Red Sands Radio - Part 10
Page 1
Issue: 2 dated; 12th February 2023
Wednesday 2nd July 2008 Sandy with Whitstable Port Controller Graham waving us off with Whitstable Castle on Tankerton Hill behind
July 2008 of pensionable age sunk between July & November 1943 the 65 year old Red Sands Fort comes out of the mist, a lovely sight the first glimpse of the new antenna
Thwarted by gales & high seas, we just about made the erection in time!
The four sectional mast fooled most people rather than metal it's fibre glass
Robin on the landing platform
Tony Pine over seeing the installation can't wait to get ashore, sliding down the rope to the deck of X-Pilot he mutters "That's definitely my last antenna"
X-Pilot scoots of ahead of a wild weather front
Calm before the storm
Not long before the storm begins
The evening clears away
A wonderful Red Sands sunset
Phil Hadler MD of ICOM UK & our TV webcam & I.T man Ron Vansittart share a chuckle on the tender
X-Pilot leaving Whitstable with the ICOM entourage
4th July 1st day on air Laura Beavis of ICOM (UK) Ltd & Emily Aldred of Sportsboat & RiB Magazine
We've been inundated for information about the Red Sands Radio theme tunes
At 06.30 the TX was warmed at low modulation to 23 minutes of original Radio 390
The daily opener began at 7 minutes to 7 with the Red Sands Radio mix of "La Femme D'Argent" the tracks from the album 'Moon Safari' by the French Band 'Air' which 1st came out on 19th January 1998, used extensively at Medway FM it became a top 10 album reaching #6 on 31st January 1998 & since the band has gained a massive following. It's interesting that "La Femme D'Argent" is still often heard in many clubs & bars throughout London
4 hours later at 11.00 we ran a stager, our own mix of "Offshore" by Chicane, originally a #14 hit on 21st December 1996 & as a remix #17 on 13th September 1997
4 hours after that at 15.00 hrs stager 2 was played the Red Sands Radio mix of Kinobe's "Slip Into Something More Comfortable". Mark Blackburn & Julius Waters as 'Kinobe' released their debut album "Soundphiles" in 2000 from which the track comes & saw the due develop into exponents of the chill-out genre after a major TV advertising campaign picked up on the track
We closed daily with a track that for years everyone believed was the Radio 390 dailey close down theme 'Frank Pourcel & his Orchestra' - "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" from 1966
Finally we ended the whole broadcast with Radio 390's actual theme 'The Telecast Orchestra'- "Sentimental" from 1957
Audio |
Radio
390 at 06.30 then Red Sands Radio opening theme @ 7.53 |
Then the winds decided to join in with the first of our gales
The ICOM amateur radio mast testifies to the wind strength
Luckily foods no problem as the fully stocked Galley shows
Saturday 6th July Glyn Richards after dinner under the 3rd Radio City Thames Estuary Chart from the Shivering Sands Fort
Ammunition room, just about everything was thrown in here until we became organised
Jobs completed include extra wiring throughout Fort, cleared the water & made a drain out from the downstairs men’s sleeping so it doesn't continue to flood & hold water
Evening shadows fall, Printz up to 22.00 hours closedown