from Groningen in the North East of the Netherlands. Times Radio's audience fell by over a fifth quarter-on-quarter, according to the latest RAJAR radio listening figures. Sellel pakasest paukuval imekaunil peval oli pikese mber ka halo, mille vike jupike on paremal taevas nha. It was founded in 1964. The Radio Caroline "album" station has been streamed on the internet for many years, accessible via the station's website, with more streams on various devices. Radio Seagull became Radio Caroline on 23 February 1974, retaining the album format. [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. Harry Howard, History Correspondent For Mailonline First you need good audience figures and to do that a greater prominence needs to be sought, hence the push for a Sky EPG listing. At one minute past midnight on 1 October 2001, Caroline returned on 1503kHz from the LV (Light Vessel) 18 in Harwich harbour. media reports and the shock of hearing just how powerful the signal was. Internet streaming of Radio Caroline programmes continued. Caroline coming in to pick up her pilot. [citation needed], In Spain, a station broadcast during the summer 2009 on 102.7MHz in the Costa Blanca from studios in Benidorm. 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. Radio Caroline - 2. Owner: Planet Sales Ltd. First air date: 1964. On 9 August 1985, an official vessel anchored 150 yards from the Ross Revenge. On 4 May 2015, Radio Caroline started a 24-hour "Flashback" webstream[58] carrying "oldies" music and jingles. To complete my story, I have to tell you that all this motivated me highly to assist the Dutch Caroline organization. The final song was Pilot of the Airwaves by Charlie Dore.[43]. 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 . However, in July 1964, the owners of the two stations opted to merge the operations. The latest listening figures revealed that the Radio 2 breakfast show audience has fallen to its lowest level for a decade. Watch Live TV Listen to Live Radio. London, United Kingdom. Jan 27, 2022. On 28 December, unpaid crew cut the Mi Amigo's generator fuel line and departed. 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. There proved to be a lot of people, cultivating little gems of the station's history. The supermarket chain Asda and English Heritage were among the backers. BBC Radio 4 had 10.48m listeners with 6.62m tuning in for The Today programme (Mon-Sat). Wonder where he is now? 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. I took my radio to work and annoyed everyone by listening to RNI in Dutch on short-wave. Since November 2009 Radio Seagull can be heard periodically on 558kHz in London. Radio Caroline 4+ Patrick Mounteney 4.6 10 Ratings Free iPhone Screenshots Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. Her latest opera, The Listeners, is a psychological nail-biter set in southern California. MV Caroline sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man, broadcasting as she went. MV Caroline arrived at her new anchorage on the southern tip of the Bahama Bank, Ramsey Bay, on 6 July 1964,[13] at a position formerly occupied by the Bahama Bank Lightship. ", 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. It was the floating pirate radio station whose mission to was to transmit rock 'n' roll to the masses. 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. Radio Caroline broadcast 24 hours various song, hip hop music, clasic, etc. 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. That autumn various tests, consisting of continuous music, were made on 259 metres. Southern England, western Europe, Northern England, Ireland and Scotland. Officially, Radio Caroline was managed from offices in North America, with advertising from the US and Canada. On this page we have collected a few exemplary ones. (Anderson): Yeah. O'Rahilly had initially competed with another pirate station broadcasting from the MV Mi Amigo. The following day, Caroline was one of few stations in the South East still broadcasting. From the Radio Today site. Select 'Change Stations' on the app if you wish to switch to Boom Light You can also find us listed on the TuneIn or Radioplayer app. It's Source of your ultimate Entertainment. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. This two-day broadcast featured Phil Mitchell, Paul Dennis, Colin Lamb, John Patrick, Barry James, Steve Cisco and Clive Boutell. They were keen to see what this heating was like, with a view to installing it in their own home. 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. Information for commercial radio stations that are licenced by OFCOM and are looking to be measured on the RAJAR survey. The first record played was Fool (If You Think It's Over), by Chris Rea, dedicated to the British Home Office. The market size of the UK radio industry has reached 1 billion by the end of 2021. We . Continuous Flashback Music. When Laser returned as Laser Hot Hits, it used Caroline's former and inferior frequency of 576kHz. The last broadcast from the Mi Amigo was by Stevie Gordon and Tom Anderson:[32]. (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. The LBC brand. 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. I live in Wigan, just west of Manchester. The Mi Amigo returned to its Frinton-on-Sea anchorage with a redesigned antenna and a new 50kW transmitter and attempted to resume broadcasting on 18 April, nominally on 259 metres to enable the same jingles as Radio Caroline North on 1169kHz to be used, but actually 252 metres. 