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. Alan even worked with Bob at Radio 1 on. On 27 April, the Mi Amigo was fully operational. [6], Smedley was charged with Calvert's murder on 18 July, but this was reduced to a charge of manslaughter. Radio Caroline was off the air for most of the 1990s, except for occasional low-power broadcasts of one month. Several years later some of the seized items were returned to the station. City: London. On 12 June 2006, the station bought an EPG slot on Sky channel 0199. [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]. The national digital station, which is owned by News UK's . The Joint Industry Currencies (JICs) are owned by the industry advertisers, agencies and media owners to provide transparent and objective audience measurement for each medium. [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. Since a couple of years we can read a lot on the subject Offshore Radio on several internet sites. 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. Backed by wealthy investors which included Jocelyn Stevens of the popular Queen Magazine, the station was bizarrely named after Caroline Kennedy the daughter of assassinated US President John F Kennedy. ", 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. Four studios were on board, enabling other broadcasting services. Ken Bruce has also confirmed that he's moving. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Yet another source of income is gifts from listeners, making the listeners still very important for the Lady's survival. Syndicated shows from the US and recorded religious programmes were also broadcast. [48] Evangelical programmes and sponsored specialist music are broadcast. 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. Dates of the upcoming scheduled releases of RAJAR data. These stories continued and included co-operation by a former member of the Beatles[who?] Ronan O'Rahilly passed away April 20 at the age of 79. It commemorated the 40th anniversary of Radio Caroline and promoted the station's legal internet and satellite programmes. Over the following months, Caroline's signal quality improved as transmitting valves were donated and programming returned to normal. In November 1991, the ship lost its anchor in a storm and drifted onto the Goodwin Sands in the Channel. [6] Caroline was broken up for scrap in 1972. 15 Alfred Place Two days later, Mi Amigo was towed to IJmuiden and seized because of unpaid bills. 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 . The ship has working radio studios, from which both Caroline and BBC Essex have broadcast. Engineer Peter Chicago had hidden transmitter parts during the raid and retuned one 5kW transmitter, previously used on short-wave, to 558kHz. The ship would be moved to a permanent mooring in Ramsgate Harbour with the Gold service, at the time called Coast, operating like the FM-services from Whitstable studios being moved onto the ship to become Radio Caroline. 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. Round Midnight was confined to closedown on Radio Caroline North after The World Tomorrow. 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%) Rob Day never made it to the airwaves to the best of my knowledge and that was that. The Huskers (16-13, 8-10 Big Ten . 'He said that's the name for my radio station,' he added. 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. 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. 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. How radio is measured in other European countries and throughout the rest of the World. 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. 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. Radio Caroline South = 10kW (later 50 kW). 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. 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. 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". Belgium had outlawed offshore radio in 1962 and prosecuted advertisers, cutting the station's revenue. Radio Caroline had greater night-time interference, and it was decided to move Caroline to a new frequency. 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. [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. Since November 2009 Radio Seagull can be heard periodically on 558kHz in London. Programmes were presented by current and former DJs from the BBC, ILR, Ireland, Luxembourg, offshore and land-based pirate stations, and other international and freelance backgrounds, including Tony Prince and Emperor Rosko. 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. Radio Seagull became Radio Caroline on 23 February 1974, retaining the album format. (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. 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. 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. [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. 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. In the late 1990's and later on I helped them with the promotion team when they were busy trying to convince as much as possible cable networks to put their signal on their networks. In 1987, the Territorial Sea Act[38] extended the UK maritime limit from three to 12 nautical miles (22km). 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. [6] During summer 1973, it broadcast separate stations in English and Dutch simultaneously, on 389 m/773kHz and 252 m (announced as 259)/1187kHz. Part of the raid was broadcast live[40] before officials disabled the transmitters. [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%. O'Rahilly wanted Radio Caroline to become an oldies station. . 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). 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 Timaru, an NZBC station, originally 3XC, later 3ZC, broadcast as Radio Caroline until 1995. 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). Caroline Flashback provides an alternative service for loyal and new listeners, who want to hear tracks from this exciting era. Initially this was a minor inconvenience as the 300-foot (91m) mast was thought sturdy enough. It is jointly owned by the BBC and the Radiocentre on behalf of the commercial sector. and a sign-on date of 1 July; the station failed to appear. On Easter Saturday, my parents wanted to go and view a show house on a new estate. 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 . Links would have been to the 603 and the 1242 kHz transmitters as before, but programmes would have taken on a slightly different slant. Radio Caroline lobbied against the Labour Party, for the Conservative Party and for the introduction of licensed commercial radio in the United Kingdom. However, in October 1987 a massive storm hit southern England, causing deaths and severe damage. One 5kW transmitter was initially not serviceable. A bulletin report which provides information of the survey period, any new stations that have joined or any changes to the stations or groups. 