Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Holiday programming from Unique Radio

 


All times UTC
24th December Christmas Eve 2200-0100+ Jen's Twisted Christmas 2025 another look at holiday music with a special twist, artists that only come out for Christmas with their own Uniqueness.

25th December Christmas Day 1900-2140 GB's Christmas Cracker Show 2025
2140-0100+ Rock'in Under the Mistletoe all Christmas and Holiday Rocking show R&R from then and now.

28th December -  Jen's Eclectic Views & Real Deal R & R 1900+

31st December New Year's Eve 2200-2400 Jen's musical Dance around the time zones by country all musical forms.
 0000-0330 GB's New Years Eve Shindig 2025 including Big Ben Bells.
 0330 to 0900 Jen's Musical Dance around the time zones continued.

Live Streams... 
For your contact pleasure
(Jen in the Rad)
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Christmas programming from Vatican Radio

 


Christmas is coming. Listen to Vatican Radio on the following special programming: 

Christmas Eve
Holy Mass During the Night, 2035-2245 UTC, on 9705 (French), 7310 (English), 11870 (Portuguese) 7410 (Chinese).

Chritmas Day 
Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, 0850-1020 UTC,
17520 (French), 17540 (English), 15565 (Portuguese) 21760 (Chinese).

At 1050-1130 UTC, Christmas Message and “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing on the same frequencies, with no Chinese comments. 

Merry Christmas to all !
(Christian Ghibaudo (France?BDXC)
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Five days of Christmas programming from Pop Shop Radio

 
Graphics by Gayle Van Horn


Pop Shop Radio has a great lineup for Christmas programming. Don't miss five days of programming to enhance your holiday listening.

All times UTC/relays as indicated

1050 CHUM Toronto - Top 15 Countdown Christmas 1975

December 24
1700 via Channel 292, Germany  3955/9670

December 26
A Very Canadian Christmas - Christmas Songs by Canadian Artists
1000 via Channel 292 from Woofferton, UK (250 kW to Europe) 9670

December 27 
1400 via Shortwave Gold, Germany  3975/6160
2300 via Channel 292, Germany  3955/9670

December 28
2000 via Shortwave Gold, Germany  3975

December 29
0200 via WRMI Okechobee, FL  5950
0400 via WRMI Okechobee, FL  9395

There will be three special e-QSLs for Christmas programming
Send your reception report to: radiopopshop@gmail.com

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Texas Radio Shortwave Presents Seven Days of Christmas Specials

 


                     A not-to-be-missed event - seven days of special music from Texas artist.

December 25 - 31, 2025 

All times UTC / relays as indicated

December 25 - Day 1 2025 Texas Christmas Music
1500 3975/6160 to Europe - Shortwave Radio, Germany
1600 9670 to Europe/Middle East - 250 kW Woofferton, UK - Channel 292, Germany
2300 9670 to North America - Channel 292

December 26 - Day 2 The Music of Stevie Ray Vaughan
1500 3975/6160 to Europe - Shortwave Radio, Germany

December 27 - Day 3 The Music of Meatloaf
1500 3975/6160 to Europe - Shortwave Radio, Germany

December 28 - Day 4 The Music of Buddy Holly
1500 3975/6160 to Europe - Shortwave Radio

December 29  Day 5 The Music of Johnny Winter
1500 3975/6160 to Europe - Shortwave Radio

December 30 Day 6 The Music Willie Nelson
1500 3975/6160 to Europe - Shortwave Radio

December 31 Day 7 The Music of Roy Orbison
3975/6160 to Europe - Shortwave Radio

This schedule is subject to change based on propagation conditions, listener requests for specific Texas artists or music genres, and things beyond our control.
Texas Radio Shortwave is an independent producer of musical and topical shows, usually about Texas.
Unless otherwise shown, programs are one hour long.

Programs for Europe and beyond on 3975 and 6160 kHz over Shortwave Radio in Winsen, Germany, are transmitted with 1 kW into crossed dipole antennas.
Programs for Europe and beyond on 9670 kHz over Channel 292 in Rohrbach, Germany, are transmitted with 10 kW into a vertical antenna.
Programs for North America and beyond on 9670 kHz over Channel 292 are transmitted with 10 kW into a 10.5 dB gain beam antenna.

