New item on our website: Offshore Radio Replay New articles on our website: Radio Europa 80: An Offshore Dream on Dry Land The Remarkable Career of the MV Morgenster The story of the ship Kowloon The trawler “Grampian Princess” Roger ‘Twiggy’ Day: My happiest time in radio World Radio Day op 13 februari … Read more
𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗠𝗖𝗔 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗥𝗬 𝗗𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗢𝗥𝗘 Since 2014 we have been happy with our isolation on the Blackwater Estuary, but now that repairs to Ross Revenge are needed and are indeed unavoidable, we have to enter the minefield of marine regulation and authority.Years ago we just put a rope on … Read more
Vanaf zaterdag 7 februari 2026 is Johan Visser elke zaterdag en zondag te horen op Mi Amigo Radio. Tussen 17.00 en 18.00 uur presenteert hij zijn vertrouwde programma Stuurboord. Stuurboord is een begrip onder de echte zeezenderfans. Johan presenteerde het programma eind jaren ’70 live vanaf ons zendschip. Johan Visser: “Stuurboord was destijds bewust bedoeld … Read more
The offshore radio project that never made it to air The sinking of the Mi Amigo on 20 March 1980 marked a dramatic low point in the long and turbulent history of Radio Caroline. Yet, as so often in offshore radio history, the loss of one ship immediately sparked new ambitions. Within weeks, a small … Read more
A Floating Media and Communications Centre in the Atomic Age Nederlandstalige versie – Deutschsprachige Version Able Day (Test Able) was the first of two nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States as part of Operation Crossroads on 1 July 1946 (local time) at the remote Bikini Atoll. A B-29 bomber dropped a bomb (“Gilda”) … Read more
March 1970 marked a brief but symbolically powerful chapter in the history of offshore broadcasting, when a small group of Canadian supporters helped beam uncensored news to Greece from international waters. Canadians for a Free Greece was a political advocacy group active in the late 1960s and early 1970s that campaigned against the military junta … Read more
Eine schwimmende Medien- und Nachrichtenzentrale im Atomzeitalter English version – Nederlandstalige versie Der Able-Tag (Test Able) war der erste von zwei Kernwaffentests im Rahmen der Operation Crossroads, die am 1. Juli 1946 (Lokalzeit) von den USA auf dem entlegenen Bikini-Atoll durchgeführt wurde. Eine B-29-Bombe (“Gilda”) detonierte in ca. 158 Metern Höhe mit einer Sprengkraft … Read more
Radio Rag from the Carmen Taken together, the history of offshore radio amounts to well over one hundred failed projects. On this occasion I would like to mention a few that were written about during the 1960s. One of these projects was said to involve “Leeds University”, although the name “Radio Rag” was also used. … Read more
Shortwave Broadcasts from Warships in the Global War on Terror In the early years of the twenty-first century, shortwave radio—long considered a declining medium—regained strategic importance in the context of the Iraq War in early 2003. This was also evident in 2004 and 2005 during the so-called “Global War on Terror.” One of the more … Read more
Mary Payne reporting: This is to let you know that Oldies Project is presenting one final run of our Big L charts, from 1965 to 1967. By popular demand and with thanks to Ron and Jelle, the Big L Fab Forty returns on Sundays, 1100 GMT recommencing Sunday January 25th. https://www.radiolondon.co.uk/rl/scrap60/fabforty/index.html For the benefit of those unable to … Read more