About - The Organisation. In 1976, The Loving Awareness Band released their only album, Loving Awareness on More Love Records (ML001), a label set up by O'Rahilly. Meanwhile, Radio Mi Amigo had interference on 1562kHz and changed to 1412kHz (212 m). 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. From 2007, the ship was docked at Tilbury, where a volunteer crew repaired and maintained it. London, United Kingdom. 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. [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. At that time I thought RNI 2 was here to stay. 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. 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. 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. Because of a law that allows pirates in distress to come ashore without arrest, the running aground had no consequences for the crew. . [71][72][73], In January 2002, a Dutch Caroline fan called Sietse Brouwer launched a Netherlands-based Dutch Radio Caroline in Harlingen, broadcasting on the northern Netherlands cable networks and largely independent of UK Caroline. Without serious competition, Radio Caroline gained a regular daytime audience of some 7 million.[12]. European medium wave channels had been reallocated to multiples of nine. This request, and one to stop transmissions on 819kHz, was refused. [34] It had an antenna system radiating from a 300-foot (91m) high mast, the tallest on any ship in the world. That autumn various tests, consisting of continuous music, were made on 259 metres. Dave Foster. No one said it would be an easy or fast journey, but I, for one, can only see better things for the future. Much improvement to the lay-out of the ship was planned but basically the studios would have remained. Listening on an internet radio or webplayer The crew of the Sheerness lifeboat Helen Turnbull were commended for the rescue of broadcasters Tom Anderson, Stevie Gordon, Nick Richards and Hans Verlaan from Mi Amigo while it was sinking in the Black Deep near Long Sand Bank. Programmes were recorded on land and broadcast between 6a.m. and 7p.m. Radio Caroline North = 10kW (later 20kW). In Timaru, an NZBC station, originally 3XC, later 3ZC, broadcast as Radio Caroline until 1995. 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]. BBC Radio 6 Music celebrates its 20th birthday with record listening figures. As its popularity began to blossom, the British Government looked at ways to curtail the station's influence. US Stocks Snap Two Days of Losses; Yields Rise: Markets Wrap. 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.". The 'amateurs' were said to be reaching 39million listeners with 15million in the South of England and the rest in the North. On 31 July 2014 the ship was moved to the Blackwater Estuary in Essex.[47]. Daytime programming was leased to a community radio service called Puketapu Radio on 756kHz.[75]. The two stations were able to cover most of the British Isles. Finally, Radio Mi Amigo moved to 962kHz on 1 December. 1980s: 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 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. 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. We . The Fredericia was renamed MV Caroline and anchored off Felixstowe, Suffolk, where it began test transmissions on Friday, 27 March 1964. 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. Harry Howard, History Correspondent For Mailonline
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. Research suggests that the average person hears between 20,000 and 30,000 words during the course of a 24-hour period. Three British nationals, a Dutchman and their canary (named Wilson after the former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson) were rescued. In 2002, Caroline began on WorldSpace satellite radio, continuing until Worldspace went bankrupt and re-organised its operations in 2008. Caroline Archive Hour. Radio Caroline Continuous Caroline Music Shows Adrian Skirrow London, United Kingdom Alan Watts Alan Watts has been one of the trusty side-kicks to radio god Bob Harris for the past ten years including stints at GLR in 1994, moving on with Bob to Thames Valley FM and of course since 1997 at BBC Radio 2. In an earlier House of Commons debate (in June 1966), the government had claimed that the pirate ships were a danger because of radio frequency interference to emergency shipping channels, and to overseas radio stations and the pirates were paying no royalties to artists, composers or record companies. Situation: Ship 3 miles off Ramsey, Isle of Man. 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. Documents to detail all the latest market information. 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. Radio Caroline was off the air for most of the 1990s, except for occasional low-power broadcasts of one month. 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 crew and broadcasting staff were rescued unharmed, but the ship's hull was damaged and repairs were carried out at Zaandam, Netherlands. Radio Caroline Flashback provides an alternative live service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. Janssen Launches Health Equity Campaign in Partnership with Award-Winning Radio Host D.L. 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. She stayed behind the breakwater for about fifteen to twenty minutes and we watched the ship before it headed north toward, we assumed, the I.O.M. Whittingham was unable to leave on the tender when a storm arose. His programme, which airs five days a week, rose from 4.3 million to 4.5 million listeners between the . From Electronic People Meters to Smartphone Mobile Metering. The Dutch offshore station Radio Veronica was on 1562 kHz and Radio Atlanta broadcast on 1493 kHz. [citation needed]. I remember Caroline North with great affection.
