I thought the original Radio Caroline broadcast on 1495 kc, and later there was a Radio Caroline North on 1520 kc. I could hear them here in NJ during the Monday morning silent periods when 1500 would quiet down and WKBW Buffalo was off the air. Did Caroline have a 49m outlet?
On Dec 9, 2016 3:14 AM, "Mike Terry" <miketerr...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Sadly shortwave is of almost zero interest to the general public for music > broadcasters, possibly except in very remote areas of the world. > > Mike > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ed Cummings <bern...@panix.com> > *To:* SWLfest mailing list <swlfest@hard-core-dx.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, 8 December 2016, 23:25 > *Subject:* [Swlfest] Radio Caroline applies for broadcast license > > If Radio Caroline get a mediumwave license from OFCOM, I hope they > also apply for a shortwave license shortly afterwards. > > -Ed Cummings > > > http://www.waterford-news.ie/2016/11/30/radio-caroline- > aims-to-rock-radio-waves-again/ > > Radio Caroline aims to rock radio waves again > > Wednesday, November 30, 20 > > The famous ship-based pirate radio station Radio Caroline has applied > for an AM waveband licence from Ofcom. > > Peter Moore, who runs Radio Caroline, wants to broadcast from its > ship the MV Ross Revenge on the River Blackwater in Essex. > > He hopes to hear the outcome of the application next year, the 50th > anniversary of the 1967 Marine Broadcasting Offences Act that was > intended to scupper the pirate broadcasters. > > The station, immortalised in Richard Curtis film The Boat That > Rocked, was founded in 1964 to play pop music all day in a time where > broadcasting was dominated by the BBC and pop was played for an hour a > week. > > After the law was passed in 1967, Radio Caroline continued to > broadcast until the Ross Revenge was shipwrecked off the Kent coast in > 1991. > > Mr Moore said the vessel is "mostly fixed" and open to visitors. > > Radio Caroline currently operates as an internet and digital radio > station, with many shows broadcast from the Ross Revenge, which has a > gadget fitted to its wheelhouse to give it a 4G signal, and also from > its presenters' home studios. > > "We think it would be very fitting that, 50 years after the law > intended to silence us once and for all, we show that it didn't > work," said Mr Moore. > > The proposed AM signal would serve Essex and Suffolk, an area served > by the station in its early years, with the transmitter based on land > and connected to the studio on the ship and presenters' homes. > > "The Suffolk application is in hope of returning to what was always > our heartland," added Mr Moore. "We would broadcast on AM just like > long ago to entertain the people who grew up with Caroline and maybe > cannot listen just now. > > "The presenters would be in part the same ones they listened to from > our ship at sea." > > An Ofcom spokesman confirmed an application from Radio Caroline was > being reviewed. > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > Swlfest@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > swlfest-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, > or visit the URL shown above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > Swlfest@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swlfest-request@hard-core-dx. > com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > >
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