 The station's management claimed that RNI 2 was set up to prove that RNI could broadcast additional frequencies in case of emergency, although the nature of that emergency was never specified.Sceptics claimed that it was just an attempt to grab some of Veronica's audience.With the launch of RNI 2, the "Mebo II" became only the second radio ship to broadcast two separate mediumwave stations, the first being the "Olga Patricia / Laissez Faire" which broadcast Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio and their successors in 1966-7.