A retrospective view

It all began in the late autumn of 1996 with Martin van der Ven’s “Offshore Radio Links” page, which was gradually extended into an complete website with countless photos, articles and sound files under the name “Offshore Radio Guide”.  Hans Knot soon got his own website, and the German-Caroline site, the Broadcasting Fleet, the German-language … Read more

Roger Kent’s RNI Memories

Tender Journeys Trips from Scheveningen to the MEBO II. Not always in the Trip Tender! Memories of journeys in rough seas, on a little tugboat with a small central wheelhouse. Huge waves crashing over the boat and arriving at the Mebo II with the 2 boats bobbing up and down side by side. Getting on … Read more

Ben Meijering: The RNI photo album of Pieter Damave

Recently I digitised a number of color slides and prints of B&W photo’s of Pieter Damave. Pieter Damave worked as Chief Engineer in the Hofstede “Oud Bussum” early seventies, when Radio Northsea International landstudio’s were based at that location. This album contains the pictures, that Pieter made at his worklocation and during visits to the … Read more

Das Interview

[Scoll down for the English-language text.] Über Ostern 1999 wurde der seit längerem heimlich geplante Seesender Offshore 98 endlich Realität. Es erwies sich als ein spektakuläres Free-Radio-Projekt. Ein ganzes Wochenende lang sendete man von einem Schiff vor der niederländischen Nordseeküste. Im Sommer 1999 bat Martin van der Ven Frank Leonhardt von der Offshore-98-Crew, einige Fragen … Read more

S.S. Catalina

KBIG AM 740: The Floating Radio Station on the S.S. Catalina Introduction KBIG AM 740 began broadcasting around June 1952 and became a notable station in Southern California’s radio history, particularly due to its broadcasts from the S.S. Catalina in the early 1950s. The station aired its programs while en route to the port of … Read more

Veronica in de publiciteit in 1964

Al in januari 1964, dus in het vroegtijdig stadium van voorbereiding van het REM radio- en televisieproject, werd er al personeel gerekruteerd om de organisatie verder in te vullen. Eén van de mensen, die vroegtijdig werd aangenomen, had al drie jaar ervaring opgedaan op het gebied van de reclameverkoop bij Radio Veronica. In ‘het Parool’ … Read more

Radio tegen Castro en meer

Het volgende artikel neemt je mee terug naar een flink aantal decennia geleden, ja zelfs veel langer dan een halve eeuw. Ik heb het over de tijd dat Fidel Castro al lang de belangrijkste man van het communistische Cuba was. Hij was in de eind jaren vijftig van de vorige eeuw, door de val van … Read more

The booty comes back

Following the raid on the radioship Ross Revenge by the OCD and other Dutch authorities in August 1989, all seized items were stored at Domeinen Roerende Zaken in Bleiswijk which is near Rotterdam.  Years later, negotiations took place involving Peter Moore from Caroline, Martin Raumer from the OCD, who commanded the raid, and mediator Herbert … Read more

A remarkable visit

The generation over 60 is one that is especially spoilt for radio listening and each person has one or more favourite radio stations. Dick Offringa has a great love for Radio Luxembourg’s broadcasts and has especially listened intensely to the English service and visited the studio in Luxembourg no less than five times over the … Read more