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. From 2007, the ship was docked at Tilbury, where a volunteer crew repaired and maintained it. Internet streaming of Radio Caroline programmes continued. [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. 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]. 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. [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. That autumn various tests, consisting of continuous music, were made on 259 metres. 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. The station returned at 8pm and continued until after midnight to avoid competition with popular television programmes. Click the pic to find out more. In November 1985, the competing offshore station, Laser 558, closed after electrical problems and Caroline moved from 576kHz to Laser's 558kHz frequency, with a Top 40 music format similar to Laser's under the name Caroline 558. Without serious competition, Radio Caroline gained a regular daytime audience of some 7 million.[12]. 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. "[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]. 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. Programmes were still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. During 2013, a survey showed a continued move from satellite reception and growth in internet listening. (iii)558 kHz: strict pop and oldies mainstream format (no presenter music choice) with strict adherence to format clocks. Caroline also promoted O'Rahilly's concept of Loving Awareness (LA), a far-eastern philosophy of love and peace. In June 1990, Spectrum Radio, a new multi-ethnic community radio station in London, was officially allocated 558kHz. Radio Caroline 4+ Patrick Mounteney 4.6 10 Ratings Free iPhone Screenshots Listen live to the world famous Radio Caroline on your iOS device. Radio Caroline's first programme, on 28 March 1964, was presented by Chris Moore. Greg James' breakfast show on Radio 1 also saw an increase in listeners quarter-on-quarter. Although most broadcasting staff left at that time, some remained for a year as caretakers while funding and equipment were sought. 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. But next to hearing other people talk about the subject, I never really had listened to the Sound of the Nation. 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. 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. Much improvement to the lay-out of the ship was planned but basically the studios would have remained. On 4 May 2015, Radio Caroline started a 24-hour "Flashback" webstream[58] carrying "oldies" music and jingles. These analogue transmissions ended and a full digital service from Astra 28.2E started in February 2003.[52]. However, the ship sank in a storm in March 1980 after losing its anchor. "[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. When Marine &c. Broadcasting Offences Act become law on 14 August 1967, Radio Caroline was renamed Radio Caroline International. Radio Caroline began to broadcast from the ship on 19 August 1983, with unwanted mechanical sounds on speech. 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. On 11 November 2017, test transmissions commenced from an omni-directional mast (formerly used by the BBC World Service) at Orford Ness, Suffolk. [34] It had an antenna system radiating from a 300-foot (91m) high mast, the tallest on any ship in the world. If you're like most people, you probably don't give much though to how many words you take in each day. Later in 1973, when the contract with Radio Caroline ended, the crew of Radio Atlantis moved to their own ship, the MVJeanine.[6]. 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 We . Global delivers record results extending its position as the UK's #1 commercial radio company Global leads the UK commercial radio market with highest . Various: broadly according to era and frequency: 1960s: mainstream pop. 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. I remember wandering around that show house with my tranny on my arm. 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 . "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". The Caroline App is just 1.79 or equivalent price in your country. The station had some success but stopped broadcasting due to lack of funding. 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. album, and Turnbull and Gallagher joined them on the Stiff's tour, becoming The Blockheads.[28]. This two-day broadcast featured Phil Mitchell, Paul Dennis, Colin Lamb, John Patrick, Barry James, Steve Cisco and Clive Boutell. Within months, the unlicensed operation had merged with another station broadcasting from a separate boat near the Isle of Man. Broadcasting hours were 6am to 6pm to avoid competition from Radio Luxembourg, which began transmissions at 6pm. 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. The market size of the UK radio industry has reached 1 billion by the end of 2021. And that means that people's work schedules are significant drivers of the hourly flow of listening throughout the day. [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. Currently they also broadcast on DAB radio in certain areas of the UK: these services are part of the Ofcom small-scale DAB+ trials. Great reads on Radio Caroline and Free Radio from the 1960's to the 1990's, including from Radio . In addition, we have used some data from our BBC and Commercial Stakeholders from their own independent case studies during lockdown and these are sourced accordingly. Listening on an internet radio or webplayer (Anderson): It's not a very good occasion really, we have to hurry this because the lifeboat is standing by. 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. I think so. Only the Caroline app has a live programme schedule, 'Now Playing' and multiple streams to suit most internet speeds. To complete my story, I have to tell you that all this motivated me highly to assist the Dutch Caroline organization. . Huskers Close Out Cats, 80-64. "Other Radio" currently has a weekly listenership of 3.8m adults a week. [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. Between them, the stations were covering most of the British Isles. When Radio Veronica closed in 1974, some presenters moved to Radio Mi Amigo. Those broadcasts took place between 1970 and 1973.