Radio Caroline has very interesting history. It was launched in 1964 by Ronan O’Rahilly as an alternative to mainstream radio stations and a protest against the monopoly of record companies who controlled all popular radio stations. This was an offshore pirate radio as Ronan didn’t obtain any license. His first studio was based on a 702-ton passenger ferry and he broadcasted from international waters.
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Loving listening to Radio Caroline here in Gisborne New Zealand….
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Alain De Clerck04.10.2024
Listening to the legend of all radiostations . From Antwerp , Belgium.
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Gaetan Maes13.09.2024
Gaetan from Belgium - from now on this station on my computer :-)
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Alex NO06.06.2024
but being 73 is old.
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User19.05.2024
Just discovered Radio Caroline and could not be more pleased…..I am 73 years young and never get tired of the music of my youth….the greatest era of popular music which will live forever! Thanks so much for existing in the airwaves!
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ronald swyngedauw27.12.2023
Fantastic
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S Mercer25.11.2023
The only radio station that can keep me listening.
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piet droes30.10.2023
De laatse tijd goed ontvangst.als vanouds.
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Kees18.06.2023
Very nice after 58 years stil on the radio Caroline.john from Holland.
O’Rahilly gave the name Caroline to his station and his ship after Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the U.S. President. There was a time when this radio station was extremely popular, but it always had semi-legal (and sometimes illegal) status. Radio Caroline changed the ships several times and was sponsored by different people at different periods. People say that at some point even George Harrison funded them.
Currently Radio Caroline broadcasts on 648kHz AM to the east of England and on DAB+ in Aldershot/Woking, Norwich, Portsmouth, Glasgow, Birmingham, Brighton and London. It plays album-oriented rock from the 1960s to the present.
At our website you can listen to Radio Caroline online. Bookmark this page with a live stream or download our free app to listen on your smartphone.
Radio contacts
Address:
Radio Caroline, PO Box 12524, Maldon, Essex, CM9 9EX
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