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Radio Caroline is an English radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly. Unlicensed by any government for most of its early life, it was considered a pirate radio station.
Radio Caroline began test broadcasts during the evening of Good Friday, 27 March 1964, and commenced regular programming at noon the following day, on 28 March, Easter Saturday. It broadcast from a former Danish ferry, the Fredericia (named after a Danish town, Fredericia), renamed MV Caroline and anchored three miles (5 km) off the coast of Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, just outside British territorial waters. In April 1964, Radio Atlanta began broadcasting from the MV Mi Amigo, a former coaster anchored off Harwich, Essex.
Both stations operated independently for several months but underwent a merger of the companies' sales operations. The Caroline moved to an anchorage off Ramsey, Isle of Man and broadcast as Radio Caroline North while the MV Mi Amigo remained off the coast of Essex broadcasting as Radio Caroline South. The British government considered both operations to be pirate radio stations.
Radio Caroline - Pirate Radio Ships 1965
Johnnie Walker Show Radio Caroline 1968
Radio Caroline (uncut) - Tony Blackburn 1965 + 5 Songs.
A Day In The Life Of Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline - The Final Minutes
Radio Caroline Jingle
Radio Caroline theme - by The Fortunes - '64
Radio Caroline 1965 documentary "I Love Caroline On 199"
Radio Caroline 259 ~ Christmas Day 1976
Radio Caroline Jingle Compilation
Rare Radio Caroline footage - 1960s
Johnnie Walker 1st Anniversary on Radio Caroline 1967
Radio Caroline at Sea in the '60s
Radio Caroline (1965)