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Word: nord (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Latest radio pirate is Radio Nord, an American-owned, 20-kilowatt pirate radio station operating from a converted German freighter named the Bonjour anchored just off Stockholm. After one month of illicit broadcasting into Sweden. Radio Nord is doing a beaming business. Listeners bored with Radio Sweden's staid fare are sending Radio Nord more than 1.ooo fan letters a day, and such companies as Westinghouse, Max Factor, Vespa (motorscooters) and B.M.W. (midget cars) have snapped up time for spot commercials. A boat maker who ran a contest on Nord got 5,000 entries in five days. Radio Nord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweden: Piracy by Radio | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

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