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.
Daily Mail article about Radio Caroline - 29 September 2021 ", 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. Radio Caroline began to broadcast from the ship on 19 August 1983, with unwanted mechanical sounds on speech. Radio Caroline North subsequently moved to 257m (1169kHz) but also called it 259. 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. 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. Two aerials and twin transmitters were used for about six weeks until the aerial mast failed. The 'amateurs' were said to be reaching 39million listeners with 15million in the South of England and the rest in the North. RAJAR figures for Q3 2022, 27 June - 18 September 2022. Two days later, Mi Amigo was towed to IJmuiden and seized because of unpaid bills. The station played a wide selection of music from when Caroline started in the 1960s, but also included music from the 1970s and 1980s and early 1990s to widen the audience profile.
Remarkable photos show life behind the scenes at Radio Caroline 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. . "[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. We are a small team and you can find out here who the best person to contact is regarding any query. Caroline broadcast regular apologies to Spectrum listeners but refused to vacate the channel. Throughout most of the 1970s, Radio Caroline could be heard only at night, calling itself "Europe's first and only album station". Radio Caroline Flashback provides an alternative live service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. [36] The remaining 5kW transmitter was later converted for short wave use. The four-week event was funded through on-air local business commercials. I'd never heard anything like it before. [citation needed], In Spain, a station broadcast during the summer 2009 on 102.7MHz in the Costa Blanca from studios in Benidorm. We simply knocked on the door which was answered by a young Canadian who called himself Rob Day. On Easter Saturday, my parents wanted to go and view a show house on a new estate.
Ofcom agrees for Radio Caroline to turn up the power 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. The following day we went to Caroline House in The Hague. 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%. Since the pandemic took hold in the United States, NPR's radio ratings have taken a nosedive. [6] Caroline was broken up for scrap in 1972. On a national level, though, this figure is amazingly reliable; it's a national sample size of over 100,000 adults. More than 2.8m listeners tuned in to BBC Radio 6 Music in the first quarter of the year (3rd Jan to 3rd April 2022) as . Spectrum threatened to sue the Radio Authority, which then allowed Spectrum to temporarily broadcast on 990kHz alongside 558kHz. Details of the modified methodology introduced since the Covid Pandemic. Radio Caroline presenter Ray Clark remembers listening to Mr Damon as a nine-year-old on the radio. RAJAR figures showed 34.51m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 49.9%. During the same quarter, on BBC Sounds there were a total of 162m plays of. Programmes were presented by current and former DJs from the BBC, ILR, Ireland, Luxembourg, offshore and land-based pirate stations, and other international and freelance backgrounds, including Tony Prince and Emperor Rosko. In 1987, the Territorial Sea Act[38] extended the UK maritime limit from three to 12 nautical miles (22km). Caroline claimed boarding the ship and removal or destruction of equipment was piracy. I took my radio to work and annoyed everyone by listening to RNI in Dutch on short-wave.
Radio listening has plummeted. NPR is reaching a bigger audience than For several months only one transmitter could be used, leading to the loss of the income-generating Radio Monique, although a substitute Dutch daytime service, Radio 558 (later Radio 819), was eventually established. Brouwer intended to obtain an AM frequency from the Netherlands authorities in 2003 when its medium wave frequencies were reallocated.
wirelesswaffle - Radio, Television, Humour, Pictures, Music, Life the When the MV Caroline left for the Isle of Man, the Mi Amigo remained in Felixstowe. [6] The Cheeta II was equipped for FM broadcasting, so it was fitted with the 10kW transmitter from the Mi Amigo, feeding a makeshift antenna. 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. Hughley is partnering with Janssen to empower Black communities with information and encourage better self-advocacy for their health. The crew and broadcasting staff were rescued unharmed, but the ship's hull was damaged and repairs were carried out at Zaandam, Netherlands. [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). His programme, which airs five days a week, rose from 4.3 million to 4.5 million listeners between the . Information for commercial radio stations that are licenced by OFCOM and are looking to be measured on the RAJAR survey. Caroline's album format meant that, although the station served a gap in the market, its audience was smaller than in the 1960s. 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. (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. album, and Turnbull and Gallagher joined them on the Stiff's tour, becoming The Blockheads.[28]. Global's Highest Radio Reach EVER!!! 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]. [6] The TV operation was later found to be a publicity stunt.[24]. One would circle over the North Sea in international air space near the United Kingdom, while the other remained on standby.
