Hans
Knot's International Radio Report - September 2006 (2)
First
of all in this issue we go to Mexico and former Caroline technician
Clive Warner, who
recently got – via a reader of the Knot International Report, some vital
parts for his equipment: ‘Dear Hans, I've attached a photo of my 'old
lady' which I'm restoring. It's a Collins 830D. This is a band II FM
stereo transmitter with 1KW output power. It was donated by a company in
Florida for my charitable radio station project in Torreon, Mexico. It
weights about 350Kg and it took 6 of us to get it down from the truck.
Today I got the exciter working and even tested it briefly into antenna.
At the moment I am missing one or two crucial parts. The most important
of these is the blower (cooling fan) for the output tube. If I can't
find one I will have to fabricate a replacement using whatever I can
find. These old exciters are notoriously unreliable and I'd very much
like to replace it ASAP with a modern solid state version. If any of
your readers have a free or low cost solid state FM exciter with between
1W and 15W output power, this is a very deserving project to help
educate poor people.
I also need any kind of studio gear - domestic equipment is very
acceptable - such as CD players, a mixer, and a limiter. I'm trying to
finance this on my teacher's salary and that doesn't go far (laughing).
Maybe if Ronan reads this he might care to donate a few punts. (laughs
again!) Anyway now you can see that at least one of the old
Radio
Caroline engineers is still active in the radio business!
Best wishes and I look forward to the next Knot Report, Clive
(Correll/Warner), email:
clive@citiria.com
Clive with his lady!
'208 IT WAS GREAT' by ALAN BAILEY
If we all think back, and I mean those of my readers between 53 and 65,
who have listened underneath the blankets in silence and secretly to the
sounds coming from our tranny in the late fifties and sixties. Often in
the late evening and early night hours when our transistor radio was
tuned to a radiostation which was coming in 'often fading'. The reason
why most of us were tuned to '208' is given in the title by the author
of a new book: '208 it was great.'
With far more pleasure we listened to the programs presented by those
who were more attractive to listen to than those who tried to bring us
their music on stations like the BBC or the public broadcasters in the
Netherlands in those days. When I heard the name Alan Bailey and the
news that finally a new book would be published about the legendary
Radio Luxembourg my transistor radio suddenly started to shine again.
Don't forget it's already 14 years ago we listened for the last time, by
satellite, to Luxembourg and the international service.
Bailey was 'in the London studios' and so a good inside story could be
expected. Born in 1938 in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire he went at a
later stage to a secondary modern school were he became a member of the
school camera club. That means he had a great interest in film making as
well as broadcasting. His first job after school was as a cinema
projectionist at the local Luxor Theatre. When in the British Army 'Her
Majesty' sent him out to Germany where he listened a lot to '208' and
was caught by the impact of the stations and presenters. Was there a
future for him? In 1958 he decided to go for a job and eventually became
a studio technician and producer in the Luxembourg studio's in London.
He stayed with 'The station of the stars' up till 1975.
Alan Bailey has published a book: '208 it was Great' an affectionate
Anecdotal Journey Between 1958 and 1975'. This 121 pages book brings not
only the inside story from Bailey but also a lot of very exclusive
photographs, both in colour and black and white. Most of them not seen
before in any publication. And so this publication brings us in word and
picture a very honest and beautiful glance into the past of 'the great
208'.
After the introduction about his own youth Bailey gives us a description
about the very early years in the history of the station and technical
info about the transmitter plant in Luxembourg. I went there again early
2005 and it was as if I saw myself back in the 'museum building'. In a
very amusing way Alan goes on to tell how he first went to the small
building in Hertford Street, London. Of course, in those days, the
greater part of the programs were prerecorded and shipped to the Grand
Duchy. Very soon after starting to read this book the reader will be
thinking is this the History of Radio Luxembourg? No, and I don't think
Bailey had pretensions to do so. He wanted to give an inside story about
what happened before and during recording programs for 'the Great 208'.
Many secondary jobs were done in the studio's. Of course artists came in
to do promo's, interviews and record songs. The studio's were also used
to make productions for companies like Redifussion Records. Everyone in
our generation remember the flexi discs released by Readers Digest among
others. It was Bailey who recorded the master tapes for along, long
time. Also he tells us a lot of technical information, for instance 'how
to make an excellent echo effect.'
