The station has subsequently broadcast on 531kHz AM from the Ross Revenge during some bank holiday weekends, beginning on 2831 August 2009 and also within a few days of the 50th anniversary of the ship's first voyage. Radio Caroline, UK | Free Internet Radio | TuneIn Initially this was a minor inconvenience as the 300-foot (91m) mast was thought sturdy enough. I never had the idea to buy any of the singles they promoted, as these got so much airplay and therefore entered the charts. He was opposed by some DJs and crew who had worked on the Mi Amigo and the album format stayed along with presenters such as Andy Archer, Samantha Dubois, Grant Benson, Robin Ross and Simon Barrett. [18], On 3 March 1968, the radio ships Mi Amigo and Caroline were boarded and seized before the day's broadcasting began. In the South East England new standard regions 4 and 5, Radio Caroline has 27% whilst Radio London has 24%." Only 17% of the total UK population can pick up community radio, according to the same Ofcom report we mentioned earlier. Radio Caroline began to broadcast from the ship on 19 August 1983, with unwanted mechanical sounds on speech. This market overview is based on the first three waves of the Tracking Panel, comparing listening through April, May and June with pre-lockdown. The Dutch government banned unlicensed offshore radio on 1 September 1974. 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). Spectrum threatened to sue the Radio Authority, which then allowed Spectrum to temporarily broadcast on 990kHz alongside 558kHz. 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. 18:03 GMT 28 Sep 2021. The LBC brand. Wonder where he is now? Radio Caroline broadcasts music from the 1960s to contemporary, with an emphasis on album-oriented rock (AOR) and "new" music from "carefully selected albums". Unhappy at the loss of advertising, Radio Mi Amigo terminated its contract with Caroline in November 1978 and broadcast from its own ship, the MV Magdalena later that year, but this was short-lived. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. 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. 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. Owner: Planet Sales Ltd. First air date: 1964. On 12 June 2006, the station bought an EPG slot on Sky channel 0199. The two stations were able to cover most of the British Isles. [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 Quarterly Summary Report of all stations with added features. 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. Radio Seagull became Radio Caroline on 23 February 1974, retaining the album format. His programme, which airs five days a week, rose from 4.3 million to 4.5 million listeners between the . He announced towards the end of the programme that it was his last show because he had accepted an offer to become programme controller of RNI! Caroline launched the programme in 2015 with a new team in London who have now taken the programme onto London DAB digital radio in the UK. 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! Several years later some of the seized items were returned to the station. [clarification needed]. Two aerials and twin transmitters were used for about six weeks until the aerial mast failed. Dan Greenwood on LinkedIn: Global's Highest Radio Reach EVER!!! The Belgian courts sentenced Tack and some DJs to fines and jail in absentia, although the prison terms were later cancelled. However, in July 1964, the owners of the two stations opted to merge the operations. 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 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. UK Radio Stations. Tenders and boat owners were warned, and some were prosecuted for ferrying staff and provisions to the ship. The first was a Belgian station called Radio Atlantis, owned by Belgian businessman Adriaan van Landschoot. In Happy Birthday Tony Blackburn: 80 Poptastic Years on Radio 2, Dermot O'Leary will talk to Tony about his life and career and surprises him with . Who RAJAR is owned by and what we do. So far, Mazzoli's greatest success has come in the opera house. A licenced and registered bureaux that wishes to supply bureaux services using RAJAR data is permitted to do so. When Marine &c. Broadcasting Offences Act become law on 14 August 1967, Radio Caroline was renamed Radio Caroline International. It was the floating pirate radio station whose mission to was to transmit rock 'n' roll to the masses. Over the following months, Caroline's signal quality improved as transmitting valves were donated and programming returned to normal. 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 . Caroline really got more and more attention after August 31, 1974, when the other offshore stations off the Dutch coast had to stop their transmissions, while Radio Caroline survived to please its listeners. 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. The survey also found that 18.1 per cent of radio listeners tuned in. A bulletin report which provides information of the survey period, any new stations that have joined or any changes to the stations or groups. This was replaced by a twin-mast T-antenna. Greg James' breakfast show on Radio 1 also saw an increase in listeners quarter-on-quarter. "Walking down the King's Road" track by Squire "In a Chelsea drug store with some friends of mine, mini skirts, dolly birds and Radio Caroline". From 1970 on a lot happened in offshore radio, which has often been forgotten by people who write about this subject in books. Over 30% of radio listeners older than 34 still use analogue radio. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. In practice, day-to-day servicing was carried from France and the UK. In an extant photo, Caroline Kennedy and her brother, John F. Kennedy Jr., are apparently dancing in the Oval Office as their father looks on, an activity which O'Rahilly reportedly interpreted as a playful, jovial disruption of government. The project not unexpectedly hit the quay side, but it would have been interesting should the plan have come to fruition. 