The comments below have not been moderated, By . Following negotiations with the service provider, satellite transmissions ended at midnight on 30 September 2013. 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. Later in 1973, when the contract with Radio Caroline ended, the crew of Radio Atlantis moved to their own ship, the MVJeanine.[6]. Music radio breakfast shows saw drop in listeners during pandemic - NME 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 . Ken Bruce remains most popular UK radio host as mid-morning trend 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. Broadcasting from various offshore locations to Western Europe, Status unclear and mainly operated by supporters, Radio Atlantis 1973 and Radio Mi-Amigo 19741978, Geographic areas bordering upon North Sea, 963 kHz (wavelength announced as "319" metres) later moving to 819 kHz with additional transmitter in 531594 kHz range (principally 558 kHz). That autumn various tests, consisting of continuous music, were made on 259 metres. 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. Much improvement to the lay-out of the ship was planned but basically the studios would have remained. 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. 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. 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 January, Emma Barnett has been the lead presenter, coming via BBC Radio 5 Live. [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. "People who listened to NPR shows on the radio at home . Live listening figures revealed with 34.51m tuning in to BBC Radio each Caroline Pavis +1 (610) 357-3121 Investor Relations: US Stocks Snap Two Days of Losses; Yields Rise: Markets Wrap. Radio Caroline began to broadcast from the ship on 19 August 1983, with unwanted mechanical sounds on speech. 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. Currently they also broadcast on DAB radio in certain areas of the UK: these services are part of the Ofcom small-scale DAB+ trials. The survey also found that 18.1 per cent of radio listeners tuned in. Caroline's album format meant that, although the station served a gap in the market, its audience was smaller than in the 1960s. 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. Only 17% of the total UK population can pick up community radio, according to the same Ofcom report we mentioned earlier. It was also claimed to reach 39 million listeners though I suspect both figures probably had a lot of. The station had some success but stopped broadcasting due to lack of funding. I remember wandering around that show house with my tranny on my arm. 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 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. -1.04 -1.26%. [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. As its popularity began to blossom, the British Government looked at ways to curtail the station's influence. Radio Caroline was a real phenomen. RAJAR analysis: Q2 figures mark first year of new radio ratings system [54] Surveys in 2008 and 2010 showed a small percentage listened via Sky, and that satellite listening had dropped by 9% since 2008, while online listening had increased by around 40%. 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. [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. According to the survey, respondents aged 56 . In practice, day-to-day servicing was carried from France and the UK. Radio Monique was popular throughout Benelux. 1980s: 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. It was claimed in 1964 by Caroline's manager that they had a larger audience than the BBC. Great reads on Radio Caroline and Free Radio from the 1960's to the 1990's, including from Radio . DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. Radio Caroline continued on satellite but required manual tuning. Broadcasting hours were 6am to 6pm to avoid competition from Radio Luxembourg, which began transmissions at 6pm. 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. 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. [21] It was not until RNI returned to its original anchorage off the Netherlands that the jamming ceased. 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 . Knowing the lads at Caroline it was probably drunk and a replacement bought. In June 1990, Spectrum Radio, a new multi-ethnic community radio station in London, was officially allocated 558kHz. Ofcom agrees for Radio Caroline to turn up the power Lodge hired new DJs and introduced free-form programming. The Dutch government banned unlicensed offshore radio on 1 September 1974. 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. Alan even worked with Bob at Radio 1 on. Initially this was a minor inconvenience as the 300-foot (91m) mast was thought sturdy enough. One would circle over the North Sea in international air space near the United Kingdom, while the other remained on standby. Myriad factors contribute to the audience curve for radio . Documents to detail all the latest market information. [45] The Ross Revenge was salvaged and brought into harbour in Dover, ending 27 years of Radio Caroline's unlicensed offshore career. Gaining advertising is very much a Catch-22 situation. Listening on an internet radio or webplayer 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. Two days later, Mi Amigo was towed to IJmuiden and seized because of unpaid bills. Meanwhile, Radio Mi Amigo had interference on 1562kHz and changed to 1412kHz (212 m). Caroline on the App Store 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". This gave reasonable reception by day but strong heterodyne interference at night because the transmitter crystal was off-channel. The name was taken from Caroline Bay, a popular recreation area nearby. BBC Radio 5 Live posted a reach of 5.89m listeners. BBC Radio 6 Music celebrates its 20th birthday with record listening figures. Since November 2009 Radio Seagull can be heard periodically on 558kHz in London. 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. UK Radio Stations. The founder of pirate radio, Radio Caroline, has died. She was so fine, I made her mine, her name is Caroline! I must say the people on the station got my sympathy very quickly. 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 . [6] The TV operation was later found to be a publicity stunt.[24]. In 1987, the Territorial Sea Act[38] extended the UK maritime limit from three to 12 nautical miles (22km). Mary wrote us: "I wondered if your series should be including the titles of any of the records played on the Test Transmission tapes? Tony Blackburn turns 80 years old on the 29th of January and BBC Radio 2 will celebrate the occasion in a special programme, reports OnTheRadio.. 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. Radio Caroline 4+ Patrick Mounteney 4.6 10 Ratings Free iPhone Screenshots Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. Rough weather sometimes prevented tapes from arriving and old programmes had to be repeated. 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. Times Radio's audience fell by over a fifth quarter-on-quarter, according to the latest RAJAR radio listening figures.