Hans
Knot's International Radio Report - November 2006
A
warm welcome to this issue of the Knot International Radio Report. It
was wonderful to see some 350 visitors to the Annual
Radio Day organised by
Martin van der Ven, Rob Olthof and yours truly. Some 50 more other
people, who have been working on radio stations in international waters
were there. Also a lot of former deejays and technicians from the Voice
of Peace came from several countries like Ireland, England, Holland,
Israel, Cyprus and more. Some of them hadn’t seen each other for more
than 25 years! That counted for me too. I had great joy by meeting John
Dwyer again. Last time I saw him was 1985 and it was just like we met
yesterday! Thanks for the lovely t shirt and the recordings John, most
appreciated. Hope it won’t be such a long period we will be meeting
again. Johnny is living in Spain and still active within the radio
industry. Gill Katzir brought me back a letter I sent to Abe Nathan a
long time ago, which brought up really some emotions. Also all the nice
words given by the people who attended the reunion were too much. Thanks
to Johnny Lewis and Bob Noakes for doing interviews for the reunion and
of course to all other people on stage doing either interviews or
answering the questions. You all did a very good job.
It was also very good to meet some of the guys who I never had met
before. Compared to the earlier radio reunion you could see that this
was one happy family together. On
www.offshore-radio.de 72 photos of the reunion and the radio day are
published. Also the soundtracks from the interviews can be downloaded
there. Next year we plan the Radio Day on November 10th 2007 in
Amsterdam. We have some ideas to fill the program with ’40 Years after
the MOA’, which would be fine to have three of the former Caroline
International guys at the stage. Also we have an idea about another
reunion which we have to work out soon. AJ Beirens, the presenter of RNI
Goes DX was not able to come due to hospitalization. Hope your condition
is a bit better AJ and we hope to have you on the program next year!
Also the book about the Voice of Peace was presented and later in the
report you can see how to order this 252 page thick book, which includes
a photo cd with hundreds of unique Voice of Peace photographs.
We had a massive response after the day by e mail from which some we
will publish and the first one comes from Israel: Dear Hans and Martin,
on behalf of me and my friends I would like to thank you for the
wonderful day, We were very pleased of the opportunity to meet old
friends and to remember the old good radio days. I hope we will be able
to meet again on happy occasions. Thanks Again,
Avi Bar.’
Arbel Ashet was on the
Radio Day to shot material for a documentary on Israeli TV: ‘I really
enjoyed this day, it was very entertaining and emotional at the same
time. thanks again, Arbel.’
Next one comes from Ray: ‘Just a note of thanks for all your efforts at
setting up a thoroughly enjoyable Radio Day last Saturday. I travelled
with Steve Silby and Chris Sully and we all spent a very pleasant day in
your care. It was so good it has prompted us to talk about next years
event. Can I suggest the core subject of Irish Radio Broadcasting? You
could call it 'Pirates and Super Pirates', a reflection on Irish radio
from the 70s to the 90s. I'll leave it with you. Thanks again,
Ray Sarsfield.’
Thanks Ray we have already a rough schedule for the planning of next
year and will keep your proposal in thought if not next year than in
2008.
Kas Collins wrote:
‘Thanks for all the organising of the reunion, it was a Top Day!’
Dear Hans, many thanks for the download, it made for some very
interesting memories, many thanks! Also had a chance to listen to some
of the MP3's of the event on Martin’s site, some very interesting
discussions and memories. I'm sorry that I couldn't have been there,
with work and other commitments I was unable to do so, it would have
been nice to catch up with some old friends and also to make some new
ones too. It's a credit to you and the organizers of the event that the
event was such a great success. And it was good also that all sides of
the Voice Of Peace throughout it's lifetime were represented too. Best
Wishes Steve Marshall.’
Next to the interviews with former VOP deejays the reunion had another
very interesting part, which was a slide show presented very well by
Robbie Owen. Well done!
