In November 1991, the ship lost its anchor in a storm and drifted on to the Goodwin Sands in the Channel. 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. 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. A request to stop broadcasting on short wave 6.215 MHz was complied with, and after several hours the government ship returned to port. ©2017 - JINGLE - RADIO CAROLINE - 6 4 8 MEDIUMWAVE - THIS IS CAROLINE (male) 01+A by Pirate Radio Jingles published on 2017-11-13T19:06:26Z ©2018 - JINGLE - RADIO CAROLINE - IF YOU NEED SOMETHING IN LIFE - CAROLINE 6 4 8 - IS THE ANSWERE by Pirate Radio Jingles Radio Caroline DJ at work (Photo by Associated Newspapers / Rex Features) In October 1965, O'Rahilly bought Crawford's interest in the MV Mi Amigo and engaged Tom Lodge from Radio Caroline North to make programme changes and regain the audience from Radio London. Engineer Peter Chicago had hidden transmitter parts during the raid and retuned one 5 kW transmitter, previously used on short-wave, to 558 kHz. The first was a Belgian station called Radio Atlantis, owned by Belgian businessman Adriaan van Landschoot. Broadcasting from various offshore locations to Western Europe, Status unclear and mainly operated by supporters, Radio Atlantis 1973 and Radio Mi-Amigo 1974–1978, Geographic areas bordering upon North Sea, 963 kHz (wavelength announced as "319" metres) later moving to 819 kHz with additional transmitter in 531–594 kHz range (principally 558 kHz). March 1964 Radio Caroline is founded by the Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly in international waters off Felixstowe. In June 1990, Spectrum Radio, a new multi-ethnic community radio station in London, was officially allocated 558 kHz. DJs ready to rock again at stone unveiling for Radio Caroline at Felixstowe this weekend Legendary disc jockey Emperor Rosko – one of the best known voices on radio of the 1960s and 70s – will be at Felixstowe this weekend for a special celebration of Radio Caroline. 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. The name was taken from Caroline Bay, a popular recreation area nearby. In 2002, Caroline began on WorldSpace satellite radio, continuing until Worldspace went bankrupt and re-organised its operations in 2008. 50 kW (second 10 kW transmitter later added). [17], On 3 March 1968, the radio ships Mi Amigo and Caroline, were boarded and seized before the day's broadcasting began. Initially this was a minor inconvenience as the 300-foot (91 m) mast was thought sturdy enough. The DJs climb off one ship onto the other. Programmes were still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1 kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. Kennedy. 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 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. 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. He was given the nickname "The Admiral" by Dave Lee Travis because he reportedly liked the boat to be "shipshape"; he sometimes wore an admiral's uniform while doing his show. The band broke up in 1977; Watt-Roy and Charles played on Ian Dury's New Boots and Panties!! [citation needed], 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). This request, and one to stop transmissions on 819 kHz, was refused. Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1.” Wonderful Radio 1 had arrived. (Anderson): Yeah. Ray Clark) and Rob Charles. [45] The LV 18 was later used by the BBC for BBC Pirate Radio Essex broadcasts.[46]. Radio Caroline continued on satellite but required manual tuning. [35] The remaining 5 kW transmitter was later converted for short wave use. Radio Caroline - DJs Jonny Walker and Robbie Dale arriving at Felixstowe in 1967 'I pressed the Caroline on button' The man who pressed the 'on' button at Radio Caroline 50 years ago. After a short test on 773 kHz in late 1975, in May 1976, Radio Caroline began a daytime service on 1562 kHz (192 m) using a 10 kW transmitter, while its overnight service continued to share the 50 kW transmitter with Radio Mi Amigo's daytime programming on 1187 kHz (253 metres, announced as 259). On 2 July 1964, Radio Atlanta and Radio Caroline's companies, Project Atlanta and Planet Productions, announced the stations were to merge, with Crawford and O'Rahilly as joint managing directors. [5] During summer 1973, it broadcast separate stations in English and Dutch simultaneously, on 389 m / 773 kHz and 252 m (announced as 259) / 1187 kHz. In Timaru, an NZBC station, originally 3XC, later 3ZC, broadcast as Radio Caroline until 1995. 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. 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. Caroline claimed boarding the ship and removal or destruction of equipment was piracy. Most of Radio Caroline's pop music programmes were targeted at housewives, and some later programming was aimed at children. I'm editing airchecks as fast as I can plus searching for more to give a better idea of the overall sound of Radio Caroline North. Some DJs from the USA and Commonwealth countries, such as Graham Webb, Emperor Rosko, Steve Young, Keith Hampshire, Colin Nicol and Norman St John, were also heard. The station has subsequently broadcast on 531 kHz AM from the Ross Revenge during some bank holiday weekends, beginning on 28–31 August 2009 and also within a few days of the 50th anniversary of the ship's first voyage. They feature the Caroline Roadshow, a rock event linked to Radio Caroline. [44] Evangelical programmes and sponsored specialist music are broadcast. On 31 July 2014 the ship was moved to the Blackwater Estuary in Essex.[43]. These broadcasts took place between 1970 and 1973.[18]. A record is cued up. Radio Caroline Ltd. and Caroline Support Group (originally called the Ross Revenge Support Group). The two stations experimented with different frequencies. The station had some success but stopped broadcasting due to lack of funding. One 5 kW transmitter was initially not serviceable. The transmitter was initially too powerful for the antenna insulators. Radio Monique was popular throughout Benelux. 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