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. Hughley to Raise Awareness About Multiple Myeloma Among Black Communities. Harry Howard, History Correspondent For Mailonline, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Two Russian tanks annihilated with bombs by Ukrainian armed forces, Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' On 27 April, the Mi Amigo was fully operational. On this page we have collected a few exemplary ones. Dave Foster (Rpt) 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. [9][10] A particular image conveying unthreatening joy was the cheeky 4 year old Caroline hiding at President John F Kennedy's feet beneath the battered HMS Resolute desk in the Oval Office.[11]. 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 a sign of Radio Caroline's enormous influence on popular culture, the BBC launched Radio 1 in September 1967 in an effort to respond to its success, as well as that of the rival Radio London. The drop can be partly explained by lower. 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. 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. 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. This market overview is based on the first three waves of the Tracking Panel, comparing listening through April, May and June with pre-lockdown. 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. On a national level, though, this figure is amazingly reliable; it's a national sample size of over 100,000 adults. Many people, of a certain age, still associate Radio Caroline with the pop music of the 60s & 70s. Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly and Alan Crawford initially to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly. The Dutch offshore station Radio Veronica was on 1562 kHz and Radio Atlanta broadcast on 1493 kHz. He promised to write some lines about it for this series and here they are: "In the early 1990's, soon after the Ross Revenge was dragged of the Goodwin Sands and taken into Dover, a plan was conceived by the team of the then Invicta Radio Group, comprising the fairly nautical crew of Roger Day, Andy Archer, Johnny Lewis, Nigel Harris, Bob Matthews and Bob Le-Roi. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Most of Radio Caroline's pop music programmes were targeted at housewives, and some later programming was aimed at children. Broadcasters included Tony Christian, Pawl "Hound Dog" Shanley, Dave Fox, Simon West, Dale Richardson and Peter D.[citation needed]. Discover the history of the three RAJAR contracts, and understand the review of methods and sampling and fieldwork events timeline. [citation needed] The new station introduced British audiences to slick American-style top 40 radio with electronic jingles produced by Dallas-based PAMS, and was an immediate success. BBC Radio 2 has the best radio audience figures in the UK, with a reach of almost 14.58 million per week. 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. "Europe's Best Music on Europe's Best Music Station" Format: community, classic rock. 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. Finally, Radio Mi Amigo moved to 962kHz on 1 December. 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. Caroline coming in to pick up her pilot. European medium wave channels had been reallocated to multiples of nine. 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. [25] The ship anchored off the Dutch coastal resort of Scheveningen and was serviced and operated from the Netherlands. The survey also found that 18.1 per cent of radio listeners tuned in. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. When the MV Caroline left for the Isle of Man, the Mi Amigo remained in Felixstowe. 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 It is jointly owned by the BBC and the Radiocentre on behalf of the commercial sector. [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. 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. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. 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. Later that day, the Dutch Royal Navy returned the crew and fighting broke out on board. It began taking in water and the crew was rescued by lifeboat. [48] Evangelical programmes and sponsored specialist music are broadcast. Over 30% of radio listeners older than 34 still use analogue radio. Radio Caroline is the best UK online radio. Hughley is partnering with Janssen to empower Black communities with information and encourage better self-advocacy for their health. Radio Caroline's first musical theme was Jimmy McGriff's "Round Midnight", a jazz standard co-composed by Thelonious Monk. [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. On 28 December, unpaid crew cut the Mi Amigo's generator fuel line and departed. From there Bert Alting wrote: "in the mid-1970's I was living partly on a little room on the loft of a house and in the early evenings I tried never to miss the close-down of Radio Mi Amigo Caroline's sister station in those days and the daily opening of Radio Caroline. However, the storm had weakened the mast, which collapsed in another storm later. 