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Programme Schedule Radio Caroline’s outlets
Monday Sky Digital Channel 0199
01:00 Non Stop Caroline 07:00 Breakfast in LA with Tony Paul ● If you have Sky TV simply switch to Channel
06:00 Paul Andrews 09:00 Top 15 with Cliff Osbourne
07:00 Tony Paul’s Breakfast in LA 10:00 Pat Edison O199 to listen to Radio Caroline. There’s
09:00 Top 15 with Cliff Osbourne 14:00 Alan Watts programme information on Sky’s EPG
10:00 Pat Edison 18:00 Andrew Austin
14:00 Non Stop Caroline 21:00 Magic Carpet Ride with Tim (Electronic Programme Guide) too.
18:00 Roy Masters’ Advice Line
20:00 Tom Lodge Jr
Charles The world’s most famous
21:00 Ray Copeland Friday
00:00 John Patrick
Internet Streams
● Internet radio is a growing area and Radio
offshore radio station is
Tuesday 02:00 Non Stop Caroline
00:00 Non Stop Caroline
06:00 Paul Andrews
06:00 Paul Andrews
07:00 Tony Paul’s Breakfast in LA
Caroline provides a number of streams now the world’s finest
onshore one
07:00 Tony Paul’s Breakfast in LA 09:00 Top 15 with Cliff Osbourne to suit most people’s circumstances
09:00 Top 15 with Cliff Osbourne 10:00 Barry James including high quality aacPlus streams
10:00 Barry Marsh 14:00 Jim Ross
13:00 Roger Mathews 18:00 Bob Lawrence’s Album and an ‘office friendly’ 22k stream.
14:00 Johnny Lewis Collection
● Many people are purchasing stand-alone
17:00 The Elvis Hour 20:00 Roy Masters’ Advice Line
with Todd Slaughter 21:00 Cliff Osbourne ‘Wi-fi’ radios that plug directly into a
18:00 Good Rockin’ Tonight with
Del Richardson Saturday broadband wall socket without the need
21:00 60’s & 70’s Request Show 00:00 Jeremy Chartham for a computer.
03:00 Non Stop Caroline
Wednesday 07:00 Dave Richards
00:00 Radio Marabu 09:00 Peter Antony
06:00 Paul Andrews 12:00 Nigel Harris
07:00 Tony Paul’s Breakfast in LA 15:00 Ted Elliott
09:00 Top 15 with Cliff Osbourne 17:00 Doug Wood
10:00 Brian Martin 20:00 Pandora’s Rock Box
14:00 Ray Collins The well thought of Acoustic Energy Wi-Fi
18:00 Mike Brill Sunday radio – but there are many other brands.
20:00 Marc Griffiths 00:00 Bob Lawrence’s Album Prices start from around £60.
23:00 Martin Fisher Collection
06:00 Calvary Chapel
Thursday 10:00 Pat Edison Music
00:00 Ted Elliott 14:00 Dave Foster
● Radio Caroline plays music across the decades with an
02:00 Non Stop Caroline 18:00 Stafford’s World
06:00 Paul Andrews 21:00 Tom Lodge Jr emphasis on album tracks from quality musicians.
● We don’t ignore the better contemporary acts either. You
can hear several Caroline “Featured Tracks” every hour from
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Radio Caroline – a potted history
In the early Sixties the UK was gradually climbing out of advertise, supply or broadcast on such a station of course. As the months Laser 558 was starved in to submission but Radio
post war depression and the post war baby boomers were in other off-shore stations closed down on or before the August 14th Caroline being more experienced and resourceful, survived.
their teens, hungry for new fashions and lifestyle and music. 1967 deadline all eyes were on Caroline, the first and the last –
The BBC, in control of all UK sound broadcasting, were still would she capitulate too? In the event, she didn’t, as a defiant It was at this stage that what had hitherto been a game of cat
entrenched with Mrs Dales Diary, Listen With Mother and The midnight speech by Johnnie Walker well illustrated. and mouse with the UK Government took a sinister twist,
Billy Cotton Band Show. They would only play established when in company with the Dutch Authorities, the British co-
artists and saw no need to reflect new music trends. The BBC created Radio One, a supposed replacement for the operated in an armed raid on our ship, where the crew were
offshore broadcasters and used many ex-Caroline staff, but Radio confined while boarders smashed and stripped the vessel of
Young Irishman Ronan O’Rahilly, trying to promote new Caroline continued albeit starved of advertising revenue and air all broadcast equipment.
