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Opening Studio
It is with great pleasure that we (sort of) finalised
the construction of the first onboard studio. Even though the pride and joy
(our Harris Gates rotating fader mixer) is not installed yet, we do have a
working studio and we are starting to broadcast live from the ship.
This calls for a celebration, on the other hand nearly
everything does. The question: ”When is it party time” is (amongst Seagull
staff members) always answered: ”Anytime”!! Saturday the 28th of July we
will have a special broadcast during day time, usually Radio Waddenzee air
time. However as we are going to use the studio (until studio 2 is ready
to go) together, the first official use of it will be a co-production
between Waddenzee and Seagull. A “Summer hit top 120” is put together and
will be going out that day on 1602. Shows will be presented by both
Waddenzee and Seagull jocks.
Even though it will definitely not be the typical
“Seagull” music, it will be fun to listen to.
Tune in on Saturday July 28th from 7 am till 7 pm
Marabu
As we have a special Summer schedule for the whole of
July, we have agreed with Radio Marabu (who usually are scheduled between
7 pm – 8 pm CET) to skip their shows so Radio Seagull can optimize the use
of her air time on 1602. Elsewhere on this web site you can find the new
schedule.
New voice
In the special Summer schedule you will find the name of Laura
Jerome. She is the female voice we have been missing on Seagull until now.
Tune in on Monday night to hear her great show.
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Web site
It is with great joy that I can
inform you about the new Radio Seagull web site. We needed to move the PC
(virtually) from Holland to the UK, but it was worth it. Chris Bent, one
of the first jocks to join Seagull when we started some years ago, has
taken the task upon his shoulders to build and maintain the new site. Due
to changes in our IT staff the previous site had been static for far too
long. Now, even after only a few weeks we can notice an increase in hits.
The site has many chapters of
which most are to be expected, as nearly every radio stations’ site has a
button for programming, listen to, sales and so on. On the home page we
have chosen to offer visitors the option to make a donation. Radio Seagull
is commercial free and many of our listeners who filled out the inquiry we
sent out last year, emphasised that this was one of the reasons why they
preferred Seagull to other internet stations. Therefore we like to keep it
as commercial free as we can. Mind you, there are bills to pay and
sympathy for a non-advert program doesn’t put bread on the table. So, we
only accept offers from advertisers when we need to. Therefore asking for
donations is not begging. It is a way to offer the listener a way to
enable us to say to the advertiser: ”Sorry, we’re not interested”
Portholes fixed
A few weeks ago Dave Foster came over from the UK to
stay and help on the ship. After a few beers it was decided that the
alleged studio, on the bridge, was going to be the project for that week.
When a DJ comes over all he wants to do is play around in the studio. Now,
with the studio not being ready (to say the least) the best he could do
was start repairing portholes. Some of them were not exactly water tight
and being a certified plumber this was the man for the job.
As you can see in the picture he wanted to have
something to prove for when he came home and had his picture taken in the
lighthouse on the ship. In the back you can see the town of Harlingen, the
home port of our ship.
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