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.
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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.
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Bouchon LeChat21.11.2025
Bonjour
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Wiktor K05.11.2025
Great music, greetings from Poland.
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Carine Priem19.10.2025
Ik geniet van jullie zender, via streaming...goede kwaliteit. Groeten uit Belgie!
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Tom van der Horst23.09.2025
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.
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daniel10.08.2025
Bonjour, très cool.
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Green Weenie04.07.2025
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!
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Julie Anne15.06.2025
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
Perfect mix of music. And has a unique program: ¨The personal top 15´ Listened to it from the beginning in 1964.......
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Darren Platts05.03.2025
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
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
Address:
Radio Caroline, PO Box 12524, Maldon, Essex, CM9 9EX
You can leave your e-mail and we will let you know when the broadcast of the station will be online again:
Or listen to the other United Kingdom stations
Radio Caroline Flashback
Radio Caroline The Spirit of the 70s
New Riders of the Purple Sage — On My Way Back Home
Someone — Shapeshifter
Francis Rossi — Rearrange
Lou Gramm — Young Love
Joe Jackson — Fabulous People
Altered Five Blues Band — Hell or High Water
Tedeschi Trucks Band — I Got You
Generation Radio — Montana Sky
Laurence Jones — I'm Giving Up
Cast — Birds Heading South