O'Rahilly wanted Radio Caroline to become an oldies station. 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. 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 . Offshore radio stations were no exception to this rule. On a national level, though, this figure is amazingly reliable; it's a national sample size of over 100,000 adults. ", 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.
Thanks, BBC, for fixing Woman's Hour. Now please take a look at Today Listening Statistics: 23 Facts You Need to Hear. Radio Caroline is a British station from London. 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. The first was a Belgian station called Radio Atlantis, owned by Belgian businessman Adriaan van Landschoot. [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. The ship has working radio studios, from which both Caroline and BBC Essex have broadcast. Continuous Flashback Music.
Janssen Launches Health Equity Campaign in Partnership with Award 10 key figures who will and won't be at CPAC 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. 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. Over the following months, Caroline's signal quality improved as transmitting valves were donated and programming returned to normal. [19], Because of the rise of land-based pirate stations after the MOA became law (usually stations run from bedrooms or outdoor sheds with small wattage transmitters), at least two stations later broadcast using the Caroline name, one based in Dublin. Tenders and boat owners were warned, and some were prosecuted for ferrying staff and provisions to the ship. There proved to be a lot of people, cultivating little gems of the station's history. Wavelength: 199 metres. 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. Officially, Radio Caroline was managed from offices in North America, with advertising from the US and Canada. The Mi Amigo "Top 50" tapes were flown over by helicopter to get them on board more quickly. Luckily, up till the end of last year, the station succeeded in selling a lot of airtime to American religious organisations. (i) 963 kHz: unformatted free-choice album format, with news. -1.04 -1.26%. Radio Monique was popular throughout Benelux. 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. However, the ship sank in a storm in March 1980 after losing its anchor. The last broadcast from the Mi Amigo was by Stevie Gordon and Tom Anderson:[32]. 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. Two days later, Mi Amigo was towed to IJmuiden and seized because of unpaid bills. Following the election, RNI resumed its original name but jamming continued under the newly elected Conservative government. Rough weather sometimes prevented tapes from arriving and old programmes had to be repeated. 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. Comedian and award-winning radio host D.L. [clarification needed]. The whole of the school Easter holiday, my friend Mozz and I took the tranny with us everywhere. I live in Wigan, just west of Manchester. 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]. Andy Archer then came in to say he and Johnny Jason wanted to record the opening programme for Radio Seagull and asked Rob, my friend and I to buy a bottle of sparking white wine for ten Dutch guilders which could be used to sound like champagne when "opened" on air. There are very few restrictions placed on Caroline's licence, allowing them to broadcast virtually what they like within the law. Global's Highest Radio Reach EVER!!! Clive Garrard. 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. From 2007, the ship was docked at Tilbury, where a volunteer crew repaired and maintained it. Radio Caroline was begun by Irish musician manager and businessman Ronan O'Rahilly, after he failed to obtain airplay on Radio Luxembourg for Georgie Fame's records because the station was committed to sponsored programmes promoting major record labels: EMI, Decca, Pye and Philips. Dates of the upcoming scheduled releases of RAJAR data. In 2002, Caroline began on WorldSpace satellite radio, continuing until Worldspace went bankrupt and re-organised its operations in 2008. Yet another source of income is gifts from listeners, making the listeners still very important for the Lady's survival. The four-week event was funded through on-air local business commercials. 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 . Every time I succeeded in getting a good signal during the evening, I knew I again would have a very good evening.
The most popular radio stations in the UK - media But next to hearing other people talk about the subject, I never really had listened to the Sound of the Nation. Caroline can also be listened to over the internet including via music players such as Amazon echo (Alexa). One would circle over the North Sea in international air space near the United Kingdom, while the other remained on standby.
Global delivers record RAJAR results | Global In late 1977, Radio Caroline began sponsored evangelical programmes, and music programmes began at 9p.m. On 20 October 1978, technical and financial problems put the Mi Amigo off the air.
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On Easter Saturday, my parents wanted to go and view a show house on a new estate. Eventually, Caroline left 558kHz and moved to 819kHz. The founder of pirate radio, Radio Caroline, has died. Original 1960s Caroline North jingles were interspersed with generic Radio Caroline ones.
On 31 July 2014 the ship was moved to the Blackwater Estuary in Essex.[47]. 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".