As
told, a lot of artists often visited the studio's and the young Bailey
was warned that singer Connie Francis was known as a man-eater. A very
good chapter in the book is the one in which the writer gives his
opinion about several of the presenters who have worked on Radio
Luxembourg between 1958 and 1975. Of course there are several who had
also an offshore past before going to Radio Luxembourg,! Names to
remember like Tony Blackburn, Chris Denning, Paul Kaye, Roger Day and of
course Kenny Everett.
Alan doesn't forget to tell about how the deejays outwitted each other
with practical jokes. And I can tell you it can be compared with those
which happened in the history on Offshore Radio. Don't forget that from
the mid sixties many of the programs came from the Grand Duchy and the
deejays lived together for a long period and all had to fight for a
place in the 'family'.
Alan Bailey
'208 it was great' by Alan Bailey is a very beautiful update to the
earlier publications on the history of this famous radio station; it's
written from the heart by the author and for me the book was not thick
enough.
The price, including postage worldwide is 10.75 Pound. More info:
radio208@hotmail.co.uk
www.208itwasgreatradioluxembourg.co.uk
COMMENT FROM ALAN: It is not meant to be a history, purely anecdotal
memories.
Alan also sent me two scans from transcription records which really look
very lovely. He was searching the vaults at the Radio Luxembourg
building and found several interesting things, including rare Nazi
recordings. These two were in the vaults too and were about to be
skipped. They were in transparent red.
E mail time and George Guchinski: ‘Hello Hans, I have been receiving the
report for quite some time and it has been a great source of information
and entertainment for me. I was in the late 60's and early 70's
stationed in the UK and as a radio hobbyist, for lack of a better
description (had always been a DX’er and radio geek).
Anyhow
a big thanks for a great newsletter!’
Thanks George for your nice words and keep enjoying it in the years to
come!
Just 5 weeks to go for our annual
Radio Day in Amsterdam
and another ex VOP man will be on stage.
Johnny Lewis brought the
good news to Martin van der Ven, who is doing the planning for the Radio
Day: ‘The plane tickets are all booked for Nigel Harris, Andrew Austin,
myself and another ex Voice of Peace guy who lives here in East Kent
called Geoff Fitch. Geoff
was on the VOP for 18 moths from 1981 till 1983 so will have a few
stories to tell as well. We'll be in Amsterdam on the Friday afternoon
about 3pm.’.
Lady admirer and Geoff Fitch
W Barnes Caroline Sales asked the guy behind the Pirate Hall of Fame and
me if Caroline Sales could use any of our material concerning
Jack Spector, the late
New York deejay who did shows on Caroline North and South in the
sixties. We both agreed he could use it. Jon at the Pirate Hall of Fame
wrote: ‘You are welcome to use the biog from the Hall of Fame. I am
afraid I don't have any pictures of the great man. The one on the site
was provided by Hans. There are quite a few good web sites which mention
Jack. He was a major US radio star over many years - especially on WMCA
during the late sixties. A couple are linked to from my site. Also
http://www.440int.com/namess2.html lists all the stations he worked
for. There is an essay at
http://members.aol.com/porcarocpu/art.html which tells the story of
WMCA dumping the ‘good guy’ format, along with Jack, in 1969. The Urban
Legends web site
www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/onstage.htm confirms that Jack died
while on the air on WHLI in Garden City, Long Island in 1994. It even
gives the name of the song that was playing at the time of his heart
attack - I'm in the Mood For Love. What I am not sure of, but which Hans
might know, is when the Spector shows on Caroline ended. I know that
Caroline South dropped them before Caroline North but I can't find
definitive dates. Do you know Hans? The shows were sponsored by Roulette
Records which, it has been alleged, had quite heavy friends (see
www.bsnpubs.com/roulette/roulette.html). The UK outlet for Roulette
Records was, for a time, our old friend Major Minor. Now, raise your
right hand and repeat after me. I will have no other leader after my
leader, Jake!