He too wrote an e-mail we selected: ‘Just a short note to express my
appreciation of your hard work organising this year's radio day. I
enjoyed it immensely and it was wonderful to be reunited with so many
colleagues. My big project for next year is to work on digitising my
archive of slides, film and recordings! Thanks once again for a great
day!’ Well Rob we hope to see you again with more material and nice
memories too!
Then from Finland the next one: ‘Dear Hans, Firstly thank you for
keeping those of us who did not attend Radio Day 2006 in the loop and
also keeping us all informed with the Knot reports. I did try very hard
to make Radio Days this year to meet you. I also did attempt to put pen
to paper for the VOP book, but life is complicated and does have a way
of getting in the way. I have resolved to try harder and make next years
Radio Day. I understand from listening to the audio of this years event
that next years will be on the 10th November? I will start clearing the
time and see if it is possible for next year. I have also flipped
through the available chapters of the VOP book which looks great. I am
disappointed with myself that I did not contribute to it as I was for
all intensive purposes the last DJ and also the one that pulled the plug
in more than one sense of the word. Keep up the good work Hans.
Mathew French.’
Yes, correctly – you did hear it well it’s November 10th 2007 when we
get together again. Then from
Guy Starkey: ‘Thank you both Martin and Hans for the invitation
and for organising such a fantastic event! It was great to meet some old
friends again and make so many new ones. Best wishes, Guy.’
Keith York wrote: ‘Thanks
for inviting me, I thoroughly enjoyed the day. I am in Luxembourg at the
moment and will write more when I get home. Thanks again, Keith York.’
Next is Noam Tal from
Israel writing: ‘Hi Martin and Hans. First of all I want to thank you
and Rob for the Radio Day. I enjoyed it very much, and also learned a
lot. I returned to Israel on Friday morning, but before I had a big
surprise in Den Haag. I went to an electronic store in order to buy an
electric component. The guy in the store asked me about the time I spent
in Holland and I told him I came for a meeting. He asked if it was a
professional and I said "no its about Radio". Then he asked if it was
the VOP meeting in Amsterdam. I was very surprise he knew about it at
all. Then he told me that he too was on the Peace Ship in the beginning
of the 70's and that he also met Abie. Any way its just a story to show
haw small the world is. Yesterday I met Abie and told him all about the
Radio Day and gave him the book. It made him happy. I think that these
things help him to cope with his illness. Next week we hope to organize
a small meeting with Abie and the Israeli DJ's. I'll send you pictures
and report for Hans.’
Well what a coincidence meeting a stranger in a shop who’s also worked
on the Peace Ship! In the meantime Noam has more about an item which was
on Israeli TV News on Tuesday November 8th about the VOP Reunion: ‘I
have the recording of the Israeli TV in AVI format. It was about 4
minutes and 30 seconds and was beautiful. I'll add translation to
English in the parts that there is Hebrew and send it to you and Hans.
Again I want to thank you all for the great job you did. It was ‘Mooie’
(the only Dutch word I know...), and I'm glad I could come and see you
and all the people that for years I only knew their voices from the VOP.
Noam Tal.
Thanks all for the e mails relating the reunion and of course next we
also have to thank our friends are various radio sites for plugging our
radio day as well a big thank you for the guys at Radio London who gave
it several plugs in their programs too!
Maybe
it’s a thought for them to come over next year for some interviews and
presentations.
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VOICE OF PEACE MEMORIES AND ABIE NATHAN’S WORK
HANS KNOT (Editor)
During the past year a lot of work has been down to research not only
the history of the Voice of Peace but also the various humanitarian jobs
Abe Nathan has done through the past 4 decades. With assistance from
people next to Abe, deejays and staff of the station in the past, Hans
Knot has succeeded in writing a 250 pages book. In the book are many
exclusive photographs, but as there were hundreds of photos sent in by
many people, a ‘photo cd’ will be included. The book, which will be
officially presented at the Annual Radio Day in Amsterdam on November
2006. The book can now be ordered from the publisher. The price for
people in the Netherlands will be 30 Euro, including postage and
packing. For people outside the Netherlands the price will be 33 Euro or
25 British Pounds. You can sent in your money by sending it in an
envelope to SMC, PO Box 53121 1007 RC Amsterdam. Also you can pay your
money to Giro account 4065700 on the name of Mediacommunicatie
Amsterdam. Don’t forget to mention IBAN number: NL 37 PSTB 0004 0657 00
BIC: PSTBNL21 . This to avoid high costs.
