Submitted by JonathanMosen on Thu, 10/05/2023 - 21:56
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.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Wed, 09/27/2023 - 11:18
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.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 15:45
Our popular look at offshore radio continues this weekend on Mushroom FM in our rockumentary slot.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Thu, 09/14/2023 - 19:34
Our popular series about offshore radio continues this weekend in our rockumentary slot.
Over the last couple of weeks, we've told the turbulent story of Radio England and Britain Radio, stations with wealthy backers, big budgets, and initially, programming entirely unsuitable for the audiences they were trying to serve, particularly where Radio England was concerned.
As we heard last week, Britain Radio was rebranded to Radio 355 and was having better success. However, due to the imminent passage of the Marine Offenses Bill, Radio 355 closed at the end of 5 August 1967.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Tue, 08/29/2023 - 20:05
Currently in our rockumentary slot, we're running a series a documentaries about offshore pirate radio, and it's proving popular with listeners. We're so glad you're enjoying it.
This weekend, having completed our look at Radio London, we begin the Radio England story. Backed by some of the Texans who originally invested in Radio London, many of the existing operators were concerned about what Radio England and Britain Radio's arrival would mean in 1966. While giving some British broadcasters their first opportunity, it failed to challenge the major stations on the air.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Tue, 08/22/2023 - 16:59
We’ve had a terrific response to the Radio London story, which we’ve been running for the last four weeks as part of our series on offshore radio.
In this weekend’s rockumentary slot, we’ll bring you a programme referenced in the final part of that documentary. It’s called “their final hour” and was the last thing to be broadcast on Radio London on 14 August 1967 before they closed down due to the Marine offenses Act coming into force at midnight.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Wed, 07/26/2023 - 00:52
It’s Jonathan Mosen, dropping in to tell you about our next Rockumentary which starts this weekend.
We’re in the middle of a series of documentaries about the fascinating world of offshore radio. This week, we begin a series about what in my opinion is the best pop music station ever created, Radio London. With American jingles and presentation techniques with a British sensibility, Radio London was the home to many true legends of British radio, including the remarkable Kenny Everett, who started his career there.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Sat, 07/22/2023 - 20:56
It can be argued that the words icon and legend are overused these days. But they are an appropriate way to describe Tony Bennett, who died on Friday in his home city of New York just short of his 97th birthday. This gifted vocalist first recorded, under a different name, all the way back in 1949, and he released his most recent album of new material in the 2020s. He broke numerous Guinness world records and received many awards and accolades.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Thu, 06/15/2023 - 02:56
Users of Google Assistant products will be aware that for some time, Mushroom FM and Mushroom Escape have offered Google actions. This allowed Google Assistant users to use a phrase like, “Ask Mushroom FM to play” and voila, it would play.
Google has taken the decision to retire these actions from their product line, and our actions along with all others are no longer available.
You can still play Mushroom FM and Mushroom Escape by asking the Google Assistant to play them on TuneIn.
Our Alexa skills continue to rock the world.
Submitted by JonathanMosen on Tue, 06/13/2023 - 16:49
There are times in life when something so impactful happens, you know you’ll always remember exactly where you were and what you were doing. Listening to what I thought was a routine interview with Sir Paul McCartney about Beatles memories, only to have him casually mention that there’s a new Beatles single coming out this year, is one such moment for me.
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