Daar is-tie dan. De Non-Stop top 50 waarvan het eerste gedrukte exemplaar in de winkel hing. Het was een nogal grote poster, 54 cm hoog en 40 cm breed. Na een vijftal weken, dus met ingang van nummer 6, werd overgestapt op het langwerpige formaat, dat tot het eind is gebruikt. De eerste twee treiterschijven omsluiten samen alle platen in deze Top 50. De hoogste nieuwe binnenkomer van Mieke Telkamp zal 24 weken lang in de Top 50 staan, we kunnen dus nog ff vooruit.Het is een leuke Top 50, met bijvoorbeeld Supersister, een leuke van de Marmalade, een nummer van Mason & Dixon dat je nooit meer hoort, Fickle Pickle, etc etc

Deze Top 50 kun je hier beluisteren:

Uur 1 Uur 2 Uur 3

Onder de TOP 50 kun je de herinneringen van Michael Downing lezen uit de tijd dat deze Top 50 werd uitgezonden.

The RNI diary of Michael Downing for this period

Friday 26 March 1971

There is a tender today, but no change of DJs, only some new records from, among others, Olivia Newton-John, Three Dog Night, Cliff Richard, Yvonne Elliman, Dawn, Brass Monkey, Jumbo, Emmitt Rhodes (both "Fresh as a daisy" and "Live till you die"), Elvis Presley and Engelbert Humperdinck. Today's programmes are:

6.00 Alan West

9.00 Jan Van Veen

12.00 Joost de Draaier

14.00 Ferry Maat

16.00 Crispian St John

18.00 Alan West

21.00 Stevi Merike

24.00 - 2.00 Dave Rogers

Saturday 27 March 1971

Programmes as yesterday, except for Joost de Draaier from 12.00 to 16.00 with the Top 50 and tips.

Sunday 28 March 1971

Today's Dutch service has Joost de Draaier at 9.00 and Ferry Maat at 12.00 until the start of the English service at 15.00 with the Top 50, presented by Dave Rogers this week. Therefore Crispian St John hosts the midnight to 2.00am show today.

Monday 29 March 1971

Programmes are the same as last Friday. Alan West is very frustrated at not having enough requests for his programme. He had run out last Thursday and had hoped to be able to return to Holland to get some more whilst on shore leave, but there has been no tender yet.

Tuesday 30 March 1971

A tender at last comes out and brings back Tony Allan and Martin Kayne, but takes off Alan West and Stevi Merike. Also back on board is Kurt Baer the engineer.

Programmes today are:

6.00 Crispian St John

9.00 Jan Van Veen

12.00 Joost de Draaier

14.00 Ferry Maat

16.00 Crispian St John

18.00 Tony Allan

21.00 Dave Rogers

24.00 - 2.00 Martin Kayne

For some reason Hilversum is now being referred to as "Little England". Tony Allan has brought back with him a craze for licquorice allsorts and has a spot for them sitting in for Alan West at 19.30.

Wednesday 31 March 1971

Programmes as yesterday, except that Tony Allan is back on the breakfast show from 6.00 to 9.00. The mystery of there being two Tony Allan hitpicks this week is solved - the other DJs picked one for him when the tender could not come out, but his official hitpick this week is "I don't know how to love him" by Yvonne Elliman.

Thursday 1 April 1971

Record Mirror reports that Radio Veronica has lost its court case against RNI. Ex-RNI news - Michael Lindsay is now working for BBC Radio Birmingham."