This coming Friday to Sunday (29th March - 31st March) sees Radio Caroline celebrate their 60th year of broadcasting. From 1964 to 1990 this was as a so called pirate radio station when their boat The Ross Revenge was ship wrecked. Since then they have operated as a legal land based station from their studio in Kent, often to only a relatively few listeners due to the restrictions in how far they were allowed to broadcast their signal, but especially with the advent of the internet they can be heard all over the UK and the rest of the world. All income received was mainly to restore the Ross Revenge to make it sea worthy. In 2007 it was finally ready and was berthed at Tilbury Dock where it began shortly afterward broadcasting in addition to its main channel for one weekend a month via the internet across the UK and with a limited signal locally to Kent and surrounding areas.
In 2014 the boat was ready to go to sea and was anchored in the Black Water Estuary, where it still remains.
The main channel continues to broadcast 24 hours a day 7 days a week via the internet, also on DAB in 8 major cities in the UK, plus on 648am medium wave which can be heard most favourably in the lower half of the UK. They play a mix of album tracks and songs from across the decades. They now also have a sister station Caroline Flashback which mainly broadcasts via the internet only playing the songs from the 60’s to the 80’s.
With the help and support of Manx Radio in 2015 in addition to the main channel it was able to use their 1368am wave band which reaches the north west of the UK, and the monthly weekend broadcast became known as Caroline North, playing music from the 60’s to the 80’s with several of the dj’s from that era including The Emperor Rosko.
Full details can be found on their website www.radiocaroline.co.uk including details of this special 3 day broadcast.
In 2014 the boat was ready to go to sea and was anchored in the Black Water Estuary, where it still remains.
The main channel continues to broadcast 24 hours a day 7 days a week via the internet, also on DAB in 8 major cities in the UK, plus on 648am medium wave which can be heard most favourably in the lower half of the UK. They play a mix of album tracks and songs from across the decades. They now also have a sister station Caroline Flashback which mainly broadcasts via the internet only playing the songs from the 60’s to the 80’s.
With the help and support of Manx Radio in 2015 in addition to the main channel it was able to use their 1368am wave band which reaches the north west of the UK, and the monthly weekend broadcast became known as Caroline North, playing music from the 60’s to the 80’s with several of the dj’s from that era including The Emperor Rosko.
Full details can be found on their website www.radiocaroline.co.uk including details of this special 3 day broadcast.
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