Well as reader of the Knot Radio Report, which is possible for already 7
years for free, I hope you spent some money to buy this mentioned book!
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We go back to Caroline around mid 1967 and an internet site from last
issue:
‘Hi Hans. Thanks for the link about
Ray Cooper to my web
site. Unfortunately it's broken. I have copied and pasted the correct
link as opened by a visitor. It is very difficult to spot any difference
if at all. Maybe something to do with the character set. I think I spot
it then it vanishes. Sheridon
Street.’
www.hs0zee.com/HS0ZEE/Caroline%20South/Who%20is%20this/Who%20are%20they.htm
In our last issue I showed a part of a comic strip which was once
published in the Dutch Caroline Bulletin. I also asked for other comic
strips about radio to be sent to me.
Look Boden, former Radio
Dolfijn and Radio 227 deejay came with a strip which has been in the
Algemeen Dagblad, one of the bigger newspapers in Holland. It’s almost
40 years of age in which Father Christmas has been with the little
children and ‘son’ Basje tells him to come back later as he is at the
moment listening to Radio Dolfijn.
What about a nick name?
On Delmare Astrid de Jager got the nickname Astrid ‘Ster disk jockey’ De
Jager (Star Deejay). By listening to her you could set the stopwatch how
long it would last before you fell asleep!
On the long list with female
deejays, which can be found on
www.hansknot.com
really at the end under the long list of old reports, we can add Mieke
van Veen, who did a one time program on Radio Veronica.
In our last issue we had an e mail from Luc in Belgium in which he
mentioned an internet site where Otis Redding could be seen together
with a short appearance of the
Emperor Rosko. Luc mentioned that it was probably recorded in the
Olympia Theatre in Paris. Of course the Emperor watched the video and
wrote: ‘If that would have been in Paris I would have done it in French!
It must have been London or some place in the UK! I was so good lucking
back then, sigh, now I am just scholarly!’ By the way it was very nice
to see Luc de Groot back at the Radio Day and having a chat with him. We
wrote together
in
the Baffle Magazine in the seventies and later in Freewave but had not
seen each other since 1978!
Nick Barnes has recorded a new cd which is produced by Tommy Mandel,
known from the Bryan Adams Band and the Dire Straits. CD is called
Blacktop Road and is featuring some fine songs. Maybe some numbers could
have a change to get a regular plug on Radio Caroline? More info on
www.nickbarnes.co.uk
In the sixties and seventies an avid listener to the Offshore Radio
stations was a British lady called ‘Mary
Warner’. Her name was mentioned a lot on several radio stations
and nobody knew who she really was until a letter was sent including a
photograph of the lady. It was sent out to RNI, the International
Service and went as follows: ‘Thought you might like to know how pleased
I am you are going to be on the 3-6 PM show for a while. Seems such a
long time since we had the pleasure of having you doing a daytime slot.
Listening to Steven Ladd this morning I had the feeling that he will
become a hit with all the housewives if he is allowed to stay on the
morning show while Andy is off. He has the gift of the gab, so to speak,
flattery will get him everywhere. I can’t begin to tell you how
delighted I was to hear Andy announce that he decided to stay after all.
I gather from all your tributes to him that he gets on reasonably well
with all of you. I have farewell program as well as all your tributes on
tape, but they all seem rather senseless now .’ And the letter went on
some more pages and in the end Mary decided to enclose a photograph of
herself. Can’t find out who made the remarks at the top of the letter,
must have been some in the staff of the station, who wrote the line:
‘Feast your eyes on the dreaded Mary Warner, but make sure you are
insured first.’
