Mike Terry
2004-08-13 21:19:49 UTC
After finally conquering the reflective power problem we finally went on air
with full power last Tuesday. In English with me kicking off with a dynamite
morning show. In Aland, Finland. It was only for a day as I had to fly back
to the UK that evening to look after my business there. It was enough. I had
many calls from all over the island and though the signal was not to great
due to the need for a soon to come audio processor it was great to be in
front of a microphone again! The government here in Aland has finally
realized that as the license for 300 kw's is so massive and is an
International license eventually reaching millions all over Scandinavia and
much of Northern Europe and god knows how far East they have agreed that it
would be acceptable to do my show, and I hope it means other presenters on
Pirate Radio 603 AM, to present in English. In a way I am a touch sad as I
was just beginning to get the hang of speaking in Swedish but maybe they
were more afraid of me speaking "pigeon Swedish" than English and after
announcing a new show called "Dra Min Banana", or "Pull My Banana" which is
a wind up show presented by 2 cool kats from Aland, Yessu and Messa, they
decided that it was safer to get me off the Swedish speaking trip. They also
said that as listeners are not to be classified as "consumers" it was OK to
broadcast in English. I thank them for their insight and welcome their
change of mind. it shows a great flexability for the beautiful people of
Aland I have taken to my heart as they have supported us so well up to now.I
am grateful and can now apply myself to creating a fantastic new schedule
with the most exciting new kinds of programs people of all ages and musical
tastes have heard in many a year.The battle over the license will come to a
head soon and hopefully it can be resolved peacefully. Nonetheless, I, or
we, will carry on and under NO circumstances will we be stopped from making
Pirate Radio 603 AM the next big thing in the radio orld...We are still not
happy though with the signal due to ground net problems and have decided to
go even further by erecting an antenna on the ship St Paul in Mariehamn
which has been my home for past 5 months and where the broadcasting studios
are and now we can truly say we will have a true radioship like the original
pirate radio ships of yesteryear. The perfect grounding of the salt water
here in the Baltic will increase the signal even more and god only knows how
far we will be heard! We have begun to take in advertising with really cool
adverts meant to make people smile and take notice and now the fun begins!
And hard work as well....
Wish us luck! We will need it!
Yours very truly,
Mike Spenser --- once a Pirate, always a Pirate!
http://www.earthradio.co.uk/radio_news.htm
with full power last Tuesday. In English with me kicking off with a dynamite
morning show. In Aland, Finland. It was only for a day as I had to fly back
to the UK that evening to look after my business there. It was enough. I had
many calls from all over the island and though the signal was not to great
due to the need for a soon to come audio processor it was great to be in
front of a microphone again! The government here in Aland has finally
realized that as the license for 300 kw's is so massive and is an
International license eventually reaching millions all over Scandinavia and
much of Northern Europe and god knows how far East they have agreed that it
would be acceptable to do my show, and I hope it means other presenters on
Pirate Radio 603 AM, to present in English. In a way I am a touch sad as I
was just beginning to get the hang of speaking in Swedish but maybe they
were more afraid of me speaking "pigeon Swedish" than English and after
announcing a new show called "Dra Min Banana", or "Pull My Banana" which is
a wind up show presented by 2 cool kats from Aland, Yessu and Messa, they
decided that it was safer to get me off the Swedish speaking trip. They also
said that as listeners are not to be classified as "consumers" it was OK to
broadcast in English. I thank them for their insight and welcome their
change of mind. it shows a great flexability for the beautiful people of
Aland I have taken to my heart as they have supported us so well up to now.I
am grateful and can now apply myself to creating a fantastic new schedule
with the most exciting new kinds of programs people of all ages and musical
tastes have heard in many a year.The battle over the license will come to a
head soon and hopefully it can be resolved peacefully. Nonetheless, I, or
we, will carry on and under NO circumstances will we be stopped from making
Pirate Radio 603 AM the next big thing in the radio orld...We are still not
happy though with the signal due to ground net problems and have decided to
go even further by erecting an antenna on the ship St Paul in Mariehamn
which has been my home for past 5 months and where the broadcasting studios
are and now we can truly say we will have a true radioship like the original
pirate radio ships of yesteryear. The perfect grounding of the salt water
here in the Baltic will increase the signal even more and god only knows how
far we will be heard! We have begun to take in advertising with really cool
adverts meant to make people smile and take notice and now the fun begins!
And hard work as well....
Wish us luck! We will need it!
Yours very truly,
Mike Spenser --- once a Pirate, always a Pirate!
http://www.earthradio.co.uk/radio_news.htm