During 2013, a survey showed a continued move from satellite reception and growth in internet listening. MV Ross Revenge weathered the storm in the North Sea. ", And, here's one coming from Johnnie Lang, a fervent Caroline supporter: "I feel that I have to put forward a little in the way of defence for the actual Radio Caroline. On a national level, though, this figure is amazingly reliable; it's a national sample size of over 100,000 adults. The latest listening figures revealed that the Radio 2 breakfast show audience has fallen to its lowest level for a decade. The comments below have not been moderated, By The Mi Amigo returned to its Frinton-on-Sea anchorage with a redesigned antenna and a new 50kW transmitter and attempted to resume broadcasting on 18 April, nominally on 259 metres to enable the same jingles as Radio Caroline North on 1169kHz to be used, but actually 252 metres. Lodge hired new DJs and introduced free-form programming. The drop can be partly explained by lower. There proved to be a lot of people, cultivating little gems of the station's history. Only the Caroline app has a live programme schedule, 'Now Playing' and multiple streams to suit most internet speeds. The tapes were picked up in Belgium at a bus stop, taken to a small sports plane and dropped in the sea close to the radio ship. Situation: Ship 3 miles off Ramsey, Isle of Man. Click the pic to find out more. From 2007, the ship was docked at Tilbury, where a volunteer crew repaired and maintained it. Knowing the lads at Caroline it was probably drunk and a replacement bought. [74], In Palmerston, Radio Caroline International, based in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, acquired an AM commercial broadcasting licence in 2008, and was seeking wavelengths in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A Fox News poll released on Sunday found Trump receiving 43 percent support while DeSantis, who's widely speculated to be gearing up for a White House run, received 28 percent, among a list of . [clarification needed]. How different it seemed six weeks later when the Mi Amigo had no mast and RNI no English service. Tenders and boat owners were warned, and some were prosecuted for ferrying staff and provisions to the ship. Wonder where he is now? Who RAJAR is owned by and what we do. When Laser returned as Laser Hot Hits, it used Caroline's former and inferior frequency of 576kHz. Officially, Radio Caroline was managed from offices in North America, with advertising from the US and Canada. In June 1990, Spectrum Radio, a new multi-ethnic community radio station in London, was officially allocated 558kHz. London, United Kingdom. Currently they also broadcast on DAB radio in certain areas of the UK: these services are part of the Ofcom small-scale DAB+ trials. During the same quarter, on BBC Sounds there were a total of 162m plays of. The station played a wide selection of music from when Caroline started in the 1960s, but also included music from the 1970s and 1980s and early 1990s to widen the audience profile. Radio Caroline's transmission output was almost 20kW, achieved by linking two 10kW Continental Electronics transmitters. [39] Caroline returned to the air using a makeshift aerial with a less powerful signal. Great reads on Radio Caroline and Free Radio from the 1960's to the 1990's, including from Radio . The BBC Light, Third, and Home programmes became Radios 2, 3 and 4 respectively. Never miss a show by setting an alarm for when it is about to start, or if you do - listen to it later using our 'Listen Again . [1] Unlicensed by any government for most of its early life, it was a pirate radio station that never became illegal as such due to operating outside any national jurisdiction, although after the Marine Offences Act (1967) it became illegal for a British subject to associate with it. Caroline also promoted O'Rahilly's concept of Loving Awareness (LA), a far-eastern philosophy of love and peace. Backed by wealthy investors which included Jocelyn Stevens of the popular Queen Magazine, the station was bizarrely named after Caroline Kennedy the daughter of assassinated US President John F Kennedy. 