Radio Caroline are to come off the Sky platform at the end of September.

www.radiocaroline.co.uk

Sounds like typical greed by the service providers to me.

I think radio listening via satellite was a big thing arround the millenium-times but has cost a lot of money as well + plus it was restricted to Astra 28° receivers only
Today in internet times satellite reception has become much less important and via the i-net it can be listened to all over the world at a fraction of the costs.
R. Caroline can save a lot of money this way it could better invest in the reconstruction of the Ross Revenge i.e. finding a new mooring place and building up an AM Tx.

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Nicely said Alec

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Wells here's some good & not so good Caroline news:-

Caroline is also setting up a new oldies station called "Caroline Extra" playing 60's 70's & 80's including rarer stuff sounds interesting. More info on the website.

Also sad news Roger Day has reported that Carolines founder the great man Ronan O'Rahilly is quite ill at the moment. I am sure all on here send wishes for a speedy recovery.

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Wells here's some good & not so good Caroline news:-

Caroline is also setting up a new oldies station called "Caroline Extra" playing 60's 70's & 80's including rarer stuff sounds interesting. More info on the website.

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I haven't heard anything for a while but Barry was very upbeat last night about the future of Caroline.

Well they saved around £21,000 per annum to escape Sky's EPG but only approx £6,000 to leave the transponder but, it's still money saved towards the dream. I believe that finally a right decision has been made and the dream will come closer to fruition.Peter Moore and Co have given this a lot of thought over a long period, they've lost chances, lost income both for the Ross and their own finances, squabbled and re-kindled friendships but their belief in the dream of Caroline returning is almost there.
I and many others wish them all the luck in the world, they deserve it.
Col.

I gather that some of the camp are unhappy with the decision to come off Sky.

You have no need to listen nowadays via satellite as you can have the same by listening via i-net.
But for mobile listening (e.g. in your car) it needs the terrestial airwaves and I think and hope thats what they are aiming at by saving satellite-costs

Again, the camp is tight lipped about that.