Radio Caroline North and Manx Radio

Conway635 · 19-04-2022 02:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118938141#Comment_118938141

It has improved certainly Ger - Catherine and I went out to the ship for a visit during our honeymoon in 2015 (clearly the ideal romantic getaway location!!) and I was very impressed with how clean and liveable it was compared to when I had last been on board on that visit with you.

It's nice, also, that you have to get to it by boat, adds back some of the authenticity.

Steve

Declan A Walsh · 19-04-2022 03:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118946478#Comment_118946478

Not tempted yourself, Steve, to do a stint on the Ross Revenge, if you were given the opportunity? I would definitely make a point of listening if you did, as I missed all your previous times with Caroline!

Ger Roe · 20-04-2022 10:12AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118946698#Comment_118946698

I was about to post the same thing... it would be great to hear you on the air and sea/river waves again. I could easily imagine you doing a night time prog on vinyl from The Overdrive Studio and throwing in a few memories of life on board in the 80's - Just what the 'North' weekends need. Have a word with Mr Foster.

Glad to hear you were back on board too .... and a woman who would take time out of her honeymoon to visit a pirate radio ship, is a rare find ... congratulations 😁

Oscarziggy · 14-07-2022 12:48PM

The next North schedule -- 16th/ 17th July.

Saturday 16th July

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 John Ellery

08:30 Chris Williams - Carnaby Street

10:30 Dave Foster

13:30 Steve Bishop

16:30 Josh Holmes-Bright

19:00 Andrew Austin

21:00 Dave Foster

Sunday 17th July

00:00 Kevin Peters

03:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 Steve Jenner

09:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

13:00 Steve Bishop

16:00 Andrew Austin

19:00 Dave Foster

21:00 Close

Enjoy the week end .

Oscarziggy · 02-08-2022 01:18PM

Fund raising 3 days on Radio Caroline North.

Schedule :

Radio Caroline North: 12th 13th 14th August 2022

Friday 12th August

09:00 – 11:30 Chris Pearson

11:30 – 13:30 Josh Homes-Bright

13:30 - 15:30 Johnny Lewis

15:30 – 18:00 Nigel Harris

18:00 – 21:00 Dave Foster

21:00 – 00:00 Andrew Austin

Saturday 13th August

00:00 – 03:00 Josh Homes-Bright

03:00 – 06:00 Steve Jenner

06:00 – 08:30 Paul Brown

08:30 - 10:30 (Chris Williams Carnaby Street from Manx Radio)

10:30 – 13:00 Johnny Lewis

13:00 – 15:00 Nigel Harris

15:00 – 17:00 Josh Homes-Bright

17:00 – 19:00 Chris Pearson

19:00 - 21:00 Andrew Austin

21:00 - 00:00 Rob Ashard

Sunday 14th August

00:00 - 03:00 Dave Foster

03:00 - 06:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 - 09:00 Paul Brown

09:00 - 12:00 Johnny Lewis

12:00 – 15:00 Ray Clark

15:00 – 17:00 Rob Ashard

17:00 - 19:00 Andrew Austin

19:00 - 21:00 Chris Pearson

Oscarziggy · 19-09-2022 11:17AM

Taking a couple of minutes off from the service on TV .

The weekend schedule.

