Nov 20, 2010
So who remembers the radio stations that operated from the Forts in
the 1960's? They were trying to break the monopoly of the BBC but
choosing to use abandoned WWII anti-aircraft defenses built in the
North Sea rather than the ships used by Radio Veronica and
Caroline. The answer is that plenty of people still remember those
broadcast pioneers, as I discovered at the Radioday.nl in the
Casa400 hotel in Amsterdam on November 13th 2010. That lead to a
request to dig up this show from August 13th 1998 in which we
reviewed a new CD about the Forts, containing interviews from those
involved. I see those CDs are still around - judging from the
displays of offshore memorabilia. This show also included a great
opening from Jim Cutler hinting at the crowded shortwave bands.
Rocus de Joode was in the frequency coordination meeting in KL.
Frederick Noronha submitted a piece about community radio in India.
It is a shame that it didn't take off as fast as the commercial FM.
The programme ends with the review of the double CD about screaming
Lord Sutch and his fort adventures.