Radio Caroline

Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond.^[1] It was made to compete against the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly.^[2] It was a pirate radio station that never became illegal as such because of operating outside any national jurisdiction.

Radio Caroline Media

John F. Kennedy, Caroline and JFK Jr. in the photograph that is said to have inspired the name of Radio Caroline.
The MV Mi Amigo, c. 1974, the home of Radio Caroline South from 1964 to 1967
MV Caroline, the vessel used as Radio Caroline North
Emperor Rosko
MV Ross Revenge, home of Radio Caroline from 1983
The Radio Caroline Bell. Radio Caroline DJ Chris Pearson pictured with the original ship's bell from the MV Fredericia (MV Caroline) displayed as part of the station's 60th anniversary lecture, August 2024.
Ross Revenge in the Blackwater Estuary, 2018

References

↑ Radio 'Pirate' Backing Ferrari Entry. February 5, 1966. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19660205&id=pnooAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SskEAAAAIBAJ&pg=656,746588&hl=en.
↑ Harris, Paul (1977). Broadcasting From The High Seas. Paul Harris Publishing Edinburgh. ISBN 0-904505-07-3.

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[1] Radio 'Pirate' Backing Ferrari Entry. February 5, 1966. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19660205&id=pnooAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SskEAAAAIBAJ&pg=656,746588&hl=en.

[2] Harris, Paul (1977). Broadcasting From The High Seas. Paul Harris Publishing Edinburgh. ISBN 0-904505-07-3.

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