[20]. In December 1976, Radio Mi Amigo moved to 1562kHz on the 50kW transmitter, leaving Caroline on 1187kHz 24 hours a day on the 10kW. From December 1984 the Ross Revenge broadcast Radio Monique, recorded and live Dutch-language programmes of a Dutch music radio production company using the 50kW transmitter during daytime. 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. 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. No one said it would be an easy or fast journey, but I, for one, can only see better things for the future. Listening Statistics: 23 Facts You Need to Hear. This was replaced by a twin-mast T-antenna. 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. Non-Dutch staff were given the option of staying on the ship or returning to the Netherlands, and most chose to stay on board. These data are produced and sold at cost providing both industry accountability and a robust trading currency for each medium. In practice, day-to-day servicing was carried from France and the UK. Radio Caroline South's 259 metres signal was now near those of Radio London on 266m (1133kHz) and the BBC's Light Programme on 247m (1214kHz). Daytime programming was leased to a community radio service called Puketapu Radio on 756kHz.[75]. [25] The ship anchored off the Dutch coastal resort of Scheveningen and was serviced and operated from the Netherlands. The poster itself,. 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 founded in 1964. Obviously, we hope to be back with you as soon as possible, but just for the moment we would like to say goodbye. Radio Caroline North subsequently moved to 257m (1169kHz) but also called it 259. Offshore radio stations were no exception to this rule. This was all in the 1970's. I don't think Grandma saw her radio again till I managed to get a small tranny of my own to replace it. During the same quarter, on BBC Sounds there were a total of 162m plays of. The station restarted just before Christmas as Radio 199 but soon became Radio Caroline, with a Top 40 format. 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:. The Government argued that the pirate operation was a danger because of the possibility of the radio frequency interfering with emergency shipping channels. 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. 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! Information for commercial radio stations that are licenced by OFCOM and are looking to be measured on the RAJAR survey. 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. Part of being a good communicator means knowing how to listen. Meanwhile, Radio Mi Amigo had interference on 1562kHz and changed to 1412kHz (212 m). BBC Radio 1 lost nearly half a million listeners in the first quarter of 2022, new figures show. Radio Caroline Continuous Caroline Music Shows Adrian Skirrow London, United Kingdom Alan Watts Alan Watts has been one of the trusty side-kicks to radio god Bob Harris for the past ten years including stints at GLR in 1994, moving on with Bob to Thames Valley FM and of course since 1997 at BBC Radio 2. Radio Caroline's first musical theme was Jimmy McGriff's "Round Midnight", a jazz standard co-composed by Thelonious Monk. 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 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. Lodge hired new DJs and introduced free-form programming. BBC Radio 6 Music celebrates its 20th birthday with record listening figures. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. 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! Some of these 28-day Restricted Service Licence (RSL) broadcasts took place from the Ross Revenge during the 1990s, with the ship anchored off Clacton, in London's Canary Wharf, Southend Pier and off the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. DJs could choose ordering of oldies all current pop hits in strict rotation. Caroline Pavis +1 (610) 357-3121 Investor Relations: LBC saw 3million weekly listeners - a record for the station - while Talk Radio increased from 424,000 listeners to 450,000. Later that day, the Dutch Royal Navy returned the crew and fighting broke out on board. 68% of Brits listen to the radio at home. Just after midnight GMT on 20 March 1980, the Mi Amigo foundered in a storm after losing its anchor and drifting. Latest releases and insightful stories into the radio industry. [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. [6] Because of the Christmas holidays, no solicitors were available to issue a writ and the ship lay in Amsterdam harbour until O'Rahilly arranged for it to be towed back to sea. Ray Clark) and Rob Charles. Zoe Ball lost a million listeners from the same period last year, when . The following day, Caroline was one of few stations in the South East still broadcasting. Caroline claimed boarding the ship and removal or destruction of equipment was piracy. How different it seemed six weeks later when the Mi Amigo had no mast and RNI no English service. Belgian courts sentenced Tack and some DJs to fines and jail in absentia, although the prison terms were later cancelled. I must say the people on the station got my sympathy very quickly. Research suggests that the average person hears between 20,000 and 30,000 words during the course of a 24-hour period. 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. In late 1972, Radio Caroline had money problems. However, Dutch Caroline failed to secure a high power AM frequency and the cable network service was discontinued because of lack of funds. [7] O'Rahilly named the station after Caroline Kennedy, daughter of U.S. president John F. The station's slogan was Your all-day music station. Many people, of a certain age, still associate Radio Caroline with the pop music of the 60s & 70s. 1980s: Continuous Flashback Music. 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. On the 9 September 2017 a stone was unveiled in Felixstowe to commemorate Radio Caroline.[63]. Every time I succeeded in getting a good signal during the evening, I knew I again would have a very good evening. How we recruit respondents, sampling points and fieldwork in depth. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. Radio Caroline North = 10kW (later 20kW). On 1 January 2016, a second channel was launched called Caroline Flashback, playing pop music from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. A licenced and registered bureaux that wishes to supply bureaux services using RAJAR data is permitted to do so. Ownership was hidden due to illegality of operation. The only singer to stay overnight, she helped present programmes, make jingles, and close the station at night.[15]. 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.