Oh the memories ....

Just saw this video now. Very well put together. You guys may be interested in this compilation RNI tribute video I created: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5fYaJiar8p3Y7ssi=KtWYrUIWr1CdRj2S

Goodbye Dave, thank you for the great songs. You will stay forever in my heart !

Nice Singing

Ich hören noch immer Bennys Lieder ich vermisse seine neuen Lieder und Videos er war ein Toller Kerl werde ihn nie vergessen auch nach Jahren nach seinem Tot.

RNI was the soundtrack to my youth growing up in East Kent in early 1970’s. Was too late for the first wave of pirate stations but was well served by RNI, Radio Veronica, Radio Caroline, Radio Seagull and Radio Atlantis et al. I always felt these presenters were friends that I had not met. These stations introduced me to music from bands that no one else was playing; Alquin, Focus, Golden Earring, Earth & Fire, Solution, Shocking Blue etc . When you listen to these clips that originally were broadcast on very weak, often crackly medium wave band and compare to current DAB, FM signals it shows how far broadcast sound has come. However then as now, it’s the actual music that counts for me, not whether it is in stereo, dab or fm. Admittedly listening with clear quality audio is much more enjoyable! What a sad state of affairs when playing music was deemed as a criminal act and were hounded off the air.

It was Radio Nordsee International, NOT Radio Northsea International.

Forgot all about this station.

i might be wrong but i sure i saw the exorcist there in the early 70s, scared the shit out of me

Thank you 🤗 where are they now 🤔

I deffo went to see a couple of Bond films there when I was a young kid. Seemed to be mostly X Rated stuff from memory. Surprised it's still there.

amazing footage - some of the best night footage of the era you can sense the atmosphere even though its silent movie film with all the lights flashing and the rides going flat out with the riders hanging on the Shaws Ark - the mirrorball is a fantastic effect - I only saw the ride at Wakefield Market Place in 2004.

Herrliche Zeiten waren das. Leider war eine Empfangsbestätigung damals nicht möglich, da in Leipzig empfangen. Das wäre wohl schlecht beim Staatsschutz angekommen. Auf 49m wars morgens und abends gut zu berkommen, Mittags wars etweas schlechter, aber hörbar. Verwendetes Gerät: Stern Party M/K.

Did anyone else ever sing this in English?

Love this

RIP Dave..

This is a stolen of Dad's army theme song from the BBC

Love this. Keep it up brotha!

was sad world they only wanted to bring fun to radio

Labour are scum but the Tories are no better

Have you the original film ? Seems to be gone from KZbin ?

Awesome Documentary

I was onny a bain back then

This 'documentary' is rubbish.

The studio microphones (at least in the early days) were the same AKG type used by many of the 60s pirates... and may have been stolen from the Caroline ships when they were laid up in harbour in Amsterdam!

This was the day I was born

My inflatable superman needs tuneup

I remember listenin to RNI from its inceptiion to close down all through my teens on old valve radio sets and later transistorised ones, both the medium wave service and the shortwave "Northsea goes DX" programmes. I have lots of this and the last few hours before closedown in '74 recorded on cassettes - must get these digitised. Thanks for the vid!

The only time I missed your shows on Britain Radio was when I'm on vacation. Though I never met you I feel I have lost a friend....rest in peace Dave....

I wonder what would have happened if the Marine Offences Act was never passed and Ireland and Scandanavia took laissez-faire attitudes towards the radio ships? Do you think we'd have seen Mebo V broadcasting TV via satellite? Would Long Wave Radio Atlantic 252 ever have happened?

Wasn't there a rumour that it was doubling up as a numbers station after it closed down for the night?

Now that's exciting radio!

A brilliantly edited video about a wonderful radio station. Thank you for putting this together and posting. Great memories of fascinating time in the history of radio.

Awesome upload!

Sadly, mushy passed away, 13th May 2016. He died of kidney failure on the vets table. I still miss him terribly. He was a real character, and a real friend.

piano is very worn and original nothing mechanically had been done needs it desperately !

What a nice little film, thanks for sharing.

my grandad helped building this

great opening title on this song it hasn't been recorded yet for nearly another 5 years it says 2020 lol

2:28 Check out the new Sierra !!

I really like it. I'm not accustomed to this kind of this but it's very pleasant.

I love you, Saga Rose!

Amazing Dave, great song. Thanks for posting!

Very good documentary on a fine wireless station that I grew up with and miss so much

well done Dave just found it like it one good song

nice one Dave brilliant ove the song got the ep

Mikrofon D-20 AKG!

The wonderful RNI adventure ends on 31st August 1974; the day democracy died by minister Van Doorn (PPR/GroenLinks) in the Labour (PvdA) cabinet.of prime-minister Den Uyl. Remember that the Conservatives (VVD) were very in favour of free broadcast radio.

Sadly this beautiful cinema ended up on soft porn, but it went out in triumph with a Bond film showing it simultaneously with the Tower opposite, also lost to live cinema. Both would now make a very good art house or maybe a boutique cinema and wine bar. There is a loyal niche audience to be found if the industry will only recognise the fact.

Joe Dassin "Ça va pas changer le monde" - l'inégalable Joe Dassin!