Radio Caroline South Key Dates

Radio Caroline South - Key Dates

3rd July 1964	Radio Caroline South came on the air at 6.00am from the former Radio Atlanta ship, Mi Amigo
11th July 1964	The first "Caroline Club Requests" programme was aired on Radio Caroline South.

1964

** April 1965	A news service was introduced
24th May 1965	Caroline South DJs were re-launched as personality "Caroline Goodguys", and the format became based on the "Sound 65" chart
** August 1965	Radio Caroline South increased its hours of transmission with the introduction of the "Party Time" programme from 9.00pm-12 midnight on Fridays and Saturdays
Autumn 1965	A Gallup poll, the results of which were not published at the time, showed that in its primary target area Caroline South had only a 0.9% audience share compared to Radio London's 14.7%
** September 1965	Negotiations open with fort based offshore station, Radio City, about a possible merger
1st October 1965	As a result of the negotiations the Radio City and Radio Caroline South sales teams merged. Radio City also started relaying Caroline’s hourly Newsbeat news bulletins.
** December 1965	Ronan O'Rahilly's Planet Productions acquired the assets of Project Atlanta and Allan Crawford resigned from Radio Caroline’s board of directors. Plans were prepared to introduce technical improvements, particularly to Caroline South - a wavelength change and substantial increase in power

1965

1966

1st January 1966	The merger of sales teams with Radio City is dissolved
19th/20th January 1966	The Mi Amigo drifts from her anchorage and runs aground on Frinton beach. Five DJs, two radio engineers and a steward were taken off the ship by Breeches Buoy.
21st January 1966	The Mi Amigo is refloated and sailed to Holland for repairs
23rd January 1966	The Mi Amigo arrived in Zaandam where she was dry docked
** January 1966	Britt Wadner, owner of Swedish offshore station Radio Syd (which had itself gone off the air on 18th January 1966 due to adverse weather conditions in the Baltic) offered to divert her ship Cheeta 2 to England to provide a temporary base from which Radio Caroline South could recommence broadcasts.

6th July 1964

The Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premiered in London.

6th April 1965

The United States launched the Intelsat I, also known as the "Early Bird" communications satellite.

6th September 1965 India and Pakistan began a second war over Kashmir.

8th October 1965 London's Post Office Tower opened as the tallest building in England.

17th December 1965

The British government begins an oil embargo against Rhodesia and the United States joins the effort.

24th January 1966 A Boeing 707 flying from Mumbai (Bombay) to New York, crashed on Mont Blanc, France, as it descended towards a stopover in Geneva, Switzerland. All 117 people on board died.