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. That's the group of Sietse Brouwer in Harlingen. 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. Markets. 18:03 GMT 28 Sep 2021. 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. Community radio listening figures - do 10 million people tune in every week? While 6 Music saw a 3.1 per cent dip in its quarter-on-quarter listening figures - pulling in 2.6million listeners - the station is still the UK's number one digital radio station. In late 1972, Radio Caroline had money problems. The operation then continued, despite disagreements between O'Rahilly and some of its DJs over what the station should be playing. UK Radio Stations. Listening on an internet radio or webplayer Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. Reception area: North of England, Midlands, Ireland, Scotland and North Wales. Detailed information on the survey process. 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]. These stories continued and included co-operation by a former member of the Beatles[who?] Information for commercial radio stations that are licenced by OFCOM and are looking to be measured on the RAJAR survey. Only British content are transmitting through this station so far. Rob Day never made it to the airwaves to the best of my knowledge and that was that. 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. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 16:42. Furthermore, it was stated that the pirates' use of wavelengths also broke international agreements. Radio Caroline finally stopped broadcasting from open waters in 1991 when the MV Ross Revenge lots its anchor in a storm and the crew had to be rescued by helicopter. People have to move away from the idea that Caroline can only broadcast from a boat I thought that back in the early days we were fighting for free radio to be legalised "free" as in freedom of speech and on land! ". 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. [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. Caroline Flashback provides an alternative service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. The 10kW 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.[29]. Click the pic to find out more. The tapes were picked up in Belgium at a bus stop, taken to a small sports plane and dropped in the sea close to the radio ship. . 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. A request to stop broadcasting on short wave 6.215MHz was complied with, and after several hours the government ship returned to port. A "D" and an "I" from the phrase RADIO CAROLINE (painted as a, "Hearthammer" by the Scottish folk rock band. Janssen Launches Health Equity Campaign in Partnership with Award-Winning Radio Host D.L. 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. That autumn various tests, consisting of continuous music, were made on 259 metres. On Easter Saturday, my parents wanted to go and view a show house on a new estate. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. The only singer to stay overnight, she helped present programmes, make jingles, and close the station at night.[15]. 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. In 2020, the show's two long-serving presenters, Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey, both departed the programme. BBC Radio 5 Live posted a reach of 5.89m listeners. Zoe Ball lost a million listeners from the same period last year, when . Mary wrote us: "I wondered if your series should be including the titles of any of the records played on the Test Transmission tapes? In 2017, Ofcom awarded Radio Caroline its first AM licence, allowing it to broadcast to audiences in parts of Suffolk and north Essex. The final song was Pilot of the Airwaves by Charlie Dore.[43]. Dates of the upcoming scheduled releases of RAJAR data. 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. In Timaru, an NZBC station, originally 3XC, later 3ZC, broadcast as Radio Caroline until 1995. [30] Radio Caroline returned to the air on 15 April 1979. I think so. [6] The first programme, which was pre-recorded, was hosted by Chris Moore. Media agencies/owners, PR companies and members of the public interested in receiving more detailed data than that currently shown under Listening Figures on the RAJAR site. 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. On 31 July 2014 the ship was moved to the Blackwater Estuary in Essex.[47]. Welcome to the Radio Caroline Web Shop, run by volunteers to help the running of the radio station and the preservation and restoration of its radio ship, the Ross Revenge, in the estuary of the River Blackwater in the county of Essex, UK. In November 1991, the ship lost its anchor in a storm and drifted onto the Goodwin Sands in the Channel. O'Rahilly promised financial backing if van Dam could return the ship to broadcasting condition. Two aerials and twin transmitters were used for about six weeks until the aerial mast failed. 