Saturday 24th September

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 John Ellery

08:30 Chris Williams - Carnaby Street

10:30 Dave Foster

13:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

16:00 Steve Jenner

19:00 Paul Brown

21:00 Andrew Austin

Sunday 25th September

00:00 Kevin Peters

03:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 Ray Clark

09:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

12:00 Paul Brown

15:00 Steve Jenner

17:00 Andrew Austin

19:00 Dave Foster

21:00 Close

Oscarziggy · 23-09-2022 06:12PM

Live stream --- http://sc2.radiocaroline.net:8100/index.html?sid=1

Oscarziggy · 12-10-2022 04:09PM

Schedule for this weekend --

Saturday 15th October

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 John Ellery

08:30 Chris Williams - Carnaby Street

10:30 Dave Foster

12:30 Nigel Harris

14:30 Paul McKenna

17:00 Dave Sherwood

19:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

21:00 Andrew Austin

Sunday 16th October

00:00 Steve Jenner

03:00 Kevin Peters

06:00 Bill Rollins

09:00 Nigel Harris

12:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

15:00 Andrew Austin

18:00 Dave Foster

21:00 Close

Oscarziggy · 14-11-2022 04:09PM

November link up with Manx Radio 19th / 20th November -- enjoy .

Schedule -

Saturday 19th November

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 John Ellery

08:30 Chris Williams - Carnaby Street

10:30 Johnny Lewis

13:00 Steve Jenner

16:00 Andrew Austin

18:30 Steve Bishop

21:00 Dave Foster

Sunday 20th November

00:00 Kevin Peters

03:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 Ray Clark

09:00 Johnny Lewis

12:00 Steve Bishop

15:00 Andrew Austin

17:30 Steve Jenner

19:00 Dave Foster

21:00 Close

Ger Roe · 14-11-2022 05:49PM

Nice to see Johnny Lewis and Ray Clark back on board for this one. :)

Oscarziggy · 07-12-2022 02:05PM

10th / 11th December on 1368khz ,samrt speakers,mobile phones and 648khz -- enjoy the weekend .

Schedule .

Saturday 10th December

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 John Ellery

08:30 Chris Williams - Carnaby Street

10:30 Johnny Lewis

13:00 Nigel Harris

16:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

19:00 Andrew Austin

21:00 Dave Foster

Sunday 11th December

00:00 Kevin Peters

03:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 Steve Jenner

09:00 Johnny Lewis

11:00 Nigel Harris

13:00 Andrew Austin

15:00 Ray Clark

19:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

21:00 Close.

Ger Roe · 06-01-2023 01:03PM

Radio Caroline has announced that Emperor Rosko will be presenting breakfast programmes on each weekend of the Caroline North broadcasts scheduled for 2023.

Looks like they will be pre-records going out from 6am, presumably until Chris Williams takes over at 08:30, with his 'Carnaby Street' programme live from Manx Radio. Rosko's first programme will air on the first weekend of broadcasting from the ship in 2023, Saturday January 14th.

in the 1960's, Rosko presented for Caroline on the Mi Amigo, before becoming one of the launch line up on BBC Radio 1 in 1967. He also was heard in Dublin in the 1980's when he presented pre-recorded evening progs on Radio Nova, from his home in Los Angeles.

Great alakazm, the main man, is back! .... with music and rhymes to blow your mind! (or something like that :)

https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/01/05/emperor-rosko-returns-home-for-breakfast-at-radio-caroline/?fbclid=IwAR3sskwstCo7czEdQ-sOK7x1mkm6zrqFpF9w1r3vqo_9seGDaMT7LI6B92E

tinytobe · 06-01-2023 02:52PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120073297#Comment_120073297

I remember Emperor Rosko on Friday evenings on Virgin 1215.

Oscarziggy · 12-01-2023 06:56PM

Schedule : An early one to catch Rosko and not sure if on 1368khz but 648khz on skywave should work at that time of day. This link normally becomes active on Friday evening so could be a place to listen. http://sc2.radiocaroline.net:8100/index.html?sid=1

Saturday 14th January

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 Rosko

08:30 Chris Williams - Carnaby Street

10:30 Johnny Lewis

13:30 Paul Brown

16:30 Nigel Harris

19:00 Andrew Austin

21:00 Dave Foster

Sunday 15th January

00:00 Kevin Peters

03:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 John Ellery

09:00 Johnny Lewis

13:00 Paul Brown

15:00 Nigel Harris

17:00 Andrew Austin

19:00 Dave Foster

21:00 Close

Oscarziggy · 14-01-2023 12:44AM

Stream running

http://sc2.radiocaroline.net:8100/index.html?sid=1

Oscarziggy · 14-01-2023 05:37PM

Rosko's show .

