Radio Caroline

Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly and Allan Crawford, initially to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the... Wikipedia

• Original Airdate:  March 27, 1964
• Format:  Rock/Alternative 1970s: Album Orientated Rock 1980s: (i) 963 kHz: unformatted free-choice album format, with news. (ii) 576 kHz: continuation of above, with slightly more singles played. News service at peak hours. (iii) 558 kHz: strict pop and oldies mainstream format (no presenter music choice) with strict adherence to format clocks. DJs could choose ordering of oldies – all current pop hits in strict rotation. News at peak hours: 7, 8, 9 am, 1 pm, 5, 6, 7 pm, with headlines at 6:30 am, 7:30 am and 8:30 am. Footnotes: Caroline 'Overdrive' continued the album format during night-time once the mainstream pop service was re-established on 576 kHz, 585 kHz and then 558 kHz. Firstly on 963 kHz, then from 1988 – August 1989 on 819 kHz.
• Language(s):  English
• Former frequencies:  AM: 1520 kHz (Caroline South), 1169 kHz (Caroline North), AM: 963 kHz, 576 kHz, 558 kHz
• Owner:  Radio Caroline Limited
• Sister stations:  Radio Caroline North, Radio Caroline Flashback, Radio Caroline Album Channel
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo