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by **berts** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:40 am

I came across this little bit of information some time ago.

The REM-platform, from which in the sixties the commercial TV-Noordzee (on band III, channel 11) and Radio Noordzee broadcast their programmes off the Dutch coast near Scheveningen (The Hague) to the west of Holland, was scheduled to arrive at Amsterdam IJ-port this fall. As the restauration of the platform is not finished yet and the stormy season is on its way the move to Amsterdam has been postphoned to april 2011.

Developer "De Principaal" will turn the platform into a large restaurant which will be located in the IJ-port of Amsterdam.
The TV-Noordzee broadcasts from the REM-platform were very popular during the sixties. The Dutch government however wanted to get rid of the station as quickly as possible and, in 1964, passed the sao-called "Rem-law", making both the tv and the radio station illegal. Soon after that the platform was raded and broadcasts stopped.

Aside from a restaurant, if everything goes to plan, the REM-platform will also house radio-studio's and a school for dj's.

Source: AT5 local Amsterdam tv/Parool.

Links:
http://www.at5.nl/artikelen/48520/rem-e ... -amsterdam
http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/4/AMSTER ... t-IJ.dhtml

berts:
IJ-port /Houthavens is not too far from our house, so we'll definitely go there when all is finished.
It would be over 20 years before Holland got a taste of commercial tv in Dutch again, in the form of RTL-Veronique.

by **Coastie** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:51 am

Radio studios an a school for DJ's, hmm, didn't someone once say something similar about the Mi Amigo when it was auctioned in 1972?

Just a thought! I am glad to hear that news as I thought that REM Island was to be scrapped.

by **berts** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:06 pm

Coastie wrote:Radio studios an a school for DJ's, hmm, didn't someone once say something similar about the Mi Amigo when it was auctioned in 1972?

Just a thought! I am glad to hear that news as I thought that REM Island was to be scrapped.

Yes, I assumed it had been scrapped already. Let's see what happens , it wouldn't be the first good plan to die a quiet death.

by **Coastie** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:26 pm

That happens in your Country as well eh? :wink:

by **berts** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:09 am

Coastie wrote:That happens in your Country as well eh?

Yep, no surprise there.

by **alec** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:14 pm

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by **MikeB** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:41 pm

Recent video of the restored REM island being moved by barge to Amsterdam, other related videos at the side:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g691U1Otg18

by **The Reaper** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:46 pm

Doesn't seem to have the same impact as when it was to be used for TV and Radio----now it's just a module on a barge.

by **simon d** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:15 pm

berts wrote:I came across this little bit of information some time ago.

The REM-platform, from which in the sixties the commercial TV-Noordzee (on band III, channel 11) and Radio Noordzee broadcast their programmes off the Dutch coast near Scheveningen (The Hague) to the west of Holland, was scheduled to arrive at Amsterdam IJ-port this fall. As the restauration of the platform is not finished yet and the stormy season is on its way the move to Amsterdam has been postphoned to april 2011.

Developer "De Principaal" will turn the platform into a large restaurant which will be located in the IJ-port of Amsterdam.
The TV-Noordzee broadcasts from the REM-platform were very popular during the sixties. The Dutch government however wanted to get rid of the station as quickly as possible and, in 1964, passed the sao-called "Rem-law", making both the tv and the radio station illegal. Soon after that the platform was raded and broadcasts stopped.

Aside from a restaurant, if everything goes to plan, the REM-platform will also house radio-studio's and a school for dj's.

Source: AT5 local Amsterdam tv/Parool.

Links:
http://www.at5.nl/artikelen/48520/rem-e ... -amsterdam
http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/4/AMSTER ... t-IJ.dhtml

berts:
IJ-port /Houthavens is not too far from our house, so we'll definitely go there when all is finished.
It would be over 20 years before Holland got a taste of commercial tv in Dutch again, in the form of RTL-Veronique.

I remember RTL - V ..astra channel 13 ..most programmes were in English with Dutch subtitles

by **Coastie** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:56 pm

RTL V, I used to watch that sometimes too.

by **The Reaper** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:13 am

I still watch RTL on satellite.

by **Coastie** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:12 pm

Me too!

Also listen occasionally to RTL Der Grossen Oldies.

by **alec** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:33 pm

Coastie wrote:Me too!

Also listen occasionally to RTL Der Grossen Oldies.

in the morning you should get RTL Oldies on 1440 khz MW - arround 08:00 h

by **Coastie** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:05 pm

They're back on 1440 are they?? I'll have a listen in the morning. Thanks for that.

by **alec** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:04 am

Not really back - only between rel. Programs in the morning and not in orig. Power - just try it -

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