Radio Mi Amigo from the LV18

RADIO PIRATES ARE BACK IN HARWICH Radio Mi Amigo, from the historic Lightvessel LV18 on Harwich Quay, is returning to the air on Christmas Eve and will continue on a permanent basis through the New Year. The station will be bringing the sounds and spirit of the original radio pirates back to their roots of … Read more

New DVD/Bluray

The Glorious Madness – The Life of Ronan O’Rahilly Whilst Ronan is remembered for his greatest achievement, the creation of the famous offshore station Radio Caroline, there was a lot more to his life. On moving to London, he became involved in film production and the emerging music scene, which eventually led to his own radio … Read more

Radio Caroline kalender 2024 te koop

(English below)In 2024 bestaat Radio Caroline 60 jaar en de kalender van dit jaar weerspiegelt dat met veel historische foto’s, waarvan sommige nog nooit eerder zijn gepubliceerd.Als bonus zijn sommige van de oorspronkelijk in zwart-wit gemaakte foto’s ingekleurd met behulp van de nieuwste software om ze tot leven te brengen.De kalender neemt je mee door … Read more

Offshore Echo’s Magazine

ISSUE 214 –  DECEMBER 2023 – NOW AVAILABLE In this issue:- Peter Chicago recall part 3.- The Galaxy after August 14th part 2- From the offshore turntables: The Dubliners- From the Irish Press : Ronan O’Rahilly- Caroline Homes- Operation REMand more… If you are not an OEM subscriber and to be sure notto miss another historical issue reserve … Read more

De nieuwe Veronica studio in een bekend gebouw

Hans Knot schrijft op 30 november 2023: Morgen is het 1 december en zal de luisteraar van het huidige Veronica merken dat er een nieuwe studio in gebruik is genomen in een wel heel bekend onderkomen. Gelegen in het mooie Naarden, de Hofstede Oud Bussum waar ooit de studio’s gevestigd waren van Radio Noordzee Internationaal. … Read more

18 april 1973: wie is dit?

MediaPages.nl schrijft op 30 november 2023: Voor veel Veronica fans is 18 april 1973 een historische datum. In Den Haag liepen 150.000 fans mee in de demonstratie voor het behoud van Veronica. En in de 2e Kamer vond een hoorzitting plaats over de zeezenders. Een onvergetelijke dag voor iedereen die erbij was. Er is daarna … Read more

M.V. Elisabeth (SCH-4)

Ship Details: Built by “Pannevis” in Alphen aan de Rijn, Netherlands. Fishing trawler SCH-70-Welvaren II (1918-25)SCH-70-De Hoop I (1925-28) SCH-4-Twee Gebroeders (1928-34)SCH-4-Cornelis Roeleveld (1934-40)Astrid (1940-45)SCH-4-Cornelis Roeleveld (1945-59)SCH-4-Geertruida (1959-64)SCH-4-Elisabeth (1964-89)Azart (1989-90) This iron ship was built in 1916 as a typical Dutch sailing herring net ship of the time. During the First World War, in the … Read more

Shivering Sands Fort

Details: The offshore forts, or towers, were originally World War II military facilities built to protect the coastal sea lanes and were essentially of two designs. Red Sands, Shivering Sands and Great Nore were Army constructed, originally consisting of seven separate towers, each set on four concrete legs supporting a steel structure 100ft above sea … Read more

Sunk Head Tower

Details: HMF Rough, HMF Sunk Head, HMF Knock John and HMF Tongue Sand, known as ‘His Majesty’s Forts’, were built by the Navy and originally had a complement of about 100 men who were assigned to them before deployment. These were designed as a reinforced concrete pontoon measuring 168 by 88 feet supporting two hollow … Read more

Red Sands Fort

Details: The offshore forts, or towers, were originally World War II military facilities built to protect the coastal sea lanes and were essentially of two designs. Red Sands, Shivering Sands and Great Nore were Army constructed, originally consisting of seven separate towers, each set on four concrete legs supporting a steel structure 100ft above sea … Read more