Radio Atlantis Key Dates

Radio Atlantis - Key Dates

1973

15th July 1973	Radio Atlantis starts transmissions from the Mi Amigo (home to Radio Caroline)
18th October 1973	Radio Atlantis goes off the air when the Mi Amigo’s aerial mast collapses
31st October 1973	Radio Atlantis purchases its own ship and it is renamed Janine
3rd November 1973	Test transmissions start from Janine
5th November 1973	Janine breaks from her anchor and drifts , towed to Cuxhaven, Germany for repair
22nd December 1973	Janine towed from Cuxhaven to an anchorage off Knokke, Belgium
24th December 1973	Low power test transmissions start in English
30th December 1973	Flemish language programmes start during daytime, English language overnight

January/February 1974	Frequent technical breakdowns force Radio Atlantis off the air for various periods
7th January 1974	Regular programmes start once again
18th March 1974	News bulletins were introduced during the English Service
6th June 1974	The Janine's aerial mast collapses and the transmitter fails resulting in the station going off the air completely
7th June 1974	Crew discover Janine has drifted overnight, ending up on a sandbank
9th June 1974	Janine towed back to anchorage and Radio Atlantis recommences broadcasts
25th July 1974	Test broadcasts on 6225kHz short wave
1st August 1974	Radio Atlantis was put off the air when transmitter crystal damaged
2nd August 1974	Radio Atlantis returns using a spare crystal, but has to change frequencies repeatedly before achieving a satisfactory signal
25th August 1974	Flemish Service closes at 2.00pm
31st August 1974	English Service closes at 7.05pm, hours before the Dutch anti offshore radio legislation comes into effect
1st September 1974	Janine sailed into Vlissingen
29th November 1974	Four people involved with Radio Atlantis prosecuted an fined under the Belgian Marine Offences Act 1962

16th July 1973

US Senate Watergate Committee is told that President Nixon has secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.

11th November 1973

Israel and Egypt signed a cease-fire agreement.

25th December 1973

Skylab astronauts took a seven hour walk in space and photographed the comet Kohoutek.

1st January 1974

In Britain a 3-day working week was introduced following a power shortage caused by striking miners.

22nd March 1974

In Vietnam the Viet Cong proposed a new truce with the United States and South Vietnam.

15th July 1974

Greek troops and the Greek Cypriot National Guard staged a military coup in Cyprus.

8th September 1974 US President Gerald Ford pardoned former President Richard Nixon for any crimes arising from the Watergate scandal he may have committed while in office.

1974