Dutch Connection
Part 1
With the Dutch station Radio Veronica
providing inspiration for Radio Caroline's founding it's not surprising
that a strong link throughout the history of offshore radio of both countries
radio has endured
Here Leendert Vingerling shares memories,
pictures & some archive audio from his days at Radio
Monique
Wim de Valk with
"Windy" skipper Willy sorting out the supplies in Dunkirk
Coffee on the
tender "Windy" before leaving, Monique dj's Dick Verheul,
Jan veldkamp, Drs. Wim de Valk, a visitor, & skipper Willy
"Windy"
departs from Dunkirk on the 8 hour trip to the Ross Revenge
Leendert &
Marjo suppliers for Radio Delmare, Caroline, Monique, & Radio
558
Clean as a whistle
a bow shot from August 23rd 1983
Mike Barrington
hauls Nico Stevens' girlfriend aboard from the Belgium tender
"Zeemeeuw"
Unperturbed Nico
Stevens awaits his cue in the newsroom
Supplies from
the "Zeemeeuw" now on-board
Radio Monique
studio 2 minutes away from her official start
We're on the air
- A celebratory toast by Frits Koning, Maarten de Jong, Ad Roberts,
& station manager Fred Bolland
On shore Radio
Monique's Ad Roberts & station founder Nico Volker doing a
Laser roadshow in Holland
Elly van Amstel
Radio Monique's only female dj
Anoraks United,
Walter Simons & a stranded John Burch
Caroline's biggest tender from Howard
Beer who later was fined & imprisoned
I was amazed that I was called the only female
dj on Monique, because I remember Mirjam Verhoef going aboard the Ross. But
maybe that was on radio 558, it's a while back.:)You have a very nice picture
of me in the Monique studio, can I have a copy please? Yours truly, "Elly"
van Amstel
I enjoy your
site, great fun! Greetings from Wim Vriezen aka Wim de Valk (Monique)
There's more of Radio
Monique in the second part of this feature Dutch
Connection 2
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