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. 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. Caroline claimed boarding the ship and removal or destruction of equipment was piracy. However, in July 1964, the owners of the two stations opted to merge the operations. It left Spain, with an incomplete studio, to avoid legal entanglements. 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". Caroline really got more and more attention after August 31, 1974, when the other offshore stations off the Dutch coast had to stop their transmissions, while Radio Caroline survived to please its listeners. 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]. wirelesswaffle - Radio, Television, Humour, Pictures, Music, Life the The whole of the school Easter holiday, my friend Mozz and I took the tranny with us everywhere. The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) put a permanent watch on movements around the Ross Revenge and the MV Communicator, Laser 558's ship. Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. They were towed to Amsterdam by a salvage company to secure unpaid bills for servicing by the Dutch tender company Wijsmuller Transport. 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 . Radio Listening Statistics 2022 (UK and Global) - Dont Disappoint Me Island FM (58% of people in their area tune in every week) Channel 103 FM (55%) Moray Firth Radio (46%) Radio Borders (43%) Yorkshire Coast Radio (42%) 3FM (38%) Wessex FM (38%) Northsound 1 (38%) IOW Radio (35%) Tay FM (35%) We are a small team and you can find out here who the best person to contact is regarding any query. Southern England, western Europe, Northern England, Ireland and Scotland. Dave Foster (Rpt) It was founded in 1964. The Mi Amigo's 160-foot (49m) mast remained erect for six years. This channel broadcasts mainly in community format. One is lack of finance, so presenters work for nothing we, the Caroline supporters, can ask for no greater dedication and I am quite happy to do my bit and help keep the dream alive with my monthly subscription. One 5kW transmitter was initially not serviceable. About - The Organisation. Average weekday audience figures per quarter hour (in 000s). [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. Ofcom agrees for Radio Caroline to turn up the power Meanwhile, Radio Mi Amigo had interference on 1562kHz and changed to 1412kHz (212 m). On 3 September 1985 at 00:00 hours the Dioptric Surveyor departed in a storm. [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. In December 1976, Radio Mi Amigo moved to 1562kHz on the 50kW transmitter, leaving Caroline on 1187kHz 24 hours a day on the 10kW. Rough weather sometimes prevented tapes from arriving and old programmes had to be repeated. Steve Wright, Radio 2 -how much longer can it go on? Presentations were made to US advertising agencies. In 1972, MV Mi Amigo was bought for her scrap value at auction by enthusiast Gerard van Dam, who intended to use her as a free radio museum. The highlight however was picking up test transmissions from Radio Caroline I had missed the tests of the previous day. The last broadcast from the Mi Amigo was by Stevie Gordon and Tom Anderson:[32]. 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. The project not unexpectedly hit the quay side, but it would have been interesting should the plan have come to fruition. 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. The medium wave frequency was 235 metres (1278kHz) and programmes were sent through ISDN landline to Maidstone and via the internet and broadcast on satellite. Around the radio stations - facts and figures for RAJAR Q4 2021 [35], The Ross Revenge was larger than Mi Amigo and with more elaborate transmitting equipment: in 1983, two 5kW RCA transmitters and a RCA 50kW unit. Each of his crew was awarded The Thanks of the Institution on vellum.[33]. Syndicated shows from the US and recorded religious programmes were also broadcast. The ship was further delayed by hull damage, and repaired before writs could be issued. 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. Two of the BBC's flagship radio stations see sharp drop in - mirror 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. Since 1991, the Ross Revenge has been maintained by enthusiasts called the Radio Caroline Support Group, originally the Ross Revenge Support Group. Click the pic to find out more. 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. ", 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. During Easter 2008, the station broadcast live for three days from the Ross Revenge, featuring presenters who had worked on the Mi Amigo in the late 1970s: Roger Mathews, Mike Stevens, Bob Lawrence, Brian Martin, Martin Fisher, Cliff Osbourne, Jeremy Chartham, Marc Jacobs, Ad Roberts, Dick Verheul and Kees Borrell. Times Radio's audience fell by over a fifth quarter-on-quarter, according to the latest RAJAR radio listening figures. Finally, Radio Mi Amigo moved to 962kHz on 1 December. Tuning in to Radio Listening Habits | Nielsen The Ross Revenge also featured powerful generators.[37]. Browse our programme schedule, read the presenter profiles, send emails and brush up on your world, music and radio history on our 'This Day' page. I live in Wigan, just west of Manchester. [citation needed], In Spain, a station broadcast during the summer 2009 on 102.7MHz in the Costa Blanca from studios in Benidorm. Next to that we can listen in to Radio Caroline on internet and satellite. 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). Two aerials and twin transmitters were used for about six weeks until the aerial mast failed. 18:03 GMT 28 Sep 2021. Radio listening has plummeted. NPR is reaching a bigger audience than Radio Caroline was a real phenomen. NYC See Biggest Snowfall of Season, Grounding Flights - Bloomberg It commemorated the 40th anniversary of Radio Caroline and promoted the station's legal internet and satellite programmes. 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. Wonder where he is now? Janssen Launches Health Equity Campaign in Partnership with Award Another RSL broadcast ran from 7 August until 3 September 2004, with the ship moored at the cruise liner terminal jetty at Tilbury in Essex. My parents' house in Holyhead, North Wales, looked out over Newry Beach and we often saw various ships stopping off just behind the breakwater to pick up the pilot for their onward journey Blue Funnel line vessels in particular. Since the pandemic took hold in the United States, NPR's radio ratings have taken a nosedive. 