BBC Radio has major problems, with audiences following Chris Evans out I recall that Easter weekend in 1964 when Radio Caroline arrived very well. When Radio Veronica closed in 1974, some presenters moved to Radio Mi Amigo. (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.
Around the radio stations - facts and figures for RAJAR Q4 2021 UK Radio Stations. On 19 August 1989, 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. Documents to detail all the latest market information. Caroline Flashback provides an alternative service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era.
A look back at Radio Caroline 1976-80 - memories - Google Frequency: 648 AM. More than 2.8m listeners tuned in to BBC Radio 6 Music in the first quarter of the year (3rd Jan to 3rd April 2022) as . The ship was further delayed by hull damage, and repaired before writs could be issued. While on a trip to America, O'Rahilly had seen a picture of Ms Kennedy laughing and smiling as she sat in the footwell of her father's desk in the White House's Oval Office. [6], Smedley was charged with Calvert's murder on 18 July, but this was reduced to a charge of manslaughter. O'Rahilly promised financial backing if van Dam could return the ship to broadcasting condition. [7] O'Rahilly named the station after Caroline Kennedy, daughter of U.S. president John F. 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]. [6] Caroline was broken up for scrap in 1972. (Gordon): For the moment from all of us, goodbye and God bless.
Walgreens Nixes Abortion Pill in 20 Red States After Warning - Bloomberg In July Caroline moved to the adjacent channel, 962kHz (312 metres but still called 319) and reception in the UK improved. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. album, and Turnbull and Gallagher joined them on the Stiff's tour, becoming The Blockheads.[28]. The 'amateurs' were said to be reaching 39million listeners with 15million in the South of England and the rest in the North. Radio Caroline had greater night-time interference, and it was decided to move Caroline to a new frequency. Part of the raid was broadcast live[40] before officials disabled the transmitters. 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 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. However, full station identity jingles for the new Radio Caroline were not aired until 10th October 1983. The national digital station, which is owned by News UK's . [18], On 3 March 1968, the radio ships Mi Amigo and Caroline were boarded and seized before the day's broadcasting began. 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 - listen live 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 . Ken Bruce has also confirmed that he's moving. 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. Listen to Radio Caroline Flashback. 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. Sellel pakasest paukuval imekaunil peval oli pikese mber ka halo, mille vike jupike on paremal taevas nha. ", 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. From the anchorage in the Knock Deep the Mi Amigo's mast could be seen on the horizon. Situation: Ship 3 miles off Ramsey, Isle of Man. The highlight however was picking up test transmissions from Radio Caroline I had missed the tests of the previous day. 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. Several years later some of the seized items were returned to the station. Later in 1973, when the contract with Radio Caroline ended, the crew of Radio Atlantis moved to their own ship, the MVJeanine.[6]. 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. 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 still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. Radio Caroline Listeners' Top 100 Album Chart 1977 In late 76 listeners were invited to send in their top 10 all-time favourite albums, from which the chart was compiled. The flagship channel enjoyed an average weekly audience of 7.7 million in the three months to. A well-nourished captain said they often failed to appear for a tender but he always got paid! BBC Radio 2 to air special show for Tony Blackburn's 80th birthday. Caroline claimed boarding the ship and removal or destruction of equipment was piracy. It was renamed Radio Caroline South and MV Mi Amigo remained off Frinton-on-Sea while MV Caroline broadcast as Radio Caroline North.
Radio Caroline - The National Archives media reports and the shock of hearing just how powerful the signal was. (iii)558 kHz: strict pop and oldies mainstream format (no presenter music choice) with strict adherence to format clocks. "Between December 26 and December 30, 1973, a friend and I went to Holland for a few days.
Caroline can be heard on DAB+ in Aldershot, Birmingham, Cambridge, Brighton, Glasgow, Norwich, London,[2] Portsmouth, Poulton-le-Fylde and Woking. "Why do we have to pay, why aren't they out at sea, the music's no good," and so on. Round Midnight was confined to closedown on Radio Caroline North after The World Tomorrow. Watch Live TV Listen to Live Radio. ", 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. 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. [49] The LV 18 was later used by the BBC for Pirate BBC Essex broadcasts.[50]. [64] On 24 November 2021 a new transmitter was installed with an effective radiated power of 4kW.