Texas Radio Shortwave uses a version of The Yellow Rose of Texas as its Interval Signal/Signature Song.
Texas Radio Shortwave verifies correct, detailed reception reports by electronic QSL. This includes reports from listeners using remote receivers (SDRs). Texas Radio Shortwave's email is texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com.
Many TRSW programs are archived at www.mixcloud.com/texasradiosw.
Texas Radio Shortwave's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/texasradiosw.
Texas Radio Shortwave's Listeners' Group Facebook page is www.facebook.com/groups/580199276066655/.
(TRSW)
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Christmas Eve Message from SAQ

 
SAQ Transmitter Center


SAQ is scheduled to send a Christmas message on December 24th, 2025

On December 1st 1924, the 200kW Alexanderson alternator with the call sign "SAQ" was put into commercial operation with telegram traffic from Sweden to the United States. 101 years later, the transmitter is the only remaining electromechanical transmitter from this era and is still in running condition. On Christmas Eve morning, Wednesday, December 24th, 2025, the transmitter is scheduled* to spread the traditional Christmas message to the whole World, on 17.2 kHz CW.


The SAQ Morse key that will be used to deliver a Christmas Eve message to the World on Dec 24th.

Program and transmission schedule:
07:00 CET (06:00 UTC): The visitor center is open for visitors with coffee, Christmas buns, and ginger snaps.
08:00 CET (07:00 UTC): The transmitter hall at World Heritage Grimeton is open for visitors.

Transmission & YouTube Live stream:
08:20 CET (07:20 UTC): Live stream on YouTube begins.
08:30 CET (07:30 UTC): Startup and tuning of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ.
09:00 CET (08:00 UTC): Transmission of a Christmas message from SAQ.
08:00 CET (07:00 UTC): The transmitter hall at World Heritage Grimeton is open for visitors.

Live Video from World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station
The transmission event can be seen live on our YouTube Channel or by following the link  at

 Live Video Stream from World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station. 
Scheduled at 08:20 CET (07:20 UTC) on Dec 24th, 2025.

QSL Reports to SAQ
Your QSL reports to SAQ are most welcome and much appreciated!

For guaranteed E-QSL from us,
please report using our 
ONLINE QSL FORM.

We can not guarantee that reports by Email / mail / bureau will be confirmed.
The online form will be open from December 24t
(ARRL)

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Monday, December 22, 2025

NDR Christmas Eve 2025 Gruß an Bord special

 


To view the Christmas Eve 2024 broadcast of Gruß an Bord, available at the Shortwave Central YouTube channel, go to: https://youtu.be/9qS3ByTwVuw

Christmas Eve  - 2025
NDR is promoting their annual NDR Christmas Eve special Gruß an Bord (Greetings on Board) with requests for Christmas wishes for the program, along with details of how to attend the two-hour recording on December 14, to be broadcast at 8pm (in Germany), 1900 UTC.  

Mostly intended for sailors and ship crews on Christmas Eve in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and the areas in between, in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf.

For more than 70 years, Norddeutscher Rundfunk has broadcast a special program with greetings to everyone working on the seven seas on Christmas Eve.If you have family or friends who do, you can send a greeting by email to  <gruss-an-bordo [at] ndr.de>  by December 8, 2025.

The program will be broadcast on Christmas Eve as described below. We will provide the latest information about the broadcast as the date approaches. (via Anatoly Klepov-RUS, RUSdx #1369 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 23)

No shortwave information has been given, but hopefully the program will be preceded, as last year by a one-hour maritime program.