UK Radio Stations. 17:31 GMT 28 Sep 2021 The drop can be partly explained by lower. Spectrum threatened to sue the Radio Authority, which then allowed Spectrum to temporarily broadcast on 990kHz alongside 558kHz. 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. "Europe's Best Music on Europe's Best Music Station" Format: community, classic rock. The operation then continued, despite disagreements between O'Rahilly and some of its DJs over what the station should be playing. I vividly remember the days leading up to the first broadcast from the Ross, the test tones, the usually incorrect! . 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. Offshore radio stations were no exception to this rule. O'Rahilly wanted Radio Caroline to become an oldies station. During 2013, a survey showed a continued move from satellite reception and growth in internet listening. Radio Caroline North subsequently moved to 257m (1169kHz) but also called it 259. [6] Caroline was broken up for scrap in 1972. One 5kW transmitter was initially not serviceable. The ship has working radio studios, from which both Caroline and BBC Essex have broadcast. The last broadcast from the Mi Amigo was by Stevie Gordon and Tom Anderson:[32]. London WC1E 7EB, Find out more information on completing the Radio Diary. Wavelength: 199 metres. Lodge hired new DJs and introduced free-form programming. ", 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. 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. It began taking in water and the crew was rescued by lifeboat. 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 . 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. Radio Atlanta closed at 8p.m. that day. Just after midnight GMT on 20 March 1980, the Mi Amigo foundered in a storm after losing its anchor and drifting. Belgium had outlawed offshore radio in 1962 and prosecuted advertisers, cutting the station's revenue. Some DJs were embarrassed but some were fascinated by the challenge of an abstract concept. However, in July 1964, the owners of the two stations opted to merge the operations. The Radio Caroline name was used to broadcast from international waters, using five different ships with three different owners, from 1964 to 1990, and via satellite from 1998 to 2013. Syndicated shows from the US and recorded religious programmes were also broadcast. In November 1991, the ship lost its anchor in a storm and drifted onto the Goodwin Sands in the Channel. Radio 1Xtra had 744k listeners, BBC Radio. 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'. When the US-backed Radio London arrived off the coast of England, there was an unsuccessful attempt to merge its sales operation with that of Caroline before Radio London started transmissions. 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. 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 . Dave Foster (Rpt) On 27 April, the Mi Amigo was fully operational. 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 . Smedley later withdrew from the deal. On 18 August, a British government chartered ship pulled up alongside the Ross Revenge and asked to board to "discuss the future" of the Ross Revenge and the stations operating from it. 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 South's 259 metres signal was now near those of Radio London on 266m (1133kHz) and the BBC's Light Programme on 247m (1214kHz). This service was Radio Seagull and broadcast live during the evening. Harry Howard, History Correspondent For Mailonline, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Two Russian tanks annihilated with bombs by Ukrainian armed forces, Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' 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. 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. Wonder where he is now? Following negotiations with the service provider, satellite transmissions ended at midnight on 30 September 2013. 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". Original 1960s Caroline North jingles were interspersed with generic Radio Caroline ones. One would circle over the North Sea in international air space near the United Kingdom, while the other remained on standby. Comedian and award-winning radio host D.L. Myriad factors contribute to the audience curve for radio . The station hasn't the glamour anymore it had in its High Seas Days, but I'm still enjoying all the memories. Continuous Flashback Music. 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. Nice to think about Dixie Peach, too. Two aerials and twin transmitters were used for about six weeks until the aerial mast failed. Smedley's trial opened on 11 October at Chelmsford Assizes, where the jury acquitted him.[6]. We were so amazed at the size of her mast, never having seen anything like it before. 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. At one minute past midnight on 1 October 2001, Caroline returned on 1503kHz from the LV (Light Vessel) 18 in Harwich harbour. 18:03 GMT 28 Sep 2021. Non-Dutch staff were given the option of staying on the ship or returning to the Netherlands, and most chose to stay on board. Radio Caroline continued on satellite but required manual tuning. (iii)558 kHz: strict pop and oldies mainstream format (no presenter music choice) with strict adherence to format clocks. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. 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. [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. Those broadcasts took place between 1970 and 1973.[20]. [6], Financial backing for the venture came from six investors, including John Sheffield, chairman of Norcross, Carl "Jimmy" Ross of Ross Foods, and Jocelyn Stevens of Queen magazine, with which Radio Caroline shared its first office. "[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]. Caroline Flashback provides an alternative service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. From the Radio Today site. 