The station has subsequently broadcast on 531 kHz AM from the Ross Revenge during some bank holiday weekends, beginning on 28–31 August 2009 and also within a few days of the 50th anniversary of the ship's first voyage. 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. Radio Atlanta closed at 8 p.m. that day. (iii)558 kHz: strict pop and oldies mainstream format (no presenter music choice) with strict adherence to format clocks. On 4 May 2015, Radio Caroline started a 24-hour "Flashback" webstream[55] carrying "oldies" music and jingles. 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. 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. The Ross Revenge was larger than Mi Amigo and with more elaborate transmitting equipment: in 1983, two 5 kW RCA transmitters and a RCA 50 kW unit. You’ll find Radio Caroline on DAB in the areas below. 50 kW (second 10 kW transmitter later added). Another Belgian station, Radio Mi Amigo International, launched on 1 January 1974; it was run by Belgian businessman and Suzy Waffles owner Sylvain Tack. Later that day, the Dutch Royal Navy returned the crew and fighting broke out on board. However, the storm had weakened the mast, which collapsed in another storm later. Transmissions on 11.585 GHz Horizontal will stop in mid-November. Cynics have described DAB as 'a solution to a problem that does not exist', but conversely while AM radio works as well as it ever did, it is increasingly challenged in heavily populated areas by the proliferation of devices that cause local interference. 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. [26] 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. To accommodate the second aerial, a second short mast, just in front of the bridge, was employed as the other end of the aerial fixed to the main mast. 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". Many people, of a certain age, still associate Radio Caroline with the pop music of the 60s & 70s. Most of Radio Caroline's pop music programmes were targeted at housewives, and some later programming was aimed at children. In 1976, The Loving Awareness Band released their only album, Loving Awareness on More Love Records (ML001), a label set up by O'Rahilly. Part of the raid was broadcast live[38] before officials disabled the transmitters. Furthermore, it was stated that the pirates' use of wavelengths also broke international agreements. The ship was further delayed by hull damage, and repaired before writs could be issued. Radio Caroline South = 10kW (later 50 kW). Radio Caroline Flashback provides an alternative live service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. The last broadcast from the Mi Amigo was by Stevie Gordon and Tom Anderson:[31]. Radio Caroline on DAB in London. Each of his crew was awarded The Thanks of the Institution on vellum. I think so. Na ruim vijftig jaar heeft de Britse radiozender Radio Caroline eindelijk een uitzendlicentie. Some of these 28-day Restricted Service Licence (RSL) broadcasts took place from the Ross Revenge during the 1990s, with the ship anchored off Clacton, in London's Canary Wharf, Southend Pier and off the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Radio Caroline allowed 1kW TX on 648 AM Radio Caroline will broadcast on the former BBC World Service medium wave frequency of 648 kHz, after being awarded a community radio licence for East Anglia. Since September 2015, Radio Caroline has been broadcasting 'live' for one weekend each month[56] as "Radio Caroline North" (with original DJs and a mixed sixties, seventies and eighties music content and jingles) from its former home the MV Ross Revenge on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, via Manx Radio's 1368 kHz 20 kW transmitter on the Isle of Man. In May 2017, Ofcom awarded the station an AM band community licence to broadcast to Suffolk and north Essex;[4] full-time broadcasting, via a previously redundant BBC World Service transmitter mast at Orford Ness, commenced on 22 December 2017.[5]. The following day James Murphy, an investigator for the UK Office of the Official Solicitor, acting for the Department of Trade and Industry, joined colleagues and counterparts from the Netherlands Radio Regulatory Authority to execute an armed raid on the Ross Revenge in which equipment was damaged or confiscated. [6] The Cheeta II was equipped for FM broadcasting, so it was fitted with the 10 kW transmitter from the Mi Amigo, feeding a makeshift antenna. From the anchorage in the Knock Deep the Mi Amigo's mast could be seen on the horizon. On 5 November 1990, lack of fuel and supplies forced the station to stop transmitting. These analogue transmissions ended and a full digital service from Astra 28.2°E started in February 2003.