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. [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. DJs Chris Cary, broadcasting as Spangles Muldoon (who was also station manager), Andy Archer, Paul Alexander, Steve England, Johnny Jason and Peter Chicago (real name Peter Murtha)[25] manned the station. Just after midnight GMT on 20 March 1980, the Mi Amigo foundered in a storm after losing its anchor and drifting. Thanks, BBC, for fixing Woman's Hour. Now please take a look at Today When Radio Monique hired the main transmitter, spare parts were taken from a fourth transmitter to convert the 5kW into a 10kW unit, the RCA 5 and 10kW transmitters having similar designs. Therefore I would like to thank the Monitor Magazine from Benfleet from the later Buster Pearson and the Pirate Radio News team from the Netherlands. 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. Ronan O'Rahilly passed away April 20 at the age of 79. Radio Caroline web shop HOME PAGE Radio Caroline was a real phenomen. Click the pic to find out more. Brouwer intended to obtain an AM frequency from the Netherlands authorities in 2003 when its medium wave frequencies were reallocated. In the 1960's, to attract advertisers, Radio Caroline and Radio London always reported rather high listening figures. ", Andries Peterson from the Netherlands also has his memories of the station: "I had heard from Radio Caroline before the station started its transmissions off the Dutch coast, late 1973. Her story illustrates how uniquely dangerous government regards an independent voice transmitted over unrestricted airwaves and to what ends it will go to silence it."[42]. Frequency: 648 AM. RAJAR Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. Rob Day never made it to the airwaves to the best of my knowledge and that was that. Caroline Flashback provides an alternative service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. 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.". Multiple Streams Programme Schedule 'Now Playing' Programme 'alarms' Presenter profiles 'This Day' page Send emails By September 28, 1964 just six months after launching the station's then-manager boasted in the Daily Mail of having an audience bigger than the all-powerful and well-established BBC. 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. Most Read. 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. Average weekday audience figures per quarter hour (in 000s). Radio Caroline South = 10kW (later 50 kW). The founder of pirate radio, Radio Caroline, has died. Times Radio listening figures: 20% fall in second RAJAR release The flagship channel enjoyed an average weekly audience of 7.7 million in the three months to. On 3 March 1977, Caroline closed, announcing that it would return six days later on 319 metres. One 5kW transmitter was initially not serviceable. The whole of the school Easter holiday, my friend Mozz and I took the tranny with us everywhere. On 27 April, the Mi Amigo was fully operational. "Why do we have to pay, why aren't they out at sea, the music's no good," and so on. The final song was Pilot of the Airwaves by Charlie Dore.[43]. Wavelength: 199 metres. Radio stations ranked by weekly reach in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 1st quarter 2020 (in 1,000 listeners) Listeners reached in thousands* BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 1 Classic FM. [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]. "It was just so special and so different and worth fighting . Caroline can be heard on DAB+ in Aldershot, Birmingham, Cambridge, Brighton, Glasgow, Norwich, London,[2] Portsmouth, Poulton-le-Fylde and Woking. Internet streaming of Radio Caroline programmes continued. 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. Details of the modified methodology introduced since the Covid Pandemic. It was founded in 1964. The pirates were also not paying any royalty to artists, composers or record companies. ", 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's first programme, on 28 March 1964, was presented by Chris Moore. Within months, the unlicensed operation had merged with another station broadcasting from a separate boat near the Isle of Man. 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. James O'Brien overtakes Nick Ferrari to nab most LBC listeners 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. Listen to Radio Caroline Flashback. The four-week event was funded through on-air local business commercials. Speech radio listening figures: GB News and Times Radio up - Press Gazette Those broadcasts took place between 1970 and 1973.[20]. 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. BBC Radio 6 Music celebrates its 20th birthday with record listening figures. 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. 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. ", The next Caroline memory arrived from Groningen in the North East of the Netherlands. A brief name change from Radio North Sea International during the UK General Election campaign, after which the station reverted to its original name. Discover the history of the three RAJAR contracts, and understand the review of methods and sampling and fieldwork events timeline. The Mi Amigo "Top 50" tapes were flown over by helicopter to get them on board more quickly. 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 resulting signal was low-powered, but ensured that Caroline South's advertising revenue would continue. When Laser returned as Laser Hot Hits, it used Caroline's former and inferior frequency of 576kHz. From 2007, the ship was docked at Tilbury, where a volunteer crew repaired and maintained it. 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. 