New data has shown the listening figures for BBC radio stations, with two of its flagship outlets having experienced a sharp decline in audiences - whilst some shows have remained steady instead [6] The first programme, which was pre-recorded, was hosted by Chris Moore. In the 1960's, to attract advertisers, Radio Caroline and Radio London always reported rather high listening figures. Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. In Timaru, an NZBC station, originally 3XC, later 3ZC, broadcast as Radio Caroline until 1995. About - The Organisation. During the same quarter, on BBC Sounds there were a total of 162m plays of. From the Radio Today site. I could never figure out if he was "high on life" or high on some of that famous Falls Head Herb usually found in the Overdrive studio, so John Bennett tells me. I wonder if any of the people who criticise have even tried setting up or running a radio station on land, let alone from twelve miles out to sea with the law heavily biased against them. BBC Radio 1 lost nearly half a million listeners in the first quarter of 2022, new figures show. Internet streaming of Radio Caroline programmes continued. Gaining advertising is very much a Catch-22 situation. How radio is measured in other European countries and throughout the rest of the World. The two stations were able to cover most of the British Isles. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. According to the survey, respondents aged 56 . If you're like most people, you probably don't give much though to how many words you take in each day. 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. [25], Between 11 and 20 April 1973, the ship broadcast for Radio Veronica while its ship, the Norderney, was aground. [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". 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. Obviously, we hope to be back with you as soon as possible, but just for the moment we would like to say goodbye. Later in 1973, when the contract with Radio Caroline ended, the crew of Radio Atlantis moved to their own ship, the MVJeanine.[6]. Since November 2009 Radio Seagull can be heard periodically on 558kHz in London. 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. 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. 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]. ", And then a small packet of Caroline's past was brought back by Mary Payne, director of the Radio London company which does a lot of work, including maintaining an excellent site on the history of Radio London together with her husband Chris. 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. I was extremely excited about the new station and borrowed a big transistor radio from my grandmother, so that I could take the music everywhere I went. Programmes were still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. I must say the people on the station got my sympathy very quickly. For the first years, advertising on the station was in demand. Huskers Close Out Cats, 80-64. Presentations were made to US advertising agencies. Research suggests that the average person hears between 20,000 and 30,000 words during the course of a 24-hour period. Links would have been to the 603 and the 1242 kHz transmitters as before, but programmes would have taken on a slightly different slant. Programmes were recorded on land and broadcast between 6a.m. and 7p.m. 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]. A brief name change from Radio North Sea International during the UK General Election campaign, after which the station reverted to its original name. The comments below have not been moderated, By On 30 August 1974 Mi Amigo moved from the Dutch coast to the Knock Deep Channel, approximately 12 miles (19km) from the British coast. UK Radio Stations. The ship has working radio studios, from which both Caroline and BBC Essex have broadcast. Whilst they were ultimately unable to stop it broadcasting because of the fact it was broadcasting from international waters the 1967 Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 made it illegal for British subjects to associate with it. 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. [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. media reports and the shock of hearing just how powerful the signal was. 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 After the Fredericia was renamed the MV Caroline, it sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man and laid down its anchor in open water around three miles from land. 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. "[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. The late 1970's model of Radio Caroline is still my favourite, despite the fact they were on and off the air more than a partisan station in WW2. To my surprise Bob, in passing, mentioned the plans to get an ILR-station on the MV Ross Revenge, after the ship had stranded on the Goodwin Sands. [34] It had an antenna system radiating from a 300-foot (91m) high mast, the tallest on any ship in the world. [7] O'Rahilly named the station after Caroline Kennedy, daughter of U.S. president John F. Important information on how the survey works and who and what we measure. The bureauxs client must also be a RAJAR subscriber. 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. Over the following months, Caroline's signal quality improved as transmitting valves were donated and programming returned to normal. The first was a Belgian station called Radio Atlantis, owned by Belgian businessman Adriaan van Landschoot. Using land-based studios leased in Kent[51] in the late 1990s, the station began broadcasting via satellites Astra 19.2E and Eutelsat 28A, covering western Europe. A coastguard vessel escorted the launch back to shore, but the authorities were unhappy that Caroline listeners had jammed the emergency switchboards. I just hated the intrusive way deejays tried to influence my taste on the other radio stations. 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). In December 1976, Radio Mi Amigo moved to 1562kHz on the 50kW transmitter, leaving Caroline on 1187kHz 24 hours a day on the 10kW. This two-day broadcast featured Phil Mitchell, Paul Dennis, Colin Lamb, John Patrick, Barry James, Steve Cisco and Clive Boutell. Caroline's album format meant that, although the station served a gap in the market, its audience was smaller than in the 1960s. Jan 27, 2022. 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. "Why do we have to pay, why aren't they out at sea, the music's no good," and so on. Ownership was hidden due to illegality of operation. 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 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. Every time I succeeded in getting a good signal during the evening, I knew I again would have a very good evening. The station was opened by DJ Tom Anderson, who had said "goodbye" from the sinking Mi Amigo in 1980. A rudimentary news service, consisting of headlines on the half hour at peak listening times, was started on 12th September 1983, while the famous Caroline Bell was re-introduced on 16th September. At times, a 10kW transmitter was used to save fuel and relieve the generators. The transmitter was initially too powerful for the antenna insulators. 