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The Voice of Peace was a
"pirate" radio station, broadcasting from the Peace Ship,
a converted trawler. It was located off the coast of
Israel from 1973-1993. The story of the Voice of Peace is
inseparable from that of its founder and owner Abie
Nathan. Abie's life as a fighter pilot, restaurateur,
peace campaigner and social issues activist is well
documented at
abie-nathan.com.Abie passed away on August 27th 2008 following a long illness. More details here.
A museum commemorating Abie and the Voice of Peace is under development at the Givat Haviva site in northern Israel. For a taste of what will be on offer there, check out the Peace Museum Visit link.
The pictures
in this collection are mostly from the period 1986-87 when I worked as technician and presenter on the ship. Click here for the pictures.
The Peace Ship itself was
sunk shortly after the station went off the air in late '93.
In the last few years, the radio station has experienced a renaissance. The (legal) station Radius 100FM
has been running Voice of Peace shows since November 2006. The
show plays original Voice of Peace jingles, music that was
popular during the ship's time on air, airchecks
and occasional interviews with some of the original presenters.
There are also a few classic commercials of the time.
The show was initially presented by former Voice of Peace
DJ Jimmy Jonsson.
The current schedule is:
- Sun-Thu 1700-1800 (Israel), 1600-1700 (CET) Twilight Time
- Sun-Thu 1800-1900 (Israel), 1700-1800 (CET) Voice of Peace
- Sunday - Gil Katzir
- Monday - Tim Shepherd
- Tuesday - Gil Katzir
- Wednesday- Mike Brand
- Thursday - Tim Shepherd
Everything is broadcast in English. The shows are either live or prerecorded at Radius.
The shows are aired on the original VoP FM frequency of 100FM in central Israel, cable/satellite across the country, and on the Internet at
100fm.co.il. The website also gives access
to the Voice of Peace forum and archive pages where you
can listen to previous shows on demand.
Other interesting Voice of Peace links:
Kol haLev - the home of former DJ Linda Mason's Voice of Peace Memories show. New show every few weeks.
Voice of Peace - 1540 - 24/7 Voice of Peace stream from Mark Hanna, Tami Tzabari, Yaniv Dayan and Yaron Zamir. Lots of photos and a forum. You can also request your favourite songs 24/7 - just hit the Requests button on the front page!
Voice of Peace International - Doug Wood and crew's new 24/7 Voice of Peace stream from the UK.
Voice of Peace - Richard Ticho's Peace site
Gad Bitton - the voice of the VoP Disco Show has his own site (Heb/Eng)
You can find many photos in Facebook groups and pages dedicated to the Voice of Peace - just search for "Voice of Peace".
If you're a former crew member of the Voice of Peace in whatever role, it would be great to hear from you - maybe you could share some of your memories on air with us. You can email me at: tim @ timshepherd.tk or tim1 at 013.net - thanks!
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