A.J. Beirens

Albert J. Beirens (May 1947 – 25 June 2020) was a Belgian radio producer and journalist.

Early life Beirens was born in Bruges in May 1947.

Career In the 1970s, Beirens was a radio producer at various pirate stations, including Radio North Sea International and Radio Atlantis, which were legal radio stations that broadcast from a ship Mebo II in the North Sea. He also worked for Radio Nova in Italy, Radio Paradijs (Knokke-Heist), Radio Dynamo, ORO Nieuwsdienst and VRT. He was a radio correspondent for Zeebrugge and Knokke-Heist. As a maritime journalist, AJ Beirens specialized in news about the port of Zeebrugge and the English Channel. He wrote several books including one about the refugee problems during World War II. A. J. Beirens supported the French branch of the free radio campaign called "Offshore Echo's France" since 1974.