14th May
1973
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Ian Anderson opening the International Service of RNI and presenting the 8-10pm programme. The show contains a number of plug records. He tells us: “The best way to tell the paid plays on RNI
was that the title and artist were always mentioned before and after the play, and there was always a reference to the record label.” Duration 7 minutes 12 seconds. Audio shared on the
Radiotrefpunt (radio meeting point) forum by Robin Westhof. Photo provided by Ian himself.)
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27th May
1973
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The husband and wife team of Mike and Sheila Ross hosting the popular Hitback Show on a Sunday evening. The voice on the advert for the ‘History of RNI’
album belongs to Graham Gill and Don Allen can be heard on the commercial for the Nova Park Hotel, Zurich. Duration 7 minutes 3 seconds. (Audio shared on
The Offshore Radio Club Forum by Hans Hendriks. Photo of Mike and Sheila courtesy of Kenny Tosh.)
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15th April
1974
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Robb Eden's ‘Contemporary Music Show’ from the early hours of Easter Monday on Radio Northsea International, with Graham Gill on news duty. Robb was involved with RNI for many years - both
in front of the microphone and working behind the scenes. Duration 7 minutes 9 seconds. (Audio kindly provided by Stuart Russell. Photo of Robb from Offshore Echos.)
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2nd June
1974
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Robin Banks, formerly known as Robin Adcroft on Radio Caroline, had joined RNI in August 1973 as a transmitter engineer and DJ. He only had a one hour show on this evening to make room for
the debut programme from new boy Jason Wolfe. Duration 6 minutes 52 seconds. (Audio shared on The Offshore Radio Club Forum by Hans
Hendriks. Photo posted by Robin on Facebook.)
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16th June
1974
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Roger Kent had joined RNI earlier in 1974 and taken over the Sunday night Hitback Show. Roger revamped the weekly competition - and is still explaining how it works 17 weeks later! We have
shortened the competition clips. Duration 7 minutes 31 seconds. (Audio from the Offshore Radio Archive. Photo of Roger shared on Facebook by Brian McKenzie.)
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23rd August
1974
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After Don Allen's promo, it is the last ever Brian McKenzie ‘Rock'n'Roll Special’. RNI's International Service closed the following Friday night with the
station ceasing transmissions altogether the following day. Duration 6 minutes 45 seconds. (Audio shared on The Offshore Radio Club Forum by Hans Hendriks. Photo
posted by Brian on Facebook.)
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30th August
1974
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It is DJ/engineer Bob Noakes from 3am on 30th August 1974, the final day of RNI's International Service. Bob was planning to stay on the ship to prepare for the launch of Radio Nova International.
Presumably that is what he is referring to at the end of the clip. Unfortunately Nova never made it on to the air. See here for details. Duration 4 minutes 5 seconds. (Audio shared on
The Offshore Radio Club Forum by Hans Hendriks. Photo from ‘Monitor’ magazine.)
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