The survey also found that 18.1 per cent of radio listeners tuned in. With Face-to-Face recruitment being suspended at the end of March, RAJAR introduced a Tracking Panel to evaluate radio listening during our time in Lockdown. 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. MV Ross Revenge weathered the storm in the North Sea. He was part entrepreneur, part buccaneer who broadcasted rock 'n' roll from a. Shrewdly, the BBC also employed many of the one-time pirate DJs who had helped to make Radio Caroline a success. From the anchorage in the Knock Deep the Mi Amigo's mast could be seen on the horizon. I remember wandering around that show house with my tranny on my arm. News stories appeared in Europe[22] announcing the start of Caroline Television[23] from two Super Constellation aircraft using Stratovision technology. 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 At times, a 10kW transmitter was used to save fuel and relieve the generators. 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. The crew and broadcasting staff were rescued unharmed, but the ship's hull was damaged and repairs were carried out at Zaandam, Netherlands. Each of his crew was awarded The Thanks of the Institution on vellum.[33]. "I think it lit a spark," he said. 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. The Mi Amigo's 160-foot (49m) mast remained erect for six years. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. (ii)576 kHz: continuation of above, with slightly more singles played. From 2007, the ship was docked at Tilbury, where a volunteer crew repaired and maintained it. 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.". 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. 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. [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%. However, the station has since moved online and continues to broadcast 24 hours a day. RNI operated on medium wave, short wave and FM. Radio Caroline 4+ Patrick Mounteney 4.6 10 Ratings Free iPhone Screenshots Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. (i) 963 kHz: unformatted free-choice album format, with news. 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). 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. 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. Finally, Radio Mi Amigo moved to 962kHz on 1 December. 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. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 16:42. iPhone Maker Plans $700 Million India Plant in Shift From China. The national digital station, which is owned by News UK's . Owner: Planet Sales Ltd. First air date: 1964. On 3 March 1977, Caroline closed, announcing that it would return six days later on 319 metres. In July Caroline moved to the adjacent channel, 962kHz (312 metres but still called 319) and reception in the UK improved. MV Caroline sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man, broadcasting as she went. The flagship channel enjoyed an average weekly audience of 7.7 million in the three months to. Next to that we can listen in to Radio Caroline on internet and satellite. Spectrum threatened to sue the Radio Authority, which then allowed Spectrum to temporarily broadcast on 990kHz alongside 558kHz. Caroline also promoted O'Rahilly's concept of Loving Awareness (LA), a far-eastern philosophy of love and peace. [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. The appetite for dance music is thriving with both Heart Dance and Capital Dance celebrating record listening figures. Have you ever met the guy? DJs could choose ordering of oldies all current pop hits in strict rotation. 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. O'Rahilly had initially competed with another pirate station broadcasting from the MV Mi Amigo. 68% of Brits listen to the radio at home. 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. It was claimed in 1964 by Caroline's manager that they had a larger audience than the BBC. I took my radio to work and annoyed everyone by listening to RNI in Dutch on short-wave. Smedley later withdrew from the deal. On 5 November 1990, lack of fuel and supplies forced the station to stop transmitting. Caroline caused more interference to Spectrum than vice versa. 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. The bureauxs client must also be a RAJAR subscriber. Clive Garrard. 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? [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. [citation needed]. The operation then continued, despite disagreements between O'Rahilly and some of its DJs over what the station should be playing. Since 1991, the Ross Revenge has been maintained by enthusiasts called the Radio Caroline Support Group, originally the Ross Revenge Support Group. Over the following months, Caroline's signal quality improved as transmitting valves were donated and programming returned to normal. 15 August 1967 following passage of the Marine Offences Act, Broadcasting from various locations offshore to Western Europe. The only singer to stay overnight, she helped present programmes, make jingles, and close the station at night.[15]. 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. European medium wave channels had been reallocated to multiples of nine. [45] The Ross Revenge was salvaged and brought into harbour in Dover, ending 27 years of Radio Caroline's unlicensed offshore career. This request, and one to stop transmissions on 819kHz, was refused. "It was just so special and so different and worth fighting . I never had the idea to buy any of the singles they promoted, as these got so much airplay and therefore entered the charts. (Anderson): It's not a very good occasion really, we have to hurry this because the lifeboat is standing by. Only the Caroline app has a live programme schedule, 'Now Playing' and multiple streams to suit most internet speeds. The four-week event was funded through on-air local business commercials. Radio Caroline Ltd. and Caroline Support Group (originally called the Ross Revenge Support Group). [48] Evangelical programmes and sponsored specialist music are broadcast. 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. "[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. On this page Hans Knot presents a few exemplary ones. Radio Caroline tried several frequencies, among them 963, 576, 585 (briefly), 558 (after Laser 558 closed) and later 819kHz. If you're like most people, you probably don't give much though to how many words you take in each day. "[61], In May 2017, Ofcom awarded the station a community licence to broadcast to Suffolk and north Essex on 648kHz with a power of 1kW.[3][62]. 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. 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. London, United Kingdom. Age UK cited NHS Digital figures for England which show there were 28,890 support requests for people aged 65 and over in 2021/22 where the person died without any of those services being provided. On 4 May 2015, Radio Caroline started a 24-hour "Flashback" webstream[58] carrying "oldies" music and jingles. Caroline claimed boarding the ship and removal or destruction of equipment was piracy. Radio Caroline is a British station from London. 