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Welcome to azanorak.com

What is an anorak?

There are many sites on the web that celebrate the era of the offshore radio stations, with photos, histories of various stations, DJ profiles, etc. This site, founded in Arizona, USA, was created to be an archive of off-air recordings of the stations themselves, and of the best known station ~ Radio Caroline ~ in particular. Hence, there are no fancy graphics, just a wealth of archive recordings available for easy download through your browser.

Note: All the recordings have been provided by the members of the “RadioCarolineMailingList” group on Yahoo! Groups, and are from their own private collections.

New recordings are added daily, but are only publicized on the above Yahoo! Group. Most recordings are in mp3 format within password-protected .zip files. The password is only available to members of the above Yahoo! Group. If you find the material here interesting, it is strongly recommended that you join that Group, to keep abreast of our updates. To do so, go to:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RadioCarolineMailinglist/

and click the “Join This Group!” button.

All recordings are in English unless otherwise stated.

To download a file using Firefox (recommended), simply left click once on a file link, and a window will open asking you whether you want to save or open the file.

To download a file using IE7, right click on a file link and choose "Save Target As".

To see what has been posted in the last TWO WEEKS:

Click here for new recordings of stations from the 60’s to the 90’s, and new documentary or tribute shows about them.

Click here for new recordings of stations from 2000 on, including all the output of present-day Radio Caroline (enabling you to “LISTEN AGAIN”).

Radio Caroline broadcasts 24x7 from studios in Kent, England. From 7am – Midnight (UK time), most shows are presented live. To listen live or to see a current programme schedule, click on the banner at the top of this page.

The main AZANORAK archives are sorted with all the recordings of a particular station typically stored in a single folder. You can see what we have by clicking on a station name below. Return to this page by clicking “Home” at the top of the bar on the right.

1960’s British, European & Scandinavian Offshore Stations:

Ms Bon Jour

Radio Nord (Swedish) 21 Feb 1961 – 30 Jun 1962

MV Borkum Riff

CNBC 16 Feb 1961 – 22 Mar 1961

(Commercial Neutral Broadcasting Company)

MV Borkum Riff & MV Norderney

Radio Veronica (Dutch) 21 Apr 1960 – 31 Aug 1974

MV Caroline (formerly MV Fredericia)

Radio Caroline and Caroline North 28 Mar 1964 – 2 Mar 1968

MV Cheeta, Cheeta 2 & Lucky Star

Radio Mercur (Danish) 11 Jul 1958 – 16 Aug 1962

Radio Syd (Swedish) 6 Mar 1962 – 19 Jan 1966

MV Comet

Radio Scotland 31 Dec 1965 – 14 Aug 1967

MV Galaxy (formerly USS Density)

Radio London 5 Dec 1964 – 14 Aug 1967

MV Laissez Faire (formerly MV Olga Patricia)

Britain Radio 30 Apr 1966 – 22 Feb 1967

Swinging Radio England 3 May 1966 – 13 Nov 1966

Radio Dolfijn (Dutch) 14 Nov 1966 – 22 Feb 1967

Radio 355 15 Mar 1967 – 6 Aug 1967

Radio 227 (Dutch) 15 Mar 1967 – 6 Aug 1967

MV Lucky Star

Danmarks Commercielle Radio (Danish) 15 Sep 1961 – 19 Jan 1962

MV Mi Amigo (formerly MV Bon Jour) & MV Cheeta 2

Radio Atlanta 9 May 1964 – 2 Jul 1964

Radio Caroline South 3 Jul 1964 – 3 Mar 1968

MV Oceaan VII

Radio 270 4 Jun 1966 – 14 Aug 1967

Knock John Fort

Radio Essex 27 Oct 1965 – 6 Oct 1966

BBMS 6 Oct 1966 – 25 Dec 1966

Red Sands Fort

Radio Invicta 17 Jul 1964 – 11 Feb 1965

KING 25 Feb 1965 – 22 Sep 1965

Radio 390 25 Sep 1965 – 28 Jul 1967

REM Island

Radio Noordzee (Dutch) 29 Jul 1964 – 16 Dec 1964

Shivering Sands Fort

Radio Sutch 27 May 1864 - ?? Sep 1964

Radio City 23 Sep 1964 – 9 Feb 1967

Sunk Head Fort

Tower Radio 15 Oct 1965 – 12 May 1966

1970’s North Sea Offshore Stations:

MV Aegir

Radio Delmare (Dutch) 21 Aug 1978 – 11 Sep 1978

MV Aegir II (formerly MV Martina)

