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This week in the Rockumentary, the story of Laser 558

Our look at offshore radio moves into the 1980s, with the story of the last truly influential offshore station, Laser 558. It broadcast to Europe from international waters, produced remarkably good audio for an AM station, and promised listeners that you were never more than a minute away from music.
The station put together a documentary celebrating its first year on-air from the MV Communicator. It was to close a few short months later.

There are less than 24 hours before we hope to bring you all the new Beatles mixes. Join Jonathan live

With the re-release of the Beatles 1962-66, and 1967-70 compilations, we are about to get an extraordinary number of remixes of some of the most loved songs in popular music. There are 36 new stereo mixes in addition to the Beatles tracks that have been remixed over the last eight years, plus even more new Dolby Atmos mixes.

Not only will I play you all the new mixes, I'll go in-depth and tell you the stories behind the songs. How they were recorded, and how and why they were written.

A large number of new Beatles mixes are about to drop. Here them first on Mushroom FM

It has been an absolutely incredible couple of weeks for Beatles fans. And I, for one, can’t stop playing “Now and Then” on repeat. But there’s more to come.

Since 2017, Beatles fans have been given numerous sonic treats as much of the band’s later work was remixed using today’s technology. Not only have there been new stereo remixes, but those with the technology to hear it have been able to feel like the band was playing in our living rooms, first with 5.1 and then with Dolby Atmos mixes.

A comprehensive description of the Beatles "Now and Then" music video

The Beatles have now released the music video for "Now and Then", directed by Sir Peter Jackson.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude, love and admiration for my daughter Heidi, who has literally spent hours researching the imagery in this video so she could produce this detailed description. It is so vivid and detailed, I had to share it with you.

The wait is almost over. Join our listening party for "Now and Then", the final Beatles song

As you'd expect, there is an enormous amount of excitement and publicity surrounding what will be the Beatles' final song, "Now and Then". Only a handful of people in the know would have predicted that 2023 would be a year in which we heard brand new Beatles music.

Join me, Jonathan Mosen, for a two hour live listening party on Mushroom FM at 9 AM Eastern on Thursday. Check our schedule to find out where that is where you are. It will be replayed 12 hours later, but if you possibly can, since this is history being made, you'll want to hear this live.

Join Jonathan for the reveal of "Now and Then", the last ever Beatles song

It’s Jonathan Mosen, inviting you to share a special moment with me this coming Thursday at 9 AM Eastern, when I host a live show counting down to the Beatles final song, “Now and Then”.

You won’t have to have heard too many of my radio shows to know how important the Beatles are in my life. I know many of the Mushroom FM family share that sentiment.

A note for those returning to standard time this weekend

Once again, we have reached one of those exciting parts of the year where clocks are changing at different times around the world. If you live in a country where clocks are reverting to Standard Time this weekend, please note that you are doing this one week before North America. Since Mushroom FM observes North American Eastern time for our schedules, all the programming on Mushroom FM and Mushroom Escape will air an hour earlier than you are used to for one week until the clocks go back in North America.

This week in the rockumentary, we begin the story of Radio North Sea International

Our look at offshore radio moves into the 1970s this weekend, with the story of Radio North Sea International.

With powerful transmitters broadcasting on AM, FM and shortwave, Radio North Sea International was equipped for success. But European governments were making offshore broadcasting increasingly difficult. The station faced government jamming, an attempted hijacking and a bombing.

In the rockumentary this week, we begin our look at Radio Hauraki's offshore years

Our look at offshore radio continues this weekend. Inspired by the British offshore stations, and facing a similar government radio monopoly, a group of young New Zealanders put to sea in a ship called the Tiri. The year was 1966, the station was Radio Hauraki, and the end of its time at sea was very different from the experience of the British pirates.

Join me for part 1 of Born Free, the Radio Hauraki offshore years, this Sunday at 2 PM Eastern, repeated at 11 PM Eastern. Check the Mushroom Fm schedule to find out when that is where you are.

This weekend in the Rockumentary, the Radio Scotland Story

Our look at offshore radio continues. Thanks to all who have let us know how much you're enjoying this series.

On new year's eve 1965 after many challenges had been overcome, Scotland got its own offshore radio station.

Radio Scotland was a unique mix of a station with a Scotish flavour, while broadcasting with commercial radio values and energy.

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