Summer is in full swing and many people are enjoying this holiday season. Hans Knot will do it again from now on. In mid-September, our Sunday columnist will return as usual – every other week – on the seventh day. In the meantime, he wishes everyone a very nice and valuable time! Which is also true the other way around.
Society reporter Henk van der Meyden reported the news in early 1964: “Radio Veronica will soon be on the air with a better sound than now.” He had talked to Veronica’s director Hendrik ‘Bull’ Verweij the night before (Picture).
He had told her that station management had instructed their technicians to amplify the Borkum Riff transmitter to increase the reception area. Verweij: “We are also coming to Friesland and Hertogenbosch, but more improvements can be expected. We also pay attention to sound reproduction.”
The latter, Henk van der Meyden stated, was certainly not unnecessary, as especially Radio Caroline and Radio Noordzee, then on TV from the artificial REM island, not only received a much stronger sound, but also the quality of Radio Veronica improved considerably. was less good. The journalist felt that with the arrival of even more offshore channels, there was clear competition, which meant that Radio Veronica’s technicians had work to do.
Director Verweij again in conversation: “We have devised a plan that we will start as soon as possible. There are also plans for a new radio ship. Everyone is free to do what they want at sea. And we face our rivals with joy.” The plan finally came true in November 1964, when Norderney became Radio Veronica’s new broadcast ship. A stronger transmitter on board, so that the signal could be received 192 meters further than before.
Hans Knot
Photo by Bull Verweij: Norderney Foundation
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