68% of Brits listen to the radio at home. After the Fredericia was renamed the MV Caroline, it sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man and laid down its anchor in open water around three miles from land. It gets good listening figures as it is the safe, middle England choice for people who have never listened to or refuse to listen to Radio 4, 6music, (or Radio 3, although I'm not a fan myself) or . From 1970 on a lot happened in offshore radio, which has often been forgotten by people who write about this subject in books. The lineup will feature some of the most incendiary figures on the far right, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, whose supporters stormed . However, in October 1987 a massive storm hit southern England, causing deaths and severe damage. Furthermore, it was stated that the pirates' use of wavelengths also broke international agreements. I was extremely excited about the new station and borrowed a big transistor radio from my grandmother, so that I could take the music everywhere I went. The market size of the UK radio industry has reached 1 billion by the end of 2021. Select 'Change Stations' on the app if you wish to switch to Boom Light You can also find us listed on the TuneIn or Radioplayer app. Mary wrote us: "I wondered if your series should be including the titles of any of the records played on the Test Transmission tapes? I remember Caroline North with great affection. This two-day broadcast featured Phil Mitchell, Paul Dennis, Colin Lamb, John Patrick, Barry James, Steve Cisco and Clive Boutell. At one time both stations were even claiming more than 8.8 million listeners each. [26] The station's offices and studios were in Brakel, Belgium, but moved to Castell-Platja d'Aro, Costa Brava, Spain in March 1975 after a raid by Belgian police. Average weekday audience figures per quarter hour (in 000s). When we started our series to commemorate the forty years of Radio Caroline, we asked the readers to write down their memories of the station in just a few lines. Detailed information on the survey process. In the late 1990's and later on I helped them with the promotion team when they were busy trying to convince as much as possible cable networks to put their signal on their networks. Gradually Caroline is fighting its way back and I'm sure that once advertising is coming in, there will be no need for listener donations. This statistic shows the result of a survey on weekly radio listening in the United Kingdom (UK) in the first quarter of 2020, by age. This was all in the 1970's. Ken Bruce has also confirmed that he's moving. On this page Hans Knot presents a few exemplary ones. [48] Evangelical programmes and sponsored specialist music are broadcast. The station has subsequently broadcast on 531kHz AM from the Ross Revenge during some bank holiday weekends, beginning on 2831 August 2009 and also within a few days of the 50th anniversary of the ship's first voyage. The Quarterly Summary Report of all stations with added features. Radio Caroline broadcast appeals for help, giving the ship's position as .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}5141N 135E / 51.683N 1.583E / 51.683; 1.583. [6] The generator was left running but the pumps could not manage and the vessel sank 10 minutes later. "Other Radio" currently has a weekly listenership of 3.8m adults a week. Times Radio's audience fell by over a fifth quarter-on-quarter, according to the latest RAJAR radio listening figures. The founder of pirate radio, Radio Caroline, has died. Information for commercial radio stations that are licenced by OFCOM and are looking to be measured on the RAJAR survey. When Laser 558 went on the air in 1984 an audience of several million soon grew over a short period of a few months, resulting in dwindling audience figures for . MV Caroline sailed from Felixstowe to the Isle of Man, broadcasting as she went. The flagship channel enjoyed an average weekly audience of 7.7 million in the three months to. Caroline can be heard on DAB+ in Aldershot, Birmingham, Cambridge, Brighton, Glasgow, Norwich, London,[2] Portsmouth, Poulton-le-Fylde and Woking. [17] The Manx parliament, the Tynwald, attempted to exclude the North ship from the legislation, appealing to the European Court on the legality of the act being applied to the Isle of Man. Some DJs were embarrassed but some were fascinated by the challenge of an abstract concept. Smedley's men occupied the fort until 22 June. Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. Harry Howard, History Correspondent For Mailonline, Mom who lost both sons to fentanyl blasts laughing Biden, Two Russian tanks annihilated with bombs by Ukrainian armed forces, Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' While on a trip to America, O'Rahilly had seen a picture of Ms Kennedy laughing and smiling as she sat in the footwell of her father's desk in the White House's Oval Office. Every time I succeeded in getting a good signal during the evening, I knew I again would have a very good evening. [54] Surveys in 2008 and 2010 showed a small percentage listened via Sky, and that satellite listening had dropped by 9% since 2008, while online listening had increased by around 40%. The first was a Belgian station called Radio Atlantis, owned by Belgian businessman Adriaan van Landschoot. Myriad factors contribute to the audience curve for radio . Caroline Archive Hour. Some DJs from the USA and Commonwealth countries, such as Graham Webb, Emperor Rosko and Keith Hampshire were also heard. City: London. "Why do we have to pay, why aren't they out at sea, the music's no good," and so on. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. In March 1964, The Fortunes recorded Caroline, which became the station's theme. Reception area: North of England, Midlands, Ireland, Scotland and North Wales. I don't think Grandma saw her radio again till I managed to get a small tranny of my own to replace it. The pirates were also not paying any royalty to artists, composers or record companies. So far, Mazzoli's greatest success has come in the opera house. [71][72][73], In January 2002, a Dutch Caroline fan called Sietse Brouwer launched a Netherlands-based Dutch Radio Caroline in Harlingen, broadcasting on the northern Netherlands cable networks and largely independent of UK Caroline. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. Caroline coming in to pick up her pilot. American Cancer Society 2022-2024. . ", And then a small packet of Caroline's past was brought back by Mary Payne, director of the Radio London company which does a lot of work, including maintaining an excellent site on the history of Radio London together with her husband Chris. 1980s: BBC Radio 2 has the best radio audience figures in the UK, with a reach of almost 14.58 million per week. Jan 27, 2022. [49] The LV 18 was later used by the BBC for Pirate BBC Essex broadcasts.[50]. Since 1991, the Ross Revenge has been maintained by enthusiasts called the Radio Caroline Support Group, originally the Ross Revenge Support Group. Most Read. Dave Foster. The transmitter was initially too powerful for the antenna insulators. He was part entrepreneur, part buccaneer who broadcasted rock 'n' roll from a. She was so fine, I made her mine, her name is Caroline! These stories continued and included co-operation by a former member of the Beatles[who?] Belgium had outlawed offshore radio in 1962 and prosecuted advertisers, cutting the station's revenue. After 31 August, shows for Radio Mi Amigo were delivered on cassettes rather than reel-to-reel tapes. Between them, the stations were covering most of the British Isles. Presentations were made to US advertising agencies. [6], Financial backing for the venture came from six investors, including John Sheffield, chairman of Norcross, Carl "Jimmy" Ross of Ross Foods, and Jocelyn Stevens of Queen magazine, with which Radio Caroline shared its first office. Age UK cited NHS Digital figures for England which show there were 28,890 support requests for people aged 65 and over in 2021/22 where the person died without any of those services being provided. By Radio Caroline continued on satellite but required manual tuning. In 1972, MV Mi Amigo was bought for her scrap value at auction by enthusiast Gerard van Dam, who intended to use her as a free radio museum. Several years later some of the seized items were returned to the station. 50 kW (second 10 kW transmitter later added). Caroline claimed boarding the ship and removal or destruction of equipment was piracy. [8] On a fund-raising trip to the U.S., O'Rahilly reportedly saw a Life magazine photograph of Kennedy and his children in the Oval Office that served as the inspiration for the name "Caroline Radio". However, according to Gerry Bishop's book Offshore Radio this transmitter was antiquated and failed to work. iPhone Maker Plans $700 Million India Plant in Shift From China. Two (Radio 270 and Radio London) of the remaining four UK-based offshore stations closed, but the two Caroline ships continued with their supply operation moved to Netherlands waters, where unlicensed ship-based broadcasting was not outlawed until 1974. The Government argued that the pirate operation was a danger because of the possibility of the radio frequency interfering with emergency shipping channels. Beginning in 1975, the cassettes were transported from Playa d'Aro on the Europa Bus service, which carried people from Amsterdam to Madrid at low prices. Programmes were recorded on land and broadcast between 6a.m. and 7p.m. We're not leaving and disappearing, we're going onto the lifeboat hoping that the pumps can take it; if they can, we'll be back, if not, well, we really don't like to say it. Programmes were presented by current and former DJs from the BBC, ILR, Ireland, Luxembourg, offshore and land-based pirate stations, and other international and freelance backgrounds, including Tony Prince and Emperor Rosko. Radio Caroline's first musical theme was Jimmy McGriff's "Round Midnight", a jazz standard co-composed by Thelonious Monk. The ship was further delayed by hull damage, and repaired before writs could be issued. News service at peak hours. On 12 June 2006, the station bought an EPG slot on Sky channel 0199. Yet another source of income is gifts from listeners, making the listeners still very important for the Lady's survival. The last broadcast from the Mi Amigo was by Stevie Gordon and Tom Anderson:[32]. [7] O'Rahilly named the station after Caroline Kennedy, daughter of U.S. president John F. The Dutch offshore station Radio Veronica was on 1562 kHz and Radio Atlanta broadcast on 1493 kHz. Former offshore broadcasters who continue on the station are: Roger Mathews, Nigel Harris, Martin Fisher, Marc Jacobs, Johnny Lewis, Doug Wood, Dave Foster, Cliff Osbourne, Chris Pearson, Bob Lawrence, Jeremy Chartham and Ad Roberts. On the 9 September 2017 a stone was unveiled in Felixstowe to commemorate Radio Caroline.