Jeff: From 1952-1964, the U.S. Information Agency operated a Voice of America station from on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ‘Courier’, anchored off the island of Rhodes, Greece. It was equipped with a 35 kW shortwave transmitter and a 150 kW medium wave transmitter – the most powerful that has ever been installed on … Read more
Jeff: Over the last two weeks, Ray Robinson has covered the radio broadcasting history of Ireland on both medium wave and shortwave. Today he looks at the longwave story, which began in the mid-1980’s. Here’s Ray. Ray: Thanks, Jeff. For those who were of Irish extraction living in Great Britain during the early 1980’s, it … Read more
Ik neem je weer mee naar lang geleden en wel 55 jaar terug in de tijd. In het weekend van 20 januari 1971 vierde het IKOR, de stichting tot het behartigen van het interkerkelijk overleg in radio-aangelegenheden, daarbij uitgaande van de voormalige oecumenische raad van kerken in Nederland, haar 25-jarig bestaan in Hilversum en wel … Read more
Let me take you back to 1970: Thumb suckers have always been around It was Thursday, 22 January 1970, when the former Dutch coaster Silvretta, renamed MEBO II, left the port of Slikkerveer for Rotterdam, where it was to be cleared for departure to international waters. The ship was destined to house the newest floating … Read more
Jeff: Last week, Ray Robinson began a two-part look at the history of radio broadcasting in the northern European country of Sweden. So here to continue once again is Ray from Los Angeles. Ray: Thanks, Jeff. You may remember that back in November in our short series on the history of radio jingles, I mentioned … Read more
Alan Beech G1BXG Jeff: Last week we began an item on the history of the 648 kHz mediumwave channel in the UK, which has been researched and written up by Radio Caroline chief engineer Alan Beech. Today we continue with Ray reading Alan’s article, which was published in both the BBC engineering journal ‘Signal’, and … Read more
Alan Beech G1BXG Jeff: You may know that the medium wave channel of 648 kHz in the UK was allocated in 2017 by OFCOM, the British equivalent of the FCC, to the former offshore broadcaster Radio Caroline. Alan Beech, chief engineer for Radio Caroline, researched the fascinating and often contradictory history of the frequency, and … Read more
Dit keer terug naar onder meer 1968. In die tijd hoorde je als noordeling wel eens anderen praatten over het uitgaansleven in Amsterdam. Zo schreef ik tijden geleden over de opening van Paradiso, het uitgaanscentrum voor de jeugd, dat in 1968 officieel werd geopend. Rob Olthof woonde in 1968 in Amsterdam en nam ons eerder … Read more
Jeff: Two weeks ago here in Wavescan, Ray took us on a trip down memory lane with a listen to some early sung radio commercials and radio jingles. One of the most successful jingle production companies was PAMS in Dallas. PAMS was closely associated with Gordon McLendon’s KLIF 1190 in Dallas, which was one of … Read more
Jeff: Many of us grew up listening to radio and have done so all our lives. During that time, we’ve probably heard thousands of radio jingles, but we don’t often think much about how they developed. So we thought we’d investigate, and as a result, this week we’re starting a new two-part series on the … Read more