Pirates For Peace
Sunday, August 26, 2018
FRS Holland Sunday 26 August Broadcast
Dear FRS Friends,
Today- Sunday August 26th- will see our traditional 'late August' broadcast.
As always, full information is to be read on our website. Just use the link below!Details about our web streams are included.
http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/120-frs-repeat-on-sunday-august-26th-2018.htmlSimilar to previous years it will be a thematic broadcast and at the same time the inofficial
celebration of our ...38th anniversary.
FRS-Holland: (almost) 38 years of short wave free radio! Tune in tonight, it'll be worth while.....
All the best!
Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the FRS team
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6 comments:
It is time they gave up. Broadcasting a few times a year but stating 38 years on the bands?
Pure free radio doesn't pedal the easy option of internet streams; taking chances, broadcasting from forests and the tops of hills in the wilds is what it is all about, not cosy Internet streaming and some operators sounding more ILR-like instead of being free of the constraints of content, and music policies.
What a stupid comment!
Hi Anonymous!
Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I think you are the negative commenter from UK DXer’s blog. You keep saying that certain stations do pointless things (imitate ILR stations, play continuous music, relay Internet stations, etc.) and that certain stations from the past (your favourite stations from the 90s) should come back. I don’t think you’re being very constructive. And you’re probably hurting people’s feelings (like I’ve probably done in the past making similar comments, I have to admit).
I think it would be better if you could instead write a longer text about the relevance of pirate radio in today’s world and publish it somewhere (unfortunately we don’t have any paper magazines anymore, so you’d have to use one of the Internet forums).
A couple of thoughts from me (for what it’s worth):
1) Pirate radio on short wave today is mainly nostalgia. It’s an activity for middle-aged or old men (we’re all born well before 1980 – and we’re all men) who used to be involved in the kind of ‘real’ pirate radio that you describe 20, 30 or 40 years ago.
2) In a way we live in a world where the dreams of the free-radio enthusiasts of the 70s and 80s have come true: All imaginable (musical and other) content is available all the time (by a simple tap on a touchscreen), and we’re all free to broadcast ourselves as much as we want (on Youtube or Facebook or wherever). I think we’re creating a technological hell for ourselves and our children. Adults spend their leisure time scrolling on Facebook or listening to podcasts (instead of doing nothing), children play computer games and send each other photos on the smartphone (instead of playing outside).
3) The kind of ‘real’ pirate radio that you describe (analogue broadcasting from hilltops – and tuning in to these broadcasts using old-fashioned analogue receivers) can be a breath of fresh air in this technological hell. Just like growing vegetables or spending time in the wild. Or doing mundane things like washing up. Even if it’s just music interspersed with a few jingles I think it’s worth it!
73
KS in Oslo
PS: Thanks to Irish Paul, UK DXer, Terry and others for interesting blogs!
Hi Kai,
Many thanks for your very well thought out constructive comments about Free Radio.
Personally if this anonymously Man or woman don't like what they hear on SW why does he bother listening.
While the 70's, 80's and 90's were great times for Free Radio, these times will not be coming back,
The Local Noise on Am is much louder now then it was back then.
We need to enjoy the present times and not keep looking back at the past.
While i understand some of the stations that broadcast today are not to everyone's liking.
These stations still run the risk of been caught everytime they come on.
We should be thanking these stations for coming on and not knocking them down.
Also thanks for the kind compliments about this blog, UK Dxer,Terry and other blogs.
Paul.
I'm glad you find our blogs interesting Kai. Some interesting thoughts, but as Paul says, we need to be grateful to the stations still plugging away.
If anon or anyone else wants to write about pirate radio in today's world then drop me a line at ukdxer@yahoo.co.uk
I agree. The good old days aren’t coming back, and we should appreciate the efforts made by the operators who are still active.
And I think it makes good sense to continue listening – both for nostalgia reasons (I’m happy as long as I get to hear ‘Televisie polka’ one more time on one of the Dutch stations) and because it’s a good thing to try to get away from the constant temptations of the Internet and do something as old-fashioned as listening to the radio (tuning around the analogue bands I still find things that I wasn't really looking for but that are interesting nevertheless).
Unfortunately I don’t get to listen to short wave so often these days (I have children, and I’m plagued by the local noise Irish Paul mentions), but I listen occasionally (using a short wire on the balcony), and I like following the blogs to see what’s happening.
I hope anon will write some sort of pirate radio manifesto for today’s world (HI). I think he may have some interesting things to say.
Good luck to FRSH and other stations planning to broadcast this weekend!
73
Kai
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