REM Island
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REM Island is a platform built in the Republic of Ireland and towed off the Dutch coast in 1964 as the pirate broadcasting home of Radio and TV Noordzee. Both stations were dismantled by the Netherlands Armed Forces. It was 10 km (6 miles) off Noordwijk.
Construction
Radio and TV Noordzee were founded in 1963 with land-based offices and broadcast from the sea. The artificial island was built in the harbour of Cork, Ireland.[1] It was towed to its location and anchored in cement on the seabed. On 12 August 1964, a test broadcast was performed and on 15 August regular broadcasting started. The radio service broadcast on 1400 kHz, while on television, it used Channel E11 (System B).
REM stands for Reclame Exploitatie Maatschappij[2] (Dutch for "Advertising Exploitation Company"). The company intended to broadcast commercial radio and TV. Dutch law at the time did not authorise such broadcasts but the island was outside territorial waters. Other stations, such as Radio Veronica, used a ship.
Raid
While Dutch authorities were unhappy with the broadcasts, they did not possess the legal right to stop them. However, on 12 December 1964, the government passed the REM law, which split the North Sea into continental sections. The sea bed under REM Island, to which the structure was attached, was therefore declared Dutch territory. Five days later, Korps Mariniers boarded the platform and ended broadcasting.[citation needed]
Dismantling
A year after the raid, Radio Noordzee resumed transmissions legally under the name TROS. After that REM Island was used by the government to measure sea temperature and salt concentration. After a failed attempt to sell the island in 2004, the government dismantled it with a goodbye radio event by amateur radio enthusiasts, with the callsign PB6REM on the platform on 8 June 2006.
Since March 2011, the platform sits in Amsterdam harbour, at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found., where it serves as a restaurant.[3]
Gallery
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REM Island
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REM Island as an Amsterdam restaurant
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Dismantling of the REM Island
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hans Knot (2011). "Reflections on the REM Island project" (PDF). Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.H.F. van Panhuys (1966), "Legal aspects of pirate broadcasting: a Dutch approach", American Journal of International Law, 60 (2)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Iris van Herpen's Guide to Amsterdam: Arts Intel Report". Air Mail. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
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