Sadly 648khz had a transmitter failure -- but here is the show.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/rosko-north

Oscarziggy · 06-02-2023 11:11AM

Schedule for 11th / 12th February.

Saturday 11th February

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 Rosko

08:30 Chris Williams - Carnaby Street

10:30 Johnny Lewis

12:30 Steve Jenner

14:30 Grant Benson

16:30 Steve Bishop

19:00 Andrew Austin

21:00 Dave Foster

Sunday 12th February

00:00 Kevin Peters

03:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 Dave Foster

09:00 Grant Benson

12:00 Steve Jenner

15:00 Steve Bishop

17:00 Andrew Austin

19:00 Dave Foster

21:00 Close

648khz fault sorted and back on full power .

Have a great week end .

Declan A Walsh · 06-02-2023 11:46AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120207452#Comment_120207452

I see Dave Foster has three slots over those two days!

Oscarziggy · 09-02-2023 06:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120207533#Comment_120207533

Schedule change -- now no Dave Foster at all ?

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 Rosko

08:30 Chris Williams - Carnaby Street

10:30 Johnny Lewis

12:30 Steve Jenner

14:30 Grant Benson

16:30 Steve Bishop

19:00 Andrew Austin

21:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

Sunday 12th February

00:00 Kevin Peters

03:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

09:00 Grant Benson

12:00 Steve Jenner

15:00 Steve Bishop

17:00 Andrew Austin

19:00 Johnny Lewis

21:00 Close

Oscarziggy · 09-02-2023 09:47PM

Last update hopefully -- "programmes subject to change" !

Saturday 11th February

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 Rosko

08:30 Chris Williams - Carnaby Street

10:30 Johnny Lewis

13:00 Steve Jenner

15:00 Grant Benson

18:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

21:00 Andrew Austin

Sunday 12th February

00:00 Kevin Peters

03:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

09:00 Grant Benson

12:00 Steve Jenner

15:00 Andrew Austin

18:00 Johnny Lewis

21:00 Close

Oscarziggy · 10-02-2023 11:42PM

Stream live -

http://sc2.radiocaroline.net:8100/index.html?sid=1

Oscarziggy · 06-03-2023 09:52PM

Schedule for the weekend -- no Dave Foster .

Saturday 11th March

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 Rosko

08:30 Chris Williams - Carnaby Street

10:30 Johnny Lewis

13:30 Ray Clark

15:30 Josh Holmes-Bright

18:00 Paul Brown

21:00 Andrew Austin

Sunday 12th February

00:00 Kevin Peters

03:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 John Ellery

09:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

12:30 Ray Clark

15:30 Andrew Austin

17:30 Paul Brown

19:00 Johnny Lewis

21:00 Close

Ger Roe · 08-03-2023 11:50AM

Great to see that Ray Clark will be on for both days - always worth a listen.

Sorry to see Dave Foster is still off, hope to hear him back on air soon. I met Dave on board The Ross when it was in Tilbury Dock back in 2004 and then later in Dublin at a tribute night for Tony Allan, he is a force of nature, a vital part of all activity on the ship when the broadcasts are on. I hope someone else is appointed to take over Beatles playing duties, until he returns :)

Oscarziggy · 05-04-2023 08:44PM

3 day Easter broadcast--

Schedule --

Friday 7th April

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 John Ellery

09:00 Johnny Lewis

13:00 Roger Day

17:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

21:00 Andrew Austin

Saturday 8th April

00:00 Dave Foster

03:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 Rosko

08:30 Chris Williams - Carnaby Street

10:30 Johnny Lewis

14:00 Roger Day

17:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

21:00 Andrew Austin

Sunday 9th April

00:00 Kevin Peters

03:00 Dave Foster

06:00 Josh Holmes-Bright

09:00 Roger Day

12:00 Ray Clark

15:00 Keith Rogers

19:00 Johnny Lewis

21:00 Close

Programmes subject to change.