[49]. The Fredericia was renamed MV Caroline and anchored off Felixstowe, Suffolk, where it began test transmissions on Friday, 27 March 1964. On 1 October 1989, Radio Caroline restarted broadcasting from the Ross Revenge using makeshift equipment and low power, to retain the 558 kHz frequency. Click a button below to listen now in your browser. This page was last edited on 4 April 2021, at 15:07. We have computed the coverage by combining the terrain with the official radiation pattern. Sinds de kerstdagen zendt Radio Caroline, de vroegere Britse piratenzender die ook in Nederland geliefd was, weer uit via de middengolf. Slechts één keer werd Reitze uit de lucht gehaald door het Agentschap Telecom. Ownership was hidden due to illegality of operation. However, Radio Caroline was not about to change its frequency just to suit a local BBC station, so the problem was eventually solved by BBC Radio Essex being granted the use of 729kHz (the original Laser frequency). These broadcasts took place between 1970 and 1973.[19]. Radio Caroline had greater night-time interference, and it was decided to move Caroline to a new frequency. 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In practice, day-to-day servicing was carried from France and the UK. In late 1972, Radio Caroline had money problems. On 12 June 2006, the station bought an EPG slot on Sky channel 0199. Radio Caroline - Radio Caroline plays a huge selection of album tracks from the 1960s right through to now. From December 1984 the Ross Revenge broadcast Radio Monique, recorded and live Dutch-language programmes of a Dutch music radio production company using the 50 kW transmitter during daytime. In Timaru, an NZBC station, originally 3XC, later 3ZC, broadcast as Radio Caroline until 1995. Although most broadcasting staff left at that time, some remained for a year as caretakers while funding and equipment were sought. 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. In July Caroline moved to the adjacent channel, 962 kHz (312 metres but still called 319) and reception in the UK improved. At one minute past midnight on 1 October 2001, Caroline returned on 1503 kHz from the LV (Light Vessel) 18 in Harwich harbour. Radio Monique 963 Gold. window.open("https://tunein.com/embed/player/s"+url+"/?autoplay=true","tunein","status=1,width=300,height=160");}function radiofeeds(url) { The Dutch government banned unlicensed offshore radio on 1 September 1974. On 28 December, unpaid crew cut the Mi Amigo's generator fuel line and departed. www.Radio Caroline 319 .nl. Radio Caroline heeft op 19 mei 2017 een vergunning gekregen om permanent op de AM uit te zenden. Radio Caroline is a British radio station with a rich heritage in offshore pirate radio, which originally launched in 1964 and operated until 1990 from the North Sea. Radio Caroline has been added to the Small Scale DAB multiplex in London. "eventCategory": "Listen", Daytime programming was leased to a community radio service called Puketapu Radio on 756 kHz. After a short test on 773 kHz in late 1975, in May 1976, Radio Caroline began a daytime service on 1562 kHz (192 m) using a 10 kW transmitter, while its overnight service continued to share the 50 kW transmitter with Radio Mi Amigo's daytime programming on 1187 kHz (253 metres, announced as 259). On 27 April, the Mi Amigo was fully operational. The four-week event was funded through on-air local business commercials. 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. Caroline broadcast regular apologies to Spectrum listeners but refused to vacate the channel. Brouwer intended to obtain an AM frequency from the Netherlands authorities in 2003 when its medium wave frequencies were reallocated. Caroline can be heard on DAB+ in Aldershot, Birmingham, Cambridge, Brighton, Glasgow, Norwich, London,[3] Portsmouth, Poulton-le-Fylde and Woking. We broadcast around the world using multiple internet streams in crystal clear stereo. On 3 September 1985 at 00:00 hours the Dioptric Surveyor departed in a storm. In November 1991, the ship lost its anchor in a storm and drifted on to the Goodwin Sands in the Channel. Radio Caroline. Since November 2009 Radio Seagull can be heard periodically on 558 kHz in London. Four studios were on board, enabling other services. The station was given the go-ahead by Ofcom last month, and now says the regulator has also agreed to its request for a 1000-watt transmitter. [6] The generator was left running but the pumps could not manage and the vessel sank 10 minutes later. In 2002, Caroline began on WorldSpace satellite radio, continuing until Worldspace went bankrupt and re-organised its operations in 2008. The station's slogan was Your all-day music station. UK Free TV shows the coverage area for a radio transmitter as a coloured overlay (orange for FM, other colours for DAB) on the grey map. [citation needed], 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). Many people, of a certain age, still associate Radio Caroline with the pop music of the 60s & 70s. The first record played was Fool (If You Think It's Over), by Chris Rea, dedicated to the British Home Office. The following day, Caroline was one of few stations in the South East still broadcasting. DJs Chris Cary, broadcasting as Spangles Muldoon (who was also station manager), Roger 'Twiggy' Day, Andy Archer, Paul Alexander, Steve England, Johnny Jason and Peter Chicago (real name Peter Murtha)[24] manned the station. [6] The TV operation was later found to be a publicity stunt.