[63]. [6] Caroline was broken up for scrap in 1972. The crew of the Sheerness lifeboat Helen Turnbull were commended for the rescue of broadcasters Tom Anderson, Stevie Gordon, Nick Richards and Hans Verlaan from Mi Amigo while it was sinking in the Black Deep near Long Sand Bank. For several months only one transmitter could be used, leading to the loss of the income-generating Radio Monique, although a substitute Dutch daytime service, Radio 558 (later Radio 819), was eventually established. These analogue transmissions ended and a full digital service from Astra 28.2E started in February 2003.[52]. Browse our programme schedule, read the presenter profiles, send emails and brush up on your world, music and radio history on our 'This Day' page. Following negotiations with the service provider, satellite transmissions ended at midnight on 30 September 2013. I just hated the intrusive way deejays tried to influence my taste on the other radio stations. The pair's aim was to circumvent big record companies' control of the broadcast of popular music, as well as the stranglehold which the BBC then had on the airwaves. Radio Caroline John Miles - Highfly Premier Christian Radio Hope Through The Night DJ On Tap Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall in Love Again Times Radio The best of Times Radio - Highlights from the week Original 106 Anne-Marie - 2002 Smooth Country Michael Johnson - Give Me Wings Red Rose Radio ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me U105 When Radio Veronica closed in 1974, some presenters moved to Radio Mi Amigo. Radio Caroline continued, moving its headquarters and servicing operation to Spain. Details of the modified methodology introduced since the Covid Pandemic. Comedian and award-winning radio host D.L. Lincoln - Jaz Shelley and Alexis Markowski both put up big double-doubles to lead four Huskers in double figures, as the Nebraska women's basketball team rolled to an 80-64 win over Northwestern in front of more than 6,000 fans at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Sunday afternoon. This service was Radio Seagull and broadcast live during the evening. One would circle over the North Sea in international air space near the United Kingdom, while the other remained on standby. In March 1968, the very existence of Radio Caroline was threatened when both the MV Caroline and Mi Amigo were boarded and seized before being towed to Amsterdam by a salvage company to secure unpaid bills owed to a Dutch firm. Hughley is partnering with Janssen to empower Black communities with information and encourage better self-advocacy for their health. Radio Caroline presenter Ray Clark remembers listening to Mr Damon as a nine-year-old on the radio. In November 1991, the ship lost its anchor in a storm and drifted onto the Goodwin Sands in the Channel. Radio Caroline tried several frequencies, among them 963, 576, 585 (briefly), 558 (after Laser 558 closed) and later 819kHz. Programmes were still heard on satellite until the provider replaced the signal with a 1kHz tone on the morning of 1 October 2013. I am taking a career break from my profession as a Sollicitor and in 2001 was fortunate to be allowed to run the news service from the Mi Amigo RSL from the LV18 where I met Bart Serlier among many others. I never had the idea to buy any of the singles they promoted, as these got so much airplay and therefore entered the charts. [67][68][69][70] The station, owned by St Peters Studio and Community Radio Limited, has not only licensed the name from Radio Caroline, but has also got technical support and programming from the station, who have their own community radio licences in the south, south east and in East Anglia on 648AM (with Radio Caroline also found on DAB in a number of British cities, plus DAB+ in Cambridge). According to the survey, respondents aged 56 . They included Blackburn, who became the first to broadcast on Radio 1. The resulting signal was low-powered, but ensured that Caroline South's advertising revenue would continue. Each of his crew was awarded The Thanks of the Institution on vellum.