The earliest recording of Jake that I have in my collection is from
April 1965. The latest is from June 1966 and I am pretty certain that,
by that time, the show was only being broadcast on Caroline North. In a
show dated 1st June 1966 he mentions that the programme had been running
for 14 months so the one I have from April 1965 must have been one of
the very first. At its height in 1965 the show ran every weekday evening
with morning shows (I think) on both Saturday and Sunday. This schedule
was later reduced but it was an incredibly popular show. Despite being
sponsored by Roulette, Jack played music from all the US labels and it
was often the only way European listeners could hear the American hits
of the day. (Back then release dates were often staggered with records
released in Europe months after their US success.) I must admit that, at
the time, I didn't like the Spector show (I preferred the live
programmes) but there is no doubt that Jack played some great music and
was a fantastic DJ.‘
Thanks the two of you. I have only two copies of Jack in my archive as I
did dislike him. He was for me to aggressive in the way he tried to get
attention from the listener. But still the question ‘during which period
Spector was on Caroline North and South' has to be answered. Who knows
the answer: Hknot@home.nl
May I give some attention to the new update of the
Mi Amigo story site on
internet run by Theo van Halsema. The update tells about what was
happening in September 1976 on the MV Mi Amigo when the ship was on a
sandbank. Reliving the sound of 30 years ago:
http://members.home.nl/theovanhalsema/index.html
Henk de Boer wants to mention that Neil Armstrong currently is doing
every Sunday evening on 1386 kHz a program called ‘Mi Amigo’,
transmissions coming in from a transmitter in Eastern Europe.
Rob Yarnold is leaving the radio industry: ‘Hi Hans, still really enjoy
reading the reports and checking the links you supply – but now I’m
moving to Spain (Tenerife) having finished at my business as well as my
long (36 years!) career in broadcasting; which included many legal, and
some pirate stations. BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC
Radio Shropshire being the last 17 years and a most enjoyable time.
Please change my e-mail address to
rob.yarnold@hotmail.co.uk
and you could publish it so that any of my old ship mates or land
lubbers can contact me as I relax in the sun with a bottle of Dorado
costing less than 1 Euro! What a change from nearly £3.00 a pint here in
England. Best regards, Rob.’
Enjoy your time there Rob and keep reading the reports!
Next e mail came in from Kent: ‘Hans, I haven't emailed you for a while,
so here I am, just to thank you for the amazing monthly Radio Reports.
And I thought I knew so much! Always so fascinating. I vividly recall
listening at midnight to Johnnie Walker and Robbie Dale on the 15th
August 1967....alas I don't recall who followed as I had dropped off to
sleep! Gosh, that was 40 years ago next August. Every good wish, John
Allen, Beckenham, Kent.’
Peter Vrakking wrote in that I mentioned a wrong link for the new,
second internet (non stop) station from Radio Mi Amigo. The correct on
is:
http://www.radio-miamigo.nl/index259.html
Last issue brought the question once again if
Kilroy was ever on the Mi
Amigo or if he did record the programs in a landbased studio in the
summer of 1967. Well it’s
Johnnie Walker personally who gives the answer:
‘Hi Hans. Many thanks for the latest radio report. All fascinating stuff
as usual. I'm in Crete on holiday but working hard trying to finish my
autobiography due to be published next May, all old memories are very
helpful. As I remember, on August 14th 1967 Robbie Dale and I went on
till 2am and then went to bed - it had been a long day ! Quite possible
non stop music then till 6, whether Chris Anthony was Spangles Maldoon,
I'm sure Chris Carey will let you know.
As for Kilroy, he was definitely on the ship and was a really cool guy
who'd I think went on at midnight. He had the amazing ability to cue up
a record with one hand and roll a joint with the other. We were forever
asking him to roll joints as he did them so well. Not that we were
stoned all the tine, just the odd occasions when some pot was around.
Keep up the good work. All the very best, Johnnie Walker.’
Thanks a lot for solving this Johnnie and good luck with your book!
But still there’s the other question coming in if ‘Ray
Cooper’ on one of the Sheridan photo pages is the same guy as
‘Kilroy’. I asked Johnnie Walker in a response to his e mail if ‘Kilroy’
was a black guy too.
On the Pirate Hall of Fame pages there’s a longer story on Kilroy
showing a photograph of a white guy but also part of the story tells
that there were tapes programs only. So is this response in the PhoF
correct?
http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djsk.htm
Talking about Jon from the Pirate Hall of Fame, he responded on another
subject regarding August 14th, which was mentioned a few times in the
report. ‘Hi Hans, I have just taken a look at Chris Cary's web site
www.chriscary.com/Radio%20Caroline.htm. He mentions that he joined
the Mi Amigo on 14th August 1967 and played non-stop music that night
after Johnnie and Robbie had finished their show. So he must be the
mysterious
’Chris Anthony’. Have a good weekend, Jon’.
