A kaleidoscope of the Watery Wireless era - compiled by Martin van der Ven and Hans Knot
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Retro Mi Amigo Top 50 van 23 juli 1977 met Ferry Eden, zaterdag op foutemuziekradio.nl Het was een zonovergoten zaterdag, die 23e juli 1977. Op de Noordzee althans, waar onder een staalblauwe hemel rond het middaguur een Mi Amigo temperatuur van 21 graden werd gemeten. Aan boord van het gelijknamige zendschip waren Hugo Meulenhoff en ... Read more
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The offshore radio ships | Aegir | Aegir II = Martina | Apache | Aurora | Awatea | Bon Jour = Magda Maria = Mi Amigo | Borkumriff | Boys’ Own | Calypso | Caroline (Fredericia) | City of Panama | Chatham and others | Cheeta | Cheeta II | Columbus | Comet | Communicator | Courier | ... Read more
Taken together, the history of offshore radio amounts to well over one hundred failed projects. On this occasion I would like to mention a few that were written about during the 1960s. One of these projects was said to involve “Leeds University”, although the name “Radio Rag” was also used. The initiators planned to broadcast ... Read more
In de Servische krant Borba van 2/3 oktober 1993 publiceerde Radio Brod-redactrice Jasmina Teodosijević een persoonlijk verslag van haar drie maanden aan boord van het zendschip voor de kust van het voormalige Joegoslavië. Zelfs tientallen jaren na de verschrikkingen van de Balkanoorlog zijn haar herinneringen nog altijd aangrijpend en verrassend actueel. “Jullie radio heeft mij ... Read more
In der serbischen Zeitung Borba vom 2./3. Oktober 1993 veröffentlichte die Radio-Brod-Redakteurin Jasmina Teodosijević einen Erfahrungsbericht über ihre 3 Monate an Bord des Sendeschiffes vor der Küste Ex-Jugoslawiens. Ihre Aufzeichnungen sind auch Jahrzehnte nach dem schrecklichen Kriegsgeschehen beklemmend und von ungeahnter Aktualität. „Euer Radio hat mir geholfen zu begreifen, dass nicht ich…
In the Serbian newspaper Borba of 2/3 October 1993, Radio Brod producer Jasmina Teodosijević published a personal account of her three months aboard the broadcasting ship stationed off the coast of the former Yugoslavia. Even decades after the horrors of the Balkan War, her reflections remain deeply moving and strikingly relevant. “Your radio helped me ... Read more
A detailed review by Martin van der Ven (March 2025) Radio stations on ships in international waters (often incorrectly called pirate stations) have been associated for decades with radio stations in the North Sea that broadcast pop and rock music, such as Radio Caroline or Radio Veronica. Accordingly, countless publications deal with the well-known phenomenon. ... Read more
Een gedetailleerd overzicht door Martin van der Ven (maart 2025) Radiostations op schepen in internationale wateren (vaak ten onrechte piratenstations genoemd) worden al tientallen jaren in verband gebracht met radiostations in de Noordzee die pop- en rockmuziek verspreiden, zoals Radio Caroline of Radio Veronica. Daarom behandelen talloze publicaties het bekende fenomeen. Maar in 1993 ontstond…
