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Friday, 11 July 2008

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Re: Pirates of the Airwaves

Steve West 11 July 2008 04:52

Alan Milewczyk wrote:
: Well, as predicted the programme concentrated on Radio Frequency, a
: "drum and bass" pirate station from Leeds

I know the operator of that station personally, and although the music they play isn't my cuppa, IMHO they truly are fighting for free radio. They cause no interference – I've seen one of their rigs on a spectrum analyser so Ofcom should leave them alone.
—Steve Leyland

irc.exilenet.org/#pirateradio

http://mar.exilenet.org:9042/listen.pls

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You'll invariably wake up in a strange place with all recollections of the previous nights events mysteriously "erased".

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Doug Wood-Red Sands Radio

Jim D. shorewayradio 11 July 2008 11:11

At about 1145 BST today Doug made a statement about the state of UK radio and how,in his opinion, corporate business has severely limited,in(analogue) radio,that which we all accept in other areas of life;choice for local people.He commented that he found it strange that 44 years after last being used to provide a radio service,Red Sands Fort is again hosting people dedicated to providing a local radio service,in the hope that things in the industry will change and choice will be restored to the listener,if any remain.. Did anyone else hear this?It came across really well,all credit to Doug;he struck a chord with me. It would be good if someone could post an audio clip of it...?Bob;any chance you could lift it off the logger for us here? regards,
Jim.

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Re: Pirates of the Airwaves

Alan Milewczyk 11 July 2008 11:58

Hi Steve

Yes, the guys interviewed came over as being genuinely committed to providing an outlet for "their" type of music that isn't being provided by mainstream radio, which is what I was looking for, as a listener in the 60s and 70s. It's interesting how nothing much has changed from the establishment in the last 30 or 40 years as they trot out the same generic "they're causing interference" reasons against the stations.

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Re: Doug Wood-Red Sands Radio

Alan Milewczyk 11 July 2008 12:16



Couldn't agree more with the sentiment. I think it's tragic that we've lost a real opportunity to have true local radio in the UK. From what I understand of the process, there are clearly significant barriers to entry that prevent a smaller organisation achieving success in the bidding process. The whole setup caters for the big boys who are only interested in making money, rather than making money by providing a good service. Who would have thought that, 40 years down the line, it's now the BBC that offer interesting choice while the commercial sector has been reduced to mindless wallpaper?
 
The financial model seems to make it difficult for stations to succeed so they go into this descending loop of endless cuts and more centralisation to save money. Why can't they and OFCOM realise that local opt-outs are a totally ar$e-about-face way of looking at things. The start point should be the local content - it's only local people with an ear to the ground that really stand a chance of producing something that's genuinely local, not the big commercial groups.

Alan
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Re: The Dutch 828 kHz-transmitter is now on air. The radiostation CAZ! owned by Arrow is TEMPORARELY on air on this transmitter!

Q_1_2_3_4_5_6 11 July 2008 14:17

Hallo everyone. It is said at 3 O'Clock PM BST on CAZ! that CAZ! only TEMPORARELY will be broadcasted by its owner Arrow on the Dutch 828 kHz-transmitter of Arrow in awaiting for a new radiostation of Arrow on this frequency, and that will be Arrow Talks, if I'm right now. Greetings of Nico from Gouda, the Netherlands.

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Re: The "Norderney" will go to Benidorm, Spain.

Q_1_2_3_4_5_6 11 July 2008 19:44

The following text is in the Dutch language. Greetings of Nico from Gouda, the Netherlands.

Norderney naar Benidorm!
 
Bericht van Hans Knot in de google group nl.media.zeezenders Hier geplaatst door Nico uit Gouda.

Norderney naar Benidorm.

VR 11 JULI: Allereerst was het Pierre Claessens, woonachtig in Antwerpen, die vandaag een blik wierp op de kade in Antwerpen en daar toch weer bezigheid vernam: ‘De situatie momenteel op de Vlaamse Nationale Feestdag om 13.30 is de volgende: Twee werkmannen uit Nederland werken aan dek intensief aan een koelinstallatie voor frisdrank en bier, zoals ze me vertelden. Bovendien was er nog veel ander werk uit te voeren. Het schip zou vandaag zeker het anker nog niet lichten, dit nog steeds in verband met de windsnelheid. Verder nieuws dan de kranten meldden, aldus beide heren, hadden ze niet, hoewel volgens de ene, de andere persoon meer wist maar niets mocht zeggen. De sleepboot die enkele dagen geleden ter assistentie in de buurt lag, is weg.’ Ondertussen is wel de bestemming van de Norderney bekend, voor het in de toekomst bezoeken van het schip, dat andermaal als dancing gaat dienst doen, zal de haven – zo werd me uit
betrouwbare bron bekend – van Benidorm aangedaan moeten worden. De haveninspectie van Antwerpen heeft vanmiddag bevestigd dat de
Norderney er nog ligt maar dat de toekomst van het schip nu volledig
in handen van de eigenaren is. Met andere woorden kan gemeld worden
dat voldaan is aan alle officiële regels, de verzekeringspapieren er zijn en met vrijgeleide heeft verkregen om te gaan van de
autoriteiten. Wachten op beter weer lijkt dus de enige oorzaak dat men nog in Antwerpen ligt met de Norderney.

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Re: The "Norderney" will go to Benidorm, Spain.

Q_1_2_3_4_5_6 11 July 2008 20:19

Photos today, Friday, taken of the Norderney can you find on http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb115/zeezenders1/Norderney%2011%20juli%2008/ Greetings of Nico from Gouda, the Netherlands.

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Dave Martin 12 July 2008 00:19

An execptionly good broadcast this week,

Info at http://1476.co.nr

Dave

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