We can get Radio Caroline in Brittany France - on VHF 88.2 mhz.

www.radiocaroline.bzh/

(bzh is an abbreviation for Breizh = Brittany in the breton language)

When did BBC World Service give up 648?

According to Wikipedia:

Transmissions on this frequency (648 kHz) were stopped on 27 March 2011, as a consequence of the budgetary constraints imposed on the BBC World Service in the 2010 budget review.

Back in the 60s it was either Luxembourg or Caroline, and usually the latter. Prior to Radio 1, which is now virtually unlistenable for this reactionary musical codger, it was the only way to get your ears round the latest sounds via the radio.

A couple of names still spring to mind from those days: Tony Prince, Mike Ahern amongst them. No doubt many Caroline DJs went on to bigger and more mainstream things, but I still recall the stations output and character with great affection. Especially given that a battery powered radio tuned into Caroline became our only link with the outside world when the leccy was disconnected for several weeks, perhaps months, coz Mum hadn't paid the bill.

Great to hear that this good old brand is on the way back.

Edited by argybargy on 01/12/2017 at 17:04

Nothing on 648kHz around Derbyshire. A Welsh station on 649kHz though.

I had forgotten how poor medium wave sound was untill I did a quick flick through the medium wave.

CAn hear it now in Northampton, buzzy but audible.

Funny there's something on 649. Stations are meant to be at 9khz seperation so next would be 657. Still get Caroline on 649 (which is what you'd expect).

Kit is a Sony ICF-SW 7600GR.