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Radio Veronica

Broadcasting Hours

9.00am-8.00pm

(From April 1960)

8.00am-8.00pm

(from 1st March 1962)

6.00am-12midnight / 2.00am at weekends

(From **)

24 hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday

(From 1st May 1970)

Hours reduced to 6.00am-12midnight due to Middle East oil crisis

(From December 1973)

Hours extended again to 6.00am-2.00am

(1st March 1974 )

24 hours daily

(From June 1974)

Borkum Riff

Borkum Riff

Norderney

Norderney

Format

Popular music, later Top 40

Owners


Anstalt Veronica  (registered in Leichtenstein)

Wavelengths/

Frequencies

185m (1620kHz)  medium wave (AM) (from 21st April 1960)

182m (1640kHz) medium wave (AM) (from 8th-13th May 1960 to avoid jamming by the authorities)

192m (1562kHz) medium wave (AM) (from 15th May 1960- 30th September 1972)

538m (557kHz) medium wave (AM) (from 30th September 1972- 31st August 1974)

253m (1187kHz) medium wave (AM) (from 11th – 20th April 1973 from the Mi Amigo)

Landbased Address

Zeedijk 27a in Hilversum

(from early 1961)

Villa  Lapershoek, Utrechtseweg 16, Hilversum

(from March 1969)


Postal address:

PO Box 218,

Hilversum


Opening Date

21st April 1960 (tests)


6th May 1960


Closing Date

31st August 1974

Management

Lambertus Marie (Bep) Slootmans, Max Lewin, Henricus (Henk) Oswald


Jaap,  'Bull'  and Dirk Verweij (from November 1960)

Verweij brothers

Photo: jingleweb.nl

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