The Contact 94 Museum

The Contact 94 Museum The region's no 1 music station At that time there was no commercial radio in the Channel Islands, only local BBC radio. Satellite radio was in its infancy.

Celebrating over 30 years of the regionโ€™s no 1 music station

Contact 94 broadcast on the FM band to Normandy and the Channel Islands between 5th September 1988 and 29th November 1991. BBC Radio 1 was only a poor medium wave signal. The big music stations were Radio Luxembourg and Radio Caroline. 30 years later in September 2018, we celebrated for 18 months with a brand new internet station - Cont

act Classic Hits! Keep tuned to our pages, apps and website for any future announcements. The Contact 94 Museum remains open for all your Contact memories.

Our original breakfast presenter!
13/09/2025

Our original breakfast presenter!

๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—”๐——๐—–๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฌ! ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ ๐ŸŒŠ

Right! Letโ€™s get the breakfast on! Chef Kevin Turner in the galley preparing to cook a hearty breakfast for the crew, before opening our September Radio Caroline North broadcast LIVE from Ross Revenge at 10am. Join Kevin for some meaty bangers โ€ฆ and eggs-tra special tunes! Nothing but the best music from 60s - 90s

โžก๏ธ Get in touch: [email protected] gets you through to the studio

Broadcast sponsor Turton Tower Woodland Cafe
Competition sponsor UK Fasteners
ukfasteners.co.uk

โ€ฆ

๐Ÿ“ป ๐–ง๐—ˆ๐— ๐—๐—ˆ ๐—…๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐–พ๐—‡ ๐—๐—ˆ ๐–ฑ๐–บ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—ˆ ๐–ข๐–บ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ ๐–ญ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐—:
648 ๐– ๐–ฌ ๐–บ๐–ผ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐–ค๐—‡๐—€๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ, ๐–ณ๐—๐–พ ๐–ญ๐–พ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—Œ, ๐–ก๐–พ๐—…๐—€๐—‚๐—Ž๐—†, ๐–ญ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—‡ ๐–ฅ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐–ผ๐–พ and beyond
1368 ๐– ๐–ฌ & ๐–ฃ๐– ๐–ก ๐–ญ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐—/๐–ญ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐—-๐–ถ๐–พ๐—Œ๐— ๐—๐—‚๐–บ Manx Radio
๐–ฎ๐—‡๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ: radiocaroline.co.uk
๐–ณ๐—๐–พ ๐–ฎ๐–ฟ๐–ฟ๐—‚๐–ผ๐—‚๐–บ๐—… ๐–ฑ๐–บ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—ˆ ๐–ข๐–บ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‰
๐–ต๐–บ๐—‹๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—Œ ๐—‹๐–บ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—ˆ ๐—‰๐—…๐–บ๐—’๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ

Happy Birthday to us! On this day in 1988 we went live from Lessay! ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ“ป Hereโ€™s how it all began!
04/09/2025

Happy Birthday to us! On this day in 1988 we went live from Lessay! ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ“ป Hereโ€™s how it all began!

Contact (4 Launch 5.9.88

We believe this is our former presenter James Day from 1990.
14/06/2025

We believe this is our former presenter James Day from 1990.

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ ๐—•๐—”๐—–๐—ž ๐—๐—”๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ! ๐Ÿ“ป๐Ÿšข

It was 1988 when James Day last broadcast from the Ross Revenge and itโ€™s great to have him back on board this weekend. Catch him LIVE on Radio Caroline North until midnight.

Remember listening to James on Caroline 558? Let him know! Say hi and welcome him home by sending an email to [email protected]

Broadcast sponsor Turton Tower Woodland Cafe
Competition sponsor Felixstowe & Offshore Radio

โžก๏ธ ๐–ง๐—ˆ๐— ๐—๐—ˆ ๐—…๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐–พ๐—‡: 648 ๐– ๐–ฌ ๐–บ๐–ผ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐–ค๐—‡๐—€๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ, ๐–ณ๐—๐–พ ๐–ญ๐–พ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—Œ, ๐–ก๐–พ๐—…๐—€๐—‚๐—Ž๐—†, ๐–ญ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—‡ ๐–ฅ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐–ผ๐–พ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–ป๐–พ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–ฝ 1368 ๐– ๐–ฌ & ๐–ฃ๐– ๐–ก ๐–ญ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐—/๐–ญ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐—-๐–ถ๐–พ๐—Œ๐— ๐—๐—‚๐–บ Manx Radio
๐–ฎ๐—‡๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ: ๐—‹๐–บ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ.๐–ผ๐—ˆ.๐—Ž๐—„
๐–ณ๐—๐–พ ๐–ฎ๐–ฟ๐–ฟ๐—‚๐–ผ๐—‚๐–บ๐—… ๐–ฑ๐–บ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—ˆ ๐–ข๐–บ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‰
๐–ฒ๐—†๐–บ๐—‹๐— ๐–ฒ๐—‰๐–พ๐–บ๐—„๐–พ๐—‹
๐–ต๐–บ๐—‹๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—Œ ๐—‹๐–บ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—ˆ ๐—‰๐—…๐–บ๐—’๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ

And hereโ€™s Peter Philips who does our famous โ€œBroadcasting from Lessayโ€ฆโ€!
12/05/2025

And hereโ€™s Peter Philips who does our famous โ€œBroadcasting from Lessayโ€ฆโ€!

