FRS test on 7310; Seasonal Broadcast on Sun Dec 29th

Dear FRS Friends,

F R S – H O L L A N D T E S T I N G
Next Sunday December 8th FRS-Holland will conduct a test broadcast on 7310 kHz/ 41 metres.
The test will last for two hours between 10:00-12:00 UTC/ 11:00- 13:00 CET. We are understandably curious what reception is like in your particular area.
Therefore we do hope as many listeners as possible will be tuning our way and send a reception report, either via e-mail or snail mail. Correct reception reports will
be verified with our station QSL. You can truly help us by sending in your reception report!

I N V I T A T I O N
Our next full broadcast will be over the Holiday Season: on Sunday December 29th FRS-Holland will continue a long time tradition, ringing out 2013.
It was in the early 1980s that we started with December XMas broadcasts. Only very few times in the past 33 years, FRS was absent in December.
In the past years we have seen a decline in the number of listeners willing to participate in our Seasonal broadcast.
We call on you as a faithful FRS friend and listener to take part this year…

We’d like to invite you- the listener- to participate. Forward your very own personal Season’s Greetings to the Free Radio Service Holland and we will
make sure it’ll be read out during our broadcast. You can dedicate your greetings to friends etc. but you can also make a ‘general’ New Year’s Greeting.
It can be written or taped (cassette, CD, MD or MP3 file), it’s up to you! Send your message to P.O.Box 2702, 6049 ZG Herten in the Netherlands or
do it the ‘quick and easy ‘way by sending an e-mail to . Let’s be honest…compiling a written message only costs a couple of minutes.
In this way you can add something personal to our December broadcast. So…don’t hesitate and take part in the FRS Seasonal Party. No doubt it’ll be great fun.
Make sure your contribution reaches us in time….do it as soon as possible.
We are looking forward hearing from you !!! Tune in December…it’ll be worth while!!! Go and tell your friends…

December 29th FRSH will be on 7600//5800 kHz & 6070 kHz for at least 5 hours Pxs will be presented by Jan van Dijk doing the German show.
Roger Davis -celebrating his first year on the station- will be presenting another classic FRS Golden Show with great (and rare!) 60s/ 70s stuff as well as a
feature on offshore radio. Peter Verbruggen will be looking back to what happened in the past (Day Calendar) playing a mix of 80s/90s/00s records in FRS Magazine.
He will also host FRS Goes DXMas with the latest news from the wonderful world of wireless. Last but not least: Paul Graham will be doing an 80s show. Within the programmes
October mail and Season’s Greetings will be read out. There also is the Phrase that Pays. FRS will most likely commence at 08.00 UTC/ 09.00 CET.
Later on this months we will be forwarding more details about the upcoming festive broadcast.
Good listening next Sunday!

73s, Peter V. (on behalf of the FRS staff)

a Balance between Music & Information joint to one Format….

FRS-Holland, POBox 2702, 6049 ZG Herten in the Netherlands.
e-mail: < frs@frsholland.nl>
Free Radio Service Holland is an Independent and Free radio station broadcasting on SW since August 1980.
Broadcasts are carried out in Dutch, German & English at an irregular basis on 51, 48 & 41 metres.

FRS Holland 25 August 2013

Dear FRS Friends,

Following a 6 month break, FRS-Holland will return to the SW free radio airwaves next Sunday (August 25th).
Opposite to our usual broadcasts, this one will take place in the evening hours between 17:52- 22:00 UTC/ 19:52- 24:00 CEST.
FRS-Holland will be on 7600 kHz & 5810 kHz. In case there’s any interference on either channels, we move to 7685 and/or 5800 kHz.
Propagation during evenings has been solid over the past period, so we are looking forward to an evening with loud signals over Central and Western Europe.
It’ll be an ‘old fashioned’ 4 hour FRS broadcast and our full staff will be involved apart from Paul Graham (will be back later this year).
Next Sunday we focus on the Summer of Love 1967, 70s gold (including rare tracks!), 80s & a special on the early 80s Neue Deutsche Welle (new German wave).And of course we have radio related items in all shows (land based free radio & offshore).
Next Sunday: an evening full of nostalgia on your SW receiver….

We are looking forward hearing from you. We invite all our ‘old’ friends to tune in and hope there will also be a number of new listeners as well!
Hope you are able to tune in next Sunday. Likely the full August 25th shows will go out via the Internet one week later on Sun September 1st.
More news about that will follow.
Not to forget: this August (31st) will see FRS-Holland’s 33rd Anniversary….

73s, Peter Verbruggen (on behalf of Jan van Dijk, Dave Scott, Roger Davis, Paul Graham, Brian & Bobby Speed)

a Balance between Music & Information joint to one Format….

FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands

e-mail: < frs@frsholland.nl>

Marine Offences Act Scotland 69AM

Today and tomorrow, Scotland 69am www.scotland69am.com will be commemorating the introduction of the Marine Offences Act on August 15th 1967.

There will be a two part AJ Pirate Radio Special, Part 1 tonight followed by Part 2 tomorrow night. Part 1 will feature recordings of the early days of the offshore stations whilst Part 2 will feature recordings nearer the end of the stations. Both progs will include interviews with former offshore presenters, including Dave Gillbee (ex-City and Britain Radio) and Tony Prince (ex-Caroline North). The programmes should start at 8pm (20000 UK time) but this is to be confirmed…watch this page for confirmation.

Wilf Proudfoot, shopping magnate who became an MP, dies aged 91

Wilf Proudfoot, shopping magnate who became an MP, dies aged 91
Wilf Proudfoot founder and MD of 1960s offshore station Radio 270 has died.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/crook/10566156.Larger_than_life_former_MP_dies__aged_91/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/10196157/Wilfred-Proudfoot.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilf_Proudfoot

Info via RadioAnoraksUk