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Radio Caroline

London, 648 kHz AM

Rating: 4.5 Reviews: 102

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

Jon Allen — Roll the Dice

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

Gerry Beckley — 75

Terry Adams — South Of The Orient

Johnny Marr — It's Time

AWOLNATION, Nothing But Thieves - Maniac (feat. Conor Mason of Nothing But Thieves)

AWOLNATION — Maniac (feat. Conor Mason of Nothing but Thieves)

Jon Allen — The Wolves Are Running

Skerryvore — Singing Up In Heaven

Small Faces — Itchycoo Park

The Jayhawks — Kingston Girl

Radio Caroline reviews

5

Kees 18.06.2023

Very nice after 58 years stil on the radio Caroline.john from Holland.
5

User 03.06.2023

Cool. Eat at joes.
4

Ben Haar 30.04.2023

still my station , on AM 648 also good signal near de German border.
5

Mark Wainwright 17.03.2023

Fantastic station playing a diverse range of (mostly seventies to nineties) music but some new artists too. Virtually no advertising, no news, traffic or daft games. Interesting DJs, a link to the Radio Caroline and Radio Atlantis of the past via Manx Radio, why would I listen to anything else?
5

Dimitris Nezis 05.01.2023

Thank you for supporting my music!! ❤
1

test revival 22.10.2022

poor imitation of a legend
5

Brian Lumb 26.09.2022

What a mess ILR is good stations taken over by big money corporations all playing same music same time so no point going to another station. Thank goodness for Caroline continuing need a national broadcast licence ASAP
4

Dougie Roberts 05.08.2022

Great site, best internet radio station by far. Minimal advertising, a marvellous diversity of music, songs and bands I have never heard before, reassuring to learn there's lots of great music out there, however, great new music won't come and find you on commercial radio stations, you have to get out there and go find it.
5

User 10.07.2022

Marc griffiths 8-11 pm Wednesdays
4

Greg Webster 16.06.2022

Morning all my name is Greg from Johannesburg South Africa , we are in the middle of our Winter -1 c listen to your station all the time. great job

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: 14:27, 09.26.2026

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