Today, we had Private Radio stations, but only a few of them really make their own program.... Why dont they send a ship again on international waters to bring us good music :)
@organisten I suppose it might be like Radio 4 using Sailing By for the Shipping Broadcast, so that as soon as you hear it tuning in you know the frequency and the station. Man of Action being North Sea's theme tune would have made people know what ship was on fire without hearing the words "Radio North Sea International".
I remember being about 7 years old and hiding under the sheets trying to get Luxemburg on my little transistor radio, and finding this great station "RNI" instead. When I mentioned what I'd heard next day to my Mother she was a bit worried because she'd heard it was illegal to listen to the pirates! I was told not to listen, which of course made me all the more keen to. Some nights RNI came in well on that little radio, others not so good, but it really captured the imagination, a pirate ship!
@dondersewitte Ik snap dat je mijn reactie niet begrijpt.... (Doe ik nu eigenlijk zelf ook niet meer). Dit typte ik: En zo hielp Veronica ook zichzelf om zeep.
Ik bedoelde: Veronica voegde een stukje criminaliteit toe aan wat onschuldig vermaak was.. En nou hoop ik maar dat mijn verhaalt niet wéér verminkt overkomt.
@1945Jaap Het woord Laptop dat wellicht in de tekst staat, is niet door mij daar neergezet. Er zit op Youtube een vertaalapplicatie die dat doet. Kies in elk geval voor "origineel weergeven"
I was an avid RNI listener and remember this happening to the Mebo 11. I was sixteen at the time and always tuned in whenever I could. What a shame the pirates were silenced. The kids of todays don't know what they're missing.
I put the radio on, nothing, in school they were asking the teachers where has radio Caroline gone. no music radio can only be evil doing it, unable to pick up radio 1 on 247 up here in the north, I was devastated. My father said I have got a big ship for you, keep watching the news and then it came on the most powerful pop ship ever with global reach, and the evil that thinks that it is good, jammed, bombed, impounded. My father who just happens to be God.
Alas my old Knight Kit Star Roamer receiver was too deaf to ever pick up this station. Once I had enough to buy a decent receiver pirates like these were gone.
Ive listened to it many times and it has to rank as one of the wierdest/funniest 'live' transmissions made. Initially the DJ keeps his cool giving out the mayday call and correct co-ords. Then as the fire takes hold and the signal begins breaking up, he gets the co-ords wrong, then corrects them again. The whole scenario accompanied with Man of Action playing!
Probably the only guy left onboard a doomed ship surrounded by melting vinyl!
I actually remember listening to this live as a 14 year old.I wrote a corny poem about it as I was so distressed by what I had heard.I've still got it somewhere.
I loved RNI and forced my dad to drive around with a Radio Northsea international car sticker in his back window.
There were some great presenters and as FiddlerNick says,it was never boring.I heard Christopher Rainbow for the first time on that station.They played music you didn't hear anywhere else.
You can still listen to RNI on the net. rni (dot) net (dot) ms will take you to the site to find the music feed. It is great and still has the unique sound of RNI
Wow ! Fancy finding this I was 16 at the time and recorded this on reel to reel. I had the tape kept right up until 2000. As I listened to this on the video I could recite it word for word !
Thanks so much for putting this up. A bit of my youth.
Hi a really well done video. I remember it all well. I heard it all on my radio too and saw the news report the next morning. I rememer writing to one of the DJs -I think his name was Dave Rogers-shortly afterwards and getting a letter back about the progress of the repairs. I was shocked to find out via later news reports that those responsible were involved with Radio Veronica! As already said they endangered lives and no matter what you cant "take the law into your own hands " as they say
The Man of Action was RNI's station-call tune, and was indeed continuesly played on the background during Alan West's mayday calls. Very common that tune.
As I rember, Alan West's calls lasted much longer and I then wondered why they didn't abandon the MEBO2 earlier.
