28th February
1970
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Alan West at 11pm on the station's launch day. The official opening had been at 6pm. The first voice heard in the clip is that of German DJ, Hannibal, finishing his show and
Ed Moreno is featured on a UNICEF promotion. Duration 6 minutes 32 seconds. (Audio
courtesy of Hans Knot. Photo of Alan from ‘Deejay & Radio Monthly’)
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1st March
1970
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It is the following afternoon and Senior DJ Roger Day is counting down the new Top 40 (see full list here). Duration 6 minutes 43 seconds. (Audio shared on
the Internet Radiocafé, now known as the Radiotrefpunt (radio meeting point) forum by Robin Westhof. Photo of Roger taken by Duncan
Johnson.)
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6th June
1970
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By June RNI's medium wave signal was being jammed by the British Government. Fortunately the FM outlet was still clear so we can hear Duncan Johnson reading a statement from the Swiss directors.
Duration 3 minutes 4 seconds. There is more from this programme, including Duncan's 1970 World Cup prediction here. (Recording shared on www.azanorak.com by Richard Crichton. Photo of Duncan provided by the man himself.)
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30th June
1970
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One of the differences between offshore radio and its landbased rivals is displayed in this clip as Mark Wesley reveals the details of a practical joke played on the ship. Duration 6 minutes 41 seconds.
(Audio shared on the Internet Radiocafé, now known as the Radiotrefpunt (radio meeting point) forum by Robin Westhof. Photo of Mark from
the RNI Souvenir Book, published by Hit-Publications, Zurich.)
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23rd September
1970
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Andy Archer is hosting RNI's penultimate morning show of 1970. He plays a jingle produced by Mark Wesley (based on South American Getaway from the film Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid).
A couple of days earlier the news schedule had changed. Bulletins are now on the half-hour and we hear Alan West reporting.
Duration 5 minutes 3 seconds. (Audio shared on the The Offshore Radio Club Forum by Hans Hendriks. Photo of Andy from ‘Disc & Music Echo’.)
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24th September
1970
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On the evening of 23rd September news came through that RNI was to close the next day. The station continued programmes through the night. Here is Australian DJ Stephen Ladd from the early hours of the
final day with a rather odd mixture of middle-of-the-road music and knock-knock jokes. Duration 7 minutes 19 seconds. (Audio shared on the The Offshore Radio Club Forum
by Hans Hendriks. Photo of Stephen from the RNI Souvenir Book, published by Hit-Publications, Zurich.)
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24th September
1970
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Spangles Muldoon presenting the final Breakfast Show in 1970 from Radio Northsea International. The station closed a few hours later at 11am. Duration 8 minutes 24 seconds.
(Audio shared on the The Offshore Radio Club Forum by Hans Hendriks. Photo of Spangles from the RNI Souvenir Book, published by Hit-Publications, Zurich.)
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