Caroline Community Radio 94.7 FM The area around the Ross Revenge was served by community station Saint FM. The operators gave it their best shot for many years and gained a licence to broadcast to Maldon as well as their original area of Burnham and closed down to reorganise. They then concluded that they did not have the ability to start transmissions again without support and sought the help of Radio Caroline who have assisted the project.
Caroline Community Radio will have a power of 200W, unlike the 25W used before, and the voices you may hear will be Ray Clark, Peter Phillips, Johnny Lewis and Graham Bannerman among others. Radio Caroline owns all the broadcast and other equipment previously owned by Saint. This was such an extensive inventory that Pete Crisp and Peter Moore were able to build the studio seen here, with plenty of items left over. Since this is not a 100% Caroline project it seemed unreasonable that Radio Caroline should fund all costs. The start-up costs have been covered personally by Ray Clark, Peter Phillips, Peter Moore and a range of local firms and individuals. Surplus equipment will be used on the Ross and elsewhere or sold to recoup Caroline's expenditure.
Thereafter this station will be expected to self fund from grants and commercial advertising. Radio Caroline's advertisers will be carried at no charge on 94.7.
Quote: number6 wrote in post #2May be ties in with the 648AM licence commitment to train and give opportunities to new presenters. Can only be positive.
I think it is how 648khz should be - a good mix between old and new
Quote: BigJohn wrote in post #5Its such a shame that some of the excellent Flashback Shows e.g. Barry James- aren’t given a wider airing.
I guess if Caroline Community will become a success their next step will be applying for a frequency for RC Flashback - I still suspect that the irregular relays on 576khz are a kind of tests. The output is simply too strong and the modulation too good for just a "hobby-pirate" as it reaches the Dutch Coast with a pretty good signal (must be ~ 300/400 Watts ??) -- Who knows ? (576 khz is on again at the moment)
Quote: BigJohn wrote in post #4Here here. Why can’t 648 carry a mix of Caroline- The Album Station- and Caroline Flashback?? I’m sure Ofcom would accommodate that.
I'm sure that they wouldn't. The 'Borg' would complain if there was a big 'Flashback' content. They are far too powerful.
We all have opinions. Mine is mine, yours is yours. Don't tell me yours is mine. I think that I was wrong once, but then again, maybe I was wrong!!
Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:31 pm (Last edited: Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:31 pm)
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