Prologue

It's also the period in which FRS-Holland's history so far is hidden. A story of a SW station which became popular among many, many free radio DX-ers in all corners of Europe. The story of the Free Radio Service Holland is marked by ups and downs, a story full of eventful happenings, exciting, sad, wonderful but above all true.
In the course of the 1980s FRSH developed into a station which built up a good reputation. Not to wonder: in the past 35+ years literally thousands of radio-enthusiasts enjoyed and are still enjoying FRS-Holland's programmes and have been spending much of their Sunday listening to the variety of International programmes to be heard on the station.
The complete and definitive history of FRS-Holland was to be heard during a number of festive broadcasts celebrating FRS’ 30^th anniversary back in October & November 2010 and February 2011. The story is told in chronicle order and takes you back to those moments which were important in the life of the station. It's a succession of background information, programme extracts, jingles and not to forget input from former presenters and listeners. Considerable effort has been put into this documentary to give you as much as possible information how FRSH was operated in the past 3 decades and what was going on behind the scenes. This story not only gives you a lot of information about FRSH but  the world of short wave free radio in general as well. Relive 30 long years of FRS-Holland and join our journey through that big, wide wonderful world called RADIO.
Apart from the FRSH story as a comprehensive sound documentary,this very website is also providing you as a FRSH and/or short wave free radio enthusiast with the the station's full story. In case you are interested in the 18 hour FRS-Holland 1980- 2010 documentary, please contact us via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Elsewhere on this website you will find detailed information as well.