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. When Laser returned as Laser Hot Hits, it used Caroline's former and inferior frequency of 576kHz. From 1970 on a lot happened in offshore radio, which has often been forgotten by people who write about this subject in books. The pair's aim was to circumvent big record companies' control of the broadcast of popular music, as well as the stranglehold which the BBC then had on the airwaves. His programme, which airs five days a week, rose from 4.3 million to 4.5 million listeners between the . Brouwer intended to obtain an AM frequency from the Netherlands authorities in 2003 when its medium wave frequencies were reallocated. However, in July 1964, the owners of the two stations opted to merge the operations. In the 1960's, to attract advertisers, Radio Caroline and Radio London always reported rather high listening figures. Nowadays, Radio Caroline has to resort to other sources. I never had the idea to buy any of the singles they promoted, as these got so much airplay and therefore entered the charts. Radio Caroline began to broadcast from the ship on 19 August 1983, with unwanted mechanical sounds on speech. Continuous Flashback Music. The last broadcast from the Mi Amigo was by Stevie Gordon and Tom Anderson:[32]. To keep it this way they have had to steer clear of big investors and conventional means of broadcasting which, although a nice idea, has its drawbacks. Smedley's men occupied the fort until 22 June. Original 1960s Caroline North jingles were interspersed with generic Radio Caroline ones. 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. and a sign-on date of 1 July; the station failed to appear. The ship was further delayed by hull damage, and repaired before writs could be issued. Technology. 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 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. 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. It was claimed in 1964 by Caroline's manager that they had a larger audience than the BBC. The BBC Light, Third, and Home programmes became Radios 2, 3 and 4 respectively. 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. 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. I remember Caroline North with great affection. Radio Caroline continued, moving its headquarters and servicing operation to Spain. A well-nourished captain said they often failed to appear for a tender but he always got paid! This two-day broadcast featured Phil Mitchell, Paul Dennis, Colin Lamb, John Patrick, Barry James, Steve Cisco and Clive Boutell. The following day, Caroline was one of few stations in the South East still broadcasting. Documents to detail all the latest market information. [46] Dedicated apps for listening via Apple IOS[55] and Android[56] devices are also available. 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. [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. London, United Kingdom. BBC Radio 2 to air special show for Tony Blackburn's 80th birthday. 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. O'Rahilly had initially competed with another pirate station broadcasting from the MV Mi Amigo. Wonder where he is now? 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? In the evenings, Radio Caroline transmitted Dutch and American religious evangelist broadcasters such as Johan Maasbach and Roy Masters on medium wave, and later on short wave, under the name Viewpoint 963/819, or World Mission Radio (WMR) on short wave. 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 . -1.04 -1.26%. Radio Caroline are committed to promote UK Culture, Music, News, Heritage, Tourism and many more through their . 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. Obviously, we hope to be back with you as soon as possible, but just for the moment we would like to say goodbye. RAJAR stands for Radio Joint Audience Research and is the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK. We arranged to meet the Caroline tender to go out to the ship but no one turned up. (Gordon): For the moment from all of us, goodbye and God bless. . Due to generator trouble, the two services could no longer be broadcast simultaneously and Radio Caroline again broadcast at night with both stations using the 50kW transmitter and Radio Caroline began to receive more mail from the continent. It was also claimed to reach 39 million listeners though I suspect both figures probably had a lot of. The Radio Caroline name was used to broadcast from international waters, using five different ships of three different owners, from 1964 to 1990, and via satellite from 1998 to 2013 (pictured:. However, full station identity jingles for the new Radio Caroline were not aired until 10th October 1983. These data are produced and sold at cost providing both industry accountability and a robust trading currency for each medium. Zoe Ball, Greg James, Roman Kemp, Chris Evans and the Today programme are among the shows to have fewer listeners than the last time ratings were measured. She was so fine, I made her mine, her name is Caroline! 