Caroline Community Radio launches in Essex

A community radio station using the Caroline name has launched in the Maldon District of Essex.

Caroline Community Radio is using the brand of the former pirate with permission but has no official connection with the current Radio Caroline.

The service started on Monday morning from Burnham-on-Crouch and has Ray Clark on breakfast, Peter Philips on daytime and Johnny Lewis on drive.

It has support in the form of technical and programming from the Radio Caroline team, which also operates a community radio licence covering a large part of East Anglia and Essex with a 1000-watt transmitter.

Caroline Community Radio comes two years after another community radio station by the same team, Saint FM, ceased broadcasting when they won a new licence to cover a larger area.