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. 15 Alfred Place 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. 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. 68% of Brits listen to the radio at home. Radio Caroline - Wikipedia . 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. Dan Greenwood on LinkedIn: Global's Highest Radio Reach EVER!!! The 'Eurosiege '85' The Story of the 1985 | Grelly UK Markets. London WC1E 7EB, Find out more information on completing the Radio Diary. 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. [27] 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. 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. MV Caroline sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man, broadcasting as she went. Gradually Caroline is fighting its way back and I'm sure that once advertising is coming in, there will be no need for listener donations. Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Insane moment river of rocks falls onto Malibu Canyon in CA, Fleet-footed cop chases an offender riding a scooter, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up. [30] Radio Caroline returned to the air on 15 April 1979. During 2013, a survey showed a continued move from satellite reception and growth in internet listening. 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. To remain in international waters, the ship moved to a new, less-sheltered anchorage. 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. The drop can be partly explained by lower. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. The Mi Amigo "Top 50" tapes were flown over by helicopter to get them on board more quickly. The pair's aim was to circumvent big record companies' control of the broadcast of popular music, as well as. 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. 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. The latest NOP Audience Survey Figures show that Radio Caroline has an audience in Great Britain in excess of any other radio station with 19% aged 16 and over, whilst Radio London did have 12%. Belgium had outlawed offshore radio in 1962 and prosecuted advertisers, cutting the station's revenue. European medium wave channels had been reallocated to multiples of nine. Global delivers record RAJAR results | Global Since January, Emma Barnett has been the lead presenter, coming via BBC Radio 5 Live. Caroline returned on 9 March 1977 on 953kHz, actually 315 metres but announced as 319. The most popular radio stations in the UK - media 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. Part of the raid was broadcast live[40] before officials disabled the transmitters. Radio Caroline North 1960s pirate radio - mikekemble.uk The Mi Amigo returned to its Frinton-on-Sea anchorage with a redesigned antenna and a new 50kW transmitter and attempted to resume broadcasting on 18 April, nominally on 259 metres to enable the same jingles as Radio Caroline North on 1169kHz to be used, but actually 252 metres. The first was a Belgian station called Radio Atlantis, owned by Belgian businessman Adriaan van Landschoot. American Cancer Society 2022-2024. . The four-week event was funded through on-air local business commercials. General Radio Listening Statistics [48] Evangelical programmes and sponsored specialist music are broadcast. James O'Brien overtakes Nick Ferrari to nab most LBC listeners A licenced and registered bureaux that wishes to supply bureaux services using RAJAR data is permitted to do so. [74], 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. Some Radio Caroline cut-outs - University of Groningen [6] The first programme, which was pre-recorded, was hosted by Chris Moore. 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. MV Caroline arrived at her new anchorage on the southern tip of the Bahama Bank, Ramsey Bay, on 6 July 1964,[13] at a position formerly occupied by the Bahama Bank Lightship. However, the storm had weakened the mast, which collapsed in another storm later. DJs could choose ordering of oldies all current pop hits in strict rotation. Radio Caroline Flashback | Live Radio Whittingham was unable to leave on the tender when a storm arose. Bloomberg Daybreak Europe | Bloomberg Radio However, the station has since moved online and continues to broadcast 24 hours a day. Since August 2000, Radio Caroline has also broadcast 24 hours a day via the internet and by the occasional restricted service licence. A little about myself. Tens of thousands of elderly people have died without getting the care Caroline Pavis +1 (610) 357-3121 Investor Relations: Broadcasting was in Dutch and English by day and in English at night, although for the first few months broadcasting finished at 10p.m. On 19 January 1979, the ageing ship took in water and a lifeboat was called to rescue the crew members. Janssen Launches Health Equity Campaign in Partnership with Award-Winning Radio Host D.L. The Dutch Radio Caroline then changed its name to Radio Waddenzee (nl) for daytime Dutch and German language, and Radio Seagull for nighttime English language broadcasts, and now broadcasts on 1602kHz every day and on the internet, presenting a progressive rock format. How we recruit respondents, sampling points and fieldwork in depth. So far, Mazzoli's greatest success has come in the opera house. Select 'Change Stations' on the app if you wish to switch to Boom Light You can also find us listed on the TuneIn or Radioplayer app. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. BBC Radio 2 listening figures plummet after veteran DJs leave Observations and headlines from radio industry RAJAR Q1 2022 [6] Caroline was broken up for scrap in 1972. 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. Radio Caroline had greater night-time interference, and it was decided to move Caroline to a new frequency. "[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]. