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Radio Caroline

London, 648 kHz AM

Rating: 4.6 Reviews: 90

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

RAM 05 - ROBERT JON & THE WRECK - Old Friend

Robert Jon & The Wreck — Witchcraft

Bryan Adams — Never Let Go

Suzanne Vega — Alley

marsden — Like This

Alice Cooper — Black Mamba

Samantha Fish — Can Ya Handle The Heat?

Cutting Corners — Feathers

Cardinal Black — Need More Time

The Kooks — Compass Will Fracture

The Pale White — Final Exit

Radio Caroline reviews

5

[email protected] 27.03.2025

Perfect mix of music. And has a unique program: ¨The personal top 15´ Listened to it from the beginning in 1964.......
2

Darren Platts 05.03.2025

2 stars this time. For a self professed album station , you only played half of home by the sea by genesis. Not exactly the album version is it. Disappointed my friend
5

Mitch 27.01.2025

Great music.......keep it up
5

User 19.11.2024

Loving listening to Radio Caroline here in Gisborne New Zealand….
5

Alain De Clerck 04.10.2024

Listening to the legend of all radiostations . From Antwerp , Belgium.
5

Gaetan Maes 13.09.2024

Gaetan from Belgium - from now on this station on my computer :-)
4

Alex NO 06.06.2024

but being 73 is old.
5

User 19.05.2024

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!
4

ronald swyngedauw 27.12.2023

Fantastic
5

S Mercer 25.11.2023

The only radio station that can keep me listening.

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: 12:33, 05.23.2025

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