But more readers are interested in Kilroy as André van Raay, who was an
avid Caroline listener in the sixties, wrote in: ‘The secret surrounding
stays. More stories have been told, for instant it was Spangles with a
twisted voice. I remember myself he sounded to be ‘black’ and it’s
unlikely to me that it’s a young white club deejay from London, even if
he had ‘Soulfinger’ from the Bar-keys as a theme tune. Could it be that
‘Ray Cooper’ and ‘Kilroy’ are the same person? I remember that once
Johnnie Walker was mentioning taking a sun bath on deck to get a colour
like Kilroy already had, saying: ‘Kilroy who does not need sunbathing’
Ray Cooper could also be heard for a very short time early 1970. The
name also re-appears in the reggae scene as a artist name, but it’s a
common name.
On
the photograph below you can think if the next thing is correct: ‘Roger
Day who is getting, together with Tom Edwards, off the ship is
mentioned. In my opinion he has just arrived and Ian and Tom are
leaving. It’s also very surprising to see Ray Cooper mentioned as it
would take months before his name was ever mentioned in the programming.
The unknown one on the photo must be,
Tony Symonds, the simple
one’. As far as I remember he has done one shift on the ship. I’ve heard
him only once on the station. He came on the Mi Amigo to sit in for
Keith Hampshire at the end of July 1967 and could be heard from 6 to 9
in the morning and from 3 till 6 in the afternoon. Well let’s wait and
see if we can find out soon who was the first black offshore deejay.’
Thanks André for all your input and take a look at the next site:
www.geocities.com/cloudninesoulsquad
Photo Sheridan Archive
A few days later Johnnie Walker responded on my question about Kilroy
with: ‘Yes, he was black, can't recall ever knowing his real name. Maybe
ask Roger Day as he was talking to him on the photo too.’
So an email with the question to Roger if Kilroy and Ray Cooper were the
same people was just answered with an anecdote: ‘I have to admit that at
the dinner table one evening he asked for the Marmite and I told him it
wasn't face cream. Very non pc but he laughed louder than anyone else.
Think people were less easy to upset in those days.’
More jokes were to be made in the eighties on Radio Caroline as André de
Raay remembers: ‘Political incorrect jokes were also heard in the
eighties on Caroline. For instant one of the white colleagues told it
was easy to hit Neil Francis in the dark as you couldn’t see him. On the
other hand on Caroline the deejays played a lot of black music, so jokes
shouldn’t be a problem at all!’
The first two days after sending away the international Knot Radio
Report around the world are always hectic as I try to get as much
information as possible. So I sent the info from André to Jon and he
responded with: ‘Hi Hans, I remember hearing just once during the summer
of 1967 and, for some reason, I always thought he was black too. I don't
know why. Maybe it was a comment made by one of the other DJs. I was
surprised when I heard from Jeff Leviss, an English white man, saying
that he was but I had no reason to doubt his word.
Harm Koenders of the Offshore Radio Archive game me a recording of . You
can find an edited version of it on my web-site at
http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/kilroy.ram
To my ears, it does sound like a pre-recorded show rather than live. For
some reason his show starts at 12 minutes past midnight. I don't think
that Johnnie would have over-run into another DJ's show if it was live.
Also makes no mention of the preceding programme - no thanks to Johnnie
- which Caroline DJs always used to do in those days.
Gerry Bishop's book, Offshore Radio, mentions a Caroline South DJ called
Ray ‘Black Magic’ Sebastian.
It has been suggested that he was the same guy who was known as Ray
Cooper. Andre suggests that he was also Ray Cooper. Were all three DJs,
the one person? If only we could find Ray. He could set us straight.
The DJ reading the newspaper in the photo (with Tom Edwards, Roger Day,
Ray Cooper, etc.) on Sheridon Street's web-site is
Kerry Clarke
www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djsc.htm#clarke He worked on Caroline
South for just one stint in July 1967.
More nicknames after
seeing Tony ‘the simple man’ Symonds mentioned. Jon mentioned Ray ‘Black
Magic’ Sebastian and the third one comes from 1974 and Radio Atlantis
and Gaby ‘the old man on the airwaves’ Hernandez. Also Martin van der
Ven sent in ‘Your hopelessly romantic’ David Lee Stone (Laser 558).
