You were lucky as Radio Caroline didn't exist until 1964, you were probably listening to Radio Luxembourg

This is the year to celebrate what happened in 1967. I'll be there again. 50 since dreadful Harold Wilson & Edward Short introduced the bill of all bills, after radio one, it started the UK radio revolution.

Robbie why did you never go back to Caroline after 68? I know you did the Veronica gig and then were at Sunshine, but between those gigs? Was it the album format or the money that put you off?

Not anymore Friday 22/12/17 12: pm Greenwich mean time the legend returns 648 khz double sideband medium wave Radio Caroline 648 feeling fine special very first Caroline South Broadcast starting at 7:00 am Greenwich mean time with Jonny Lewis kicking things off and ending with a very rare and special live broadcast with Bob. Lawrence and his album Collection from the Ross Revenge by a wi fi link courtesy of Chris Pearson and his crew at Molden industrial services and telecommunications inc. former Ross Revenge Caroline Engineer ending up working for the BBC out at Wolferton then finally at Ford ness which himself and his partners now own as well as the former bbc North american relay world service London in Belgium where they are selling air time at very low cost. Ford ness is the former BBC radio 1 648 medium wave transmitter site also bbc world service eastern europe relay the shortwave transmitter is still there and ready to be fired up any time Chris has been looking after it the medium wave transmitter has been replaced he also added two 600 meter towers with a brand new aerial pictures can been seen at www.radiocaroline.co.uk to email requests and memories this friday starting at 7:00 am or a little before you may do so at memories@radiocaroline.co.uk

And.....radio Veronica in the Netherlands..!

@@johandekorte4637 And radio Mi amigo.

@@SuperJoyzzz and (later) we had Joyce Simon!

Johan De Korte ha ha much much later

Certainly keeping the faith there David. Good to hear.

Have you ever tried to listen to Radio Luxemburg from Augsburg? The reception was better there then from Caroline or Radio London.

Just what our parents said about our music in the 1960's !! "Youngster of today don't know what good music is.." "They can't even play instruments and all they do is screech Ya Ya Ya!!" We know we are getting old when we sound and think just like our parents :-)

Im 13 i love music from 60s to 70s and hate Morden music

@@lacase111 The groups of the 1960s most definitely *could* play instruments! Not like today's talent show runners-up, dancing karaoke "stars"! Where is today's Hendrix?

@@Ok-pj2uv I didn’t realise that town in SW London had its own music genre🤔

Heard this at age therteen not knowing that I would have a beautiful Caroline one day loved it then and still do Eileen peace to you

I think my mother did the same. She didn’t stick around tho. Something else maybe turned her head lol. Just discovered this 🧡

Pete7647 radio London was best

Or..... radio Veronica in the Netherlands!!!

They FEARED the lack of (their) control. RNI later proved their fears correct - although if HMG hadn't tried to JAM them...

Are you SURE about that? I can understand Auntie not being KEEN on it - it was of course USED by Radio Caroline (but not COMMISSIONED by them - it already existed - and the station's name was dreamed up by Ronan on a plane trip, when he saw a picture of Caroline Kennedy - then a kid - on his newspaper) - and the Fortunes' manager, Reg Calvert, was the guy who was shot by Oliver Smedley - but that was in '66. Thus I cannot see how Auntie could have JUSTIFIED "banning" the record when it came out. Then again, what do I know? I thought Plato was a Greek washing-up liquid...

Went to see The Fortunes Past and Present show and that is what they said live on stage.

Hmm. Of course, the Fortune's line-up changed a lot over the years, so the truth might have changed with it. However, it could be true. The record was "snapped up" by Ronan almost immediately after its release, so Auntie could well have banned it then - out of PIQUE. Bit unfair on the Fortunes if so - I mean, they had nothing to DO with Caroline and it's unlikely they got paid anything for them using it. On the other hand, Caroline had a large audience and their constant playing of it must have boosted sales. So maybe it was an ill wind. Either way, it still stands as a great Sixties sound!

p.s. I have to add - I inevitably listened to Auntie in those days and I cannot ever remember her playing it...

