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Owners
The Superior Shipping Co. (registered in Managua, Nicaragua) - the formal owner of the Radio Nord ship.
Nord Establishment (registered in Vadez, Liechtenstein) - leased the ship from Superior Shipping, engaged the marine crew and technicians, was responsible for programmes broadcast by the station and received all advertising income.
Radio Reklam Productions AB (registered in Sweden) – sold airtime on the station and was also responsible for the actual production of programmes, the hire of on-air staff and radio technicians.
Opening Date
8th March 1961 (10.00am)
Closing Date
30th June 1962 (12 midnight)
Management
(Left to Right) Jack Kotschack, Gordon McLendon and Bob Thompson
Broadcasting Hours
Initially 6.00am-6.00pm later 24 hours
Radio Nord
Wavelengths/
Frequencies
495m (606kHz) medium wave (AM)
(Later moved to 498m (602kHz), but still announced as 495m)
Format
Top 40
(with regular news bulletins throughout the day)
Landbased Address
Kammakargaten 46
Stockholm C
Sweden
Thanks to
Ingemar Lindqvist (www.radioarkivet.se) and Henrik Norgaard (radio-mercur.dk)
for providing additional information and allowing us to use photographs and audio files from their websites
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