Remember I wrote last time about the chickens on the MV Fredericia? Well
another animal was on the
ship. John Bennet reports: ‘Hi Hans, firstly about animals on
Radioships. Radio Caroline North
had a ship's dog from shortly after arriving at her Ramsey Bay anchorage
in 1964, to somewhere in the first half of 1966. It was in 1966, that
Captain Van Lieshout was bitten by the ship's dog .
Caroline North sent out an SOS which led to a doctor being taken out to
the Fredericia to give an injection to the captain-probably anti-Tetanus
I would think. The dog was put down following the incident. I can recall
that some of the jocks mentioning that the captain had been ‘savaged’ by
the dog-it was a running joke, on-air, for a few weeks with Cat
Steven's, ‘I Love My Dog’, being played again and again.
Many jokey comments could be heard, such as: "The captain's bark is
worse than his bite", and, "Barking up the wrong tree" etc. Yes, it was
schoolboy humour, but cleverly done nonetheless, with Jerry Leighton
making the most fun out of it. I can't remember the name of Caroline
North's dog, although I did read the name in some long lost newspaper
report or magazine article. I've racked my memory to some tune but just
can't bring the name to mind-sorry.
Secondly, Colin Wilkins and Caroline North programmes from 6.40 pm,
14/8/67.
I suspect that the dearth of programmes from this time is because the
MOA applied to Caroline North at midnight on 31/8/67. She was still
broadcasting legally from 14/8/67 up to 31/8/67, because the British
government had to get an Order In Council (the Queen to order the Manx
Government to implement the MOA, or she'd lock them all up in the tower
of London and then it would be off with their heads, or something).
There is a short audio clip of Daffy Don taking Caroline North into the
MOA on August 31st. He announces the "Northern voice of Caroline
International", and plays the Manx national anthem, "Land Of Our Birth",
and there are a few words in Vannin, the original language of the Isle
of Man. Caroline North listeners saw August 31st as the day to roll the
tape recorders, rather than the August 14th, which applied to all other
stations. The Daffy Don clip from August 31st , is around here and there
so I suppose that Colin already has a copy. If not, Colin, email me at
sloopjohnrb@btinternet.com
and I'll dub it and Hoover it out to you. Hans thanks for your Reports,
brilliant and informative. Best wishes, John Bennett. A very sad anorak.
Sloopy Radio Caroline North.’
Thank you for your input too, nice memories.
But
another e mail comes in about the dog on the Fredericia: ‘Thanks for
help from you and readers on presenters on Caroline on 14 August 1967.
Perhaps I can add to comments on animals on the offshore stations. I
remember there was a dog (but don’t know its name) on MV
Caroline/Fredericia when off the Isle of Man. After it bit one of the
crew, the dog had to be put to sleep. Then there was Arnold - Tony
Blackburn’s dog on Caroline South and Big L - except that wasn’t real!
It was a tape of Tony making barking noises. There was also reference to
racing pigeons being rescued on the Mi Amigo in the late `60`s but
haven’t got full details. Steve Beddard. ‘
A photograph made by S.Hedle was sent by Paul de Haan from Marine
Broadcasters. It features a recent shot made of the
MV Communicator, the
former home from Laser 558 and Laser Hit Hits, way back in the fifties.
Sad to see the ship in these circumstances now. Thanks anyway Paul!
Last issue brought again the names of
Koller and Otten and the
connection to the two persons with RNI and Caroline. This information
led to more e mails. One was from a guy who lived in Amsterdam in the
late sixties and knew Koller too from the early landbased pirate scene
on AM. It was Peter Bruining who shared a lot of information with me
which led to a long story which you find on
www.hansknot.com
The story is in Dutch and you click on ‘Amsterdamse
piraten in de jaren zestig’.
An e mail came in from Nico
Steenbergen, yes, also one of the original ‘Driemaster Team’ on
RNI. He wrote me: I met Frank Koller on the day the MV Fredericia was
towed into Amsterdam harbour in March 1968. Together with some other
people we were watching the towing in at the Javakade. The MV Mi Amigo
was already there. Frank told us that he had worked on the MV Mi Amigo
as a transmitter technician and he was also sitting in for Roger Day. I
didn’t believe it and at a later meeting at his place we listened to a
program he made. And yes, he really could do a well imitation of Roger
Day. We were active in Amsterdam East at the time with a small medium
wave transmitter and Frank Koller organised, together with Otten who I
never met, at a later stage the Radio Noordzee Drive In Show. As I
recall this started before the real drive in show from RNI. The station
couldn’t use the name herself and a court case about the ‘name’ was
held. Therefore it became on the station ‘the mobiele discotheek’ (mobil
discotheque). Frank was indeed active on day on the ‘270 metres’. I
think it was in 1969 or 1970. On forehand he mentioned it in an
interview in a newspaper and after two hours the station went off the
air again. But then I already had lost contact with him.’