The most popular radio stations in the UK - media Discover the history of the three RAJAR contracts, and understand the review of methods and sampling and fieldwork events timeline. In November 1991, the ship lost its anchor in a storm and drifted onto the Goodwin Sands in the Channel. The operation then continued, despite disagreements between O'Rahilly and some of its DJs over what the station should be playing. 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.
BBC Radio 6 Music celebrates its 20th birthday with record listening A brief name change from Radio North Sea International during the UK General Election campaign, after which the station reverted to its original name. From 2007, the ship was docked at Tilbury, where a volunteer crew repaired and maintained it.
'Eurosiege '85' The Story of the 1985 | Grelly UK Radio control: Inside the Q4 2021 RAJAR listening figures "Other Radio" currently has a weekly listenership of 3.8m adults a week. I remember wandering around that show house with my tranny on my arm. According to the survey, respondents aged 56 . The crew (Caroline Martin, Rico and one other) was rescued by an RAF helicopter. In May 2017, Ofcom awarded the station an AM band community licence to broadcast to Suffolk and north Essex;[3] full-time broadcasting, via a previously redundant BBC World Service transmitter mast at Orford Ness, commenced on 22 December 2017.[4]. Various: broadly according to era and frequency: 1960s: mainstream pop. On 3 September 1985 at 00:00 hours the Dioptric Surveyor departed in a storm. I vividly remember the days leading up to the first broadcast from the Ross, the test tones, the usually incorrect! If you're like most people, you probably don't give much though to how many words you take in each day. A well-nourished captain said they often failed to appear for a tender but he always got paid! 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. Officially, Radio Caroline was managed from offices in North America, with advertising from the US and Canada. We duly bought the wine but do not know if it was the one heard when Radio Seagull opened on January 7, 1974. [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. [48] Evangelical programmes and sponsored specialist music are broadcast. 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. About - The Organisation. Belgium had outlawed offshore radio in 1962 and prosecuted advertisers, cutting the station's revenue. It was also claimed to reach 39 million listeners though I suspect both figures probably had a lot of. The Dutch government banned unlicensed offshore radio on 1 September 1974. 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. [34] It had an antenna system radiating from a 300-foot (91m) high mast, the tallest on any ship in the world. On this page we have collected a few exemplary ones. During a violent struggle, Calvert was shot dead. Radio Caroline was a real phenomen. No, I did buy records which were also nice and were brought to my ears by listening to Radio Caroline quite other music than the other stations were offering.
How to listen to Boom - Boom Radio The market size of the UK radio industry has reached 1 billion by the end of 2021. On 9 August 1985, an official vessel anchored 150 yards from the Ross Revenge. Syndicated shows from the US and recorded religious programmes were also broadcast. Broadcasting from various offshore locations to Western Europe, Status unclear and mainly operated by supporters, Radio Atlantis 1973 and Radio Mi-Amigo 19741978, Geographic areas bordering upon North Sea, 963 kHz (wavelength announced as "319" metres) later moving to 819 kHz with additional transmitter in 531594 kHz range (principally 558 kHz).
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Absolute 00s - Absolute Radio 00s - Absolute Noughties - UKRadioLive The first record played was Fool (If You Think It's Over), by Chris Rea, dedicated to the British Home Office. In the evenings on 963, some alternative music programmes were tried, including the reggae "Jamming 963", and in 1986 and early 1987, a progressive and indie rock programme called Caroline Overdrive hosted by Tom Anderson, Fergie McNeal, Andy Johnson, Stevie Lane, Mark Matthews, Kevin Turner, Peter Phillips, Mick Williams (a.k.a. We're not leaving and disappearing, we're going onto the lifeboat hoping that the pumps can take it; if they can, we'll be back, if not, well, we really don't like to say it. 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. The ship was further delayed by hull damage, and repaired before writs could be issued. In February 1964, O'Rahilly obtained the Fredericia and converted it into a radio ship at the Irish port of Greenore, which was owned by his father. To complete my story, I have to tell you that all this motivated me highly to assist the Dutch Caroline organization.