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. Caroline claimed boarding the ship and removal or destruction of equipment was piracy. On 3 August 2021, Ofcom announced that it had granted a power increase to combat man made noise and interference, and to extend the coverage area to include Suffolk, northern parts of Essex, and parts of Kent and East Sussex. This channel broadcasts mainly in community format. The poster itself,. 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. The station has subsequently broadcast on 531kHz AM from the Ross Revenge during some bank holiday weekends, beginning on 2831 August 2009 and also within a few days of the 50th anniversary of the ship's first voyage. 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]. 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. Listening Statistics: 23 Facts You Need to Hear. Radio Caroline's first programme, on 28 March 1964, was presented by Chris Moore. This statistic shows the result of a survey on weekly radio listening in the United Kingdom (UK) in the first quarter of 2020, by age. No one said it would be an easy or fast journey, but I, for one, can only see better things for the future. Average weekday audience figures per quarter hour (in 000s). Caroline Hepker anchors Bloomberg Radio's 'Daybreak Europe' programme, on-air live from 6-10am weekday mornings. And that means that people's work schedules are significant drivers of the hourly flow of listening throughout the day. Only the Caroline app has a live programme schedule, 'Now Playing' and multiple streams to suit most internet speeds. Spectrum threatened to sue the Radio Authority, which then allowed Spectrum to temporarily broadcast on 990kHz alongside 558kHz. In the 1960's, to attract advertisers, Radio Caroline and Radio London always reported rather high listening figures. Nice to think about Dixie Peach, too. 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. 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 . [citation needed]. Details of the modified methodology introduced since the Covid Pandemic. However, in October 1987 a massive storm hit southern England, causing deaths and severe damage. That this House expresses its disappointment that, having pioneered commercial radio in the UK and for the past decade being a fully licensed broadcaster, Radio Caroline, a cornerstone of British radio history, has been denied by OFCOM the opportunity to secure a medium wave frequency from which to broadcast; regrets that as a result its devoted listeners are confined to listening to Radio Caroline via the internet and unable to enjoy its musical offerings in transit; and calls on OFCOM to exhaust all avenues in making the provisions available for Radio Caroline to celebrate its 50th birthday in 2014 by broadcasting on a medium wave frequency which, it appears, is unwanted by both BBC and commercial operators as a broadcast platform. "Walking down the King's Road" track by Squire "In a Chelsea drug store with some friends of mine, mini skirts, dolly birds and Radio Caroline". How radio is measured in other European countries and throughout the rest of the World. Meanwhile, Radio Mi Amigo had interference on 1562kHz and changed to 1412kHz (212 m). 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. On 4 May 2015, Radio Caroline started a 24-hour "Flashback" webstream[58] carrying "oldies" music and jingles. Smedley's trial opened on 11 October at Chelmsford Assizes, where the jury acquitted him.[6]. Radio Seagull became Radio Caroline on 23 February 1974, retaining the album format. On 5 November 1990, lack of fuel and supplies forced the station to stop transmitting. The station re-started for a second time in August 1983 from new ship the MV Ross Revenge. The two stations were able to cover most of the British Isles. The transmitter was initially too powerful for the antenna insulators. Since November 2009 Radio Seagull can be heard periodically on 558kHz in London. Internet streaming of Radio Caroline programmes continued. In the South East England new standard regions 4 and 5, Radio Caroline has 27% whilst Radio London has 24%." The station restarted just before Christmas as Radio 199 but soon became Radio Caroline, with a Top 40 format. 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 station hasn't the glamour anymore it had in its High Seas Days, but I'm still enjoying all the memories. Part of being a good communicator means knowing how to listen. The station had some success but stopped broadcasting due to lack of funding. "Other Radio" currently has a weekly listenership of 3.8m adults a week. The Huskers (16-13, 8-10 Big Ten . 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. They included Blackburn, who became the first to broadcast on Radio 1. In 1987, the Territorial Sea Act[38] extended the UK maritime limit from three to 12 nautical miles (22km). [64] On 24 November 2021 a new transmitter was installed with an effective radiated power of 4kW. Over the following months, Caroline's signal quality improved as transmitting valves were donated and programming returned to normal. The Ross Revenge also featured powerful generators.[37]. Global's Highest Radio Reach EVER!!! 'He said that's the name for my radio station,' he added.