Thanks Nico for this memory. More to tell about former offshore people
in relation to the pirate scene in Amsterdam Nico was telling me in
another e mail: ‘Also Gerard
Reitsma (he worked for RNI, KRO and Cable One) was active within
the AM scene. He mentioned his station GRRS (Gerard Radio and Relay
System). Also now and then Ad
Bouman (former Veronica technician) used to play with us on the
AM from his parents house at the Retiefstraat. All the used frequencies
were around 1400kHz. Money to buy crystals was not there so oscillators
around a final tube were used (807, EL 34 or EL 84) working with Anode
Modulation.
A next question of course is who knows more names to tell of former
offshore deejays who have been active in landbased pirates and memories
to that subject. Of course I know myself several ones but let the
stories come from the readers and the deejays themselves:
Hknot@home.nl
Dutch commercial broadcasting company
Quality Radio has
received an environmental licence from the municipality of Almere to
anchor a radio ship in Pampushaven. A mediumwave transmitter for 1224
kHz is planned, but Quality Radio spokesman Ruud Poeze says there’s
enough space available in Pampushaven to put additional frequencies on
the air. 1224 kHz is already being used by Quality Radio from a low
power temporary transmitter in Utrecht. Some time ago, Quality Radio
reached agreement with the mast company Novec concerning the use of the
100 metres high mast in Heinenoord for 828 kHz. Work has already started
on the transmitter building. At this site, too, additional frequencies
can be used. In Amsterdam, a transmitter for 1557 kHz was operating
fully in accordance with the regulations. Quality Radio says the
withdrawal of several of its frequencies, including 1557 kHz, by the
Radiocommunications Agency was premature, especially given that the
staff of the Agency in Groningen were fully aware of these developments.
A court case is due to take place shortly at which Mr Poeze will appeal
the decision of the Radiocommunications Agency.
And of course we can’t forget to mention that the station
Big L is back on the air
since September 19th on 1395 AM with programs from their studio’s in
Frinton on Sea. In Holland a group of listeners is writing a lot about
the return of the station which some think is the reincarnation of the
Big L (Radio London) from 1967. Of course it’s a total other station
which plays a lot of new as well old music and has a nice line up in
deejays. That’s what makes the sound of the station nicer to listen to.
They talk to the listeners and don’t use the ‘cards’.
Some years ago I got the request from Herman Content in Belgium to see
if he could get in contact with another friend in radio, Stuart Cocker.
This resulted in getting the two together again after years. They e
mailed a lot but due to family circumstances they lost contact again.
Herman only remembers that Stuart wanted to remove late last year. So
the question is who knows Stuart and if so, please contact Herman at:
lanta_belgie@hotmail.com
Thank you very much for your report which I look forward to each month
as it keeps me abreast of all things Pirate.
Next e mail from an unexpected corner somewhere in Kent: ‘One to file
under ‘It's a small world’ department. I read your report on the
activities of Jimmy Houlihan with great interest as he was one person I
tried to stay clear of during my Pirate days. Last Saturday I had a
competition winner named Mike on my BBC South and East Regions show. He
was chosen at random by my BA out of over 600 entries via email,
telephone and text. During our on-air chat he asked me "Did I know Jimmy
Houlihan. I used to work for him as a minder in the 70's." I replied
that I'd heard of him and wrapped the conversation as soon as possible.
Spooky! What were the odds of that happening? At least 600 to
1..........
I trust you are enjoying 'the good life' and I look forward to hearing
from you soon. Kind regards,
Dave Cash.’