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. So far, Mazzoli's greatest success has come in the opera house. The station restarted just before Christmas as Radio 199 but soon became Radio Caroline, with a Top 40 format. It was also claimed to reach 39 million listeners though I suspect both figures probably had a lot of. Greg James' breakfast show on Radio 1 also saw an increase in listeners quarter-on-quarter. [46] Dedicated apps for listening via Apple IOS[55] and Android[56] devices are also available. In 2017, Ofcom awarded Radio Caroline its first AM licence, allowing it to broadcast to audiences in parts of Suffolk and north Essex. I vividly remember the days leading up to the first broadcast from the Ross, the test tones, the usually incorrect! Obviously, we hope to be back with you as soon as possible, but just for the moment we would like to say goodbye. 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. Technology. [64] On 24 November 2021 a new transmitter was installed with an effective radiated power of 4kW. 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. Radio Caroline's first programme, on 28 March 1964, was presented by Chris Moore. The 10kW transmitters could run on the Henschel generator beside the two main MAN units and also a Cummins unit on the aft deck behind the wheelhouse.[29]. According to the latest Nielsen Audio Today report, more than two-thirds of the weekly radio audience works full time and tunes in when they're away from home. Total listening hours for Talkradio were up 23% compared to the last quarter to reach 5.7m hours each week, while Times Radio's listening hours were up 16% to 3.6m hours weekly. The Quarterly Summary Report of all stations with added features. 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. And that means that people's work schedules are significant drivers of the hourly flow of listening throughout the day. News service at peak hours. I did not succeed in getting things right every day, but I certainly felt good every time I heard the famous Caroline bell going "Ding, Ding," followed by the opening tune from those days: "On My Way Back Home" from The New Riders on the Purple Sage. Following the election, RNI resumed its original name but jamming continued under the newly elected Conservative government. Radio Caroline had greater night-time interference, and it was decided to move Caroline to a new frequency. Caroline broadcast regular apologies to Spectrum listeners but refused to vacate the channel. Caroline returned on 9 March 1977 on 953kHz, actually 315 metres but announced as 319. 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. 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). [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. How radio is measured in other European countries and throughout the rest of the World. [6] The first programme, which was pre-recorded, was hosted by Chris Moore. Radio Caroline's first musical theme was Jimmy McGriff's "Round Midnight", a jazz standard co-composed by Thelonious Monk. According to the survey, respondents aged 56 . US Stocks Snap Two Days of Losses; Yields Rise: Markets Wrap. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. 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. We are a small team and you can find out here who the best person to contact is regarding any query. 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. "Why do we have to pay, why aren't they out at sea, the music's no good," and so on. It was the floating pirate radio station whose mission to was to transmit rock 'n' roll to the masses. During 2013, a survey showed a continued move from satellite reception and growth in internet listening. In the 1970's and 19870's is was great to follow all the things which were happening as there were two magazines in which all the facts and figures were published from day to day. Nice to think about Dixie Peach, too. Radio Caroline broadcast 24 hours various song, hip hop music, clasic, etc. 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. For the first years, advertising on the station was in demand. Programmes were still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. Links would have been to the 603 and the 1242 kHz transmitters as before, but programmes would have taken on a slightly different slant. Southern England, western Europe, Northern England, Ireland and Scotland. On Saturday, 28 March, it began regular broadcasting at noon on 1520 kHz (announced as 199 metres) with the opening conducted by Simon Dee. 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:. It left Spain, with an incomplete studio, to avoid legal entanglements. Huskers Close Out Cats, 80-64. Listening Statistics: 23 Facts You Need to Hear. [35], The Ross Revenge was larger than Mi Amigo and with more elaborate transmitting equipment: in 1983, two 5kW RCA transmitters and a RCA 50kW unit. 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 . 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. Since November 2009 Radio Seagull can be heard periodically on 558kHz in London. Chris Faulkner, for instance, replied by going back to his youth: "My memory of the "Old Girl" comes from the time she moved to the Isle of Mann in 1964. 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. Wavelength: 199 metres. In November 1985, the competing offshore station, Laser 558, closed after electrical problems and Caroline moved from 576kHz to Laser's 558kHz frequency, with a Top 40 music format similar to Laser's under the name Caroline 558. When Radio Veronica closed in 1974, some presenters moved to Radio Mi Amigo. A bulletin report which provides information of the survey period, any new stations that have joined or any changes to the stations or groups. The Fredericia was renamed MV Caroline and anchored off Felixstowe, Suffolk, where it began test transmissions on Friday, 27 March 1964. The station's slogan was Your all-day music station. 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. "People who listened to NPR shows on the radio at home . [17] The Manx parliament, the Tynwald, attempted to exclude the North ship from the legislation, appealing to the European Court on the legality of the act being applied to the Isle of Man. Most Read. 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. Two (Radio 270 and Radio London) of the remaining four UK-based offshore stations closed, but the two Caroline ships continued with their supply operation moved to Netherlands waters, where unlicensed ship-based broadcasting was not outlawed until 1974. In December 1976, Radio Mi Amigo moved to 1562kHz on the 50kW transmitter, leaving Caroline on 1187kHz 24 hours a day on the 10kW. Between them, the stations were covering most of the British Isles. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. won't sell abortion pills in 20 states after warnings by Republican attorneys general of legal action, a decision that limits the medication's . On 12 June 2006, the station bought an EPG slot on Sky channel 0199. [25], Between 11 and 20 April 1973, the ship broadcast for Radio Veronica while its ship, the Norderney, was aground. Non-Dutch staff were given the option of staying on the ship or returning to the Netherlands, and most chose to stay on board. Listening in Lockdown 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. In June 1990, Spectrum Radio, a new multi-ethnic community radio station in London, was officially allocated 558kHz. 50 kW (second 10 kW transmitter later added). This gave reasonable reception by day but strong heterodyne interference at night because the transmitter crystal was off-channel. 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. Because of a law that allows pirates in distress to come ashore without arrest, the running aground had no consequences for the crew. BBC Radio 6 Music celebrates its 20th birthday with record listening figures. 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.

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