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De zomer van 1970
kenmerkt zich voor mij als een zomer met heel veel mooie muziek op de radio.
Wat te denken van Rainbow van de Marmelade, Make it with you van Bread, Back
home van de Golden Earring, Wild & Exciting van Earth and Fire en ga zo
maar door. Vanwege 2 jaar Non-Stop RNI Top 50’s, deze Top 30 uit 1970 als
extra-extraatje. Deze Top 30 kun je hier beluisteren: Onder de TOP 30 kun je de herinneringen van Michael
Downing lezen uit de tijd dat deze Top 30 werd uitgezonden en daaronder een
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The RNI memories
of Michael Downing for this period At the beginning of September 1970 RNI
was getting back to normal after the events of Saturday 29 August. At last
the station was free of jamming and had a wavelength (220m) that seemed to
provide decent reception. However, as ever with RNI in 1970, things changed
quickly. On Saturday 5 September, Andy Archer announced his resignation from
RNI and broadcast his final programme. The story
was that he thought he was going to be sacked, but that was not the case, so
when that became clear Andy changed his mind and returned to the station. The Top 30 show on Sunday 6 September
1970 was presented by Mark Wesley from 12.00 to 15.00 and, although Andy
Archer had broadcast his farewell show on the previous day, he appeared in
the recorded "In Concert" programme at
16.00 on that day. One DJ that had left by the beginning of
September 1970 was David Gregory, who had only joined RNI in July. He was
replaced in early September by Mike Ross, who went on to become one of only
two DJs who broadcast on RNI in all of the five years of its operations (1970
to 1974). The other was Rob Eden, who was due to return to the Mebo 2 after a time on board in August, but did not make
it back before the close down on 24 September 1970. Dave Rogers, another
mainstay of RNI in 1971 and 1972, did make it out to the Mebo
2 a few days before the close down, but would return in February 1971. Apart from those already mentioned the DJ
team in September 1970 included Carl Mitchell, Alan West, Michael Lindsay,
Spangles Muldoon and Stephen Ladd. Larry Tremaine
also broadcast from time to time as the Geeter with
the Heater. In September 1970 there were the first
World Service programmes on 23 September, including
the first edition of Nordsee goes DX, so maybe I
should include A J Beirens in the list of
presenters who broadcast in every year from 1970 to 1974. In the early part of September 1970 it
looked as if RNI might finally be putting its troubles behind it, but it
didn't last long. In the evening of 23 September came the announcement that
the station was to close at 11.00 on the following day. It would then be four
months before we heard any transmissions from RNI and, when it returned
properly in February 1971, only Alan West and Dave Rogers would be there from
the team on 24 September 1970. |
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De
voorpagina van de Muziek Parade van September 1970
Deze week
op nummer 17 met de Natural Sinner
De
Drive-in...
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