volume 2
march 2000 |
Rare pictures from radio's past
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Scandinavian Offshore Radio: Radio Nord (3) |
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by Hans Knot |
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Radio Nord closed down on 30th June 1962 after the Swedish Government passed a law against offshore radio that was to take effect on 1st August. The MV Bon Jour sailed on to become the MV Magda Maria and — still that same year — the MV Mi Amigo. |
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 Crew members watch as the tender arrives |
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 Newsroom on the radioship |
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 The Radio Nord car in front of the Radio Nord office |
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 Some spare equipment |
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 Up till 3,000 letters a day had to be sorted out by Ingegerd Ekinger and Barbro Kimsjö |
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 The bridge on the radioship |
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 Bo Johnsson, Jack Kotschack and Inga-Britt Berselius |
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 Tendering of the MV Bon Jour |
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 MV Bon Jour with plane |
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 Generatorroom on Bon Jour |
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 Controlroom on the radioship |
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 MV Bon Jour |
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 Transmitterroom on the ship |
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In de Norsk Telemuseum in Skavanger you can admire these two posters, memorizing Radio Nord. At the left you see Radio Nord's plane dropping a container near the ship, at the right a cartoon (thanks to Sven Martinsen who provided us with this photograph). |
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Photographs are from the Freewave Media Magazine Archive and Hans Knot |
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Look here for more pictures of the Scandinavian Offshore Radio Stations |
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2000 © Soundscapes |
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