[33]. During mid-August 1989, authorities in several European countries carried out coordinated raids on houses, recording studios and offices believed to be used by Caroline. On 18 August, a British government chartered ship pulled up alongside the Ross Revenge and asked to board to "discuss the future" of the Ross Revenge and the stations operating from it. I could never figure out if he was "high on life" or high on some of that famous Falls Head Herb usually found in the Overdrive studio, so John Bennett tells me. She stayed behind the breakwater for about fifteen to twenty minutes and we watched the ship before it headed north toward, we assumed, the I.O.M. A bulletin report which provides information of the survey period, any new stations that have joined or any changes to the stations or groups. With Face-to-Face recruitment being suspended at the end of March, RAJAR introduced a Tracking Panel to evaluate radio listening during our time in Lockdown. Just as I was about to go to school one morning, my mother called me and my brother into my parents' bedroom to watch the M.V. This channel broadcasts mainly in community format. Two days later, Mi Amigo was towed to IJmuiden and seized because of unpaid bills. Links would have been to the 603 and the 1242 kHz transmitters as before, but programmes would have taken on a slightly different slant. During a violent struggle, Calvert was shot dead. -1.04 -1.26%. Three British nationals, a Dutchman and their canary (named Wilson after the former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson) were rescued. [citation needed]. 15 Alfred Place . In the 1960's, to attract advertisers, Radio Caroline and Radio London always reported rather high listening figures. The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) put a permanent watch on movements around the Ross Revenge and the MV Communicator, Laser 558's ship. [35], The Ross Revenge was larger than Mi Amigo and with more elaborate transmitting equipment: in 1983, two 5kW RCA transmitters and a RCA 50kW unit. On 20 January 1966, the MV Mi Amigo lost its anchor in a storm, drifted and ran aground on the beach at Frinton-on-Sea. Includes Audio Types such as Podcasts, Live and Catch Up Radio, On Demand Music Services. On 3 March 1977, Caroline closed, announcing that it would return six days later on 319 metres. MV Caroline arrived at her new anchorage on the southern tip of the Bahama Bank, Ramsey Bay, on 6 July 1964,[13] at a position formerly occupied by the Bahama Bank Lightship. The station restarted in August 1983 from a new radio ship, the MV Ross Revenge, an ex-North Sea factory fishing trawler used during the Anglo-Icelandic Cod War by Ross Fisheries. ", Andries Peterson from the Netherlands also has his memories of the station: "I had heard from Radio Caroline before the station started its transmissions off the Dutch coast, late 1973. Radio Caroline North subsequently moved to 257m (1169kHz) but also called it 259. [65], Radio Caroline's founder, Ronan O'Rahilly, was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2013; his death aged 79 on 20 April 2020 was announced by Radio Caroline. They were keen to see what this heating was like, with a view to installing it in their own home. On 3 August 2021, Ofcom announced that it had granted a power increase to combat man made noise and interference, and to extend the coverage area to include Suffolk, northern parts of Essex, and parts of Kent and East Sussex. Menu. A coastguard vessel escorted the launch back to shore, but the authorities were unhappy that Caroline listeners had jammed the emergency switchboards. Dates of the upcoming scheduled releases of RAJAR data. They were towed to Amsterdam by a salvage company to secure unpaid bills for servicing by the Dutch tender company Wijsmuller Transport. (iii)558 kHz: strict pop and oldies mainstream format (no presenter music choice) with strict adherence to format clocks. Media agencies/owners, PR companies and members of the public interested in receiving more detailed data than that currently shown under Listening Figures on the RAJAR site. O'Rahilly promised financial backing if van Dam could return the ship to broadcasting condition. Southern England, western Europe, Northern England, Ireland and Scotland. BBC Radio 4 had 10.48m listeners with 6.62m tuning in for The Today programme (Mon-Sat). The Caroline Countdown of Sound 6pm Mondays is rtracks from new albums but by long established and newer artists, many whose albums sell well or in these days have high streaming figures, and. Therefore I would like to thank the Monitor Magazine from Benfleet from the later Buster Pearson and the Pirate Radio News team from the Netherlands. The Ross Revenge also featured powerful generators.[37]. The whole of the school Easter holiday, my friend Mozz and I took the tranny with us everywhere. Broadcasters included Tony Christian, Pawl "Hound Dog" Shanley, Dave Fox, Simon West, Dale Richardson and Peter D.