Cover image of The Media Network Vintage Vault          2023-2024

The Media Network Vintage Vault 2023-2024

Selected editions of Media Network, a weekly communications magazine hosted by Jonathan Marks that ran on Radio Netherlands, Hilversum, Holland between May 1981 and October 2000. Enjoy this blast from... Read more

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MN.06.04.1988. DXing Indonesia

MN.06.04.1988. DXing Indonesia

This programme from April 1988 was a based on my personal trip to Indonesia. I took a shortwave radio and a Walkman Pro ... Read more

11 Jan 2016

26mins

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MN.23.03.1984 SW Commercial Radio & Philips AC739

MN.23.03.1984 SW Commercial Radio & Philips AC739

This edition of the programme involved phoning more than 9 different shortwave stations in the USA as non-government lic... Read more

2 Aug 2015

30mins

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MN.25.08.1993. Media War in the Balkans

MN.25.08.1993. Media War in the Balkans

We did several reports from Yugoslavia as the country gradually broke up. These were the days when we spoke of Serbia an... Read more

12 Jan 2019

16mins

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MN.10.09.1992.ICFSW15

MN.10.09.1992.ICFSW15

This programme from 1992 starts with the news that Radio Netherlands board of governors has approved relays of its progr... Read more

5 Apr 2016

31mins

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MN.01.01.1998 New Year Receiver Survey

MN.01.01.1998 New Year Receiver Survey

This extended edition of Media Network broadcast on January 1st 1998 contains an extensive international survey on the s... Read more

21 Dec 2015

46mins

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MN.13.04.1994.WashingtonEasterIsland

MN.13.04.1994.WashingtonEasterIsland

This edition came from Washington DC where an international broadcasting meeting was being held at VOA Headquarters. The... Read more

14 Jul 2019

31mins

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MN.16.03.1995.Benidorm & BVN

MN.16.03.1995.Benidorm & BVN

This edition of Media Network includes details of Radio Netherlands summer transmission schedule, an interview with the ... Read more

21 Dec 2015

31mins

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MN.03.11.1982 Irish Radio from Pirate to Private

MN.03.11.1982 Irish Radio from Pirate to Private

A lot has been written and documented about the growth of UK Commercial Radio. Much less on the growth of commercial rad... Read more

19 Dec 2018

29mins

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MN.21.02.1985 After PA6FLD

MN.21.02.1985 After PA6FLD

The programme starts with some of the furthest contacts made during the PA6FLD event the previous weekend from the Flevo... Read more

12 Apr 2020

28mins

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MN.25.02.1999 Budel Radio Museum

MN.25.02.1999 Budel Radio Museum

Despite the fact that ham radio is over 100 years old, this hobby was still very much alive in 1999. About 15,000 people... Read more

15 Feb 2014

28mins

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MN.26.05.1982 EDXC Lesotho

MN.26.05.1982 EDXC Lesotho

This edition of the programme is from the early series of Media Network. We were very much focused on the Falkands War a... Read more

13 Jan 2019

30mins

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MN.09.09.1982. Malta and More

MN.09.09.1982. Malta and More

More editions of Media Network from a very turbulent year -1982. Malta and Libya had entered into a Friendship and Coope... Read more

5 Sep 2015

30mins

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MN.21.07.1984 200th show including RNTC

MN.21.07.1984 200th show including RNTC

In July 2004 I decided it was time to use the summer to reorganise the Media Network archive. By that time, there were a... Read more

2 Aug 2015

29mins

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MN.04.08.1994. KGEI

MN.04.08.1994. KGEI

KGEI signed off for the last time. We trace the history of the station from the days when it was started by General Elec... Read more

14 Jul 2019

31mins

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MN.15.03.1984.CFRB Toronto

MN.15.03.1984.CFRB Toronto

From time to time we mentioned the low-power Canadian shortwave relays on the Media Network programme. These transmissio... Read more

2 Aug 2015

30mins

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MN.08.03.1984: Propagation & Radio Truth

MN.08.03.1984: Propagation & Radio Truth

This is a news edition of the show. The Catholic church is increasing its power in the light of the success of HCJB in Q... Read more

2 Aug 2015

31mins

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Dutch Jazz in Tokyo 2001

Dutch Jazz in Tokyo 2001

This was the first of two programmes I made for Dutch Horizons, a great show on Radio Netherlands English service. I hel... Read more

17 Jan 2016

29mins

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MN.11.12.1997 - Eastern Europe reportage

MN.11.12.1997 - Eastern Europe reportage

After a few programme announcements and the propagation report, we presented a mini-documentary looking at various Weste... Read more

5 Jul 2019

30mins

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MN.20.04.1995. Receiver Updates

MN.20.04.1995. Receiver Updates

We’re trying to solve some reception problems from Dushanbe. There are changes going on with Grundig North America, with... Read more

31 Dec 2019

32mins

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MN.15.12.1994. RadioMoscow

MN.15.12.1994. RadioMoscow

Delighted to discover a cassette copy of this programme because the original Master has been lost. It includes a visit t... Read more

14 Jul 2019

32mins

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