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. Over 30% of radio listeners older than 34 still use analogue radio. Ken Bruce remains most popular UK radio host as mid-morning trend 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 Caroline App is just 1.79 or equivalent price in your country. Radio Caroline North subsequently moved to 257m (1169kHz) but also called it 259. In the 1970's and 19870's is was great to follow all the things which were happening as there were two magazines in which all the facts and figures were published from day to day. Brouwer intended to obtain an AM frequency from the Netherlands authorities in 2003 when its medium wave frequencies were reallocated. On the 9 September 2017 a stone was unveiled in Felixstowe to commemorate Radio Caroline.[63]. We duly bought the wine but do not know if it was the one heard when Radio Seagull opened on January 7, 1974. The resulting signal was low-powered, but ensured that Caroline South's advertising revenue would continue. American Cancer Society Cancer Facts & Figures for African American/Black People. 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. We arranged to meet the Caroline tender to go out to the ship but no one turned up. Times Radio listening figures: 20% fall in second RAJAR release On 3 March 1977, Caroline closed, announcing that it would return six days later on 319 metres. [65], Radio Caroline's founder, Ronan O'Rahilly, was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2013; his death aged 79 on 20 April 2020 was announced by Radio Caroline. Several years later some of the seized items were returned to the station. In 1967, the UK Government enacted the Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967, outlawing advertising on or supplying an unlicensed offshore radio station from the UK. Missy Mazzoli is a symphonic composer with a photographer's eye Live listening figures revealed with 34.51m tuning in to BBC Radio each By The final song was Pilot of the Airwaves by Charlie Dore.[43]. Caroline launched the programme in 2015 with a new team in London who have now taken the programme onto London DAB digital radio in the UK. When we started our series to commemorate the forty years of Radio Caroline, we asked the readers to write down their memories of the station in just a few lines. Since a couple of years we can read a lot on the subject Offshore Radio on several internet sites. "[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. -1.04 -1.26%. On a national level, though, this figure is amazingly reliable; it's a national sample size of over 100,000 adults. [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. On this page Hans Knot presents a few exemplary ones. Wavelength: 199 metres. Radio Caroline - 2. (Anderson): Yeah. Radio Caroline began to broadcast from the ship on 19 August 1983, with unwanted mechanical sounds on speech. When the MV Caroline left for the Isle of Man, the Mi Amigo remained in Felixstowe. 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. [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. Latest releases and insightful stories into the radio industry. Radio Caroline, UK | Free Internet Radio | TuneIn 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. Jan 27, 2022. Caroline Flashback provides an alternative service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. Officially, Radio Caroline was managed from offices in North America, with advertising from the US and Canada. Radio Caroline Ltd. and Caroline Support Group (originally called the Ross Revenge Support Group). And that means that people's work schedules are significant drivers of the hourly flow of listening throughout the day. 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 Myriad factors contribute to the audience curve for radio . 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. Listening in Lockdown The station's slogan was Your all-day music station. After 31 August, shows for Radio Mi Amigo were delivered on cassettes rather than reel-to-reel tapes. 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. The two stations experimented with different frequencies. Shortly after the law was enacted, the station was renamed as Radio Caroline International. In 2020, the show's two long-serving presenters, Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey, both departed the programme. I am enjoying their programmes immensely at present but there always seems to be a lot of criticism about the station no matter what they do. I just hated the intrusive way deejays tried to influence my taste on the other radio stations. Owner: Planet Sales Ltd. First air date: 1964. Radio stations ranked by listeners weekly UK 2020 | Statista Documents to detail all the latest market information. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. Remarkable photos show life behind the scenes at Radio Caroline Half of AM/FM listening in the United States takes place in a car, but between reduced (or eliminated) commutes and social distancing, there's been a steep decline in the drivers that make up public radio's traditional broadcast audience. On Easter Saturday, my parents wanted to go and view a show house on a new estate. Beginning in 1975, the cassettes were transported from Playa d'Aro on the Europa Bus service, which carried people from Amsterdam to Madrid at low prices. Now as in the past, for every commercial radio station it proves very important to have an audience, as advertisers are always looking at the station's RAJAR-figures. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. Radio Caroline was off the air for most of the 1990s, except for occasional low-power broadcasts of one month. Have you ever met the guy? Rajars: Breakfast radio shows lost listeners during pandemic They were pop and Europop aimed at the mainstream Dutch audience. Those broadcasts took place between 1970 and 1973.[20]. Caroline Hepker anchors Bloomberg Radio's 'Daybreak Europe' programme, on-air live from 6-10am weekday mornings. Furthermore, it was stated that the pirates' use of wavelengths also broke international agreements. Radio Caroline North = 10kW (later 20kW). The station was opened by DJ Tom Anderson, who had said "goodbye" from the sinking Mi Amigo in 1980. 50 kW (second 10 kW transmitter later added). 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. These stories continued and included co-operation by a former member of the Beatles[who?] 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.
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