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.. On 3 March 1977, Caroline closed, announcing that it would return six days later on 319 metres. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. The two stations were able to cover most of the British Isles. On 20 January 1966, the MV Mi Amigo lost its anchor in a storm, drifted and ran aground on the beach at Frinton-on-Sea. This was replaced by a twin-mast T-antenna. Nice to think about Dixie Peach, too. 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. The station re-started for a second time in August 1983 from new ship the MV Ross Revenge. Later that day, the Dutch Royal Navy returned the crew and fighting broke out on board. 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. 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 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. She was so fine, I made her mine, her name is Caroline! ", 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. On a national level, though, this figure is amazingly reliable; it's a national sample size of over 100,000 adults. The founder of pirate radio, Radio Caroline, has died. 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'. Radio Caroline continued, moving its headquarters and servicing operation to Spain. Meanwhile, Radio Mi Amigo had interference on 1562kHz and changed to 1412kHz (212 m). Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Fleet-footed cop chases an offender riding a scooter, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up. The survey also found that 18.1 per cent of radio listeners tuned in. Average weekday audience figures per quarter hour (in 000s). 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%. I never had the idea to buy any of the singles they promoted, as these got so much airplay and therefore entered the charts. Engineer Peter Chicago had hidden transmitter parts during the raid and retuned one 5kW transmitter, previously used on short-wave, to 558kHz. . Radio Caroline lobbied against the Labour Party, for the Conservative Party and for the introduction of licensed commercial radio in the United Kingdom. Caroline's album format meant that, although the station served a gap in the market, its audience was smaller than in the 1960s. 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. 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. 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? I just hated the intrusive way deejays tried to influence my taste on the other radio stations. This market overview is based on the first three waves of the Tracking Panel, comparing listening through April, May and June with pre-lockdown. When Marine &c. Broadcasting Offences Act become law on 14 August 1967, Radio Caroline was renamed Radio Caroline International. Latest releases and insightful stories into the radio industry. 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. Rob Day never made it to the airwaves to the best of my knowledge and that was that. 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. . Ray Clark) and Rob Charles. Tenders and boat owners were warned, and some were prosecuted for ferrying staff and provisions to the ship. These stories continued and included co-operation by a former member of the Beatles[who?] Radio Caroline Flashback provides an alternative live service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. 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. 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 drop can be partly explained by lower. News service at peak hours. Dutch nationals were arrested and returned to the Netherlands, together with most of the broadcasting equipment. 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. 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. Myriad factors contribute to the audience curve for radio . From December 1984 the Ross Revenge broadcast Radio Monique, recorded and live Dutch-language programmes of a Dutch music radio production company using the 50kW transmitter during daytime. 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. 68% of Brits listen to the radio at home. London, United Kingdom. Following the election, RNI resumed its original name but jamming continued under the newly elected Conservative government. [6] The generator was left running but the pumps could not manage and the vessel sank 10 minutes later. 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 MV Ross Revenge weathered the storm in the North Sea. 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. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. [7] O'Rahilly named the station after Caroline Kennedy, daughter of U.S. president John F. RAJAR stands for Radio Joint Audience Research and is the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK. The bureauxs client must also be a RAJAR subscriber. [6], Smedley was charged with Calvert's murder on 18 July, but this was reduced to a charge of manslaughter. 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. Reception at that hour was far more difficult than during daytime and so I did my utmost to get the best reception possible. 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.
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