Radio Delmare (Dutch) 2 Jun 1979 – 28 Sep 1979

MV Janine

Radio Atlantis 23 Dec 1973 – 31 Aug 1974

MV Mebo II

Radio Northsea International 23 Jan 1970 – 24 Sep 1970

Radio Caroline International 13 Jun 1970 – 20 Jun 1970

Radio Northsea International 19 Jan 1971 – 31 Aug 1974

Radio Nordsee International (Dutch) 19 Jan 1971 – 31 Aug 1974

MV Mi Amigo

Radios Caroline, 199 & Seagull 5 Sep 1972 – 19 Mar 1980

Radio Mi Amigo (Dutch) 28 Dec 1973 – 20 Oct 1978

Radio Caroline (Dutch) 21 Oct 1978 – 19 Mar 1980

1980’s North Sea Offshore Stations:

MV Communicator

Laser 729/730/558/576/Hot Hits 21 Jan 1984 – 2 Apr 1987

MV Ross Revenge

Radio Caroline 19 Aug 1983 – 5 Nov 1990

Radio Monique (Dutch) 16 Dec 1984 – 24 Nov 1987

Radio 558 (Dutch) 9 Jul 1988 – 4 Nov 1988

Radio 819 (Dutch) 30 May 1988 – 19 Aug 1989

Non-European Offshore Stations

Israel – MV Peace

Voice of Peace 26 May 1973 – 1 Oct 1993

New Zealand – MV Tiri & MV Tiri II

Radio Hauraki 21 Nov 1966 – 1 Jun 1970

USA – MV Sarah

Radio New York International 23 Jul 1987 – 28 Jul 1987 and

15 Oct 1988 – 18 Oct 1988

Documentaries about and Tributes to the Offshore Stations

Offshore Radio Jingles

Offshore Radio Magazines & Newsletters

LTIR 1972

Script 1973-1975

Radio Guide 1975-1977

Wavelength 1975-1977

Caroline Newsletter 1977-1978

MRP News 1977-1978

Caroline Movement Bulletin 1979-1987

Horizon Magazine 1988-2009

1990’s RSL’s, Satellite & SW

CMR

European Klassic Rock

Golden Radio International

Radio Caroline

Radiofax

Radio London

Yeoman Rose, Off Walton Pier 18 Jul 1997 – 14 Aug 1997

Ocean Defender, St. Catherine’s Dock 17 Dec 1997 – 13 Jan 1998

Clacton 1 Aug 2000 – 28 Aug 2000

Clacton 4 Aug 2001 – 31 Aug 2001

RNI

Clacton Aug 1999

Radio Nova

AFN & AFRS

Australia & New Zealand

Canterbury, NZ

Radio Caroline (3ZC)

France

Radio Boulogne Littorale

Ireland

Atlantic 252

Big D Radio, Dublin

Exidy 738

Kiss FM

Radio Nova

Luxembourg

Radio Luxembourg

Tributes to Radio Luxembourg

Jensen’s Dimensions – 40^th Anniversary

Monaco

Radio Geronimo

Sweden

Radio Sweden – Saturday Show (60’s)

UK BBC (60’s & 70’s)

BBC Light Programme

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 2

UK Independent Local Radio Stations

Capital Radio, London

Piccadilly Radio, Manchester

UK Landbased Pirate Stations

Andromeda

Bromley Sound

City Sounds

European Music Radio

Radio Free London

Radio Gemini

Radio Iris

Radio Jackie

Radio Kaleidoscope

London FM

Offshore Radio

Red Rose Radio

Skyline Radio

South East Sound

Radio Thameside

Radio Tracy

2000’s Internet & Satellite Stations

CJMQ, Lennoxville, Quebec

Pirate BBC Essex

Big L

Radio Caroline

Radio Caroline Spain

Manx Radio – Carnaby Street

Radio Mi Amigo

Radio Northsea Gold

Red Sands Radio

Radio Seagull

Pirates Ashore

Andy Archer

Johnnie Walker

Keith Skues

Pirate Radio Skues

Roger Day

Artists

Barry Manilow

Carpenters

Cass Elliot

Sir Cliff Richard

DISCLAIMER: Neither this site, nor the above mentioned Yahoo! Group, are officially connected with Radio Caroline in any way. They are both the continuing works of the very loyal and dedicated fans of the station.

If you have any comments or questions, or recordings of your own that you would like to share, please use the “Contact Me” link on the right.

Enjoy!