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In the history of offshore broadcasting there are many well-known stories—but also a number of lesser-known adventures that deserve to be remembered. One such episode is Radio Europa 80, a remarkable attempt by a group of Dutch radio enthusiasts to combine a legal Italian station with plans for a new offshore broadcaster for the Netherlands … Read more

From Herring Lugger to Radio Ship Few vessels connected with offshore radio have had a life as varied—or as long—as the MV Morgenster. Built as a humble North Sea fishing boat in the final year of the First World War, she later became involved—directly and indirectly—in two unusual broadcasting ventures. Decades later, after a major … 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