Texas Radio Shortwave is teaming with WRMI to present an hour of music from Radio Monique International
The program will be broadcast on 5800 kHz, Friday night, July 23, at 10 p.m. ET (0200 GMT on July 24)
Radio Monique started on December 16, 1984, with a 50 kW mediumwave transmitter aboard the ship Ross Revenge anchored in international waters between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. At that time only state-owned radio stations were allowed to operate in The Netherlands. After the 90-meter high mast (tallest ever built on a ship) broke, the station had a shortwave transmitter in English and recently a medium wave transmitter again in the Dutch language. Radio Monique can be found at or near 6285 kHz several hours each week. Their website is https://radiomonique.blogspot.com/.
Reception reports must be sent directly to the station because Texas radio shortwave won’t issue an eQSL for the broadcast. The station’s address is radiomoniqueradio@hotmail.nl.
This is the fourth in a series of weekly WRMI relays of European pirates and low-power licensed broadcasters, many of which haven’t been heard in North America for many years — if ever. The rest of the series looks like this:
July 31 - CoolAm Radio, The Netherlands
August 7 - Cupid Radio, The Netherlands
August 14 - Free Radio Service-Holland, The Netherlands
August 21 - Atlantic 2000 International, France
August 28 - Radio Delta International, The Netherlands.
Texas Radio Shortwave sails in international waters off the South Texas coast. Its programs are regularly broadcast in North America and Europe.