'He said that's the name for my radio station,' he added. Hughley to Raise Awareness About Multiple Myeloma Among Black Communities. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. Original 1960s Caroline North jingles were interspersed with generic Radio Caroline ones. 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. [6] Caroline was broken up for scrap in 1972. The Ross Revenge also featured powerful generators.[37]. 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 can also be listened to over the internet including via music players such as Amazon echo (Alexa). This request, and one to stop transmissions on 819kHz, was refused. RAJAR figures showed 34.51m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 49.9%. 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. Global delivers record results extending its position as the UK's #1 commercial radio company Global leads the UK commercial radio market with highest . The following day, Caroline was one of few stations in the South East still broadcasting. To remain in international waters, the ship moved to a new, less-sheltered anchorage. (Gordon): I think we'll be back in one way or another. During a violent struggle, Calvert was shot dead. We are a small team and you can find out here who the best person to contact is regarding any query. Caroline can be heard on DAB+ in Aldershot, Birmingham, Cambridge, Brighton, Glasgow, Norwich, London,[2] Portsmouth, Poulton-le-Fylde and Woking. 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. 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. 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. The LBC brand. 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. On the heels of Breaking the Waves, she (along with Jeanine Tesori) was the first woman to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. Lord Annan, author of the 1977 Report of the Committee on the Future of Broadcasting, spoke in defence of Radio Caroline in the House of Lords at report stage on the Broadcasting Act 1990, saying "Why break a butterfly upon the wheel? Radio Caroline Flashback provides an alternative live service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. (Anderson): It's not a very good occasion really, we have to hurry this because the lifeboat is standing by. Who RAJAR is owned by and what we do. ". 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. [53] This ended on 1 July 2011 after a failure to renegotiate costs with Sky and deciding not to pursue a Freesat EPG slot. [36] The remaining 5kW transmitter was later converted for short wave use. iPhone Maker Plans $700 Million India Plant in Shift From China. ", 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. How we recruit respondents, sampling points and fieldwork in depth. Yet another source of income is gifts from listeners, making the listeners still very important for the Lady's survival. Listening on an internet radio or webplayer Ronan O'Rahilly passed away April 20 at the age of 79. ", And, here's one coming from Johnnie Lang, a fervent Caroline supporter: "I feel that I have to put forward a little in the way of defence for the actual Radio Caroline. On 11 November 2017, test transmissions commenced from an omni-directional mast (formerly used by the BBC World Service) at Orford Ness, Suffolk. But next to hearing other people talk about the subject, I never really had listened to the Sound of the Nation. 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. 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 . Caroline Pavis +1 (610) 357-3121 Investor Relations: One 5kW transmitter was initially not serviceable. This service was Radio Seagull and broadcast live during the evening. The highlight however was picking up test transmissions from Radio Caroline I had missed the tests of the previous day. The four-week event was funded through on-air local business commercials. "Between December 26 and December 30, 1973, a friend and I went to Holland for a few days. 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. Radio Caroline was a real phenomen. [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. Caroline claimed boarding the ship and removal or destruction of equipment was piracy. [31] During this period each night transmission of Radio Caroline started with Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft by the progressive Rock Band Klaatu, issued in 1976 on their album 3:47 E.S.T. The fact is that the station is on air for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week something I would have not thought possible not that long ago. (Anderson): Yeah. 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. RNI operated on medium wave, short wave and FM. Radio Caroline South = 10kW (later 50 kW). 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. US Stocks Snap Two Days of Losses; Yields Rise: Markets Wrap. There are very few restrictions placed on Caroline's licence, allowing them to broadcast virtually what they like within the law. 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. Two aerials and twin transmitters were used for about six weeks until the aerial mast failed. 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. [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. [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). [21] It was not until RNI returned to its original anchorage off the Netherlands that the jamming ceased. London, United Kingdom. On 27 April, the Mi Amigo was fully operational. Although most broadcasting staff left at that time, some remained for a year as caretakers while funding and equipment were sought. ", Earlier this year I met Bob Le-Roi and of course we talked a lot about Radio Caroline. 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. A brief insight into the structure of RAJAR, the decision making process and RAJARs contractors. At one minute past midnight on 1 October 2001, Caroline returned on 1503kHz from the LV (Light Vessel) 18 in Harwich harbour. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. 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 17:31 GMT 28 Sep 2021 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.". 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. 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. [25] The ship anchored off the Dutch coastal resort of Scheveningen and was serviced and operated from the Netherlands. 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. Owner: Planet Sales Ltd. First air date: 1964. The only problem I had with it was the weight of it hanging on my arm my right arm is probably longer than my left one now and being able to find sufficient pocket money to buy the batteries! 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. 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". Listen to Radio Caroline Flashback. We duly bought the wine but do not know if it was the one heard when Radio Seagull opened on January 7, 1974. Because of a law that allows pirates in distress to come ashore without arrest, the running aground had no consequences for the crew. Detailed information on the survey process. Radio Caroline is broadcast in the Republic of Ireland on channel 927 on the UPC Ireland cable service in the main cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Cappoquin, and the County Waterford towns of Lismore and Tallow.
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