This week marks the 20th Anniversary of Radio New York International!That's right - it was twenty years ago that a group of underground broadcasters got together and attempted to sign on an offshore pirate radio station (broadcasting on an old fishing trawler called The Radioship Sarah) from international territory, four-and-a-half miles off the coast of New York City - outside the three-mile limit.
Well, as we learned, territories can be in the mind of the beholder - and after just five days of broadcasting, RNI was shut down and dismantled by the FCC. Despite RNI's short existence, it left a lasting mark on the radio scene and those of us who were a part of it will never forget the experience!
Radio Free New York is proud to mark RNI's 20th Anniversary with a group of site updates that add new audio, video and text commemorating this historic event. Among the updates are:
More detailed notes on the RNI saga.
Embedded video from our personal collections, including news coverage from that crazy week and the days that followed!
Airchecks of the last broadcasts from The Sarah before the FCC brought the hammer down on July 28, 1987.
The new updated pages (with audio and video) can be found directly HERE.
I'm sure these new RNI pieces will bring back memories for you as they did for me while I was putting them all together!
As always, thanks for surfing our way!
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