Radio Atlanta closed at 8p.m. that day. 1980s: Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. On 3 September 1985 at 00:00 hours the Dioptric Surveyor departed in a storm. I recall that Easter weekend in 1964 when Radio Caroline arrived very well. However, in October 1987 a massive storm hit southern England, causing deaths and severe damage. Owner: Planet Sales Ltd. First air date: 1964. However, in July 1964, the owners of the two stations opted to merge the operations. (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. 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 . RAJAR reserves the right to publish complaints along with their outcome on this page. In the evenings, Radio Caroline transmitted Dutch and American religious evangelist broadcasters such as Johan Maasbach and Roy Masters on medium wave, and later on short wave, under the name Viewpoint 963/819, or World Mission Radio (WMR) on short wave. [6] The TV operation was later found to be a publicity stunt.[24]. Every time I succeeded in getting a good signal during the evening, I knew I again would have a very good evening. Detailed information on the survey process. Alan even worked with Bob at Radio 1 on. ", 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. 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. TalkRadio, its culture war-loving sister radio station, also hit a record audience figure of 650,000 listeners - causing much delight among some of the station's staff, who said they have grown. 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.. Wonder where he is now? Media agencies/owners, PR companies and members of the public interested in receiving more detailed data than that currently shown under Listening Figures on the RAJAR site. Since November 2009 Radio Seagull can be heard periodically on 558kHz in London. The two stations experimented with different frequencies. Radio Monique was popular throughout Benelux. This request, and one to stop transmissions on 819kHz, was refused. Following negotiations with the service provider, satellite transmissions ended at midnight on 30 September 2013. It was renamed Radio Caroline South and MV Mi Amigo remained off Frinton-on-Sea while MV Caroline broadcast as Radio Caroline North. In 2002, Caroline began on WorldSpace satellite radio, continuing until Worldspace went bankrupt and re-organised its operations in 2008. 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. In 2017, Ofcom awarded Radio Caroline its first AM licence, allowing it to broadcast to audiences in parts of Suffolk and north Essex. Clive Garrard. 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. They were pop and Europop aimed at the mainstream Dutch audience. From the Radio Today site. Sellel pakasest paukuval imekaunil peval oli pikese mber ka halo, mille vike jupike on paremal taevas nha. 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. We arranged to meet the Caroline tender to go out to the ship but no one turned up. From Electronic People Meters to Smartphone Mobile Metering. Radio Caroline North = 10kW (later 20kW). 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. Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. 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. The pirates were also not paying any royalty to artists, composers or record companies. 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. Most Read. Multiple Streams Programme Schedule 'Now Playing' Programme 'alarms' Presenter profiles 'This Day' page Send emails 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 following day we went to Caroline House in The Hague. Part of being a good communicator means knowing how to listen. [7] O'Rahilly named the station after Caroline Kennedy, daughter of U.S. president John F. 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. -1.04 -1.26%. 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. They were towed to Amsterdam by a salvage company to secure unpaid bills for servicing by the Dutch tender company Wijsmuller Transport. 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. 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 . Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. Tenders and boat owners were warned, and some were prosecuted for ferrying staff and provisions to the ship. In Timaru, an NZBC station, originally 3XC, later 3ZC, broadcast as Radio Caroline until 1995. 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. 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. 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. Radio 1Xtra had 744k listeners, BBC Radio. 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. "[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]. Southern England, western Europe, Northern England, Ireland and Scotland. 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). BBC Radio 2 has the best radio audience figures in the UK, with a reach of almost 14.58 million per week. Brouwer intended to obtain an AM frequency from the Netherlands authorities in 2003 when its medium wave frequencies were reallocated. 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. 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. Without serious competition, Radio Caroline gained a regular daytime audience of some 7 million.[12]. On 4 May 2015, Radio Caroline started a 24-hour "Flashback" webstream[58] carrying "oldies" music and jingles. Radio Caroline Listeners' Top 100 Album Chart 1977 In late 76 listeners were invited to send in their top 10 all-time favourite albums, from which the chart was compiled. In July Caroline moved to the adjacent channel, 962kHz (312 metres but still called 319) and reception in the UK improved. On 9 August 1985, an official vessel anchored 150 yards from the Ross Revenge. On a national level, though, this figure is amazingly reliable; it's a national sample size of over 100,000 adults. Details of the modified methodology introduced since the Covid Pandemic. Two aerials and twin transmitters were used for about six weeks until the aerial mast failed. Radio Caroline began to broadcast from the ship on 19 August 1983, with unwanted mechanical sounds on speech. Over 30% of radio listeners older than 34 still use analogue radio. A coastguard vessel escorted the launch back to shore, but the authorities were unhappy that Caroline listeners had jammed the emergency switchboards. Within months, the unlicensed operation had merged with another station broadcasting from a separate boat near the Isle of Man. 68% of Brits listen to the radio at home. . 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. Broadcasters included Tony Christian, Pawl "Hound Dog" Shanley, Dave Fox, Simon West, Dale Richardson and Peter D.