I
think 36 years after writing this, the person involved has to be
punished by never be on the radio again. Also elderly listeners were
listeners to be proud of.
Great Lady Mary Warner (Carl Mitchell Archive)
Martin van der Valk wrote he has some cartoons to share. The one we
publish is originally from the Algemeen Dagblad in which minister Van
Doorn (Media) plays with the Veronica vessel until it sunk!
Also he sent a scan of a photo with a ‘MAN’ number plate and a greeting
from a 2nd engineer on board the mv Fredericia, mr. Daub. Martin had
asked for a number plate of the Isle as he was a ‘plate wanker’ in the
sixties. In those days the used either MAN or MN next to the numbers and
always GBM (Great Britain Man). Still after almost 4 decades the
memories are visible as you can see.
Mike Brand reports from
Israel: ‘Hi All, I thought you would like to know that as of this Friday
(November 3rd) , the Israeli radio station Radius, will be having a
regular programme every Friday at 16.00 local Israel time ( 14.00 UK
time), repeated at 12.00 on Saturday’s (10.00 UK time) dedicated to the
Voice of Peace. Radius broadcasts on 100FM in the Tel Aviv and central
part of Israel, and I don’t have to tell you the meaning of their
frequency. The Programme will be called “Voice of Peace” and will be
hosted by a former VOP DJ called Jimmy Johnson. It will include music
and jingles and much more. You can Radius through the Internet at
www.100fm.co.il
One of the many other ‘Mike readers’ wrote in: ‘Hi Hans. Many thanks for
the latest Offshore report...I always enjoy reading the latest news and
your work is much appreciated. I wonder if through your news page I
could put out a request. Like many offshore fans I enjoy collecting old
recordings from the Offshore stations but in addition I also like to
collect recordings from the same era of such stations as Radio
Luxembourg and ILR stations (Even Radio One!!....Don’t forget that Kenny
Everett and other Pirate DJs were on there during the 60s and 70s!)
Here’s the request. I wonder if any European listeners have any
recordings from the 60s and 70s of European Radio stations, for example
recordings of the French or Spanish Equivalent of Radio One or Capital
Radio. Put another way the Pop and Rock National Broadcasting stations
that kids in France, Spain, Italy would listen to during the 60s and
70s. I have a friend in Finland who has supplied me with recordings of
YLE Finland from the 60s and 70s. I’d love to know if there are
recordings from other Countries in Europe from the same period. I should
mention that any European or worldwide Radio recordings would be of
interest as long as they were from the 60s,70s and 80s. Again not so
much Offshore stations but more land based. I’m sure someone out there
in radio land must have some! I have plenty of material to trade so if
anyone can help please feel free to drop me an email. Thanks again Hans
Best, Mike Grant
Mike.grant1@tesco.net
Dwyer
again in this report. Last issue showed us a photo which was sent by an
English reader. The photo, which I didn’t know when it was sent to me,
wasn’t made by the sender but by a Dutch guy who visited the Ross
Revenge way back in 1985. More exciting occurred when he wrote that on
the trip he made to the radio ship I was also on the same trip. I made
several trips to radio ships but to the Ross Revenge only twice, so
that’s really coincidence. The same day the Dutch guy Fred Kooreman made
the photo from John Dwyer, John made on of Fred in the Caroline studio.
And Fred was seen to on the Radio Day too!
Fred Kooreman (Photo John Dwyer)
More photos and this one comes from a certain guy in California who
reflects first when a new report is out. He writes as quick as he spoke
to us on the radio, way back in the sixties. He still knows how to do
it: ‘Hans if I don't do my own promotion nobody will!
Thanks
for keeping the Jolly Roger flying. I hope to have more exciting news
from the colonies next month, Check out Derek Chinnery circa 1967 with
me in Paris. Pretending to work ! Sam the man Bernet also present on the
next photo. EMP (Emperor Rosko).
