Radio Seagull

Radio Seagull brings you the music you don't hear on other radio stations, neither 'on air', nor on the Internet. We play the best progressive rock, the coolest album tracks and the finest alternative music. Specialist music shows include Smooth Jazz, World Music and Vintage Soul.

Seagull can be heard on 1602 Khz AM in the Netherlands, across the North Sea and along the East Coast of England. At night the signal has been received as far away as Finland, Germany and Switzerland.

We broadcast from Harlingen, a small harbour-town in the northern part of the Netherlands, where the sound of the sea and of seagulls is heard everyday. We also feel a strong relationship to the 'Radio Seagull' which broadcast from the MV Mi-Amigo in 1973 and 1974

Irish entrepreneur Ronan O'Rahilly approached Hugh Nolan and Barry Everitt (ex Radio Geronimo, 1970) and they helped launch Radio Seagull in 1973, along with Andy Archer, Bob Noakes, Norman Barrington, Tony Allan, Elija, Robin, Mike... with a mix of rock, jazz, classical and world music.

During those days the ship, which also housed the radio station 'Radio Mi Amigo', was anchored four miles off the Dutch coast. Radio Seagull's original format included Progressive Rock, World, Jazz, Classical and Alternative music.

The original Radio Seagull eventually mutated into Radio Caroline. It is therefore perhaps ironic that the team behind Radio Caroline Netherlands (which was distributed via the internet and Dutch Cable TV) launched this Radio Seagull in August 2003