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Radio Caroline

London, 648 kHz AM

Rating: 4.5 Reviews: 100

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. Show more

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Radio Caroline playlist

TOP songs on Radio Caroline

Joe Jackson — Fabulous People

New Riders of the Purple Sage — On My Way Back Home

Chicago — Old Days

Bruce Hornsby — Dreamland

Amos — Stronger

Robben Ford — Perfect Illusion

The Daniel Card Band — Good Luck, Godspeed

FINE LINES — Seven Wonders

Creye — Left in Silence

Generation Radio — Montana Sky

Radio Caroline reviews

4

Mieczysław Młynarczyk 11.03.2026

very good music, greetings from Poland, I recommend
5

Alain Schot 27.02.2026

C'est toute notre jeunesse que vous représentez. Merci à Vous. . . . . . .
5

john black 18.12.2025

Enjoying the show! Ran across Caroline on 648 on a web radio in Germany. Liked the music enough to switch to your website. I'm in East Tennessee USA.
4

Bouchon LeChat 21.11.2025

Bonjour
5

Wiktor K 05.11.2025

Great music, greetings from Poland.
4

Carine Priem 19.10.2025

Ik geniet van jullie zender, via streaming...goede kwaliteit. Groeten uit Belgie!
4

Tom van der Horst 23.09.2025

Geweldige muziek. Iedere ochtend goed te ontvangen in de auto op weg naar mijn werk in Amsterdam. De vergeten pareltjes uit de sixties en seventies zijn mijn favoriet.
4

daniel 10.08.2025

Bonjour, très cool.
5

Green Weenie 04.07.2025

Good morning! I can dig it to the max! A mean motor scooter and a bad go getter. Crazy Man! It's the Ginchiest dude on the Block. I dig it to the end. I mean "rock around the clock" and all that jazz. You know what I mean? I'm a real gone cat and dig it to the max! And that's a fact Jack!
3

Julie Anne 15.06.2025

Thoroughly enjoying the playlist of the person from Norwich. We’re listening whilst enjoying our Sunday morning cuppa here in north east Norfolk, not too far from Norwich

Information about the radio

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

Time in London: 23:14, 03.14.2026

Address:	Radio Caroline, PO Box 12524, Maldon, Essex, CM9 9EX
Phone:	+44 (0)208 340 3831
Site:	www.radiocaroline.co.uk
Email:	[email protected]
Facebook:	@radiocarolineofficial
Twitter:	@theradcaroline
Youtube:	@RadioCarolineOfficial