The current HFCC lists broadcasts scheduled for December 24, 2025

18:00 - 21:00 UTC

Relays as indicated
6030 Issoudun, France (250kW)
6080 Tashkent, Uzbekistan (100 kW)
9635 Nauen, Germany (250kW)
11650Issoudun, France (250kW)
13830 Nauen, Germany (250kW)
15770 WRMI-Okeechobee, Florida, USA (100kW)

The above frequencies are all labelled "A.xmas".  There are also some transmissions labelled "B.xmas".  Not sure if these are alternate or backup frequencies, or for some other progra, and include some transmissions for the period 2100-2300. They are:

19:00 - 21:00 UTC  

6030 Yerevan, Armenia (100kW)
6080  Nauen, Germany (125 kW)
9740 Nauen, Germany (125 kW)
11650 Issoudun, France (250 kW)

2100-2300 UTC

6145  Nauen, Germany (125 kW)
6155  Yerevan, Armenia (100 kW)
9590   Issoudun, France (250 kW)
9740   Nauen, Germany (125 kW)
9830   Issoudun, France (250 kW)
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK/BDXC) 
(Edited by Teak Publishing)

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Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

 Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2025 Dec 22 0335 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services
#
#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 15 - 21 December 2025

Solar activity reached high levels on 19-21 Dec. There were three M1 flares from an unnumbered region beyond the east limb, Region 4315 (N19E58, L=35, class/area Bxo/10 on 20 Dec) and Region 4316 (S07E28, L=45, class/area Dsi/50 on 21 Dec. Low levels with only C-class activity was observed on 15-18 Dec. These two numbered regions also produced numerous C-class flares. No significant CME activity was observed on the Earth-facing disk. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 17-21 Dec due to coronal hole high speed stream influences. Normal to moderate levels were observed on 15-16 Dec. 

Geomagnetic field activity reached G1 (Minor) storm levels on 17 and 21 Dec due to CH HSS influences. Active levels were observed on 18 Dec. Quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 15-16, and 19-20 Dec. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 22 December - 17 January 2026

Solar activity is expected to be at low to moderate levels for the outlook period. 

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels on 25-29 Dec, 1-6 Jan, and 14-17 Jan. All due to recurrent CH HSS influences. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at G2 (Moderate) storm levels on 30 Dec; G1 (Minor) storm levels are expected on 22-23 Dec, 31 Dec, and 17 Jan, active levels are expected on 24-25 Dec, 01-02 Jan, 09-10 Jan, and 12-14 Jan. All due to recurrent CH HSS influences. 

:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2025 Dec 22 0335 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC cweb ontact www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services
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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2025-12-22
#
#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2025 Dec 22     130          28          5
2025 Dec 23     135          22          5
2025 Dec 24     140          20          4
2025 Dec 25     145          15          4
2025 Dec 26     150          10          3
2025 Dec 27     155           5          2
2025 Dec 28     155           5          2
2025 Dec 29     160           8          3
2025 Dec 30     170          30          6
2025 Dec 31     170          25          5
2026 Jan 01     165          10          4
2026 Jan 02     160          10          4
2026 Jan 03     160           8          3
2026 Jan 04     160           5          2
2026 Jan 05     160           5          2
2026 Jan 06     160           5          2
2026 Jan 07     140           5          2
2026 Jan 08     130           5          2
2026 Jan 09     125          15          4
2026 Jan 10     120          10          4
2026 Jan 11     120           5          2
2026 Jan 12     120          10          4
2026 Jan 13     120          15          4
2026 Jan 14     115          15          4
2026 Jan 15     120           5          2
2026 Jan 16     120           5          2
2026 Jan 17     125          20          5
(NOAA)
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Sunday, December 21, 2025

Welle 370 celebrates 105 Jahre aus Königs Wusterhausen

 


On December 22, 2025, Germany's Welle 370 will celebrate 105 Jahre aus Königs Wusterhausen – a celebration of the centennial plus five years (observed in 2021) of wireless telephony/radio broadcasting. 

Join the celebration at 13:00 UTC in German, on 6095 via Nauen, Germany relay.

Monthly programs are produced by the registered voluntary association in charge of maintaining a museum at a historical transmitter site. 

