Welcome to Red Sands Radio 2008
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RED SANDS RADIO 2008 - PROMOTING:
- Whitstable Oyster Festival
- Kent’s Art & Music
- Project Redsand & The Maunsell Sea Forts
- Europe’s Unsigned Musicians
- Live music from the Fort
If you are an unsigned musician or live performer and reside in Kent, we need you to get in contact with us. This years broadcast will put the spotlight on some of Kent’s best creative talent. To be assured of a spot on Whitstable’s Red Sands Radio we’d like to hear from you as soon as possible. contact us
Red Sands Radio 2008 from July 4th to July 13th on AM & Online
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Flying the Flag
Broadcasting from the Thames Estuary Red Sands Radio might be all at sea but its HQ is in Whitstable & it’s serviced from the harbour there. In the mid 1960’s Radio Sutch, the first station to use a Fort later Radio City settled on Shivering Sands. Meanwhile Radio Invicta later KING then Radio 390, took over the Red Sands. They too were supplied from Whitstable Harbour; Fred Downs owner skipper of the ‘Harvesters’ looked after the needs on Shivering Sands whilst Vic Davies served Red Sands with his ‘Mallard’
Operating outside then British Territorial waters both stations kept a low profile, the Forts were unlit as shown on the Admiralty charts, & no flag ever flew from their radio towers. Now in 2008 broadcasting & operating within British law Red Sands Radio has commissioned its own flag to fly from the Fort top
Said media designer ‘Kathia’ “Initially the idea was to use the overall layout plan of the Forts, but artistically I created a design based on a red background that encompassed the Fort’s elevation in yellow surrounded by the distinctive well know life ring”
Radio Red Sands launches on 4th July 2008. For more information contact Red Sands Radio, PO Box 299, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 2YA or telephone 07961 601 893
Bob Le-Roi - Programme Director
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Mass Communicator
Communication is changing at an ever-faster rate as today’s I.T demands technically efficient voice over Internet communication. So it’s with pleasure Red Sands Radio welcomes aboard ‘Select Sponsor Partner’ VoIPon Solutions
VoIPon Managing Director Keir Argent said “Red Sands Radio uses the familiar Amplitude Modulated Transmitters for its output. Make no mistake Medium Wave & conventional analogue frequencies are set for big changes in future communication, we at VoIPon are pleased to be working with Red Sands Radio a station that brings excitement back to radio”
VoIPon is a trading division of Keison International Limited successfully distributing industrial products around the world for over 20 years. VoIPon utilises this experience in the rapidly expanding area of voice over IP telecommunications technology. With a wide range of top named brands VoIPon has built an impressive portfolio of clients VoIPon is undoubtedly a market leader in voice over Internet communication.
Bob Le-Roi - Programme Director
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Tower gets Tower
Once fitted with an impressive 200-foot mast topping the Red Sands Fort towering 117 feet from the seabed the Pirate Radio 390 antenna could be seen for miles. That was when British territorial limits extended just 3 miles. Brought within British waters by legislation the Fort Pirate Radio stations found them selves outlawed & closed down by early 1967
Now 2008 sees a new & highly efficient transmitter antenna being installed on the Fort. Replacing the temporary mast a new giant sectional purpose built structure is being erected for Red Sands Radio
Said senior technician Tony Pine overseeing the installation of the new system “It’s an incredible structure, being both light & exceptionally strong.” “Riggers will step the mast in sections before a special top hat is fitted to match the transmitter out put to the antenna”
Bob Le-Roi - Programme Director
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Talented talent
Whilst Red Sands Radio may be all at sea it’s more than ever promoting local talent, unsigned local bands, musicians & perhaps even some untried presenters
Red Sands Radio Programme Director said “ We showcased a whole raft of new, local & unsigned talent last year.” “Unlike other radio that only play tracks after they’ve become hits, & at best bury local bands & singers on their websites”
“Red Sands Radio in a quest to promote even more local talent this year will be including unsigned music in most of our programmes”
Composers, Songwriters, Groups, Bands, Soloists & would be Presenters are invited to sent unreleased material for broadcast consideration to Red Sands Radio, PO Box 299, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 2YA
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Baileys-Nissan
Priding them selves on being the local premium supplier of the Nissan range of cars Baileys-Nissan of Vauxhall Road Road, Canterbury has become a ‘Select Sponsor Partner’ in Red Sands Radio
Said, general manager Brian Smith “We’re active in our support of local enterprise & events which we believe are crucial to the area. Baileys-Nissan has long been associated with Whitstable’s 10 kilometre run which attracts several hundred entries.”
“Red Sands Radio too has a big following, the station has a finger on the local pulse, & plays great music. It reminds us of the days when radio made exciting listening, we’re glad to be aboard”
Bob Le-Roi - Programme Director
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It’s a Blast
The reputable pleasure craft operator ‘Bayblast’ has joined the Offshore party.
‘Bayblast’ who run five high speed RiB’s (Ridged Reinforced Boats) from Herne Bay& Whitstable has become a select sponsor of Red Sands Radio.
Said John Harrison of ‘Bayblast’ “We took crew & supplies to & from the Fort last year.” “Bob Le-Roi often comes out with us on conducted tours to explain the history of the Radio Forts.” “Everyone along the coast was listening last time, we’re pleased to be behind the local station that plays more than the just the same few songs day in & out”
You can book a ‘Bayblast’ pleasure trip by ringing 07800 754 493 or popping into their booking huts at Herne Bay or Whitstable Harbour.
Bob Le-Roi - Programme Director
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ICOM joins RED SANDS RADIO
Herne Bay based Radio Communication Company, ICOM UK become a ‘Select Sponsor Partner’ of Red Sands Radio. Established in 1974 in Herne Bay, Kent. ICOM (UK) Ltd is privately owned & is sole UK/Ireland importer for ICOM Inc. Osaka Japan. A comprehensive portfolio of radio transceiver, receiver, navigation & computer products is maintained by a staff of 39 to suit the consumer, commercial, radio-amateur, marine & aviation markets. Equipment is available in fixed-base, vehicle-mobile & handheld formats to suit a wide range of specifications & applications
ICOM Managing Director Phil Hadler said “We very much enjoyed the programmes of Red Sands Radio last year, it was a breath of fresh air hearing something different that was topical & local that played a wide range of music. We as a specialist organisation realised how difficult it was to pull off the initiative & are pleased to be supporting the project hereon”
Red Sands Radio Programme Director Bob Le-Roi replied, “ICOM were amazing they called us up out of the blue & maintained a reassuring link throughout our broadcasts. ICOM have a mutual interest in what were doing & we’re delighted they’re aboard. We’re offering ICOM facilities to conduct experimental World-Wide ‘Ham Radio Broadcasts’ during this summers transmission period”
Bob Le-Roi - Programme Director
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Aerial takes a tumble
The severe gales over recent weeks have taken their toll at the Red Sands Fort. Situated seven nautical miles out from Whitstable in the Thames Estuary, the Forts are exposed to the full onslaught of winds from every direction. So hardly a surprise that the transmitter antenna installed on the Red Sands Fort last summer has taken a tumble
Said radio engineer & overall Project Redsand Chairman Robin Adcroft “We’re disappointed it’s fallen but in reality it was a tempory antenna which we didn’t expect to survive the winter”. He continued, “We have a new and permanent replacement ready to ship out and erect for this and future Red Sands Radio broadcasts”
Red Sands Radio plans a return to the air in early July 2008
For more information telephone
07961 601 893
Bob Le-Roi - Programme Director
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