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:. Clive Garrard. Smedley's men occupied the fort until 22 June. A brief insight into the structure of RAJAR, the decision making process and RAJARs contractors. Radio Caroline presenter Ray Clark remembers listening to Mr Damon as a nine-year-old on the radio. On the heels of Breaking the Waves, she (along with Jeanine Tesori) was the first woman to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. The band broke up in 1977; Watt-Roy and Charles played on Ian Dury's New Boots and Panties!! Alan even worked with Bob at Radio 1 on. LBC saw 3million weekly listeners - a record for the station - while Talk Radio increased from 424,000 listeners to 450,000. The Caroline Countdown of Sound 6pm Mondays is rtracks from new albums but by long established and newer artists, many whose albums sell well or in these days have high streaming figures, and. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. The first was a Belgian station called Radio Atlantis, owned by Belgian businessman Adriaan van Landschoot. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. However, according to Gerry Bishop's book Offshore Radio this transmitter was antiquated and failed to work. Most Read. The ship was further delayed by hull damage, and repaired before writs could be issued. Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. 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 . Throughout most of the 1970s, Radio Caroline could be heard only at night, calling itself "Europe's first and only album station". On 5 November 1990, lack of fuel and supplies forced the station to stop transmitting. Caroline Hepker. [66], In October 2020, a new station using the Caroline name and logo launched in Burnham-on-Crouch, broadcasting to the Maldon District of Essex on 94.7FM. Southern England, western Europe, Northern England, Ireland and Scotland. Only 17% of the total UK population can pick up community radio, according to the same Ofcom report we mentioned earlier. A coastguard vessel escorted the launch back to shore, but the authorities were unhappy that Caroline listeners had jammed the emergency switchboards. How we recruit respondents, sampling points and fieldwork in depth. From there Bert Alting wrote: "in the mid-1970's I was living partly on a little room on the loft of a house and in the early evenings I tried never to miss the close-down of Radio Mi Amigo Caroline's sister station in those days and the daily opening of Radio Caroline. I remember wandering around that show house with my tranny on my arm. RAJAR stands for Radio Joint Audience Research and is the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK. Every time I succeeded in getting a good signal during the evening, I knew I again would have a very good evening. Most of Radio Caroline's pop music programmes were targeted at housewives, and some later programming was aimed at children. On a national level, though, this figure is amazingly reliable; it's a national sample size of over 100,000 adults. 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]. It was the floating pirate radio station whose mission to was to transmit rock 'n' roll to the masses. 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. However, the storm had weakened the mast, which collapsed in another storm later. Yet another source of income is gifts from listeners, making the listeners still very important for the Lady's survival. [25], Between 11 and 20 April 1973, the ship broadcast for Radio Veronica while its ship, the Norderney, was aground. Radio Caroline are committed to promote UK Culture, Music, News, Heritage, Tourism and many more through their . . 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. A licenced and registered bureaux that wishes to supply bureaux services using RAJAR data is permitted to do so. On Saturday, 28 March, it began regular broadcasting at noon on 1520 kHz (announced as 199 metres) with the opening conducted by Simon Dee. 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. Although most broadcasting staff left at that time, some remained for a year as caretakers while funding and equipment were sought. One of Radio Caroline's directors, Major Oliver Smedley, formerly of Radio Atlanta, entered a partnership with Radio City's owner, pop group manager Reginald Calvert and installed a more powerful transmitter on the fort. To remain in international waters, the ship moved to a new, less-sheltered anchorage. There are very few restrictions placed on Caroline's licence, allowing them to broadcast virtually what they like within the law. 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. Zoe Ball lost a million listeners from the same period last year, when . 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. Details of the modified methodology introduced since the Covid Pandemic. O'Rahilly and Drummond were inspired by the Danish Radio Mercur, which in 1952 became the first station in the world to broadcast commercial radio from a vessel in international waters without permission from the authorities in the country that it broadcast to. 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 latest listening figures revealed that the Radio 2 breakfast show audience has fallen to its lowest level for a decade. Due to generator trouble, the two services could no longer be broadcast simultaneously and Radio Caroline again broadcast at night with both stations using the 50kW transmitter and Radio Caroline began to receive more mail from the continent. 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. In 2011 Radio Caroline joined Radioplayer UK, an internet service formed by the BBC, Global Radio and the Guardian Media Group that supplies a live feed of UK radio stations to across the world.[57]. I don't think Grandma saw her radio again till I managed to get a small tranny of my own to replace it. Discover the history of the three RAJAR contracts, and understand the review of methods and sampling and fieldwork events timeline. How different it seemed six weeks later when the Mi Amigo had no mast and RNI no English service. The benefits, entitlements as a RAJAR subscriber and the data explained. I just hated the intrusive way deejays tried to influence my taste on the other radio stations. 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. [39] Caroline returned to the air using a makeshift aerial with a less powerful signal. Part of the raid was broadcast live[40] before officials disabled the transmitters. Two days later, Mi Amigo was towed to IJmuiden and seized because of unpaid bills.