Radio Caroline
The radio station that started a musical revolution.
Radio Caroline
started broadcasting at 12 midday Easter Saturday 1964
from the radio ship MV Caroline.
The ship had anchored off the Essex coast the day before.
It was
shortly joined on the North Sea by Radio Atlanta from the radio ship MV Mi
Amigo.
By the summer of 1964 the 2 stations had merged,
the MV Caroline moved to the Irish Sea and was known as Radio Caroline North.
The MV Mi Amigo stayed in the North Sea and that was known as
Radio Caroline South.
When the
Marine Offences Act was passed in
August 1967, the 2 ships stayed on the air, however, by March 1968, the money
had run out
and on March 3rd both ships were towed by
the tender company back to Holland.
The MV Caroline was broken up, but the Mi Amigo eventually went back to sea
in 1972
and started broadcasting once again as Radio Caroline.
The ship was not in a good state of repair and it sank in 1980.
The station returned to the air on August 20th , 1983 from a new boat
the MV Ross Revenge. At the time it had the tallest mast, 300 feet,
ever fitted to a floating vessel.
The MV Ross Revenge survived the hurricane of 1987 but the mast was weakened
and shortly afterwards it collapsed.
The end came in 1989 when the ship was boarded by Dutch officials
who confiscated much of the broadcasting equipment.
After about 6 weeks, transmissions did recommence for another year,
but the dream was really over by then.
The MV Ross Revenge still survives and is used for occasional RSL broadcasts.
Below are some examples of what the station sounded like.
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Added
10/08/03 |
Added
10/08/03
Steve Young |
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Midnight
14th August 1967 |
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Updated
02/12/01 |
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Ross Revenge 1980s |
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Tom
Anderson |
Tom
Anderson |
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