ARLA/CLUSTER: Radio Caroline

[Carlos Mourato]

Os meus caros colegas fazem-me lembrar o tempo em que eu aprendi a escutar
musica classica no programa 2 da emissora nacional. Chamava-se ja depois do
25 de Abril "Em Órbita". Dava gosto escutar programas deste calibre...E em
onda média a válvulas pois tá claro. Ainda antes de ontem estive a escutar
uma radio em ondas curtas a emitir para Portugal que se identificava como
"radio Internacional" que não sei de onde é, num "musiqueiro" a "lampadas" e
até me fez sentir com 20 anos!!
73 de CT4RK



2006/9/26, Tiago Santos <ct2hcq  gmail.com>:
>
> Foi esse o fascinio que o meu colega ingles de trabalho me transmitiu
> e que me levou a enviar-vos tal documento. Tenho em minha posse
> algumas das fotos da radio caroline quem quiser eu mando!
>
> No fim da conversa que tive com ele ofereceu-me um livro das 99
> maneiras de improvisar a escuta de onda curta. "99 ways to improve
> your shortwave litening" de Len Buckwalter 1977, este livro foi lhe
> oferecido em 1979 por um radio amador ingles,  Tom Gordon não sei o
> indicativo.
>
> 73's Tiago Santos
>
> 2006/9/26, João Gonçalves Costa <joao.a.costa  ctt.pt>:
> > Pois esta foi uma das RADIO da minha adolescência, estou a ficar velho.
> >
> > Alias, esta estação, conjuntamente com a Radio Luxemburgo marcou uma
> geração, tanto de ouvintes como de locutores na Europa, era na altura aquilo
> que nós considerávamos uma verdadeira escola de radio, isto é, tendo por
> base toda a maneira de fazer radio importada dos EUA.
> >
> > Naquela altura, anos 60 e 70 o que abundava na Europa eram unicamente as
> rádios publicas com a escola da BBC á cabeça. Então em Portugal, nem a
> escola da BBC conseguia entrar, tão cinzento era o nosso panorama
> radiofónico.
> >
> > Quem não se lembra do "Quando O Telefone Toca" apresentado pelo Matos
> Maia esse era para a maioria o programa de referencia. Para nós representava
> um, imaginem, "autentico vómito" e tudo aquilo que não devia ser um programa
> de radio.
> >
> > Penso que alguns, a começar pelo meu querido AMIGO João Porto já ouviu
> falar do  Robert Weston (Bob) Smith esse expoente maximo mais conhecido por
> Wolfman Jack, era essa a maneira de fazer radio a que me refiro e que nos
> fascinava a todos. Para nós, jovens adolescentes rebeldes, Matos Maia e
> Wolfman Jack eram e foram a antítese total. Por fim, em Portugal, lá
> apareceu esse grande marco que foi o Rock em Stock e o Luis Felipe Barros.
> >
> > O Howard Stern, na actualidade, não chega aos calcanhares na importância
> que teve para o mundo da radio, naquela altura, anos 60 e 70 do século
> passado, o Wolfman Jack .
> >
> > Ó Tiago muito obrigado por desenterrares do baú das minhas memórias
> estas recordações que guardo com tanto carinho. Para mim e para muitos,
> estes foram os verdadeiros anos dourados da radio.
> >
> > Vocês não são capazes de imaginar esses tempos, só mesmo para quem os
> viveu sabe o que era aquilo.
> >
> > João Costa
> > CT1FBF
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cluster-bounces  radio-amador.net
> > [mailto:cluster-bounces  radio-amador.net]On Behalf Of Salomao Fresco
> > Sent: segunda-feira, 25 de Setembro de 2006 21:27
> > To: Resumo Noticioso Electrónico ARLA
> > Subject: Re: ARLA/CLUSTER: Radio Caroline
> >
> >
> > Olá a Todos!
> >
> > Mais infos em:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Caroline
> >
> > A Radio Caroline começou (e continuou) por ser um desafio às fleumáticas
> > rádios oficiais britânicas que se recusavam a passar determinados
> estilos e
> > géneros musicais, tais como o Rock e a Pop, rotulando-os como decadentes
> e
> > subservivos.