(Photo Archive Emperor Rosko)
Mark Aston sent also cartoons to
Hknot@home.nl and wrote: ‘A couple of cartoons for you, both drawn
by the Daily Mirror cartoonist Keith Waite. The first refers to the MOA
clause about advertising on Caroline, the second is much later around
1975 during the British-Icelandic "Cod Wars". Mark Aston. Thanks Mark,
hope you don’t mind we publish the pirate one only.
What a response to two simple photos from a football match, which I
published a couple of issues ago. Here’s another one from Andy C, also
known as Martin Kayne:
‘Hi Hans, I had intended to respond with details for the of the Caroline
North involvement in the charity football match during the time the
Marine Offences Act had taken effect in Britain and had yet to be
extended to the Isle of Man. However I can't improve on John's
description of the event contained in your last report. This event
clearly had some political significance as at the time as Caroline South
had been outlawed by the UK government a few days earlier, while DJs
from the North Ship were playing football with others including our
arch-enemy the GPO on the IOM. It was a tribute to the Manx people and
their government (The House of Keys) who campaigned hard in effort to
keep Caroline North on air while an alternative solution could be
sought. Sadly they were unsuccessful on the political front. At Onchan
Stadium the Celebrity team, if I remember correctly also failed to win
the match, not exactly assisted by Caroline D.J. Mark Sloane, who while
clowning about, was caught running with the ball...the referee awarded a
penalty which ultimately resulted in a goal for the opposing team. The
Marine Offences Act in reality had nothing to do with stolen
frequencies, royalties or even alleged radio interference. The UK
government had lost much of its control of sound broadcasting and they
were determined to get it back.’
Thanks a lot Martin your tributes are always welcome! Then another
update at Bob LeRoi’s site: ‘Into autumn this months "Scrapbook" brings
a little sunshine with part 3 of the Radio Sovereign story. We're off to
Italy to see rare pictures, with chapter & verse from Radio Sovereign's
owner John Kenning
"One Subject One Link" has an interesting contribution all about the
cost of speech on Commercial ILR (is there any?) The A-Z of Pop & Rock
Music arrives at the letter (I) with more records & CD's to buy securely
on-line. Finally we've a review of the forthcoming book on the Voice of
Peace written & published by Hans Knot in Holland. We hope as always you
enjoy your visits.
www.bobleroi.co.uk
Thanks a lot for the review Bob, most appreciated. Another update is for
the Pirate Hall of Fame, who sent us the next message: ‘Hi, Just a quick
note to let you know that I have just updated The Pirate Radio Hall of
Fame. Among the new stuff this month: We mark the fortieth anniversary
of the close down of Swinging Radio England; and check out the new
incarnation of Radio England's Bill “Boss” Berry; We hear from Radio
390's Brian Cullingford. We look at two new books about offshore radio -
one brand new, one a welcome re-issue; and there is news of another
fortieth anniversary, this time of offshore events down under. Back next
month with some great photos taken on board Radio Caroline North.
www.offshoreradio.co.uk
Also a thanks to Jon at the Pirate Hall of Fame for making publicity for
my new book. Steve Baddard has three items for this report, starting
with an update of birds
on the radio. Hi Hans, Another great report. I’ve dug out some more info
on birds on Caroline. 1976: September - redwing on deck of Mi Amigo.
December - seagulls "at home" on Mi Amigo. 1984: August - pigeon on
Ross: named Rachel by Simon Barrett. 1985: March - seagull with broken
leg on Ross. May - two racing pigeons on Ross; id tag numbers read out
on air. 1986: May - Rodney the rabbit on board Ross according to Andy
Johnson (but may be a joke) June - racing pigeon on Ross; id tag no read
out. 1987: January - heron board Ross June - "plague" of pigeons on
board Ross. 1989: May - chaffinch on board Ross Revenge. October -
starling on board Ross. Of course, there were also the canaries Wilson I
and Wilson II on Mi Amigo.’
