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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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:
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