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Radio Caroline

London, 648 kHz AM
Rating: 4.6 Reviews: 82
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 reviews

  • 3
    14.10.2019
    The sound quality on the web stream is pretty terrible, there are nasty compression artifacts including random squeaks. It does not need to be in stereo but it would nice if the sound quality was more bearable. Way to low bitrate.
  • 5
    02.10.2019
    LOVE IT! Around 1989 listened to them while I was stationed in
  • 4
    09.08.2019
    Thanks for sharing this value-able and supportive information.
  • 5
    24.07.2019
    HI from Peter Tankard in Sheffield south Yorkshire. radio Caroline is loud and clear right across Sheffield in the daytime on 648 kh even on a small pocket radio in the city centre of Sheffield.I listen to it a lot and I think it is a fantastic radio station and I like all the d jays on the station. and the album music they play Quit a few people listen to the station up hear as the signal on 648 is very strong in the daytime but not so good at night
  • 5
    23.07.2019
    Still the best, after listening for 45 years.
  • 5
    06.07.2019
    Still the best radio stashion
  • 5
    02.07.2019
    Very cool !!! Was a listner since 1964 on MW.
  • 4
    17.04.2019
    Reception sucks where I live in Huddersrfield as there is a powerful BBC AM transmitter situated at Pole Moor (about 3 miles away which tends to swamp my car radio) but when I'm travelling more than about 10 miles away the signal is useable and quite strong as I head out toward North East Yorkshire. It's a no no at night though. Some great music going on there though for sure. I can put up with a few crackles to hear a refreshing mix. Thanks for getting the AM transmitter back on air. Reminds me of the struggle to listen as a kid. 10KW ERP might be better ;-)
  • 5
    12.04.2019
    I love Rock & Roll, Radio Carollin is Rock & Roll.
  • 5
    04.04.2019
    Hello, from Albert De Wint in Antwerp Belgium, unfortunately, too far to catch you on AM. Caroline is the soundtrack of my youth, when life was good. So nice listening online! Perfect stereo sound and the best DJ's in the world. Keep on the good job and many thanks.
  • 5
    06.03.2019
    Je retrouve avec plaisir l'ambiance des "radios pirates" des 60' ,que j'avais eu le plaisir d'écouter à l'époque...Maintenant, en France, la bande FM est pleine de robinets à pubs et à tubes mondialisés...Il nous reste Internet et Caroline, Wonderful Radio London, Veronica, et Radio Ship pour retrouver le plaisir de l'écoute...Bravo à Caroline still alive !
  • 4
    18.02.2019
    toppie
  • 5
    08.01.2019
    oude wijn behoeft geen krans.... jullie zijn gewoon de beste zender....En dit is altijd zo geweest....
  • 4
    07.11.2018
    brill
  • 4
    06.11.2018
    Radio Caroline is a piece of Pop History and should always be remembered for being the First Pop Station of its time.
  • 2
    04.10.2018
    What a waste of energy the AM 648 kHz is. I live 9½ miles away - I can see the mast - but I can't hear it AT ALL after dark. 1 kW is a waste of time - especially on that frequency.
  • 5
    30.09.2018
    the best
  • 4
    14.04.2018
    quite nice i wish i could find back the best one hundred top songs which i reorded on an alod tape recorder
  • 5
    06.04.2018
    receiving on mw goes very well in Alkmaar(netherlands)also the hifi sound on the laptop is excelent.
  • 5
    03.04.2018
    Also congratulations on gaining your AM license at long last :)
  • 5
    27.03.2018
    Caroline still the one!!!
  • 5
    16.03.2018
    Well done peter!
  • 5
    11.02.2018
    very very nice radio💖🏵👍👍👍👍
  • 4
    06.02.2018
    Super...y love
  • 5
    07.01.2018
    Awesome
  • 5
    29.12.2017
    the best radio . ecoute en FRANCE
  • 5
    22.12.2017
    back in 1964 was tops and now its the same thank you everyone concerned just needs some of the past dj's. to make it number 1 station.
  • 5
    12.09.2017
    Still the best radio station.
  • 5
    08.09.2017
    loved caroline in the begining. still as good now.
  • 5
    17.07.2017
    It's BEST radio !!! Very good import music ! Ecouté de France, Brigitte adore , bravo, continuez +++++++ on air.......
  • 5
    02.06.2017
    Top rating which date did the station start stew .
  • 5
    13.03.2017
    Radio Caroline is the best station out there

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

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

Skype (text messaging only): radio.caroline

Time in London: 05:58, 05.04.2024

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