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. It was also claimed to reach 39 million listeners though I suspect both figures probably had a lot of. Great reads on Radio Caroline and Free Radio from the 1960's to the 1990's, including from Radio . The crew and broadcasting staff were rescued unharmed, but the ship's hull was damaged and repairs were carried out at Zaandam, Netherlands. These data are produced and sold at cost providing both industry accountability and a robust trading currency for each medium. From the Radio Today site. (Gordon): For the moment from all of us, goodbye and God bless. Three British nationals, a Dutchman and their canary (named Wilson after the former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson) were rescued. The transmitter was initially too powerful for the antenna insulators. 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. 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Global delivers record results extending its position as the UK's #1 commercial radio company Global leads the UK commercial radio market with highest . News stories appeared in Europe[22] announcing the start of Caroline Television[23] from two Super Constellation aircraft using Stratovision technology. They were pop and Europop aimed at the mainstream Dutch audience. It is jointly owned by the BBC and the Radiocentre on behalf of the commercial sector. 'He said that's the name for my radio station,' he added. However, the ship sank in a storm in March 1980 after losing its anchor. Radio Caroline continued, moving its headquarters and servicing operation to Spain. City: London. (iii)558 kHz: strict pop and oldies mainstream format (no presenter music choice) with strict adherence to format clocks. 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. 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. 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. On this page we have collected a few exemplary ones. It's Source of your ultimate Entertainment. 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. Documents to detail all the latest market information. Radio Caroline Flashback | Free Internet Radio | TuneIn Programmes were still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. Radio Atlanta closed at 8p.m. that day. (Anderson): It's not a very good occasion really, we have to hurry this because the lifeboat is standing by. Situation: Ship 3 miles off Ramsey, Isle of Man. 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. [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. Listening in Lockdown This channel broadcasts mainly in community format. In 1974, O'Rahilly set up a pop group called The Loving Awareness Band, comprising John Turnbull (guitar) and Mick Gallagher (keyboards) both formerly of Skip Bifferty and two session musicians, Norman Watt-Roy (bass) and Charlie Charles (drums). RAJAR analysis: Q2 figures mark first year of new radio ratings system Six weeks later, the BBC introduced its new national pop station Radio 1, modelled largely on the successful offshore station Radio London, and employed many of the ex-pirate DJs. BBC Radio 2 has the best radio audience figures in the UK, with a reach of almost 14.58 million per week. Two days later, Mi Amigo was towed to IJmuiden and seized because of unpaid bills. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. For the first years, advertising on the station was in demand. [65], Radio Caroline's founder, Ronan O'Rahilly, was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2013; his death aged 79 on 20 April 2020 was announced by Radio Caroline. Caroline can also be listened to over the internet including via music players such as Amazon echo (Alexa). Important information on how the survey works and who and what we measure. (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. Radio Caroline was off the air for most of the 1990s, except for occasional low-power broadcasts of one month. [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). Radio Caroline John Miles - Highfly Premier Christian Radio Hope Through The Night DJ On Tap Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall in Love Again Times Radio The best of Times Radio - Highlights from the week Original 106 Anne-Marie - 2002 Smooth Country Michael Johnson - Give Me Wings Red Rose Radio ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me U105 Steve Wright, Radio 2 -how much longer can it go on? Kivili seikluskeskus - Kaupo Kalda Photography / Aerofotod drooniga How radio is measured in other European countries and throughout the rest of the World. The station returned at 8pm and continued until after midnight to avoid competition with popular television programmes. Radio Caroline's transmission output was almost 20kW, achieved by linking two 10kW Continental Electronics transmitters. Watch Live TV Listen to Live Radio. The medium wave frequency was 235 metres (1278kHz) and programmes were sent through ISDN landline to Maidstone and via the internet and broadcast on satellite. 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. "[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]. Dates of the upcoming scheduled releases of RAJAR data. Radio Caroline North subsequently moved to 257m (1169kHz) but also called it 259. 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. 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. To complete my story, I have to tell you that all this motivated me highly to assist the Dutch Caroline organization. Ray Clark) and Rob Charles. ", Also Philip Coleman was selected to be a part of this chapter: "I do not think my Caroline memories deserve to be mentioned in the Caroline's special, but there are two which may be of interest to you: First, on September 30, 1972, I was a student with a part-time job. The Fredericia was renamed MV Caroline and anchored off Felixstowe, Suffolk, where it began test transmissions on Friday, 27 March 1964. Radio Caroline continued on satellite but required manual tuning. Radio Caroline - Wikipedia We . The station's slogan was Your all-day music station. RAJAR figures showed 34.51m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 49.9%. Without serious competition, Radio Caroline gained a regular daytime audience of some 7 million.[12]. 15 Alfred Place [7] O'Rahilly named the station after Caroline Kennedy, daughter of U.S. president John F. (Gordon): I think we'll be back in one way or another.
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