[citation needed]. [9][10] A particular image conveying unthreatening joy was the cheeky 4 year old Caroline hiding at President John F Kennedy's feet beneath the battered HMS Resolute desk in the Oval Office.[11]. RNI operated on medium wave, short wave and FM. Some of these 28-day Restricted Service Licence (RSL) broadcasts took place from the Ross Revenge during the 1990s, with the ship anchored off Clacton, in London's Canary Wharf, Southend Pier and off the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Radio Caroline was founded by Irish businessman Ronan O'Rahilly and George Drummond. Radio Caroline - 2. Its medium wave transmission was jammed by the UK authorities and on 13 June, RNI changed its name to Radio Caroline International with co-operation from Ronan O'Rahilly. Initially this was a minor inconvenience as the 300-foot (91m) mast was thought sturdy enough. In 2011 Radio Caroline joined Radioplayer UK, an internet service formed by the BBC, Global Radio and the Guardian Media Group that supplies a live feed of UK radio stations to across the world.[57]. As its popularity began to blossom, the British Government looked at ways to curtail the station's influence. Those broadcasts took place between 1970 and 1973.[20]. In an earlier House of Commons debate (in June 1966), the government had claimed that the pirate ships were a danger because of radio frequency interference to emergency shipping channels, and to overseas radio stations and the pirates were paying no royalties to artists, composers or record companies. The late 1970's model of Radio Caroline is still my favourite, despite the fact they were on and off the air more than a partisan station in WW2. A little about myself. Kennedy. Later, some programmes were pre-recorded on land and broadcast simultaneously from both ships. Rough weather sometimes prevented tapes from arriving and old programmes had to be repeated. The Mi Amigo's 160-foot (49m) mast remained erect for six years. The latest listening figures reveal that Global continues to lead the UK commercial radio market with the biggest set of audience numbers in our history. Caroline Hepker. I'd never heard anything like it before. Over 90% of Caroline listening is 'background listening', in the sense that listeners are doing something else at the same time (so, for that matter is over 90% of Light Programme listening. The benefits, entitlements as a RAJAR subscriber and the data explained. Legal status unclear due to a need to conceal actual legal ownership. News at peak hours: 7, 8, 9am, 1pm; 5, 6, 7pm, with headlines at 6:30am, 7:30am and 8:30am. The survey also found that 18.1 per cent of radio listeners tuned in. On 24 March 1970, a radio ship named Mebo II anchored off the east coast of England during the UK general election campaign, broadcasting as Radio North Sea International (RNI). By Aisha Majid. Part of being a good communicator means knowing how to listen. His programme, which airs five days a week, rose from 4.3 million to 4.5 million listeners between the . [6], Smedley was charged with Calvert's murder on 18 July, but this was reduced to a charge of manslaughter. Welcome to the Radio Caroline Web Shop, run by volunteers to help the running of the radio station and the preservation and restoration of its radio ship, the Ross Revenge, in the estuary of the River Blackwater in the county of Essex, UK. Discover the history of the three RAJAR contracts, and understand the review of methods and sampling and fieldwork events timeline. When the MV Caroline left for the Isle of Man, the Mi Amigo remained in Felixstowe. In October 1965, O'Rahilly bought Crawford's interest in the MV Mi Amigo and engaged Tom Lodge from Radio Caroline North to make programme changes and regain the audience from Radio London. The appetite for dance music is thriving with both Heart Dance and Capital Dance celebrating record listening figures. Half of AM/FM listening in the United States takes place in a car, but between reduced (or eliminated) commutes and social distancing, there's been a steep decline in the drivers that make up public radio's traditional broadcast audience. From there Bert Alting wrote: "in the mid-1970's I was living partly on a little room on the loft of a house and in the early evenings I tried never to miss the close-down of Radio Mi Amigo Caroline's sister station in those days and the daily opening of Radio Caroline. Radio Caroline Listeners' Top 100 Album Chart 1977 In late 76 listeners were invited to send in their top 10 all-time favourite albums, from which the chart was compiled. No, I did buy records which were also nice and were brought to my ears by listening to Radio Caroline quite other music than the other stations were offering.