{"id":36294,"date":"2019-03-04T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=36294"},"modified":"2019-02-24T08:58:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T12:58:59","slug":"scott-stumbles-upon-radio-veronica-at-the-ndsm-wharf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/scott-stumbles-upon-radio-veronica-at-the-ndsm-wharf\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott stumbles upon Radio Veronica at the NDSM Wharf"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Scott Gamble, who writes:<\/p>\n

[I was in Amsterdam recently] and was in a meeting over at the NDSM Wharf, and I happened to stumble upon Radio Veronica next to the office where I was meeting.<\/p>\n

Never though I\u2019d be so close to it. Such a cool piece of history.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Wow! What a fantastic opportunity to catch a glimpse of the legendary Radio Veronica! Thank you for sharing your photos, Scott.<\/p>\n

Check out more info about Radio Veronica on Wikipedia:<\/a><\/p>\n

Radio Veronica<\/b>\u00a0was an\u00a0offshore radio<\/a>\u00a0station that began broadcasting in 1960, and broadcast from offshore for over fourteen years. It was set up by independent radio, TV and household electrical retailers in the Netherlands to stimulate the sales of radio receivers by providing an alternative to the Netherlands state-licensed stations in\u00a0Hilversum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Broadcasts began on 21 April 1960. The station announced itself as VRON (Vrije Radio Omroep Nederland; Free Radio Station [of the] Netherlands) but changed to Radio Veronica, after the poem “Het Zwarte Schaap Veronica” \u2014 The Black Sheep Veronica \u2014 by the children’s poet\u00a0Annie M. G. Schmidt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After the station’s closure, some of its staff applied for a broadcasting licence and continued as a\u00a0legal organisation<\/a>\u00a0with the same name.<\/p>\n

The original Radio Veronica became the most popular station in the\u00a0Netherlands<\/a>. It broadcast from a former\u00a0lightship<\/a>\u00a0Borkum Riff<\/i>\u00a0anchored off the\u00a0Dutch<\/a>\u00a0coastline. The ship was fitted with a horizontal antenna between the fore and aft masts, fed by a one-kilowatt transmitter. Most of its programmes were recorded in a studio on the Zeedijk in Hilversum. At the end of the 1960s the studios and offices moved to bigger premises on the Utrechtseweg in Hilversum. Initially advertisers were reluctant to buy airtime, but those that did reported increases in sales and gradually the station’s revenue improved.<\/p>\n

For a short time the station also ran an\u00a0English language<\/a>\u00a0service under the call letters\u00a0CNBC<\/a>\u00a0(Commercial Neutral Broadcasting Company). Although short-lived, CNBC was presented by professional broadcasters who were able to give invaluable technical advice to Veronica’s Dutch staff.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full Radio Veronica entry.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Scott Gamble, who writes: [I was in Amsterdam recently] and was in a meeting over at the NDSM Wharf, and I happened to stumble upon Radio Veronica next to the office where I was meeting. Never though I\u2019d be so close to it. Such a cool piece of history. 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