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** November 1959 |
First news leaks about planned offshore radio station off Stockholm, Sweden |
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20th December 1960 |
Bon Jour leaves Copenhagen for her anchorage near Almagrundet Lighthouse off Stockholm to broadcast Radio Nord |
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23rd December 1960 |
Bon Jour anchors in wrong position, equipment and ship damaged |
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25th December 1960 |
Crew abandon Bon Jour |
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27th December 1960 |
Bon Jour towed into Sandhamn for repairs, but later moved to Abo, Finland amid fears of being impounded by Swedish authorities. |
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21st February 1961 |
Bon Jour, now repaired, sets sail for anchorage off Stockholm, but forced to return to port again for further repairs |
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1st March 1961 |
Bon Jour anchors off Stockholm and begins test transmissions for Radio Nord |
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8th March 1961 |
Radio Nord starts official broadcasts |
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5th May 1961 |
Swedish State Radio introduces popular music programme Melodi Radio to rival Radio Nord |
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6th December 1961 |
Radio Nord ship (now renamed Magda Maria) drags anchor and runs adrift, eventually enters Sandhamn for repairs. Radio Nord off the air when the ship enters Swedish territorial waters |
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8th December 1961 |
Magda Maria returns to her anchorage after repair and Radio Nord is back on the air |
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** June 1962 |
FM transmitter installed on Radio Nord ship for planned easy listening station. Plans for joint television service with Danish offshore station Radio Mercur. |
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30th June 1962 |
Radio Nord closes at midnight, one month ahead of the introduction of legislation to outlaw offshore radio. |
