In March 1968, as most of you will know, MV Caroline was forcibly towed
away from her anchorage In Ramsey Bay on the Isle Of Man. The many listeners in
Scotland, Ireland and the North and on the island itself, tuned to silence and
assumed that was the end.
We know of course that the station survived,
but Radio Caroline North did not. This popular station never returned. Until
now.
The Isle of Man still hold Caroline in high regard and with great
affection and so, via the kindness and generosity of Manx Radio, Caroline North
will be heard again from the morning of Sept 26th on 1368 Khz.
We cannot,
more's the pity, take Ross Revenge to Ramsey bay, but using tec hnology unheard
of in the Sixties we 'should' be able to broadcast live programmes from the ship
for the whole weekend via AM from the Island and as a stand alone Internet
stream. You will hear the voices of the DJ stars of the era. Rosko, Tony Prince,
Alan Turner, Robbie Dale and others and the music they played.
Our team
will comprise Chris Pearson, Kevin Turner, Steve Antony, Ray Clark, Nigel
Harris, Dave Foster John Ellery and Gary Ziepe. If you live anywhere on the
Irish Sea coast or inland, dust off the HMV Radiogram or Bush portable, or use
the net, via our web site.
Radio Caroline and Caroline Flashback will
continue with a full service, so you may be spoiled for choice.
We aim to do
this 'just right' so that Manx Radio will gift us further weekends in 2015 and
2016 and well, who knows.
You can send your music choices and memories to memories@r
adiocaroline.co.uk and we will mention as many as we can on
air.
Radio Caroline
The Official site of the legendary Radio
Caroline
radiocaroline.co.uk
