Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Radio Mi Amigo 192 slated for live broadcast on August 31

Dutch Internet oldies station Radio Mi Amigo 192 will be broadcasting live from Scheveningen on 31 August at 1200-1800 (1000-1600 UTC). The DJ’s will be playing songs from the Top 192, comprising listeners’ favourites from the offshore radio era 1960-1989. There will also be live music from cover band ReaXtion.
From 1800-1900 there will be an hour of ‘typical offshore radio songs’ and from 1900-2000 public broadcaster Radio West will link up with Radio Mi Amigo for a programme commemorating the offshore stations.
31 August is the traditional offshore radio day in the Netherlands. On that date in 1974, Radio Veronica and Radio Noordzee had to stop their offshore broadcasts due to a new Dutch law making them illegal. One station - Radio Mi Amigo - continued from studios in Spain, but closed when the ship sank in 1980. There were several later attempts at Dutch offshore stations, such as Radio Monique in the mid-1980s, but nothing since.
Radio Mi Amigo 192 broadcasts 24 hours a day via http://www.radiomiamigo.eu/. Radio West broadcasts in The Hague and environs on 89.3 FM and via http://www.rtvwest.nl/.
(Source: Mi Amigo 192)Dutch Internet oldies station Radio Mi Amigo 192 will be broadcasting live from Scheveningen on 31 August at 1200-1800 (1000-1600 UTC). The DJ’s will be playing songs from the Top 192, comprising listeners’ favourites from the offshore radio era 1960-1989. There will also be live music from cover band ReaXtion.
From 1800-1900 there will be an hour of ‘typical offshore radio songs’ and from 1900-2000 public broadcaster Radio West will link up with Radio Mi Amigo for a programme commemorating the offshore stations.
31 August is the traditional offshore radio day in the Netherlands. On that date in 1974, Radio Veronica and Radio Noordzee had to stop their offshore broadcasts due to a new Dutch law making them illegal. One station - Radio Mi Amigo - continued from studios in Spain, but closed when the ship sank in 1980. There were several later attempts at Dutch offshore stations, such as Radio Monique in the mid-1980s, but nothing since.
Radio Mi Amigo 192 broadcasts 24 hours a day via http://www.radiomiamigo.eu/. Radio West broadcasts in The Hague and environs on 89.3 FM and via http://www.rtvwest.nl/.
(Source: Mi Amigo 192/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)