+morpheusatloppers Yes, it's true . The Fortunes' record was being played before most of us knew about 'Radio Caroline'. I don't remember it being banned by the BBC initially.

Hancock's Half Hour and the Goons were vital 1950s BBC radio icons that still resonate and have influence over new comics today.

I was out there with Chris Carey (Spangles Muldoon) in '77. Unforgetable.

One of my friends was on Caroline. He was the dj who did the broadcast of the marriage on board the ship. An Australian (not NZ as movie states) His name is Graham Webb now retired. Live on the Gold Coast Queensland. There were not a lot girls as mentioned on movie. They had to work in shifts. Also paid more than other pirates. Millions of listeners in only a few months. The UK government was furious as you know they were broadcasting outside in international waters. The Amigo was grounded in a storm and one of the guys on board was Webby as we call him and they were saved. The movie is entertainment mostly and has some history in it. Small studio you could hardly move in not like the movie with a huge studio. Graham was news director/DJ. Also another Australian on at one time was Keith Ashton DJ. He went to London as radio announcer later, for a while and was on visa only so he advertised for a wife so he could become citizen. No girl replied.

I am remember him but was not aware that Ronan and Rosco were the same guy. In France in worked on Radio Luxembourg (later called RTL), he spoke excellent French . Plenty of memories...

@@jean-paulmasse1091 The aren't. Ronan O'Rahilly was the Irish businessman who set up Radio Caroline. Emperor Rosco was the American Michael Joseph Pasternak from Los Angeles

Thank you !

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is a thing...

I recall very well. I was in the Military,having just arrived back to Britain from Cyprus where we were fighting 1960 Terrorists EOKA), I heard Caroline, loved it, wrote off for a Bumper Sticker which arrived PDQ, stuck it on my rear bumper, was driving through Shrewsbury when I was stopped by police and ORDERED to remove the RADIO CAROLINE Sticker from my Bumper, after having spent 3 years dicing with death in Cyprus, you can imagine my attitude to the police, I told them where to go, got back in my car and drove off. This was the Dictatorial Efforts the BBC and Brit Government went to to create a 'No Listener' effort. I was a Radio Freak those days and had played a good part in establishing a Turkish Free Radio in Cyprus BAYRAK, 6.8 mgs (still operating too) I had a good understanding of the legal aspects of radio but I felt sick that the BEEB would step so low as to act in the manner displayed.Terry Offord

Idem pour moi ( pour l'écoute seulement ... sans oreiller sur la tête !) mais étant éloigné de l'émetteur je ne captais que le soir et la nuit !

It caused "problems" because of the BBC's monopoly over radio broadcasting, at the time. The British government just wanted to maintain control and commercial radio did not come about until 1973.

@@markg6860 Same attitude was present, when I was stationed in Singapore at RAF Seletar, I heard VHF Stereo radio for the first time, The Broadcast of POP music was from THAILAND would you believe, I had wondered about the radios and hi fi gear being sold in all the electronic stores those days, (In Singapore) 1956-1960, STEREO RADIO,VHF wow,Britain was still in the 2LO stages,cats whiskers, diode stuff.BBC ie GOVT ruled. It was many years before Britain offered VHF radio for the peasants.MONOPOLY was the name of the game those days.Early 60's, 208 MW Radio Luxembourg was the ONLY station available in UK for good POP music.Terry Offord

@@terryofford4977 Simply ... the BBC did not have or did not want to spend the money to replace their transmitters with something of obviously higher-quality ... VHF/FM. But ... they did not want anyone else doing that either, so we had to suffer an inferior product for so long. That, along with needle time restrictions kept us in the dark ages of radio.

Why not. does www.radiocaroline.co.uk/ threaten people or break the law?