Radio Caroline, a History:

By Peter Moore

The Days Before Rock and Roll

• British radio before the Caroline era

Don't Get Mad, Get Even

• Snubbed by the radio and music establishment, O'Rahilly devises the sweet revenge of Radio Caroline

The Glory Years

• The heyday of Radio Caroline and British Offshore Radio. Caroline's first era. 1964-1967

Defiance, Defeat and Retribution

• Caroline continues alone, is overwhelmed by difficulties but returns to punish the politicians

Movies, Mayhem On Land, The Second Era and Loving Awareness

• Ronan becomes a guru for love and peace and gets the chance to start again

Caroline's Dutch Era Dutch

• Drinking songs and barrel organ music. Caroline joins the Netherlands radio scene and finds herself alone again

The Golden Age

• Lonely exile, Loving Awareness and program of pure magic as the Mi Amigo rusts away

Bigger And Better Than Ever

• Another revival, but in 'Caroline' fashion little goes according to plan

What Goes Around, Comes Around

• History repeats itself time and time again as Caroline struggles through the eighties

The Hard Fought Road To Recovery, Brought To Nothing By An Armed Raid

• Desperate measures to get back on air are negated as the authorities pounce

In Defeat, In Defiance

• The last sad years at sea.

Caroline In Captivity

• Difficult decisions are taken as Ross Revenge is salvaged and impounded

The Future

• Where is Caroline's place in the new millennium?
• Bringing Caroline into the new millennium.