THE GANGPLANK - welcome aboard the Radio Waves web site
THE BRIDGE - a guide to the pages on this web site
THE MEMORIES - the swinging sixties
THE RADIO STATIONS - a summary of the offshore atations that were audible in the UK
THE SHIPS - a summary of the offshore radio ships broadcasting to the UK
SOUNDS OF THE SEA - Offshore radio jingles and songs
THE CHART ROOM - album and singles charts
TODAY'S RADIO OFFERINGS - Bureaucrasy and boredom
ROCK THE BOAT - music no longer heard on the radio
THE ROSS REVENGE TODAY - a pictorial tour of the famous Radio Caroline ship
THE LEGEND LIVES ON - the spirit is still alive
THE CAPTAIN'S LOG - sign the log and say hello
THE RADIO LINK - the best radio and music web sites
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RADIO WAVES
The story of the rise and fall of offshore radio and how it affected the music industry.

THE RADIO STATIONS
A summary of the radio stations audible in the UK

Station Ship/Fort Location On air On (metres)

Veronica

Borkum Riff, later Nordeney

Off Scheveningen, Holland, later Katwijk ann Zee, Holland

4/60-8/74

183/192/538

Atlanta

Mi Amigo

Frinton

3/64-7/64

201

Caroline

Caroline

Felixstowe

3/64-7/64

199

Sutch

Shivering Sands Fort

Thames Estuary

5/64-9/64

197

Caroline North

Caroline

Ramsey, IOM

7/64-3/68

197/257

Caroline South

Mi Amigo

Frinton

7/64-8/67

201/253

Invicta

Red Sands Fort

Thames Estuary

7/64-2/65

306

City

Shivering Sands Fort

Thames Estuary

9/64-2/67

187/299

Nordzee
(Dutch)

REM Island (Artificial)

Off Noordwijk, Holland

9/64-12/64

214

London

Galaxy

Walton-on-Naze

12/64-8/67

266

K I N G

Red Sands Fort

Thames Estuary

3/65-9/65

236

Tower

Sunk Head Tower

Walton-on-Naze

10/65-2/66

215/236

Essex

Knock John Fort

Thames Estuary

11/65-10/66

222

Radio 390

Shivering Sands Fort

Thames Estuary

9/65-7/67

388.1

Scotland

Comet

Off Dunbar

1/66-6/67

238/242

B B M S

Knock John Fort

Thames Estuary

11/66-12/66

222

Britain Radio

Olga Patricia/Laissez Faire

Walton-on-Naze

5/66-2/67

227/355

Dolfijn
(Dutch)

Laissez Faire

Walton-on-Naze

11/66-3/67

227

England

Olga Patricia

Walton-on-Naze

5/66-11/66

225/227/355

Radio 270

Oceaan 7

Scarborough

6/66-8/67

270

Radio 227

Laissez Faire

Walton-on-Naze

3/67-7/67

227

Radio 355

Laissez Faire

Walton-on-Naze

3/67-8/67

355

Caroline International

Mi Amigo

Frinton

8/67-6/70

220/253

Nordsee International
(Dutch/English/French)

Mebo II

Off Noordwijk, Holland

1/70-8/74

220 & 100 mc/s VHF & 48M SW

Capital Radio

King David

Noordwijk, Holland

5/70-11/70

270

Caroline

Mi Amigo

Scheveningen, Holland - later Knock Deep

9/72-3/80

259/319

RNI2

Mebo II

Off Noordwijk, Holland

9/72-10/72

192

Atlantis
(Dutch)

Mi Amigo

Scheveningen, Holland

7/73-10/73

253

Seagull

Mi Amigo

Scheveningen, Holland

7/73-2/74

259

Mi Amigo
(Flemish/English)

Mi Amigo

Scheveningen, Holland
Later Knock Deep

9/73-4/79

192/212/253/312

Jeanine
(English/Dutch)

Atlantis

Knocke, Belgium

12/73-8/74

201/227/229/270/312

Delmare

Aegir/Epivan/Martina

Flushing, Holland

8/78-10/79

186/191/192

Mi Amigo International

Magdalena

Zeebrugge, Belgium

7/79-10/78

272

Paradijs
(Dutch)

Magda Maria

Off Holland

7/81-7/81

270

Caroline

Ross Revenge

Knock Deep - later South Falls

8/83-11/90

319/505/513/521/538
48 SW

Laser 730

Communicator

Off Essex

1/84-3/84

411

Laser 558

Communicator

Off Essex

3/84-11/85

538

Monique
(Dutch)

Ross Revenge

Knock Deep

12/84-11/87

312/366

Laser Hot Hits

Communicator

Off Essex

12/86-4/87

521

Radio 558 (Dutch)

Ross Revenge

South Falls

7/88-10/88

538

Radio 819 (Dutch)

Ross Revenge

South Falls

5/88-6/88

366


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