Thanks Steve. Well nice word in English ‘Race bird’ In Holland the name
is ‘postduif’ or post pigeon. Steve also had more on John Dwyer: ‘After
reading your latest report I can answer one question. David Thorpe asked
a question about John Dwyer. Well JD is still involved in radio as a
presenter on Sunshine 101 in Ibiza. The station is an English language
station that operates from San Antonio during the summer months. I had a
beer with him last Christmas and can confirm his passion for radio is
still strong. Also reading your report I saw a contribution from John
Thomas from Chester, please send my regards to JT, we met up again after
many years at a reunion at the start of October, let’s hope it is not
too long before we can have a good natter about the wireless once
again.’
And the third item was ‘pirate radio’: Hi again. Thought you and readers
might be interested in some facts I discovered on the history of the
term "pirate radio". A little while ago I posted this on the "Anorak
Nation" website and can be viewed at
www.anoraknation.com
scroll down to section headed: "what’s new in our knowledge base" and
click on origin of term pirate radio, regards, Steve. ‘
Reader Glenn Jarnold is an avid Laser 558 fan and he shows it in words
and a photo: ‘Hi Hans, Just a reminder that it was 21 years ago this
week (5th November) that one of the most significant chapters in
Offshore Broadcasting history ended. I am, of course, talking about
Laser 558. Doesn't it seem like yesterday? I'll never forget how the
transmission just stopped dead in the middle of the song 'Oh Sheila'
leaving just dead air with just a trace of some other station in the
background. Very ghostly indeed! I've still got that recording here
amongst my offshore audio collection and it never fails to leave a
shiver! Well they say all good things come to an end, but don't
necessarily get forgotten! Just a quick photo here of me with one or two
of my Laser souvenirs (yes including Tommy Rivers jacket!) Anyway,
excellent reports as usual, and I'm also enjoying your articles in
Offshore Echos Magazine now also. Take Care Glenn Arnold, UK.’
Thanks
Glenn and good to see you enjoy my Offshore Echos Articles in print too.
For more info on Offshore Echos look at:
http://www.offshoreechos.com
More and more stories researched and written by me (plug plug plug) can
be found on the Journal for Media and Music Culture Soundscapes:
www.soundscapes.info
Glenn and his Laser memories
I published a last year twice something about the people who wanted to
bring back Radio 390. Now the real truth behind just one person who was
dreaming all those months and thought he wanted to play part but was not
only hoaxing us but himself the most. It’s our reader John D. who has
followed the work of this ‘390 guy’ and has his story: ‘Greetings Hans,
first off all let me express how much I enjoy reading your pages with up
to date news! Now the reason I'm emailing you is because I've been doing
some research on Radio 390, the real offshore station, so it can be
added to a web blog and radio site in due course. On your page dated
September 2005 I noticed there was a posting from a guy called Paul
Francis? Well a few of us have had dealings with him, it is his real
name but he also uses John Vincent, claimed at one time that he lived in
Den Haag! And then moved to Spain! He also claimed to have come from
Australia. However, I did some checking, and there is a real guy John
Vincent who really does work on a radio station I think in Perth. He
uses many other names. The last site created, which he put on Anorak
Nation,(sadly is no more),could not get his name that he was using right
LOL. Just recently I recieved an email to inform me that a new webmaster
had taken over however a little birdy, that knows him personally said a
few days ago, he does not have a studio, he does not have any studio
equipment and has never worked on any radio station landbased or
offshore!. The silliest thing to do on Anorak Nation was show his site
one of many, showing a ship which he claimed he was being turned into an
offshore station, until he was caught out!, The ship promptly was
removed from the site. Next he put up 4 photos until again he was caught
out. Yes Hans it all happen on just before anorak nation migrated to
their new hosting. So far, I and several other friends have found about
100 odd websites across the web all designed by this poor lonely guy who
is in his 50s or 60s whom is totally obsessed by Radio 390. In reality
it does not exist as a station, more like a tribute site. Several of us
were asked to listen some time ago to 1386khz as 390 were doing tests on
medium wave! We heard absolutely nothing, he claimed to have recieved 36
replies regarding reception reports for a non existent radio station. So
Hans, it was decided to do a complete search and believe me we found the
amazing sites al slightly different but built by the same guy! And now
we have a list of all working sites, If he ever comes back on your news
page please warn all your readers about this guy, because he is very
good with chat and ethicising people to come work for Radio 390 but is
in no position to employ anyone as he's unemployed himself and is
receiving state benefit being disabled. Also there were his so called
sponsors?, I contacted one supplier called cartridge world who supplied
printer cartridges for printer of course! They thought it was highly
funny and said: We do not sponsor this fool! We've never heard of this
station and so one other firms whom he claims are sponsoring him want
words from him as they don’t mind a web link that directs people to
there site but do object strongly at this guy making out that these
firms are giving there support to a non excitant project. All best
Greetings John D.’
