Interesting - not heard this previously. There is of course a factual error - the 1967 Act did not force Radio Caroline's two ships to move away from the UK coast. That did not happen until both were boarded by unpaid creditors on 3.3.1968 and after that the story of the station is very complicated. And there iis no mention here of Caroline North and Caroline South, or indeed the plethora of other competitors who soon appeared in 1964 - 1967, or indeed the Dutch and Scandinavian stations that preceded it. . Radio Caroline still broadcasts legally and licensed from land based studios (and occasionally their vessel Ross Revenge) on the web, DAB and on 648 kHz AM - ironically the AM transmitter is the former BBC World Service site at Orfordness - about as close as it is possible to get to their old position off the Essex coast, whilst still being on land!
@freefilms10000
2 жыл бұрын
would you know if Caroline used Sealand as a base in the sixties to supply the station, and fought to keep it? I heard that recently, but never before.
@robinparker3540
2 жыл бұрын
@@freefilms10000 I have never heard of Caroline ever using Sealand (Roughs Tower) for any purpose. I don't believe that any broadcaster ever actually used Roughs Tower for broadcasting, although some planned to do so. In 1967, allegedly, personnel from Radio Caroline did try physically to take control of Roughs Tower, but it remained in the control of the late Roy Bates, who shortly afterwards claimed Roughs Tower as Sealand. References state that members of his family still claim it as Sealand. Nearby Knock John Tower was used by the original Radio Essex (later Britain's Better Music Station [BBMS]) during 1965 - 1966, operated by Roy Bates . A number of the forts and structures off the east coast were used for broadcasting in the 1960s and the history of them is quite complicated, but interesting to research.
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Very Interesting - Thanks for posting it.
Interesting - not heard this previously. There is of course a factual error - the 1967 Act did not force Radio Caroline's two ships to move away from the UK coast. That did not happen until both were boarded by unpaid creditors on 3.3.1968 and after that the story of the station is very complicated. And there iis no mention here of Caroline North and Caroline South, or indeed the plethora of other competitors who soon appeared in 1964 - 1967, or indeed the Dutch and Scandinavian stations that preceded it. . Radio Caroline still broadcasts legally and licensed from land based studios (and occasionally their vessel Ross Revenge) on the web, DAB and on 648 kHz AM - ironically the AM transmitter is the former BBC World Service site at Orfordness - about as close as it is possible to get to their old position off the Essex coast, whilst still being on land!
@freefilms10000
2 жыл бұрын
would you know if Caroline used Sealand as a base in the sixties to supply the station, and fought to keep it? I heard that recently, but never before.
@robinparker3540
2 жыл бұрын
@@freefilms10000 I have never heard of Caroline ever using Sealand (Roughs Tower) for any purpose. I don't believe that any broadcaster ever actually used Roughs Tower for broadcasting, although some planned to do so. In 1967, allegedly, personnel from Radio Caroline did try physically to take control of Roughs Tower, but it remained in the control of the late Roy Bates, who shortly afterwards claimed Roughs Tower as Sealand. References state that members of his family still claim it as Sealand. Nearby Knock John Tower was used by the original Radio Essex (later Britain's Better Music Station [BBMS]) during 1965 - 1966, operated by Roy Bates . A number of the forts and structures off the east coast were used for broadcasting in the 1960s and the history of them is quite complicated, but interesting to research.