[citation needed]. 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. Her latest opera, The Listeners, is a psychological nail-biter set in southern California. Later, some programmes were pre-recorded on land and broadcast simultaneously from both ships. 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 . At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. She was so fine, I made her mine, her name is Caroline! This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 16:42. Radio Caroline are committed to promote UK Culture, Music, News, Heritage, Tourism and many more through their . The whole of the school Easter holiday, my friend Mozz and I took the tranny with us everywhere. 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. However, Dutch Caroline failed to secure a high power AM frequency and the cable network service was discontinued because of lack of funds. Several years later some of the seized items were returned to the station. Former offshore broadcasters who continue on the station are: Roger Mathews, Nigel Harris, Martin Fisher, Marc Jacobs, Johnny Lewis, Doug Wood, Dave Foster, Cliff Osbourne, Chris Pearson, Bob Lawrence, Jeremy Chartham and Ad Roberts. 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 . [9][10] A particular image conveying unthreatening joy was the cheeky 4 year old Caroline hiding at President John F Kennedy's feet beneath the battered HMS Resolute desk in the Oval Office.[11]. Although most broadcasting staff left at that time, some remained for a year as caretakers while funding and equipment were sought. A well-nourished captain said they often failed to appear for a tender but he always got paid! 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. Ken Bruce has also confirmed that he's moving. It was the floating pirate radio station whose mission to was to transmit rock 'n' roll to the masses. 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. (Anderson): It's not a very good occasion really, we have to hurry this because the lifeboat is standing by. It commemorated the 40th anniversary of Radio Caroline and promoted the station's legal internet and satellite programmes. The ship has working radio studios, from which both Caroline and BBC Essex have broadcast. [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. It's Source of your ultimate Entertainment. The Dutch offshore station Radio Veronica was on 1562 kHz and Radio Atlanta broadcast on 1493 kHz. 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. On 27 April, the Mi Amigo was fully operational. However, full station identity jingles for the new Radio Caroline were not aired until 10th October 1983. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 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. By Aisha Majid. 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. On the 9 September 2017 a stone was unveiled in Felixstowe to commemorate Radio Caroline.[63]. Encouraged by Scandinavian and Dutch radio pirates, in February 1964 O'Rahilly obtained the 702-ton former Danish passenger ferry Fredericia, launched in Frederikshavn in 1929,[5] which was converted into a radio ship at the Irish port of Greenore, owned by O'Rahilly's father. 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. From the anchorage in the Knock Deep the Mi Amigo's mast could be seen on the horizon. Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. 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). 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 . Average weekday audience figures per quarter hour (in 000s). It was also claimed to reach 39 million listeners though I suspect both figures probably had a lot of. DJs could choose ordering of oldies all current pop hits in strict rotation. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. The survey also found that 18.1 per cent of radio listeners tuned in. 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. Those broadcasts took place between 1970 and 1973.[20]. Zoe Ball lost a million listeners from the same period last year, when . During the same quarter, on BBC Sounds there were a total of 162m plays of. Radio Caroline presenter Ray Clark remembers listening to Mr Damon as a nine-year-old on the radio. Caroline's album format meant that, although the station served a gap in the market, its audience was smaller than in the 1960s. I was extremely excited about the new station and borrowed a big transistor radio from my grandmother, so that I could take the music everywhere I went. [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 latest listening figures revealed that the Radio 2 breakfast show audience has fallen to its lowest level for a decade. It began taking in water and the crew was rescued by lifeboat. The four-week event was funded through on-air local business commercials. 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. 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). 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. 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! After 31 August, shows for Radio Mi Amigo were delivered on cassettes rather than reel-to-reel tapes. News at peak hours: 7, 8, 9am, 1pm; 5, 6, 7pm, with headlines at 6:30am, 7:30am and 8:30am. However, the storm had weakened the mast, which collapsed in another storm later. Documents to detail all the latest market information. ", Earlier this year I met Bob Le-Roi and of course we talked a lot about Radio Caroline. [25] The ship anchored off the Dutch coastal resort of Scheveningen and was serviced and operated from the Netherlands. Radio Caroline is a British station from London. The resulting signal was low-powered, but ensured that Caroline South's advertising revenue would continue. 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. News stories appeared in Europe[22] announcing the start of Caroline Television[23] from two Super Constellation aircraft using Stratovision technology. The crew (Caroline Martin, Rico and one other) was rescued by an RAF helicopter. ", And then a small packet of Caroline's past was brought back by Mary Payne, director of the Radio London company which does a lot of work, including maintaining an excellent site on the history of Radio London together with her husband Chris. Later that day, the Dutch Royal Navy returned the crew and fighting broke out on board. A Fox News poll released on Sunday found Trump receiving 43 percent support while DeSantis, who's widely speculated to be gearing up for a White House run, received 28 percent, among a list of . 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.
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