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A
station called Radio Helen started broadcasting during late 1968 following
on from the success of Radio Free London’s
mass media coverage in the late summer. The station broadcast during
the week for only half an hour per day, but this was extended to Sunday’s
where they did a regular spot at 12.15pm on 197meters. They were soon
joined by other stations on the frequency and together they formed
"The Helen Broadcasting Network" which consisted of each station producing
30 minutes of programming every Sunday and coming on air, one following
the other in a set paten. This idea was good in theory but it turned
out to be a disaster in practise. The network was made up of different
Radio Helen’s i.e.: Helen 1, Helen 2, Helen 3 etc. The numbered stations
idea was soon dropped and the various stations started to be know
by other names such as Radio Rose, Radio Apollo and the famous Radio
Jackie. Problems such as breakdowns, raids, finding somewhere
new to transmit from every week and bad organisation within the Helen
Network were to be its downfall and only after just six months on
air it officially closed on April 1st 1969. The
original team behind Radio Helen had a plan to confiscate all of the
transmitters within the Helen Network and take them apart and build
one big powerful transmitter and the new station was to be called
"Helen International" The idea never made it on the air. |
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