Radio Caroline - The National Archives American Cancer Society 2022-2024. . 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. These stories continued and included co-operation by a former member of the Beatles[who?] Many people, of a certain age, still associate Radio Caroline with the pop music of the 60s & 70s. I don't think Grandma saw her radio again till I managed to get a small tranny of my own to replace it. Only the Caroline app has a live programme schedule, 'Now Playing' and multiple streams to suit most internet speeds. News at peak hours: 7, 8, 9am, 1pm; 5, 6, 7pm, with headlines at 6:30am, 7:30am and 8:30am. 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. Ray Clark) and Rob Charles. 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. News stories appeared in Europe[22] announcing the start of Caroline Television[23] from two Super Constellation aircraft using Stratovision technology. O'Rahilly had initially competed with another pirate station broadcasting from the MV Mi Amigo. On 1 October 1989, Radio Caroline restarted broadcasting from the Ross Revenge using makeshift equipment and low power, to retain the 558kHz frequency. In December 2010, Chatham and Aylesford MP Tracey Crouch presented an Early Day Motion to the House of Commons calling for Ofcom to allow Radio Caroline to broadcast as a licensed medium wave station to its "traditional heartland of the south east". At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. (ii)576 kHz: continuation of above, with slightly more singles played. 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. [25], Between 11 and 20 April 1973, the ship broadcast for Radio Veronica while its ship, the Norderney, was aground. Caroline can also be listened to over the internet including via music players such as Amazon echo (Alexa). [citation needed] The new station introduced British audiences to slick American-style top 40 radio with electronic jingles produced by Dallas-based PAMS, and was an immediate success. Just as I was about to go to school one morning, my mother called me and my brother into my parents' bedroom to watch the M.V. ", Earlier this year I met Bob Le-Roi and of course we talked a lot about Radio Caroline. At times, a 10kW transmitter was used to save fuel and relieve the generators.
Two of the BBC's flagship radio stations see sharp drop in - mirror Initially this was a minor inconvenience as the 300-foot (91m) mast was thought sturdy enough. 50 kW (second 10 kW transmitter later added). Zoe Ball lost a million listeners from the same period last year, when . DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. 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's first programme, on 28 March 1964, was presented by Chris Moore. Home; Stations . Detailed information on the survey process. Another Belgian station, Radio Mi Amigo International, launched on 1 January 1974; it was run by Belgian businessman and Suzy Waffles owner Sylvain Tack. Reception at that hour was far more difficult than during daytime and so I did my utmost to get the best reception possible.
Listening to Radio Caroline - University of Groningen 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. 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. 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. Click the pic to find out more. Kennedy. In July Caroline moved to the adjacent channel, 962kHz (312 metres but still called 319) and reception in the UK improved. Radio Caroline continued on satellite but required manual tuning. On 1 September, a small motor launch had difficulties in rough seas. Part of the proceeds helps keep us on the air. At one minute past midnight on 1 October 2001, Caroline returned on 1503kHz from the LV (Light Vessel) 18 in Harwich harbour. The BBC Light, Third, and Home programmes became Radios 2, 3 and 4 respectively. They were pop and Europop aimed at the mainstream Dutch audience. Bubblegum Lemonade released "Caroline's Radio" in 2010 which was a nostalgic look back at listening to Radio Caroline. 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. [14] Presenters Tony Blackburn, Roger Gale, Ray Teret, Simon Dee, Tony Prince, Spangles Muldoon, Keith Skues, Johnnie Walker, Robbie Dale, Dave Lee Travis, Tommy Vance, Tom Edwards, Paul Noble, Bob Stewart and Andy Archer became well known. That's the group of Sietse Brouwer in Harlingen. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. [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. Daytime programming was leased to a community radio service called Puketapu Radio on 756kHz.[75]. 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. [30] Radio Caroline returned to the air on 15 April 1979. 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. 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.