Station website: http://www.welle370.de

(Teak Publishing)
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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Sunday broadcast for Jen's Eclectic Views & Real Deal

 



The Live Stream for the December 21, 2025, program of Jen's Eclectic Views & Real Deal, broadcasting 1900-2200 UTC and available at: 


For your contact pleasure


Jen In The Rad

 Happy & Healthy Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa & whatever or however you celebrate.

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FRS Holland set for holiday programming

 


Dear FRS-Holland Friends,


We are counting down to our on-air seasonal festivities.

On December 21st, FRS-Holland will radiate the spirit of the December Holiday Season on shortwave.
And we look forward to having your company!

For all details, please visit our website:   frsholland.nl/holiday-season-broadcast/

Thanks for tuning in our way in 2025. We hope to meet you in 2026.

We count on you later this month when we ring out 2025. Tune in and enjoy.


Seasonal Greetings,
The FRS Team: Jan, Bert, Dave, Mike, Brian & Peter
 
It’s a long-time tradition….FRS-Holland’s annual Holiday Season broadcast.

On Sunday, December 21st, FRS-Holland will be on air with its festive broadcast.
The broadcast will be on 7700//9300, 7405, 5870 ánd 12030 kHz. Programmes will run between 08:52-13:50 UTC/ 09:52-14:50 CET. There’s a possibility of a 2nd run after the close down at 13:50 UTC/ 14:50 CET. Check it out!

All familiar voices will be doing shows: Mike, Dave, Jan, Bert, and Peter. With our special Seasonal December jingles, we create a beautiful atmosphere that matches the festive month. 

And of course great music from the past 60 years, radio-related items, the Day Calendar, DX News, and more…

Join us on this magical mystery December tour on shortwave, ringing out 2025….the FRS-Holland staff is looking forward to ‘meeting and hearing from you…
 
1 frsonline.ddns.net Monday December 22nd 17:00- 21:45 UTC/ 18:00- 22:45 CET
2 frsonline.ddns.net Tuesday December 23rd 17:00- 21:45 UTC/ 18:00- 22:45 CET
3 frsonline.ddns.net Friday December 26th 17:00- 21:45 UTC/ 18:00- 22:45 CET
4 [http://laut.fm/jukebox] Saturday December 27th 18:00- 23:00 UTC/ 19:00- 24:00 CET
5 [http://laut.fm/jukebox] Sunday December 28th 11:00- 16:00 UTC/ 12:00- 17:00 CET
6 [http://laut.fm/jukebox] Thursday January 1st 14:00- 19:00 UTC/ 15:00- 20:00 CET
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Friday, December 19, 2025

Christmas programming from Arctic Radio

 


Arctic Radio Club will broadcast over Asfalttelegrafen during the Christmas holidays: December 20th and 21st (repeat), 24th and 25th (repeat) at 20:00 – 21:00 SNT on 1440 kHz.


Listener reports are sent via email, either to: Asfalttelegrafen at am1440khz@gmail.com or CountryGospelChurch at peter@countrygospelchurch.com 

https://www.sdxf.se/WP/?p=21591 (translated from Swedish)   (Swedish times above = UTC +1)

View last year's broadcast at the Shortwave Central YouTube channel:    https://youtu.be/RtP1ftVFsYM


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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Holiday Programs on Shortwave

 


The annual  Holiday Programs on Shortwave PDF has now been uploaded, covering the period 20 December to 1 January. There is a large variety of programs listed, so hopefully there should be something for everyone!  

I have also uploaded an updated (version 3) of the Music Programs on Shortwave PDF.

These have been uploaded to:

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, and all the best for a healthy and Happy New Year.
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK/BDXC)
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Uncle Bill's Melting Pot for December 2025

 


  December programming from Uncle Bill's Melting Pot 

Uncle Bill's Melting Pot December 2025   "surprise packages" of musical goodies for those who need a break from regular holiday programming. 

Friday December 19, 2025
3955 kHz, 1800 CET (1600 UTC), repeat at 2300 CET (2200 UTC). 

**UBMP times subject to change, check the Uncle Bill's Melting Pot Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/UncleBillsMeltingPot/ for confirmation.  