After Alan West left, the Swiss technician Bruno Brandenberger spoke in the Swiss langage to the owners in Zurich and told his wife that he was OK, and then the transmitters went off-air.
It's strange to hear the happy music mixed with the desperation of the may-day call. Eerie sounding really. "Once again we have trouble, this time somebody's bombed us."
The person responsible was later arrested and jailed for a year. They endangered the lives of everyone on board the MEBO II, however unlawful Radio North Sea International itself was. One of many episodes in the short life of the station, a documentary double album was released by Jumbo Records in the 1970s - I think it has been re-released on CD in more recent years.
Today, we had Private Radio stations, but only a few of them really make their own program.... Why dont they send a ship again on international waters to bring us good music :)
heintzenberg 6 months ago
sad day in radio history
moggyparty 8 months ago
If you are sending a mayday, having music on in the background strikes me as very odd. Very odd indeed.
organisten 1 year ago
@organisten I suppose it might be like Radio 4 using Sailing By for the Shipping Broadcast, so that as soon as you hear it tuning in you know the frequency and the station. Man of Action being North Sea's theme tune would have made people know what ship was on fire without hearing the words "Radio North Sea International".
Well, that's what I'm guessing anyway.
Rulinator 3 months ago
I remember being about 7 years old and hiding under the sheets trying to get Luxemburg on my little transistor radio, and finding this great station "RNI" instead. When I mentioned what I'd heard next day to my Mother she was a bit worried because she'd heard it was illegal to listen to the pirates! I was told not to listen, which of course made me all the more keen to. Some nights RNI came in well on that little radio, others not so good, but it really captured the imagination, a pirate ship!
G0IFI 1 year ago
En zo hielp Veronica ook zichzelf om zeep...
1945Jaap 1 year ago
Zo hielp Veronica ook zichzelf om zeep...
1945Jaap 1 year ago
@1945Jaap ???
dondersewitte 1 year ago
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@dondersewitte Ik snap dat je mijn reactie niet begrijpt.... (Doe ik nu eigenlijk zelf ook niet meer). Dit typte ik: En zo hielp Veronica ook zichzelf om zeep.
Ik bedoelde: Veronica voegde een stukje criminaliteit toe aan wat onschuldig vermaak was.. En nou hoop ik maar dat mijn verhaalt niet wéér verminkt overkomt.
1945Jaap 1 year ago
@1945Jaap Het woord Laptop dat wellicht in de tekst staat, is niet door mij daar neergezet. Er zit op Youtube een vertaalapplicatie die dat doet. Kies in elk geval voor "origineel weergeven"
1945Jaap 1 year ago
MAYDAY MAYDAY great days of offshore radio
moggyparty 1 year ago
douglas coutts friday 13:00 at w w w radionorthsea tk
lossiemouthden 1 year ago
I was an avid RNI listener and remember this happening to the Mebo 11. I was sixteen at the time and always tuned in whenever I could. What a shame the pirates were silenced. The kids of todays don't know what they're missing.
stevevallance22 1 year ago
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stevevallance22 1 year ago
The most powerful pop ship ever with global reach Jammed, Bombed, Impounded and sunk by an evil that thinks that it is good.
Godtomanonly 1 year ago
I put the radio on, nothing, in school they were asking the teachers where has radio Caroline gone. no music radio can only be evil doing it, unable to pick up radio 1 on 247 up here in the north, I was devastated. My father said I have got a big ship for you, keep watching the news and then it came on the most powerful pop ship ever with global reach, and the evil that thinks that it is good, jammed, bombed, impounded. My father who just happens to be God.
Godtomanonly 2 years ago
Remember hearing this as a 9 year old - there & then I started my 'love affair' with offshore radio!
ConcreteBarge 2 years ago
Alas my old Knight Kit Star Roamer receiver was too deaf to ever pick up this station. Once I had enough to buy a decent receiver pirates like these were gone.
n0bst 2 years ago
I have the recording of this on vinyl!
