Radio Caroline
Type: Company
As of November 2026, Radio Caroline has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Stuff You Should Know (Dec 2025).
Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly and Allan Crawford, initially to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly. Unlicensed by any government for most of its early life, it was a pirate radio station that never became illegal as such due to operating outside any national jurisdiction, although after the Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 it became illega
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know |
| Website | radiocaroline.co.uk |
Who talks about Radio Caroline on podcasts?
Josh Clark brought up Radio Caroline; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know.
- A Quick History of the BBC | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW on Stuff You Should Know (Dec 2025) — Josh Clark
What is Radio Caroline mentioned alongside?
Radio Caroline is most often mentioned alongside BBC Radio 1, Jimmy Savile and Stuff You Should Know.
Mentioned together: BBC Radio 1, Jimmy Savile, Stuff You Should Know, Justin Prince, Linda Kyle, HIV, CBS, Angelina Diana, Paul "Dizzy Hips" Blair, Cecil Lewis