Israeli Offshore Radio Abe Nathan – 40 years for Peace Abe Nathan wanted to anchor the Peace Ship off the coast of Northern Ireland Ed Simeone: The Voice of Peace in March 1973 Documentary ‘The Voice of Peace – The Dream of Abie Nathan’Documentaire ‘The Voice of Peace – Der Traum des Abie Nathan’ … Read more
Een drijvende media- en communicatiecentrale gedurende het atoomtijdperk English version – Deutschsprachige Version Able Day (Test Able) was de eerste van twee kernwapentests in het kader van Operation Crossroads, die op 1 juli 1946 (lokale tijd) door de Verenigde Staten werden uitgevoerd op het afgelegen Bikini-atol. Een door een B-29 afgeworpen bom (“Gilda”) ontplofte op een … Read more
Het jaar 1925 was zowel voor de VARA als de KRO het geboortejaar van nieuwe omroepen. Beiden maakten in dat jaar in de maand november een start. Decennia geleden legde is vast wat er tijdens het 40-jarig bestaan van de KRO zoal werd gevierd. Op 27 november 1965 was het wel een zeer bijzondere televisie … Read more
New item on our website: Offshore Radio Replay New articles on our website: Icebreaker at Another Address – Three Months on Radio Brod IJsbreker op een ander adres – Drie maanden op Radio Brod Nigel Harris – Radio Caroline’s Rock in the Storm Dagboek herinneringen aan 1979 The Jacobs Diary: Memories of 1979 … 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
Rhodesia On 19 April 1966 the first reports appeared concerning a plan by the British government in which it considered launching a major propaganda offensive against the Rhodesian government of Ian Smith, as diplomatic measures against Smith’s apartheid policies had had no effect. The use of radio ships was contemplated because the British radio station … Read more
Jeff: The “Radio Station of the German Freedom Party” was the first European offshore radio station, and the only one which primarily targeted a German audience. Remarkably, it served a political purpose – resistance against the Nazi regime. It was programmed by German journalists living in exile, supported by Dutch, British, and French collaborators in … Read more