> > Quantos de nós não se lembram destes mesmos epitetos aplicados às mesmas
> > situações cá no rectângulo durante a década de sessenta e parte da de
> > setenta?
> > A Caroline sobreviveu sempre à custa dos esforços de centenas senão
> milhares
> > de ouvintes que contribuiam de forma anónima para que as embarcações
> > recebessem mantimentos e combustivel.
> > A Caroline foi sempre uma rádio de vanguarda difundindo o que de mais
> > recente se produzia na música a nível mundial.
> >
> > Vale a pena visitar o link oficial e acompanhar a história desta Estação
> que
> > apesar de considerada "pirata" por muitos países conseguiu sobreviver
> mais
> > de 40 anos.
> >
> > Cumprimentos
> >
> > Salomão Fresco
> > CT2IRJ
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/25/06, Tiago Santos <ct2hcq  gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ouvi um colega contar uma historia de uma radio que custumava ouvir em
> > > onda
> > > curta, em que a emissão para a inglaterra era feita a partir de um
> barco
> > > em
> > > aguas internacionais. Este colega e amigo financiou a radio durante 20
> > > anos
> > > para que fosse possivel continuar em emissão. Aqui vai a historia e o
> link
> > > no final para lerem mais se quiserem. Vão ainda umas fotos dos barcos
> onde
> > > operaram.     August 19th, the day the music (almost) died.
> > > In 1967 a law had been passed, attempting to silence the station, but
> this
> > > law was not regularly or strenuously applied.
> > >
> > > Certainly, in the early days, some over zealous officials did
> prosecute
> > > supporters for wearing Radio Caroline T shirts. A tender, bringing
> staff
> > > ashore, was intercepted and DJs were taken to court, but presenter
> Johnny
> > > Jason pleaded not quilty and the case collapsed. One boatman, Howard
> Beer
> > > was sentenced to a year in prison for supplying fuel to the Ross
> Revenge.
> > >
> > > However, for the most part there was a truce as staff and goods were
> taken
> > > out from UK ports and officials either did not know or chose not to
> > > notice.
> > > A broad view formed within Caroline that the station was almost
> accepted
> > > by
> > > the establishment, with the law still being in place to prevent
> Caroline
> > > getting too complacent or cheeky.
> > >
> > > Of course, the factor that allowed all Radio Ships to function was
> that
> > > they
> > > were in International Waters, where the laws of the surrounding states
> did
> > > not apply and where their officials had no powers. Therefore while
> > > governments could pass any law they wished, all were confident that
> they
> > > could never act directly against the ships or the broadcasts coming
> from
> > > them.
> > >
> > > In late summer 1989 though, staff on the Ross Revenge began to notice
> that
> > > they were getting more attention than normal from official and Naval
> > > vessels. Then, on August 18th 1989, the chartered launch Landward drew
> > > close
> > > to Ross Revenge and on board were members of the Dutch and UK Radio
> > > Authorities. They attempted to negotiate with the crew to switch off
> the
> > > various radio signals coming from the ship. This of course was
> refused.
> > >
> > > What the crew did not know was that early that day, many arrests had
> been
> > > made in Holland of people who were thought to be working for Radio
> > > Caroline
> > > or her sister station on board, the Dutch language station Radio 819.
> The
> > > major amount of the required supplies for the ship came from Holland,
> > > Belgium and France and now this lifeline was cut.
> > >
> > > In the UK, no land staff were arrested, but calls were made inviting
> them
> > > to
> > > give themselves up. Again, these offers were refused. The people on
> the
> > > Landward, while becoming ever more insistent, still took great care
> not to
> > > attempt to board Ross Revenge or even to let the two vessels touch.
> > >
> > > What was thought then, with the information available at the time, was
> > > that
> > > perhaps a blockade was intended, but the Landward was not a big ship,
> it
> > > could not remain on station for long or at all, in bad weather. The
> crew
> > > thought that they just had to stand firm since the action could not be
> > > escalated beyond what had already happened, but the officials warned
> that
> > > non compliance would cause them to use more extreme methods.
> > >
> > > In the early afternoon of the 19th, the Landward moved away from Ross
> > > Revenge, but then a massive Dutch vessel, the Volans appeared and
> quickly
> > > came alongside the radio ship without permission and without
> announcing
> > > their intentions, other than to suggest that they wanted to take
> > > photographs. Armed men from the Volans boarded the radio ship by force
> and
> > > in considerable numbers. In a very short time the ship was under their
> > > control, but since it took a while to storm the studios and silence
> the
> > > transmitters, dramatic broadcasts continued for about twenty minutes.
> > >
> > > Thereafter, the boarders stripped the vessel of all broadcast
> equipment or
> > > smashed items that were too large to remove. By the end of the
> afternoon
> > > the
> > > Ross Revenge was, in broadcast terms, just a shell as all her records,
> > > studios and transmitters were swung on to the Volans to be taken to
> > > Holland.
> > >
> > > British officials came on board, even though their presence was denied
> by
> > > the UK government and they attempted to interrogate staff under threat
> of
> > > arrest.
> > >
> > > In the early evening Caroline's own tender arrived, carrying members
> of
> > > the
> > > press and on the arrival of this vessel all boarders on both ships
> ceased
> > > their actions and departed, leaving the disabled Ross Revenge with her
> > > crew
> > > still on board.
> > >
> > > The repercussions from this unsatisfactory day were widespread. In the
> > > short
> > > term, the Radio 819 operation that had provided so much required
> material
> > > on
> > > the ship, was destroyed and never reformed. The crew, with great
> defiance,
> > > began to rebuild what they could and indeed a signal issued from the
> Ross
> > > Revenge only weeks after the raid.
> > >
> > > The legality of the whole operation was soon challenged. Being in
> > > International Waters, none of the boarders had any official powers, to
> > > board, confiscate or interrogate and they achieved their aims mainly
> by
> > > bluff and force of numbers and of course by being armed, in the case
> of
> > > the
> > > Dutch.
> > >
> > > In real terms, the raid crippled Radio Caroline. A spirited and
> expensive
> > > legal action was started by Caroline against the UK government, but
> was
> > > not
> > > successful. On the ship, conditions deteriorated until broadcasts
> could no
> > > longer be made and finally Ross Revenge was shipwrecked on the Goodwin
> > > Sands
> > > and brought in to Dover Harbour in a ruined condition.
> > >
> > > This was very nearly the end of the Radio Caroline story had not a few
> > > individuals banded together to see if anything at all could be rescued
> > > from
> > > the disaster. This commenced a very slow path to recovery and the
> > > emergence
> > > of a very different incarnation of Caroline.
> > >
> > > In summary, it does seem that in our case and no doubt in many other
> > > instances, governments will do anything they wish in order to achieve
> > > their
> > > required result even to the extent of breaking the law when they know
> they
> > > can do so with impunity.
> > >
> > > In human terms, the British Policeman in charge of the UK side of the
> > > action, Jim Murphy, later became a good friend to Radio Caroline. In
> the
> > > same way, Marten Roumen, the unusual Dutch Policeman heading the raid
> on
> > > behalf of the Netherlands, later went to great pains to return every
> > > single
> > > item taken from the ship on that unfortunate day. It can be assumed
> that
> > > on
> > > a personal level both men later regretted what they had done to a
> harmless
> > > organisation doing nothing other than providing pleasure and
> > > entertainment.
> > > Our History section on this site provides additional information.
> > >
> > > If you are moved by the events of August 19th 1989, we invite you to
> join
> > > our Supporters Club <http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/supportgroup.asp>,
> to
> > > help continue our recovery and expansion.
> > >
> > > Peter Moore,
> > > August 2006
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tiago Santos
> > > CT2HCQ Setúbal Portugal
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > Salomão Fresco
> > CT2IRJ
> >
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> Tiago Santos
> CT2HCQ Setúbal Portugal
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Best 73 from:
regards from:
CT4RK
Carlos Mourato
Sines - Portugal

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