Have a peaceful Easter

Ger Roe · 09-04-2023 10:20AM

I have been listening in as much as I can, since Friday, Oscar .... one of the best line ups in a while.

Roger Day sounds like he has never been away. One of the highlights of my own radio activity was linking live to him from Phantom FM for an Anorak Hour interview when he was in Harwich Harbour aboard LV 18 for Pirate BBC Essex. He was a joy to chat to and is always enthusiastic about doing great radio. He also sounds exactly like he did in the 60's and 70's :)

Later today I am looking forward to hearing the great Ray Clark , followed by a Caroline debut from Keith Rogers of Radio North Sea International. If my memory still works, I think Keith was on board the RNI ship MeBo 2 when it was bombed in May 1971.

https://www.phoenixfm.com/2018/01/20/keith-rogers-life-radio/

It is just a pity that Dave Foster is still off, he is missing a great weekend - I hope to hear him back on air soon.

Ger Roe · 10-04-2023 10:25AM

A worthy mention to whoever runs Phone Fix Craft on The Crumlin Road in D 12. It was great to hear a Dublin business advert on Caroline North over the weekend. Fair play for providing some financial support.

The connection between Caroline and Ireland, isn't just related to its founder and the initial ship fit-out in Greenore Port. The Irish broadcast scene (radio and TV) owes a huge debt to the various Caroline people who started up and worked on some of the 70's and 80's Irish pirate radio stations. Even the very early pirate operators in the 1960's were influenced by listening to Caroline.

Caroline influenced Irish broadcasting in two waves, firstly in the 1960's when the likes of Ken Sheehan, Prince Terry, Davitt Kelly etc, set up low power early AM pirates to have a go at what they had heard on Caroline, and then the second wave hit in the early 1980's when Robbie Dale and Chris Cary arrived and set up the Superpirates Sunshine and Nova, with a crew of Caroline jocks that were at a loose end since the sinking of the Mi Amigo in 1980.

I always thought that it would be great to get The Ross in to Dublin for a temp licence run. Caroline left Ireland in 1964 and has never returned, it would be great to bring it home for a visit. I can imagine the ship tied up at North Wall Quay, just outside The Point.

Maybe if the restoration fund achieves it's aims and if the UK authorities allow it to leave UK waters again?

Oscarziggy · 10-04-2023 09:44PM

Ger Roe,

Thanks for the 2 great posts.

I wasn't able to listen as much as I'd liked over the week end due to stuff beyond my control but have caught the 2 Roger Day shows on https://www.woodleynet.co.uk/caroline/podcasts.htm#north.-- really enjoyable and hope he's on the Ross Revenge again in the future.

dxhound2005 · 12-04-2023 12:52PM

Manx Radio are going to trial DAB, with a view to making that the second service after FM, and replacing AM.

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/manx-radio-granted-3-year-dab-licence/

Ger Roe · 16-04-2023 12:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120468805#Comment_120468805

Good for Manx Radio .... but bad for aging nostalgic anoraks. It would be sad to see 1368 go, but if I am being realistic, it is only a matter of time. We must enjoy the Caroline North AM broadcasts from Foxdale, while we can.

dxhound2005 · 22-04-2023 12:11AM

On the local news on Anglia TV 21 April, there was a feature about the Ross Revenge. Starts at around 12 minutes. As an aside there is an Irish woman, Aisling Creevey doing the weather, around 24 minutes.

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2018-05-04/catch-up-watch-the-most-recent-edition-of-itv-news-anglia?fbclid=IwAR1IHnAOzoFvG66oDMqiSd5N4lXgFhxZiI-mDO4kQhZsYYyuX961bs5Hodw

Radio Caroline North and Manx Radio

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