Stats show BBC 6 Music is UK's No.1 digital radio station, Radio - NME Clive Garrard. Radio Caroline began to broadcast from the ship on 19 August 1983, with unwanted mechanical sounds on speech. Here they produced programmes for Dutch-speaking holidaymakers, mostly Europop, Top 40, MOR and Dutch language popular music presented by Belgian, Dutch and occasionally English DJs with frequent commercials. 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. The station returned at 8pm and continued until after midnight to avoid competition with popular television programmes. 68% of Brits listen to the radio at home. Since January, Emma Barnett has been the lead presenter, coming via BBC Radio 5 Live. Over the following months, Caroline's signal quality improved as transmitting valves were donated and programming returned to normal. Radio Caroline continued, moving its headquarters and servicing operation to Spain.
Radio Caroline, UK | Free Internet Radio | TuneIn Radio Caroline tried several frequencies, among them 963, 576, 585 (briefly), 558 (after Laser 558 closed) and later 819kHz. 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. On this page Hans Knot presents a few exemplary ones.
They were pop and Europop aimed at the mainstream Dutch audience. 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. [clarification needed]. Since Radio Caroline could not find enough advertising, it shared its nominal 259-metre wavelength (actually 1187kHz or 253 metres) with Dutch-language pop stations.
KRVN 880 - KRVN 93.1 - KAMI - Huskers Close Out Cats, 80-64 [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. 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. Original 1960s Caroline North jingles were interspersed with generic Radio Caroline ones.
This was replaced by a twin-mast T-antenna. News service at peak hours. Over 30% of radio listeners older than 34 still use analogue radio. 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. [26] The station's offices and studios were in Brakel, Belgium, but moved to Castell-Platja d'Aro, Costa Brava, Spain in March 1975 after a raid by Belgian police. At one minute past midnight on 1 October 2001, Caroline returned on 1503kHz from the LV (Light Vessel) 18 in Harwich harbour. Belgium had outlawed offshore radio in 1962 and prosecuted advertisers, cutting the station's revenue.
Ken Bruce remains most popular UK radio host as mid-morning trend Dan Greenwood on LinkedIn: Global's Highest Radio Reach EVER!!! The Reception at that hour was far more difficult than during daytime and so I did my utmost to get the best reception possible. 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. [46] Dedicated apps for listening via Apple IOS[55] and Android[56] devices are also available. "People who listened to NPR shows on the radio at home . Lodge hired new DJs and introduced free-form programming.
Radio Caroline - The National Archives Programmes were recorded on land and broadcast between 6a.m. and 7p.m. ", From Shaun in California we received a response on our chapters on the internet: "Chapter 10 of the series, treating the return of Radio Caroline in 1983, brought back some very happy memories. Zoe Ball, Greg James, Roman Kemp, Chris Evans and the Today programme are among the shows to have fewer listeners than the last time ratings were measured. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject's impact on popular culture, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967, Report of the Committee on the Future of Broadcasting, "Radio Caroline now available on London DAB", "Ofcom awards five new AM community radio licences", "When pop pirates ruled Britannia's airwaves", "Snubbed by the radio and music establishment, O'Rahilly devises the sweet revenge of Radio Caroline", "Caroline Kennedy photographed under the Oval Office desk on 16th May 1962 is on page 19 of the Radio Jackie Archive", "The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame: Sylvan the Stowaway", "Dorothy Calvert: Rock'n'roll entrepreneur and pirate radio pioneer", "Wireless and Television Pirate Stations (1966)", "The day we woke up to pop music on Radio 1", "Caroline continues alone, is overwhelmed by difficulties but returns to punish the politicians", "How a radio ship and 7 men shook up Britain in 1964", "This site is put together by Johnny Lewis, an engineer and presenter who worked on the station at the time", "The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame: the seventies", "Last broadcast message and photographic image", "Sheerness Lifeboats: Station History and Awards", "Appeal for memories of the Grimsby trawler Ross Revenge", "The wet and wild history of Radio Caroline (4)", "Photos of the transmitters can be found here", "Crunch & Roll podcast S01 Ep07: Caroline Martin", "Radio Caroline: Into the new millennium", "Bringing Caroline into the new millennium", "Radio Caroline finally appears on Sky EPG", "Radio Caroline decides to get rid of its EPG slot", "Radio Caroline App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch on iTunes Store", "Radio Caroline DJs return to Felixstowe to mark pirate's start off resort's coast", "Radio Caroline confirms power increase on 648 AM medium wave", "Ronan O'Rahilly, Radio Caroline founder who inspired UK pop and pirate radio, dies aged 79", "BBC Radio 4 - the Media Show, John Whittingdale's media agenda", "New station to launch with help from legendary Radio Caroline", "Caroline Community Radio launches in Essex", "Radio Caroline allowed 1kW TX on 648 AM", "Radio Caroline is now on DAB+ in Cambridge", "Radio Puketapu stakeholder has pirate past", "Green - Radio Caroline (1987) - YouTube", How 7 men and a radio ship shook up Britain (Flashes & Flames), Radio Caroline, Ramsey Harbour 15/08/1967 & 28/08/1964, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radio_Caroline&oldid=1142296491, Classic rock radio stations in the United Kingdom, Internet radio stations in the United Kingdom, Pirate radio stations in the United Kingdom, Rock radio stations in the United Kingdom, Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom, Articles with dead external links from March 2022, Articles needing additional references from June 2011, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2011, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2014, All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from March 2021, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from January 2012, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2014, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018, Articles with trivia sections from March 2022, Wikipedia external links cleanup from March 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Only the Caroline app has a live programme schedule, 'Now Playing' and multiple streams to suit most internet speeds. The pair's aim was to circumvent big record companies' control of the broadcast of popular music, as well as. Radio Caroline's first programme, on 28 March 1964, was presented by Chris Moore. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline.
Radio Caroline Part of being a good communicator means knowing how to listen. 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. 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 . On 31 July 2014 the ship was moved to the Blackwater Estuary in Essex.[47].
Weekly radio listening by age UK 2020 | Statista 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.
James O'Brien overtakes Nick Ferrari to nab most LBC listeners How we recruit respondents, sampling points and fieldwork in depth. Multiple Streams Programme Schedule 'Now Playing' Programme 'alarms' Presenter profiles 'This Day' page Send emails It was claimed in 1964 by Caroline's manager that they had a larger audience than the BBC.
Thanks, BBC, for fixing Woman's Hour. Now please take a look at Today This was all in the 1970's.
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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. 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. Within months, the unlicensed operation had merged with another station broadcasting from a separate boat near the Isle of Man. In a sign of Radio Caroline's enormous influence on popular culture, the BBC launched Radio 1 in September 1967 in an effort to respond to its success, as well as that of the rival Radio London. (i) 963 kHz: unformatted free-choice album format, with news. 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 Global delivers record results extending its position as the UK's #1 commercial radio company Global leads the UK commercial radio market with highest .