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž๐—˜๐—ก๐——โ€™๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐—ฆ ๐——๐— ๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—™๐—œ๐—š๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐— ๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—›๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ! โ€ฆ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ - ๐—–๐—”๐—ก ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—š๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—›๐—ข ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ฆ? ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐ŸŽง ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Hereโ€™s the final reveal in our 80s DJ Action Figure series! We're featuring the Radio Caroline North broadcast team onboard Ross Revenge this weekend - reimagined as they were back in the day! Say hello to the Peter Philips action figure! Complete with his iconic โ€˜Good Morning to Youโ€™ badge and that classic arms-folded pose with a knowing smile. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Weโ€™ve got one more crew member to come later, sheโ€™s not a presenter โ€ฆ can you guess who she is?

Our first breakfast presenter!
12/05/2025

Our first breakfast presenter!

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐——๐— ๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—™๐—œ๐—š๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐—ฆ ๐—š๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐——! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ

Check this out - a young Kevin Turner on board Ross Revenge in the 1980s has been immortalised as an 80s DJ Action Figure - complete with headphones, a mic, AND a chef's hat! Plus, you even got a free 'Recipes of the Ross Revenge' booklet! Now there's an idea! ๐Ÿค”

Three of our former presenters in this one! Some great music again this weekend! Thanks Radio Caroline North! ๐Ÿ“ป
20/04/2025

Three of our former presenters in this one! Some great music again this weekend! Thanks Radio Caroline North! ๐Ÿ“ป

๐—œ๐—งโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐——๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—จ๐—ฆ! ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ช ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐ŸŒ™ ๐ŸŒŠ

As the Radio Caroline North team leave Ross Revenge tonight and head for shore we would like to thank you for tuning in to our three-day Easter broadcast bonanza. Thanks also to our sponsors Feature Story News and The Locks Inn

Weโ€™ll be back on board our legendary radio ship for another offshore broadcast weekend on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May. Until then - Keep It Caroline ๐Ÿ””

(L to r) Johnny Lewis, Ellie Boyce, Kevin Turner, Peter Philips, Chris Pearson and Ray Clark

2 of our former presenters here! 648 & 1368 MW and on line! Happy Easter! ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅš๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅš
17/04/2025

2 of our former presenters here! 648 & 1368 MW and on line! Happy Easter! ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅš๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅš

๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—”๐——๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—˜๐—— ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—— ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—˜! ๐ŸŒŠ ๐Ÿ””

Here we go! After a โ€˜broadcast meetingโ€™ in The Green Man at Bradwell the Caroline North advance party prepares to head out to the legendary Ross Revenge this afternoon to get everything ship shape for our epic three-day Easter live broadcast! Turn the volume up and tune in from 9am Good Friday through to 9pm Easter Sunday for some seriously good music from the 60s - 90s. Your perfect Easter soundtrack!

๐Ÿ“ง Email the studio direct during the broadcast at
[email protected]

Broadcast sponsor Feature Story News
Weekend competition draw sponsor The Locks Inn, Geldeston, Beccles thelocksinn.com

โžก๏ธ ๐–ง๐—ˆ๐— ๐—๐—ˆ ๐—…๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐–พ๐—‡:
648 ๐– ๐–ฌ ๐–บ๐–ผ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐–ค๐—‡๐—€๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ, ๐–ณ๐—๐–พ ๐–ญ๐–พ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—…๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—Œ, ๐–ก๐–พ๐—…๐—€๐—‚๐—Ž๐—†, ๐–ญ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—‡ ๐–ฅ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐–ผ๐–พ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–ป๐–พ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–ฝ
1368 ๐– ๐–ฌ & ๐–ฃ๐– ๐–ก ๐–ญ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐—/๐–ญ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—๐—-๐–ถ๐–พ๐—Œ๐— ๐—๐—‚๐–บ Manx Radio
๐–ฎ๐—‡๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ: radiocaroline.co.uk
๐–ณ๐—๐–พ ๐–ฎ๐–ฟ๐–ฟ๐—‚๐–ผ๐—‚๐–บ๐—… ๐–ฑ๐–บ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—ˆ ๐–ข๐–บ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‰
๐–ฒ๐—†๐–บ๐—‹๐— ๐–ฒ๐—‰๐–พ๐–บ๐—„๐–พ๐—‹
๐–ต๐–บ๐—‹๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—Œ ๐—‹๐–บ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—ˆ ๐—‰๐—…๐–บ๐—’๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œ .

๐Ÿ“ท (to r) Engineer John Day, Bella, and presenters Johnny Lewis, Kevin Turner and Chris Pearson. The rest of the broadcast team will be rocking up at the Ross tomorrow

New on SoundCloud:
14/04/2025

New on SoundCloud:

Radio Jingles Online.com is the BIGGEST jingle archive online (Est. 2001). Radio Jingles Online.com on Soundcloud features a massive selection of classic Radio Jingles from the 1950s to the present

Thanks to Joanna Styran for this great photo with her car in Quennevais Parade back in the late 80โ€™s. You can see our 97...
07/02/2025

Thanks to Joanna Styran for this great photo with her car in Quennevais Parade back in the late 80โ€™s. You can see our 97.7 FM sticker on the rear window!

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Celebrating over 30 years of the regionโ€™s no 1 music station

Contact 94 broadcast on the FM band to Normandy and the Channel Islands between 5th September 1988 and 29th November 1991. At that time there was no commercial radio in the Channel Islands, only local BBC radio. BBC Radio 1 was a poor medium wave signal. Satellite radio was in itโ€™s infancy, we only had Radio Luxembourg and Radio Caroline. 30 years later in September 2018, we celebrated for 18 months with a brand new internet station - Contact Classic Hits! Keep tuned to our pages, apps and website for any future announcements. The Contact 94 Museum remains open for all your Contact memories.