Het was in de zomer van 1978 dat in Noordwijkerhout de conventie Zeezenders 20 werd georganiseerd door Music Radio Promotions, met ondersteuning van onder meer Jean Luc Bostyn, Frans Schuurbiers, Hans van Dijk, Ton van Draanen en Hans Knot. Beide laatst genoemden werkten al een tijdje samen binnen de redactie van het blad Freeway. Ze … Read more
Op 7 januari 2025 kwam Hans Prakke in Zwolle te overlijden. Bij Radio Noordzee was hij in de begin jaren zeventig aan boord van het zendschip verantwoordelijk voor de ‘verslaggeving’ van de Tour de France. Echter verslaggeving zou hij enkele jaren later en dan gedurende lange tijd doen, samen met onder meer Heinze Bakker en … Read more
Chris and Mary Payne writing: Our bumper site update for December 2024 includes:Full details of many radio programmes celebrating not only Lil’s Big 60, but the 80th anniversary of Kenny Everett’s birthday, December 25th. Earlier this year, Bob Le-Roi was forced to abandon his Red Sands Radio website, after suffering a cyber attack, but Radio London came to the rescue. … Read more
Dear FRS-Holland Friend, We are counting down to our on air Seasonal festivities.On December 22nd (and 25th!) FRS-Holland will radiate the spirit of the December Holiday Season on shortwave. And we look forward having your company!For all details please visit our website: frsholland.nl/holiday-season-broadcast/ The latest ‘FRS Newsletter’ edition can be downloaded: go to frsholland.nl –> … Read more
Für zahlreiche Kurzwellenfans in den Achtzigern war diese Station ein Teil ihrer Jugend. Für manche war sie sogar ein kleiner Fußabdruck auf dem Weg zum privaten Rundfunk in Deutschland. Und freilich nicht ganz vergessen ist auch die einstige leichte Egozentrik des “Chef-DJs”, die aber wohl mit ein notwendiges Schwungrad für das ehrgeizige und mittlerweile legendäre … Read more
From the Felixstowe and Offshore Radio Facebook page: More sad news to report, with news of the passing of Radio Caroline Flashback presenter Bill Rollins at the beginning of October 2014. Beginning his offshore radio career on Tower Radio & TV on Sunk Head Fort in 1965, he later worked for East Anglian Productions, and … Read more
This message by Edwin Bollier, owner of the MEBO Ltd in Zürich/Switzerland was broadcasted by several Dutch Radio Stations on 31st August 2024.: It’s amazing that 50 YEARS after the shutdown, so many people are still interested in Radio Noordzee International. It was probably the most exciting and adventurous time of my life. If you … Read more
Herbert Visser writing on his Facebook page: This picture was taken last week by Veronica DJ Wouter vd Goes, who is also a light aircraft pilot. It shows our radio building De Hofstede in Naarden in all its glory. Today is the very last day that all radio stations will be broadcasting from this building. … Read more
Carl Kingston and I were but schoolboys when we first met, largely thanks to Radio 270. We both shared two great loves – music and radio and we both had – ‘The Admiral’ Robbie Dale as our original DJ hero. As Carl told the Caroline audience during his last show on 7th September, I repaired … Read more
From the Radio Caroline Facebook page: 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝟖𝟎𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 We go back to the 80s on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September when we celebrate Radio Caroline’s return to the airwaves from our new radio ship Ross Revenge in August 83. Join us for a live … Read more