Hughley is partnering with Janssen to empower Black communities with information and encourage better self-advocacy for their health. Some DJs were embarrassed but some were fascinated by the challenge of an abstract concept. [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. ", Earlier this year I met Bob Le-Roi and of course we talked a lot about Radio Caroline.
Remarkable photos show life behind the scenes at Radio Caroline 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. ". Most of Radio Caroline's pop music programmes were targeted at housewives, and some later programming was aimed at children. The only broadcast staff on board were Tom Lodge and Jerry Leighton. When the MV Caroline left for the Isle of Man, the Mi Amigo remained in Felixstowe. Ownership was hidden due to illegality of operation. 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". [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. . They were keen to see what this heating was like, with a view to installing it in their own home. Our internet radio site was created for listing together the most popular online available radios of the UK, and to give easy and free access to them at the simplest way in one place. RAJAR figures showed 34.51m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 49.9%. ", 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. However, the storm had weakened the mast, which collapsed in another storm later. Spectrum threatened to sue the Radio Authority, which then allowed Spectrum to temporarily broadcast on 990kHz alongside 558kHz. Listening on an internet radio or webplayer Since January, Emma Barnett has been the lead presenter, coming via BBC Radio 5 Live. Later, some programmes were pre-recorded on land and broadcast simultaneously from both ships. Nice to think about Dixie Peach, too. By and large the old hands ignored us but Rob was very enthusiastic and took us to the top floor where the new studios of Radio Mi Amigo were being given a dry run.
RAJAR analysis: Q2 figures mark first year of new radio ratings system The market size of the UK radio industry has reached 1 billion by the end of 2021. [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. 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. She was so fine, I made her mine, her name is Caroline! This comes after Steve Wright, Craig Charles, Paul O'Grady, Vanessa Feltz and Ken Bruce all left Radio 2 in a mass exodus over the past six months. [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. City: London. 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. BBC Radio 2 has the best radio audience figures in the UK, with a reach of almost 14.58 million per week. This request, and one to stop transmissions on 819kHz, was refused. Reception area: North of England, Midlands, Ireland, Scotland and North Wales. BBC Radio 6 Music celebrates its 20th birthday with record listening figures.
Weekly radio listening by age UK 2020 | Statista [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.
Radio Caroline web shop HOME PAGE Steve Wright, Radio 2 -how much longer can it go on? Radio Caroline's first programme, on 28 March 1964, was presented by Chris Moore. To complete my story, I have to tell you that all this motivated me highly to assist the Dutch Caroline organization. [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. [6] During summer 1973, it broadcast separate stations in English and Dutch simultaneously, on 389 m/773kHz and 252 m (announced as 259)/1187kHz. 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.
BBC Radio 2 listening figures plummet after veteran DJs leave Over 90% of Caroline listening is 'background listening', in the sense that listeners are doing something else at the same time (so, for that matter is over 90% of Light Programme listening. Over 30% of radio listeners older than 34 still use analogue radio. First you need good audience figures and to do that a greater prominence needs to be sought, hence the push for a Sky EPG listing. In March 1968, the very existence of Radio Caroline was threatened when both the MV Caroline and Mi Amigo were boarded and seized before being towed to Amsterdam by a salvage company to secure unpaid bills owed to a Dutch firm. Finally, Radio Mi Amigo moved to 962kHz on 1 December. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. It's Source of your ultimate Entertainment. In the South East England new standard regions 4 and 5, Radio Caroline has 27% whilst Radio London has 24%." 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). At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. Part of being a good communicator means knowing how to listen. "[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].
Radio Caroline: Golden age of British pirate radio remembered, 50 years [60], From 31 March to 27 April 2014, a Caroline North tribute station, based on the Planet Lightship berthed in the Albert Dock complex on Liverpool's waterfront, broadcast locally on 87.7FM and on the internet. [21] It was not until RNI returned to its original anchorage off the Netherlands that the jamming ceased.
Radio Caroline Flashback live - London, United Kingdom | Online Radio Box I vividly remember the days leading up to the first broadcast from the Ross, the test tones, the usually incorrect! On 30 August 1974 Mi Amigo moved from the Dutch coast to the Knock Deep Channel, approximately 12 miles (19km) from the British coast.
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