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While Dutch authorities were unhappy with the broadcasts, they did not possess the legal right to stop them. However, on the 12 of December, 1964, the government passed the REM law, which split the North Sea into continental sections. The sea bed under REM Island, to which the structure was attached,
85:. It was towed to its location and anchored in cement on the seabed. On 12 August 1964, a test broadcast was performed and on 15 August regular broadcasting started. The radio service broadcast on 1400 kHz, while on television it used Channel E11 ( 96:("advertising exploitation company"). The company intended to broadcast commercial radio and TV. Dutch law at the time did not authorise such broadcasts but the island was outside territorial waters. Other stations, such as 141:. After that REM Island was used by the government to measure sea temperature and salt concentration. After a failed attempt to sell the island in 2004, the government dismantled it with a goodbye radio event by 482: 477: 487: 438: 199: 497: 406: 492: 81:
Radio and TV Noordzee was founded in 1963 with land-based offices and broadcast from the sea. The artificial island was built in the harbour of
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A year after the raid, Radio Noordzee resumed transmissions legally under the name
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was therefore declared Dutch territory. Five days later,
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Television channels and stations disestablished in 1964
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Television channels and stations established in 1964
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Radio North Sea International

Republic of Ireland
Dutch
pirate broadcasting
Netherlands Armed Forces
Noordwijk
Photograph of REM Island
Cork, Ireland
System B
Radio Veronica

Korps Mariniers

TROS
amateur radio
Amsterdam
"Reflections on the REM Island project"
"Legal aspects of pirate broadcasting: a Dutch approach"

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Offshore radio
Radio 270
Radio 390
Radio City
Radio Caroline
Radio London

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