On 31 August 1974 the
popular offshore radios Radio Veronica and Radio Noordzee broadcast
for the last time. The Dutch government passed a new anti-pirate
legislation and announced that the law was to come into effect on
September 1, 1974.
Radio Veronica closed down
at 6 PM on August 31. The station's final news bulletin was read live
from the news studio on board the MV Norderney. A number of the
station's directors were on board the ship during the final hour, as
were many of the staff. Radio Atlantis and RNI closed on the evening
of August 31.
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| Radio Veronica first ship, Borkum Riff (1963) |
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| Radio Veronica second ship, MV Norderney, standed at Scheveningen after a storm (1973) |
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| Radio Veronica second ship, MV Norderney (1974) |
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| Radio Veronica second ship, MV Norderney, in Antwerp (2011) |
Radio Veronica began
broadcasting on 21 April 1960. It was set up by independent radio, TV
and household electrical retailers in the Netherlands. The station
announced itself as VRON (Vrije Radio Omroep Nederland; Free Radio
Station of the Netherlands) but changed to Radio Veronica, after the
poem "Het Zwarte Schaap Veronica" (“The Black Sheep
Veronica”) by the children's poet Annie M. G. Schmidt.
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| Radio Noordzee schip, Mebo II |
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