The offshore radio ships | Aegir | Aegir II = Martina | Apache | Aurora | Awatea | Bon Jour = Magda Maria = Mi Amigo | Borkumriff | Boys’ Own | Calypso | Caroline (Fredericia) | City of Panama | Chatham and others | Cheeta | Cheeta II | Columbus | Comet | Communicator | Courier | … Read more
Gold AM and Referendum Radio In the late 1980s and again in the 1990s, the ship Kowloon, previously known as Shanghai Moon, was at the centre of two offshore broadcasting projects that ultimately never reached the airwaves. The vessel was first prepared for the commercial station Gold AM and later considered for a political broadcaster … Read more
Music Man 279: The Long Wave Dream That Never Was At the turn of the millennium, when most observers believed the age of offshore radio had long since passed into history, an ambitious project emerged that seemed to echo the spirit of the great pirate stations of the 1960s. The proposed station Music Man 279 … Read more
Radio, de Jacob Ruppert en admiraal Byrds tweede Antarctische expeditie Toen admiraal Richard E. Byrd begon aan zijn tweede Antarctische expeditie (1933–1935), keerde hij niet louter terug naar het zuidelijkste continent om de geografische ontdekkingen van zijn eerste onderneming uit te breiden. Ditmaal zou Antarctica zelf spreken — regelmatig, hoorbaar en live — tot de … Read more
Radio, die Jacob Ruppert und Admiral Byrds zweite Antarktis-Expedition Als Admiral Richard E. Byrd zu seiner zweiten Antarktis-Expedition (1933–1935) aufbrach, kehrte er nicht lediglich auf den südlichsten Kontinent zurück, um die geografischen Entdeckungen seiner ersten Unternehmung zu erweitern. Dieses Mal sollte die Antarktis selbst sprechen – regelmäßig, hörbar und live – zur Außenwelt. Das Radio … Read more
Radio, the Jacob Ruppert, and Admiral Byrd’s Second Antarctic Expedition When Admiral Richard E. Byrd set out on his Second Antarctic Expedition (1933–1935), he was not merely returning to the southernmost continent to extend the geographical discoveries of his first venture. This time, Antarctica itself would speak—regularly, audibly, and live—to the outside world. Radio transformed … 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
🛟 𝔻ℝ𝕐 𝔻𝕆ℂ𝕂 𝕌ℙ𝔻𝔸𝕋𝔼 🛟𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘: 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗨𝗟𝗟! Ross Revenge is heading home! The former Grimsby trawler will now be moved to Hull for critical dry-docking and repairs after a weight issue scuppered plans to do the work in LowestoftThe move to the MMS Shipyard in Hull will be a partnership … 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