[23]. They were pop and Europop aimed at the mainstream Dutch audience. Later, some programmes were pre-recorded on land and broadcast simultaneously from both ships. [68], In Palmerston, Radio Caroline International, based in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, acquired an AM commercial broadcasting licence in 2008, and was seeking wavelengths in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. "[39] 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. Whittingham was unable to leave on the tender when a storm arose. In late 1977, Radio Caroline began sponsored evangelical programmes, and music programmes began at 9 p.m. On 20 October 1978, technical and financial problems put the Mi Amigo off the air. Programmes were still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1 kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. The band broke up in 1977; Watt-Roy and Charles played on Ian Dury's New Boots and Panties!! It left Spain, with an incomplete studio, to avoid legal entanglements. RNI operated on medium wave, short wave and FM. (ii)576 kHz: continuation of above, with slightly more singles played. During mid-August 1989, authorities in several European countries carried out co-ordinated raids on houses, recording studios and offices believed to be used by Caroline. [4][59] On 11 November 2017, test transmissions commenced from an omni-directional mast (formerly used by the BBC World Service) at Orford Ness, Suffolk. Caroline also promoted O'Rahilly's concept of Loving Awareness (LA), a far-eastern philosophy of love and peace. Broadcasting hours were 6 am to 6 pm to avoid competition from Radio Luxembourg, which began transmissions at 6 pm. Smaller FM operators complained that DAB wa… Radio Caroline tried several frequencies, among them 963, 576, 585 (briefly), 558 (after Laser 558 closed) and later 819 kHz. Syndicated shows from the US and recorded religious programmes were also broadcast. Southern England, western Europe, Northern England, Ireland and Scotland. Obviously, we hope to be back with you as soon as possible, but just for the moment we would like to say goodbye. In November 1985, the competing offshore station, Laser 558, closed after electrical problems and Caroline moved from 576 kHz to Laser's 558 kHz frequency, with a Top 40 music format similar to Laser's under the name Caroline 558. 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 10 kW 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.[28]. BBC Radio 2 newsreader Colin Berry and Classic FM's Nick Bailey started their careers reading the news on Radio Caroline South. Movies. [24], Between 11 and 20 April 1973, the ship broadcast for Radio Veronica while its ship, the Norderney, was aground. The crew was rescued by a RAF helicopter. Radio Monique was popular throughout Benelux. In May 2017, Ofcom awarded the station a community licence to broadcast to Suffolk and north Essex on 648 kHz with a power of 1 kW. Throughout most of the 1970s, Radio Caroline could be heard only at night, calling itself "Europe's first and only album station". On 9 August 1985, an official vessel anchored 150 yards from the Ross Revenge. The only singer to stay overnight, she helped present programmes, make jingles, and close the station at night.[15]. This request, and one to stop transmissions on 819 kHz, was refused. What frequency is Radio Caroline on? Commercial programming commenced at noon on Friday 22 December 2017, with a signal that could be heard as far afield as Southampton, Birmingham, Glasgow and in large parts of The Netherlands and Belgium. Caroline's album format meant that, although the station served a gap in the market, its audience was smaller than in the 1960s. Doelgroep zijn 45-plussers uit Suffolk en het noorden van Essex. An iconic reproduction of our original 1960's Radio Caroline Skull & Crossbones t-shirts, updated with the 648 kHz frequency. Since 19 August 2000, Radio Caroline has also broadcast 24 hours a day via the internet and by the occasional restricted service licence. The station tried to obtain a licence from a developing country,[42] hoping it might offer protection from the new provisions in the Broadcasting Act 1990 which came into force on 31 December that year. Van het begin met klein vermogen, tot de latere jaren en de inbeslagname. Menu. ga("send", "event", { MV Caroline sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man, broadcasting as she went. Original 1960s Caroline North jingles were interspersed with generic Radio Caroline ones. 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. Some DJs from the USA and Commonwealth countries, such as Graham Webb, Emperor Rosko, Steve Young, Keith Hampshire, Colin Nicol and Norman St John, were also heard. Radio Caroline medewerkers [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. 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. Round Midnight was confined to closedown on Radio Caroline North after The World Tomorrow. Two aerials and twin transmitters were used for about six weeks until the aerial mast failed. Zie ook . 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".
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