"Meanwhile work continued on the Mi Amigo for the return to the air.

 

Ronan O'Rahilly visited the Mebo II and, in an impassioned, speech persuaded DJ/engineer Spangles Muldoon to join him.

 

RNI transmitter engineer Peter Chicago was already aware of the new venture and was keen to get involved.

 

That night Spangles announced his resignation from RNI over the air and hinted at the impending return of Caroline."

 

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"Some days later, on September 18, 1972, RNI deejay Spangles Muldoon said in his programme that he would soon leave the station to cross the street to another ship.

 

And for those who didn't got the message, he added: "Just add up 39 to 220." The last figure referred to the RNI spot, so then we knew that there was a transmitter on the MV Mi Amigo and that it would be used on the 259 metres medium wave band.

 

Indeed, on September 29th 1972 in the late evening that for the very first time since March 1968 a signal could be heard from a transmitter on the MV Mi Amigo; this time on 252.7 metres (1187 kHz) with non-stop music."

 

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Of course this was leading up to that special day of 30th September 1972 when Veronica moved from 1562 to 557 kHz, RNI 2 jumped on 1562 as soon as Veronica left and Caroline testing on 1187 khz.

 

World Music Radio on short wave reported these special events on 1st October 1972,

 

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19 september 20223 jr. bewerkt door scotty