Happy Holidays to all.  
(William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer )
Tilford Productions, LLC 
Lafayette, IN 47905-1551 


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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The German Offshore Station That Never Was

 
Thank you to Ray Robinson, Dr Adrian Peterson, and Jeff White for another fascinating 'radio' feature


Jeff: For today’s feature, we are indebted to occasional Wavescan contributor Dr. Martin van der Ven in Germany for his research.  He has uncovered a story about a previously little-known plan to launch an offshore station in the 1960’s off the north coast of West Germany.  Here’s Ray Robinson in Los Angeles with the story.

Ray: Thanks, Jeff.  And a fascinating story it is, too.  Dr Martin van der Ven writes:

By the summer of 1964, offshore radio stations were no longer a novelty in Europe’s coastal waters – they were springing up like mushrooms.  Radio Veronica was broadcasting from the Borkumriff to Dutch listeners, while Radio Caroline North, operating from the MV Caroline, and Radio Caroline South from the MV Mi Amigo were establishing their legendary reputation as the most famous floating radio stations in the world.

Radio Syd/Offshore Radio Museum

Radio Syd was defying Scandinavian anti-offshore radio legislation and was continuing to broadcast from the MS Cheeta for a Swedish audience off the southern Swedish city of Malmö, while in the Thames estuary, Radio Sutch on Shivering Sands Fort and Radio Invicta on Red Sands Fort served smaller English audiences with their comparatively modest transmission power.  On the newly built steel REM Island, RTV Noordzee was even providing Dutch audiences with both radio and television programs – a small revolution at sea.

At the end of August 1964, the deep-sea trawler Norderney was being converted into a larger broadcasting base for Radio Veronica at a shipyard in Zaandam, the port of Amsterdam.  But, speculation was rife in the Netherlands that it was actually destined to be a German radio ship instead.  At least four newspapers reported along those lines – a misunderstanding that conveniently served as a welcome diversion for the Veronica organisation. 


Then, on August 31 and September 1, 1964, came the next headlines:  numerous Dutch newspapers, citing agency reports, claimed that a certain Manfred Weissleder, a bar owner in Hamburg, was in fact planning a new offshore station aimed at German listeners.  Weissleder was the co-owner of the Star-Club, which had quickly developed into one of the most important music venues in the world – on a par with Liverpool’s Cavern Club.  Star-Club had first opened its doors on April 13, 1962, with none other than The Beatles headlining on the opening night.  The club was open seven nights a week, with up to eight bands playing into the early hours of the morning.  It was a large venue accommodating around 1,000 people.  About 70,000 visitors came each month – roughly one million per year.

By the end of 1962, the “Fab Four” had appeared on the Star-Club stage 79 times, launching their world career from Hamburg.  Over the following years, the club lived up to its name with many of the biggest stars in rock ’n’ roll performing there:  Brenda Lee, Ray Charles, The Searchers, The Animals, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Johnnie & The Hurricanes, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Gene Vincent – they all played at the Star-Club.



In 1963, Weissleder launched his own Star-Club record label, but like Ronan O’Rahilly in England, found he couldn’t get his records played on the established public radio stations in Germany such as Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Radio Bremen, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) and further south around Frankfurt, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR).  So, a key part of his grand vision became the creation of an offshore radio station broadcasting from international waters – Star Radio.

The announcement of the planned radio station caused a worldwide stir.  Stories in Bild and Der Spiegel in Germany, Billboard in the USA and numerous Dutch newspapers differed on the details, but all confirmed that Weissleder intended to anchor his radio ship beyond the three-mile limit                                                                     in the mouth of the River Elbe.



Weissleder claimed that an obsolete Norwegian bulk carrier of around 3,000 gross tonnes had been loaded with scrap ballast in Northern Ireland, so that the planned 100-foot-high antenna wouldn’t cause the ship to capsize in heavy seas.  A 150 kW medium-wave transmitter from Japan was reportedly to provide the signal.  Also, the German electronics company Telefunken had offered to supply and install the complete transmission system – in exchange for preferential advertising slots.