Well Dave, who is writing a book about his career to be published next
years August with 40 years of MOA, must have had a reader of the Knot
International Radio Report on his competition I presume. Go and tell a
friend that the report can be received by e mail by him or her too:
Hknot@home.nl
Martin van der Ven will come later this year with many exclusive photos
on his site, made in the seventies and eighties by Dietmar Flacke. He
informed me that one of the photos is showing a programme table, hanging
in the studio from Caroline on the Ross Revenge. In the programming some
new nick names are found:
Simon ‘Wally or not’ Barrett, Tom Anderson ‘and his saw’, Stuart ‘Nice
guy’ Vincent, Edwin ‘he’s new (hee hee)’ King and Stuart ‘I’m straight
really’ Russell.
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Offshore Echo's are pleased to announce the latest episode of the Radio
Caroline story
http://www.offshoreechos.com/Caroline%2060/Radio%20Caroline%20-%20Main%20Page.htm
Radio Caroline is probably the most famous of all the offshore “pirate”
radio stations, and her story has become something of a broadcasting
legend. These web pages from Offshore Echo’s look at the history of the
famous offshore station, from the start of Radio Caroline & Atlanta, and
include their merger, the grounding of the Mi Amigo in 1966, the Cheetah
II, and more.
The latest pages conclude the story of Caroline in the 1960’s, looking
at the introduction of the 1967 Marine Offences Act, Caroline
International and the fateful day in March 1968 when both ships were
seized and forced off the air. We also look at Caroline’s deejays in the
1960’s.
Future parts of the Caroline story will be covering the 1970’s & 80’s.
If you have any interesting photo’s, documents, audio or other items
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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.
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.
It’s late September and indeed the
Radio Day will take place
in Amsterdam from around five weeks from now on November 4th and I hope
to see a lot of our readers in Amsterdam. For all the latest info, you
can go to a special site:
www.offshore-radio.de/radioday/
Of course the VOP reunion will take place on that day too. On the above
mentioned site also can be seen who of the deejays have mentioned on
forehand to come over to Holland. Of course other quests names are
mentioned too and there could be some last minute surprises! Hope to see
you there.
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On Saturday September 23rd the work on the former
REM island, which was
house for Radio and TV Noordzee in 1964, begun. As told before the
island will be broken up. It was in a position off the Noordwijk Coast
and has been towed away in parts to Flushing harbour where further
demolition will take place. On Martin’s site photos made by Jan Parent
can be found as well as other links.
www.offshore-radio.de
Radio 227 announces that singer Krista Detor will be live in the program
‘Starnight’ on October 4th between 20 and 22 hours CET. Krista, who
started her career in Los Angeles when she was 16 works from Southern
Indiana. Her cd ‘Mudshow’ reached the number one position in the
EuroAmerican Chart. Most of the songs she arranges together with her
recording engineer David Weber.
Radio 227 is on the cable network in the Netherlands but can also be
received by internet on
www.radio227.nl
From Kent another message, this time from
Bob LeRoi: ‘There's been
a survey here on both Army Forts, Red Sands is probably now immune but
Shivering Sands is close to the approach to Knock shipping lane, there's
also concern that parts might fall on a boat or worst. So removal is a
fate that potentially awaits Shivering Sands if the UK Government will
stand the estimated RoM costs of several million Pounds. There's more
than a rumor that Knock John might get a new lease of life. Talks are in
early days but I'll keep you posted. ‘
Thanks Bob, by the way Bob’s website got another update just days ago:
‘Our update this month in ‘Scrapbook’ continues with Part 2 of the Tower
feature, this time it's Tower Television did it happen & what went
wrong? There are more pictures in Part 4 of our rolling feature on the
rebuilding of Sealand on the former Roughs Naval Fort. In ‘One Subject
One Link’ Algorithms find the Song, could be helpful for today's Radio
Stations that run a creative playlist? It's the last month of organised
& planned ‘Boat Trips’ as closed season's approaching, we've recent
sailing pictures and a few late dates so book now or wait untill next
year! The A-Z of Pop & Rock continues with letter H for with more
records & CD's to buy on-line.’ Enjoy your visits www.bobleroi.co.uk
Eric Wiltshire from Radio Tatras International wrote: We opened some
blogspots which I invite the reader to take a look at. The main blog:
http://radiotatrasinternational.blogspot.com
RTI Information
http://rtiinfo.blogspot.com
RTI Chat
http://rtichat.blogspot.com Can't wait to see the answers on the RTI
Chat blog, Regards, Eric.
Well I think that’s all for September. First pages for the October
edition are ready, but it will take some weeks before that one will be
out as I’ve some other projects running which needs my time first! And
as always enjoy radio listening.
Greetings
Hans Knot
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