Relatives and friends will then have the opportunity to wish their loved ones at sea a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The event in Leer will be hosted and accompanied by the presenters Britta von Lucke and Andreas Kuhnt as well as the Bingumer Shanty Choir and the singer Anne-Fleur Gabor and her band. In Hamburg, presenters Birgit Langhammer and Ocke Bandixen are looking forward to welcoming their guests, including Gaby Bornheim, President of the German Shipowners' Association, and Peter Tschentscher, First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Beatles experts Stefanie Hempel & The Silver Spoons will be bringing their guitars and voices to the event.
There are still places available in the "Duckdalben"; registration at gruss-an-bord@ndr.de. This address can also be used foruntil 17 December letters or greetings are sent to seafarers all over the world, which are then broadcast over the airwaves on Christmas Eve.
The programme "Gruß an Bord" has enjoyed cult status for years. It was first broadcast on the radio at Christmas 1953, making it one of the oldest radio programmes in the world still in existence.
NDR Info will broadcast the greetings on 24 December from 7 pm to 10 pm. Live streams will be available on NDR Info and NDR Info Spezial. It is also possible to listen to the programme via the NDR radio app.
So that all crews on board - on the seas or in harbours - can receive the traditional broadcast, NDR radio has rented short-wave frequencies especially for this purpose. From 18:00 to 21:00 UTC (19:00 to 22:00 CET), theShortwave over the following frequencies:
6080 kHz: Europe
15770 kHz: Atlantic Northwest
6030 kHz: Atlantic Northeast
13725 kHz: Atlantic South
11650 kHz: Atlantic/Indian Ocean/South Africa
9740 kHz: Indian Ocean