With the help of 15 Norwegian seamen, two transmitter engineers and two disc jockeys, Weissleder said he planned to offer German and Danish listeners a 19-hour daily programme of music and advertising.  With a theoretical range of nearly 250 miles, “Star Radio” — according to Weissleder — would cover the entire broadcast area of NDR and Radio Bremen, as well as large parts of the areas served by WDR and Hessischer Rundfunk.  The planned transmitter, he claimed, would be 50 kilowatts stronger than NDR’s flagship station in Hamburg.

Ever the optimist, Weissleder predicted that one in five of the estimated six million listeners from Jutland in the north to central Germany in the south, and from the Ruhr region in the west to Berlin in the east, would soon switch from their domestic stations to his new offshore broadcaster.  Radio Bremen promptly announced it would use “all technical and legal means” to silence the new competitor operating in international waters, although they didn’t specify what those means would be.

Weissleder’s promise was straightforward:  “We’ll broadcast lots of advertising and even more lively music.  We’ll do everything to make sure our listeners don’t fall asleep.”  Four of the 19 daily broadcasting hours were to feature live recordings from Hamburg’s Star-Club.



There was much speculation about the station’s financiers.  Allegedly, a Swiss and a British backer were behind the venture, though their identities were never disclosed.  Weissleder announced he would fly to London on September 2, 1964 to hold negotiations.  He said the Star Radio headquarters would be managed by Henri Henroid, a Swiss-born show-business figure who had emigrated to England and set up offices in Dean Street, London.

Weissleder was equally confident on the commercial side, and said that two major firms from the oil and record industries, as well as the margarine company Unilever had already expressed interest in booking commercial airtime.

When exactly “Star Radio” would take up its broadcasting position off the Elbe estuary, Weissleder said, depended largely on the speed of his legal team, which was “examining the laws of four countries — Norway, England, Denmark and the Federal Republic — to make sure nothing can happen to us.”  The West German government in Bonn initially reacted with calm.  Ministerial Councillor Dr Weling from the Federal Ministry of Posts remarked laconically:  “We don’t have a gunboat to shoot them down.  And if the radio station is outside national German waters, what exactly are we supposed to do?”  His comment left open the question of how effective any legal measures against an offshore broadcaster anchored beyond the three-mile limit could really be.

The launch date, originally announced with great optimism, was pushed further and further back as the months went by.  In the first reports at the end of August 1964, it was claimed that the radio ship would anchor before the onset of the November storms in the treacherous waters off the mouth of the River Elbe.  On September 15, reports suggested that broadcasts could begin “within seven weeks.”  On November 20, the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported that the radio ship would “leave the Irish port within the next few days,” and that broadcasting could begin as early as December 1.

But that, too, came to nothing, and it appeared that Weissleder’s plans to establish a financing company had failed.  Shortly before Christmas 1964, Weissleder was again interviewed in London, where he defiantly stated that he still intended to begin broadcasting the following year.  Reality, however, soon caught up with him.  On February 6, 1965, the American magazine Billboard published a brief but decisive report:  Manfred Weissleder had abandoned his plans.  Scandinavian members of his radio team had learned they could face prosecution by their own authorities, which made the realization of the project impossible.  To this day, no one knows for certain whether the alleged Norwegian radio ship, supposedly refitted in Ireland, ever really existed – or whether the much-discussed 150-kilowatt medium-wave transmitter was ever more than a myth.

For Weissleder, the failure was a heavy blow.  His reputation undoubtedly suffered from the collapse of the radio project.  His Star-Club was also in decline by the mid-1960s:  the brilliance of the early years had faded, and frustration among musicians, staff, and audiences was growing.  The stars stopped coming, and the fans drifted away disappointed.  In September 1967, Weissleder finally drew the line – the man once hailed as the “German Brian Epstein” ended his involvement with the Star-Club.  On the night of February 27, 1980, Manfred Weissleder died of heart failure at the age of just 52.  His was a life marked by energy, ingenuity and unrelenting entrepreneurial drive – and by a bold vision, a radio station on the high seas, that never came to be.

Back to you, Jeff.


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