Geschichte des Piratensenders "Tutti frutti"

Hier ist die Piratengeschichte von
Radio "Tutti Frutti" 
(Gründer:
Matthias Ackeret, Oliver Knill,
Matthias Knill, 
Beat Merz)

http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/various/radio2016/index.html

A pirate story (1980) (occasion of Radio
exhibit March, 2016)

I was in love with electronics during high school.
 Like for this hardware hack. 
I had also been the technician for a small pirate 
radio station of ours in 1980 
called "Radio Tutti Frutti":

1980 (the picture, seems actually from 1981), 
Oliver (Olli) to the right. Click 
for larger picture.   
Memorial plate 30 years later
(photographed 2012). In 1980/1981, 
we had cemented it well into that rock.    
The vandalism indicates that not everybody
appreciated the statement
 (yes, we had 6 hour per week 
Latin classes at that time. The B.M.M.O 
stands for Beat Merz, Matthias
 Ackeret,Matthias Knill,Oliver Knill):

"At this holy location, Radio Tutti Frutti s
acrificed itself for the freedom of the 
Aether. Shall the remembrance for this
 heroism be eternal. Fortes Fortuna 
(Terenz), B.M.M.O, Kalendis Octobribus,
 MCMLXXXI".
A comic from 1981 [PDF]
 (created by Beat Merz and Matthias Ackeret), 
narrates the actual pirate story:
 broadcasting from the Cholfirst (Map) near 
Schaffhausen, the sender got raided 
but we could escape. The radio equipment 
(including the electronics and antenna 
on top of a tree) was lost.
              
With many Radio stations appearing 
like that (of course, others were more
 professional) the pressure grew. 
It eventually led to a drop of the radio 
monopoly in Switzerland, and private
 radio stations got allowed. The 
biggest radio pirate at that time was 
Radio 24, which broad casted from Italy. 
About the history of radio 24 of in 
German and Youtube. 
Also the clip to the right appears in 
that movie "Jolly Roger, e
in Kapitel Mediengeschichte" (2004).   

Direct Media Links:
Webm, Ogg Quicktime.    
Matthias Ackeret tells the story 
in the documentary movie: 
Jolly Roger, "A chapter of 
media history"
, produced by the Swiss film 
studio Mesch & Ugge, 
AG, (2004). T
railer. The DVD of the movie 
can be ordered
here.


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