LASER 558 ALL EUROPE RADIO PART 2
DUTCH VISITOR AND ENGINEER BILL VOIGHT.
ENGINE ROOM MV COMMUNICATOR.
COMMUNICATOR BOW AND ANCHORS.
THE ENTIRE DEEJAY CREW FROM LASER 558 AND NEIGHBOUR RADIO CAROLINE ONBOARD THE MV ROSS REVENGE, CAROL'S RADIOSHIP.
ON NOVEMBER 6, 1985 THE FUN WAS OVER FOR LASER 558. BOTH FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL PROBLEMS CAUSED THE STATION TO CLOSE DOWN AND HEAD FOR HARWICH. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THE CAROLINE SHIP ROSS REVENGE ON THAT DAY. LASER 558 MADE A LONG LASTING IMPRESSION ON OFFSHORE RADIO LISTENERS, WE WERE NEVER TO HEAR THE STATION AGAIN.
THE MV COMMUNICATOR IN LISBON PORTUGAL WITH A NEW MAST ON THE STERN OF THE VESSEL AND PART OF A FRONT MAST. I TOOK THIS PHOTO IN THE SUMMER OF 1992. IN AUGUST 1994 THE COMMUNICATOR WAS BACK IN HOLLAND AND BETWEEN OCTOBER 1994 AND JULY 2002 THE SHIP WAS USED BY SEVERAL LEGAL DUTCH COMMERCIAL STATIONS LIKE HOLLAND FM AND RADIO VERONICA.
NO LIVE BROADCAST HOWEVER FROM THE SHIP, SHE WAS USED AS A RELAY TRANSMITTER FOR THESE STATIONS. THE COMMUNICATOR WAS ANCHORED IN THE DUTCH IJSSELMEER.
THE BRIDGE OF THE VESSEL OCT 1994.
HOLLAND FM ON 1224 KHZ MEDIUM WAVE. ALSO ON CABLE FM IN THE NETHERLANDS.
FORMER PRODUCTION STUDIO IN 1994.
THE FORMER ON AIR STUDIO, NO SIGN OF CARTS ANYMORE.
THE NEW 60 KW HARRIS TRANSMITTER STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.
COMMUNICATOR ON ICE.
NO SIGN OF THE FAMOUS DUTCH ICE SKATERS. WINTER 1994.
THE GANGWAY AND FRONTDOOR.
THIS BEAUTIFUL GRUNDIG RADIO WAS USED TO MONITOR THE STATION BY CREW MEMBERS ONBOARD.
THIS AND THE OTHER STUDIO'S ONBOARD WERE NEVER USED FOR LIVE BROADCAST AGAIN.
GREAT VINTAGE STUDIO EQUIPMENT.
THE SUMMER OF 1995. A DEDICATED CREW TOOK CARE OF THE SHIP, SHE WAS IN GREAT SHAPE.
THE WHEEL OF THE COMMUNICATOR.
THE BRIDGE.
CABINS BELOW DECK.
THE FORMER LASER 558 CSI TRANSMITTER STILL ONBOARD.
THE NEW 60 KW HARRIS IN USE ON 1224 KHZ.
SEPTEMBER 1994: MIRJAM VERHOEF, WALTER SIMONS, MARJO, LEENDERT VINGERLING EN NICO VOLKER IN ONE OF THE MESS ROOMS ONBOARD COMMUNICATOR IN THE TRINTELHAVEN IJSSELMEER.
PAMPUSHAVEN NEAR ALMERE IN HOLLAND MAY 2002. NOW IN JUNE 2003 THE SHIP IS STILL THERE BUT OFF AIR AND TRANSMITTERS REMOVED. FUTURE? WHO KNOWS!
photo's;
1 tm 5 donated by Jan van Heeren en Jan-Luc Bostyn
6 tm 31 en 50 made and owned by Leendert Vingerling France
32 tm 49 made and owned by Paul de Haan Groningen.
50 Nozema Holland
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