MV ROSS REVENGE PART TWO
August 15, 1993 the Ross in Dover after she was towed from the Goodwin Sands in November 1991. All equipment that was confiscated by the Dutch authoraties in August 1989 was given back to the Caroline organization and returned to the ship. By this time the studios once again were fitted out with the familiar equipment.
The London RSL in 1995. A rather strange view from the studio porthole, instead of Northsea water you looked into the trees.
On top of the Gates a funny looking item and totally out of place: a CD player.
The optimod was also returned to the Ross Revenge, back in 1983 Caroline was the first of the west European stations to use this great sound processing device.
During the 1995 RSL in London the target audiance was 18-24. A kiddies station for 28 days during daytime hours, at night business as usual, good music.
Indeed, good music comes from Long Playing records. Here's Sven Peters from Ramsgate taking a closer look at the vinyl collection.
Also Mark de Haan was counting the thousands of albums in the Ross Revenge record library.
Record library couch.
Looking from the corridor into the former Radio Monique studio.
For 2002 standards this is a true example of a vintage radio studio. For those who are interested in vintage radio studios and their equipment, there is/will be a special page on this site dedicated to radiobroadcast studios in the 60s and 70s.
Close up of 50% of the Gates Gateway mixer. The green and red push buttons are used as remote control for recordplayers and cartmachines. In front of the mixer two offshore radio cds produced by Hans Knot.
An even closer close up.
The Ross Revenge engine room.
Studio 3 onboard the ship, in 1995 also equiped with Rossco turntables. The extra porthole on the right was cut by Mike Barrington to allow more light into this very small studio.
The Ross Revenge on the river Thames, steaming towards London, just like Johnnie Walker predicted in August 1967. However, not with the giant 50000watts of AM power, but 10 watt FM power for the London RSL in1995. Or in other RSL<restricted service licence> periods a giant ONE watt on AM.
Chatham summer of 1996.
They say every picture tells a story. Well this one tells the whole story, what a contrast. There's this 1960s trawler equiped with 60s and 70s broadcastequipment, and in the background this 21 century horrible greenhouse type of office building staffed with the usual blue suit brigade. I wonder what their thoughts were while looking at the Ross. Perhaps something like: ,, I wish I could have worked on that ship out there in the Northsea, at least there was a bit of freedom".
note: I don't want to offend people working in blue suits, I am wearing one myself for 5 days a week.
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Right now in March 2002 it's 38 years ago Caroline was heard for the first time, she is still ,,on air" although no longer as an offshore marine broadcaster but via the digital Astra satellite and many cable networks in Holland as well as via internet.
Radio Monique From the Ross Revenge
But isn't it like the man from Ireland once said: ,, Caroline can be anywhere".
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