{"id":1084,"date":"2011-04-04T01:58:17","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T01:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2011-04-04T01:58:17","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T01:58:17","slug":"radio-caroline-seeks-a-spot-on-the-british-am-dial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/radio-caroline-seeks-a-spot-on-the-british-am-dial\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Caroline seeks a spot on the British AM dial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1085\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/radiocaroline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1085\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1085 \" title=\"radiocaroline\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/radiocaroline-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/radiocaroline-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/radiocaroline.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Radio Caroline circa 1960&#39;s.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Source: NY Times)<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Since first taking to the air from a makeshift studio on an offshore ship in 1964, Radio Caroline has endured government raids, shipwrecks and a decade of radio silence before finding a land-based studio in the southeastern county of Kent. From there, a cast of volunteer disc jockeys has transmitted album-oriented rock to a global audience over satellite radio and the Internet since 1999.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But to station management, that global reach isn\u2019t enough. In an age when many prefer to listen to music over the Web or by satellite, Radio Caroline would like to be rewarded for its contribution to British popular culture in the most modest of ways: an AM radio designation in the southeast of England, where it was conceived.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"NY Times\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/04\/04\/business\/media\/04radio.html?_r=1\">Read full article at the NY Times.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: NY Times) &#8220;Since first taking to the air from a makeshift studio on an offshore ship in 1964, Radio Caroline has endured government raids, shipwrecks and a decade of radio silence before finding a land-based studio in the southeastern county of Kent. From there, a cast of volunteer disc jockeys has transmitted album-oriented rock [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,81,3,297],"tags":[4097,374,371,4092,372,375],"class_list":["post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-current-events","category-news","category-pirate-radio","tag-am","tag-medium-wave","tag-ny-times","tag-pirate-radio","tag-radio-caroline","tag-united-kingdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27547,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/radio-caroline-at-50-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":1084,"position":0},"title":"Radio Caroline at 50 years","author":"Thomas","date":"August 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, William Lee, who shares this item from ABC News: Radio Caroline: Golden age of British pirate radio remembered, 50 years on They were the pirates of the open seas \u2014 bringing rock and pop music to a new generation. And the British government was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/radiocaroline.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9109,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/happy-50th-radio-caroline\/","url_meta":{"origin":1084,"position":1},"title":"Happy 50th, Radio Caroline!","author":"Thomas","date":"March 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I wish my schedule and travel funds would have allowed me to attend Offshore Radio Day 2014,\u00a0held in the Netherlands last week. Fortunately for those of us who couldn't attend, Jonathan Marks posted an excellent set of photos and commentary from the event. 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Check out both on www.randybachman.com and scroll down until you find the pirate radio shows. Both programs of Randy's Vinyl\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Radio-Caroline-Muzen-OTR-QSL-Card.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Radio-Caroline-Muzen-OTR-QSL-Card.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Radio-Caroline-Muzen-OTR-QSL-Card.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Radio-Caroline-Muzen-OTR-QSL-Card.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42931,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/radio-carolines-founder-ronan-orahilly-dies-aged-79\/","url_meta":{"origin":1084,"position":3},"title":"Radio Caroline&#8217;s Founder, Ronan O&#8217;Rahilly, dies aged 79","author":"Thomas","date":"April 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBC News) The founder of Radio Caroline - the first pirate radio station off the UK - Ronan O'Rahilly has died aged 79. 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The station was founded in 1964 to compete with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mediumwave&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mediumwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/mediumwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ronan_ORahilly_1967-768x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ronan_ORahilly_1967-768x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ronan_ORahilly_1967-768x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28684,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/648-khz-radio-caroline-gets-a-permanent-home-on-the-mw-broadcast-band\/","url_meta":{"origin":1084,"position":4},"title":"648 kHz: Radio Caroline gets a permanent home on the MW broadcast band","author":"Thomas","date":"October 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ARRL News via Eric McFadden, WD8RIF) Radio Caroline, the latter-day incarnation of the famous shipboard pirate radio station that beamed rock music to the UK in the 1960s and 1970s, has obtained a license to operate permanently on 648 kHz at 1 kW ERP. 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