talents such as the singer Georgie Fame, came up against a brushed out of the public awareness, since the Government had
blank wall of refusal when trying to get air time for his artists. gagged the media from even mentioning Caroline. But it was not Even after this wicked and illegal act, Caroline struggled back
In a fine piece of lateral thinking he soon decided that he legislation that ended the stations first era. on air, but mostly as a token gesture of defiance, since by 1990
needed his own radio station, but this was prohibited in UK some very severe legislation against the station was on the
law. Debts were mounting from the massive costs of provisioning statute books and money, again, was running out. Whilst staff
Caroline’s ships from abroad. In March 68, creditors towed the sought a legal loophole to enable broadcasts to continue, the
He bought a ship and placed his radio station on that, beyond ships to Holland and impounded them against money owed. Ross Revenge broke anchor and went aground on the notorious
UK jurisdiction. Radio Caroline, named after Caroline Caroline was silenced. Goodwin Sands, ending the stations third era at sea.
Kennedy, was a revelation to the British audience who had
never heard all day popular music before. Listener figures In 1972 a radio enthusiast, under the guise of creating a museum, Uniquely, of all the many ships that have grounded on the
soon outstripped that of all the BBC networks combined as bought one ship, the Mi Amigo and sneaked her back to sea. This Goodwins, Ross Revenge was salvaged, but the station had no
Caroline equipped a second ship to broadcast to the North. next era became Caroline’s ‘Golden Age’ playing album music money, no broadcasts and a ruined ship. Loyal fans formed
as an alternative to Pop and, as the poor old Mi Amigo gradually a fighting fund to see what, if anything, could be saved and
Youth culture, fashion and music exploded. London and rusted away, the station was mostly ignored and untroubled by with this income the station made local short term broadcasts
Liverpool became the pop capitals of the world. British music the UK authorities. The vessel seemed to have a charmed existence around the South of England, while volunteers repaired the
invaded America. and survived many drama’s, but she was overwhelmed by a fierce ship and waited for technology to catch up with the dream.
storm in March 1980 and while the crew were rescued safe and
As the Sixties progressed towards the ‘Summer Of Love‘ in sound, the ship and all her equipment was lost. The breakthrough came in 1998 with the advent of digital
67, everyone was happy – aside from the British Government. satellite broadcasting, followed by the rise on the Internet.
The BBC monopoly was broken and Radio Caroline was quite It was to be another three years before Radio Caroline could be Since that time, from studios on land, Caroline has provided a
beyond their control. But Harold Wilson’s government had heard again. This time from the bigger, better and more powerful full time radio service on many channels and remains listener
a slim majority and acting against Caroline was a sure vote former Icelandic trawler Ross Revenge. The Ross proved to be a supported and probably the only truly independent radio
loser. tough and stable broadcasting platform but history was about to station in the UK.
repeat itself. The government’s attention was redirected at this
It was to be three years before the re-elected Labour third age of offshore broadcasting when a second radio-ship the The vessel Ross Revenge, now the very last ‘pirate radio’ ship
government brought forward their Marine Offences Act Communicator home of Laser 558 turned up. Laser’s Top 40 format, in the world, is undergoing a refit in an Essex dockyard.
intended to outlaw broadcasting from ships, platforms in marked contrast to Caroline’s album format, began thinning the Nobody can predict what the future may hold for her when
(and even airplanes!) outside British territorial waters. But audience of well establish commercial broadcasters on the British she is restored to good order. The history of Caroline is to
how could you could you ban something outside of your mainland. The reaction of the authorities this time was a marine expect the unexpected and never to say never.
jurisdiction? By making it illegal for British nationals to blockade to deny Laser and Caroline of all supplies. After some
