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COMPETITION WINNERS:
Flare
Radio Competition No. 10
DANY
FERLAND WON THE PRIZE ON 2ND DECEMBER 2004 - JUST
1 DAY AFTER THE COMPETITION STARTED!
Prize:
Gift voucher for US$ 20
Winner: Dany
Ferland
Questions (answers in italics):
1.
Which offshore radio station in the 60s broadcast a funeral
service for "Frankie The Fly"?
Radio
London
2.
Many offshore radio jingles of the 60s were created by
PAMS. What do the letters of the company stand for?
Production Advertising Merchandising Service
3.
What was the name of the vessel used to broadcast
tests by CNBC (Commercial Neutral Broadcasting Company)
in 1961?
MV Borkum Riff
4)
An image of a gold radioship can be found by exploring
the pages of this site. What is the word on
the side of the ship?
(This was also question
no. 4 in Competition no. 9, which nobody won)
Utopia
There
were 3 pirates to be found. Pirate 1
appeared occasionally on the Home page
and told you the username. Pirate 2
sometimes appeared on the Competition
page and told you the password.
Pirate 3 was on another server and could
be found by clicking on the centre of
the Laser CD photo on the Competition
page (Pirate 1 gave a small clue to
this). Pirate 3 told you to go to the
sister site (link at bottom of Home
page) and log on to the members area.
This revealed a picture of a golden
radioship with "Utopia" written
on the side.
Flare
Radio Competition No. 9
Prize:
Laser CD
Winner:
No winner
Questions (answers in italics):
1.
Name the fort used by BBMS, Britain's Better Music Station
Knock John
2.
Which offshore radio magazine was edited by Roland C. "Buster" Pearson?
Monitor
3.
Who was British Postmaster General in 1967?
Edward Short
4)
An image of a gold radioship can be found by exploring
the pages of this site. What is the word on
the side of the ship?
The
name and extact location of the ship
will be revealed after the closing date
for Competition no. 10.
Flare
Radio Competition No. 8
Prize:
Laser CD
Winner:
No winner
Questions (answers in italics):
For
competition no. 8, a cutting from Time and
Tide magazine of a Radio London
schedule in the 60s had a bit of censorship!
To
have won the prize
Laser CD*, you would have had to be the first to answer the following questions
correctly:
1.
What is the name of the show at 11am on weekdays?
Coffee
Break
2.
Who is on at 12 noon weekdays, 11am Saturdays, and
does the 11am Fab 40 show on Sundays?
Tony
Brandon
3.
What is the name of the "show" on at 7pm
every day?
The
World Tomorrow
4.
What could you listen to at 7.30am on Sundays?
Herald
of Truth
You
can see the uncensored schedule here.
Flare
Radio Competition No. 7
Prize:
Laser CD
Winner:
Dany Ferland
Questions (answers in italics):
1) What is the title of the second offshore radio book by Paul Harris,
author of "When Pirates Ruled The Waves"?
To
Be A Pirate King
2) On Big L, whose coffee break was sponsored by Camp
coffee?
Tony
Windsor
3) Graham Cook on BBC Radio Kent, but what was his
name on Radio
Caroline?
Peter
Phillips
Flare
Radio Competition No. 6
Prize:
Laser CD
Winner:
Paul Balls
Questions (answers in italics):
Which
radio station broadcast from the MV Magdalena and
in which year did it broadcast?
Radio
Mi Amigo in 1979
Flare
Radio Competition No. 5
Prize:
Laser CD + 20.00 UK Pound gift voucher
Winner:
No winner
Questions (answers in italics):
1)
In
1970, RNI broadcast briefly as Radio Caroline International.
True or false?
True
2)
Flare Radio is currently playing 3 tracks by
Manfred Mann. As from 26th May 2003, Flare is helping
you by revealing 2 of the titles:
1)
Pretty Flamingo
2)
Mighty Quinn
3) Name
the 3rd track to answer this question. MP3 EXTRACT
HERE
One
In The Middle
Flare
Radio Competition No. 4
Prize:
Laser CD
Questions
(answers in italics):
Winner: Geoff Hutton
1)
What was the name and location of Billy Walker's club heavily
advertised on Big L in the 60s?
The
Uppercut Club
2)How
many issues of the 60s free radio magazine "Beatwave"
were published?
2
3)
Which 60s dj worked on Big L, Radio 355, and made promos for the
Dutch language station, Radio 227?
Tony
Windsor
4)
Three radio stations in the 60s had offices in Folkestone,
UK. What were the names of the stations?
Radio
Invicta, KING Radio, Radio 390.
Flare
Radio Competition No. 3
Prize:
Any product from Amazon to value of
20.00 UK Pounds/30.00 US Dollars
Winner:
No winner
Question (answers in italics):
On what date did
the Flare Radio website first appear
4th July 2000.
Laserbeam
writes, "I
posted a message on the message board dated 16th
June 2002, subject "Flare Radio back on air
but testing only". It mentioned "for two years Flare Radio has broadcast a mix of offshore radio recordings...etc". This was a clue to a near date. The message
board was introduced many months later."
Flare
Radio Competition No. 2
Prize:
Laser CD
Winner: Danny Johnson
Questions (answers in italics):
1) The
Laser record "I Spy For The DTI" was released
on which record label?
Farce
Records
2) What
is the name of the hotel in Zurich heavily promoted
on RNI?
The
Nova Park Hotel
3) What
name did Radio Mi Amigo dj Peter van Dam use when
he worked on Caroline?
Peter
Brian
Flare
Radio Competition No. 1
Prize:
Laser CD
Winner: Jon Myer
Question
(answer in italics):
What is the missing
word from this weekday morning drama which was broadcast
by Radio 390 in the sixties???
Paul (Dr.
Paul)
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