Well John it’s just like in the sixties, seventies and eighties. Always
there have been dreamers. Lucky for me there were so many that I could
write 220 pages in a book about Dreamers and Thumb suckers, which was
released in the early nineties of last century.
Eddie Austin wants to
share: ‘Greetings, I must confess I don’t know who wrote it but I
thought you’d like to see this article which is on the internet’s
encyclopedia site. Whilst it’s not 100% accurate it’s still interesting
to read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune_Radio As always, your mail and
excellent reports are always gratefully received. Please keep up the
superb work
With kindest best wishes from Malaysia, Eddie.’
Some nicknames again.
First I heard a tape with Caroline jingles, commercials and other bits
and pieces from the eighties and among there was a jingle with a
nickname for Johnny ‘Honkey Devil’ Lewis. I’m interested to know if it
is ever heard or used on the radio. Then two for one person, who worked
on the Voice of Peace: Bill Sheldrake ‘the man with the love plane on
the Voice of Peace’ and Bill ‘The man with the musical plane’ Sheldrake.
And now a hot question and hope a lot of the old jocks will reflect!
'Vixen 87',the self funded voluntary community radio station in Market
Weighton, near York (UK), is broadcasting a 'Pirate Radio Day' on the
26th of
November from 9am to 3pm UK time, locally on 87.9fm and streamed
worldwide on the net at
www.vixen87.co.uk There will be lots of old pirate radio clips,
jingles, music and memories along with an interview with Keith Skues.
Vixen87 would like to broadcast messages of support from as many old
Pirate Radio DJ's as possible. Please send these in mp3 format by e.mail
to stevejessney@yahoo.com
Nickname time again: ‘I was listening to a Larry Dean show from Radio
England today, and he referred to Ron O'Quinn as "that thing" Ron
O'Quinn.
Does this qualify as a nickname? Regards, Stuart Aiken
Another email, this time from people at Radio Phoenix: ‘Hi folks, this
is to let you know that we have a new website and a radio station at
present under test but fully live in a very short while. The Phoenix
website will be on most search engines with the next few weeks as it was
submitted today!, the url for the site is:
www.phoenix-am.nl
Our over night service will consist of Radio Hauraki from New Zealand,
the former 1960s offshore station now perfectly legal!’
Thanks guys and success although I wonder if the overnight relay is
perfect legal!
Try this link from the Emperor Rosko blog
http://emperorrosko.wetpaint.com/page/Rosko+Remembers/revision/17
To Belgium next an a short message from former Radio Caroline North
newsreader and presenter David
Williams: ‘Hi Hans, I haven't heard from you for a long time,
having spent some months in hospital this year - and also I have changed
my address. I look forward to hearing your news once more.’
I think all readers wishing you a good health for the future. I’ve
changed the address in my e mail list and which counts for everybody:
old reports can be read at
www.hansknot.com
An e mail in the Swedish language was received from Roy: ‘Bilder av
St. Paul liggande i
Danmark under skrotning, Latest pic's of St. Paul at the scrappyard in
Fredrikshavn, Denmark.’ This means that pictures are now on internet
where you can see that the former radioship St Paul is scrapped in
Denmark.
www.radio603.info.se and scroll to link St Paul
Well think this is all for the Knot Report and the month of November.
Hope to receive more from you the reader, like memories, pictures and
other goodies at Hknot@home.nl
Greetings
Hans
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