Ive listened to it many times and it has to rank as one of the wierdest/funniest 'live' transmissions made. Initially the DJ keeps his cool giving out the mayday call and correct co-ords. Then as the fire takes hold and the signal begins breaking up, he gets the co-ords wrong, then corrects them again. The whole scenario accompanied with Man of Action playing!
Probably the only guy left onboard a doomed ship surrounded by melting vinyl!
Bulletguy07 2 years ago 2
Gosh!
I actually remember listening to this live as a 14 year old.I wrote a corny poem about it as I was so distressed by what I had heard.I've still got it somewhere.
I loved RNI and forced my dad to drive around with a Radio Northsea international car sticker in his back window.
There were some great presenters and as FiddlerNick says,it was never boring.I heard Christopher Rainbow for the first time on that station.They played music you didn't hear anywhere else.
sandgrownen 2 years ago
You can still listen to RNI on the net. rni (dot) net (dot) ms will take you to the site to find the music feed. It is great and still has the unique sound of RNI
gohunter69 2 years ago
Amazing Audio!
Im a dj but im unsure if id still be there in the control room if the ship was on fire!
The dj should have been well paid for that show
Truly great radio which typified the "Pirates"
Thanks for sharing
DAVESOUNDS
DAVESOUNDSMATAMP 2 years ago
it would be interesting to find out
what happened and did they catch and
prosecute the perpetrators of this terrible crime
xxtimbo 2 years ago
They did. It was organised by a director of Radio Veronica, plus 4 others, possibly a former Dutch navy diver. They all got 1year in jail.
Mattexmo 2 years ago
Wow ! Fancy finding this I was 16 at the time and recorded this on reel to reel. I had the tape kept right up until 2000. As I listened to this on the video I could recite it word for word !
Thanks so much for putting this up. A bit of my youth.
kemman85 2 years ago 3
I remember this when i was a teenager. RNI was never boring to listen to!
FiddlerNick 3 years ago 4
you can say that again. great station !
lornafan1 2 years ago 3
impressed.......
Ronoldus 3 years ago 3
Remarkable stuff, thanks.
UKArchiveTV 3 years ago 2
Hi a really well done video. I remember it all well. I heard it all on my radio too and saw the news report the next morning. I rememer writing to one of the DJs -I think his name was Dave Rogers-shortly afterwards and getting a letter back about the progress of the repairs. I was shocked to find out via later news reports that those responsible were involved with Radio Veronica! As already said they endangered lives and no matter what you cant "take the law into your own hands " as they say
Oban54 3 years ago 3
what does he say right at the end?
??? abbandoning ship. What does he say?
Trek001 2 years ago
I believe he says -
'Mebo II is now abandoning ship'
SolarEmpireUK 2 years ago
ah thanks for that.
I wasn't arround when this went on, but my dad remembers the messages going out.
Trek001 2 years ago
The Man of Action was RNI's station-call tune, and was indeed continuesly played on the background during Alan West's mayday calls. Very common that tune.
As I rember, Alan West's calls lasted much longer and I then wondered why they didn't abandon the MEBO2 earlier.
After Alan West left, the Swiss technician Bruno Brandenberger spoke in the Swiss langage to the owners in Zurich and told his wife that he was OK, and then the transmitters went off-air.
Very impressive; I was 19 then.
dogiehogan 3 years ago 3
In 1971 I heard this live on my valve radio!
dogiehogan 3 years ago
It's strange to hear the happy music mixed with the desperation of the may-day call. Eerie sounding really. "Once again we have trouble, this time somebody's bombed us."
Mainsail76 3 years ago 6
should get rid of the music!
shaun2794 4 years ago
The person responsible was later arrested and jailed for a year. They endangered the lives of everyone on board the MEBO II, however unlawful Radio North Sea International itself was. One of many episodes in the short life of the station, a documentary double album was released by Jumbo Records in the 1970s - I think it has been re-released on CD in more recent years.
anorak64 4 years ago