Radio Delmare
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Radio Delmare was a project by enthusiasts in 1977 to restore a Dutch radio ship, about three years after Veronica and RNI went off air. In May 1977 they bought MV "Aegir" and made it ready.
Preemptive raid
The first broadcast was to have been aired on Monday 26 June 1978 but the Dutch Radio Control Office and police boarded the ship on Friday June 23 having been alerted by a man who did not want his son to take part. Equipment was confiscated.
International waters
The enthusiasts sailed into open waters with food, oil and other provisions. In early July they entered the harbour at Maassluis, near Rotterdam with the name of the ship changed to "Flip". Two weeks later they sailed to Ostend and brought on board two Marconi transmitters from the Belgian army. Each of the transmitters had 3 kW of power. Damage during installation limited them to a few hundred Watts. The studio contained two Revox A77 reelecorders, four FTM-spotmasters, two Thorens turntables, two AKG microphones and a mixer.
Broadcasting
The station name changed to Radio Delmare with the theme tune "The Eve Of The War" by Jeff Wayne. Over 2000 listener reports in total were claimed from coastal and inland areas around the Netherlands and Belgium. The station aired old tapes from Radio Caroline and some non-stop music. These were live but did not contain much speech. The disc jockey for the first hour was Rene de Leeuw.
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