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Encyclopedia > Radio Luxembourg (English)

Radio Luxembourg is a commercial radio station that has broadcast in many languages in conjunction with a television service operated from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. This article is about its English-language service, which broadcast between 1933 and 1939 and from 1946 to 1992. For the new 2005 service and other languages, see the disambiguation links at Radio Luxembourg. Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Radio Luxembourg (1933-1992, 2005-)was an important forerunner of pirate radio and modern commercial radio in Europe. ...


The English-language service of Radio Luxembourg was an important forerunner of pirate radio and modern commercial radio in the United Kingdom. It was an effective way to advertise products by circumventing British legislation which until 1973 gave the BBC a monopoly of radio broadcasting and prohibited all forms of advertising over the airwaves. The term Pirate Radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmission. ...

Location of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (shown in red circle), home of the Radio Luxembourg transmitters, illustrating its relationship to listeners on the continent of Europe and within the British Isles.

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Preamble

In 1922 the British government awarded a monopoly broadcasting licence to a single British Broadcasting Company, whose shares were owned by British and American electrical companies. Although in theory the BBC could have sold sponsored airtime, it attempted to gain its revenue by selling its own brand of licensed radio receivers manufactured by the member companies of the BBC. This arrangement lasted until 1927, when the broadcasting licence of the original BBC was allowed to expire. The assets of the former commercial company were then sold to a new non-commercial British Broadcasting Corporation, which operated under a UK charter from the Crown. Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Company Ltd was a British commercial company formed on October 18, 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... This article refers to the Commonwealths concept of the monarchys legal authority. ...


With no possibility of commercial broadcasting available from inside the UK, a former RAF Captain and British entrepreneur (and from 1935 Conservative Party Member of Parliament) named Leonard F. Plugge set up his own International Broadcasting Company. The IBC began leasing time on transmitters in continental Europe and then reselling it as sponsored English language programming aimed at audiences in the British Isles. Because Plugge successfully demonstrated that State monopolies such as that of the BBC could be broken, other parties became attracted to the idea of creating a new commercial radio station specifically for this purpose. RAF is an three letter acronym for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India Računarski Fakultet RAF... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament. ... Captain Leonard Frank Plugge (21 September 1889 – 6 July 1988) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. ... ... This article describes the archipelago in north-western Europe. ...


Formation of Radio Luxembourg

In the Grand Duchy during 1924, Francois Anen built a 100-watt transmitter to broadcast military music concerts and plays to listeners in Luxembourg. Because the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (see map) is centrally located in western Europe, it was an ideal location for transmitters aimed at reaching audiences in many nations, including the United Kingdom. Aneu became inspired by the activities of Captain Plugge, who was using transmitters licensed in other nations to broadcast English-language radio programmes to the British Isles, where commercial broadcasting had not been licensed by the British government. On May 11, 1929 he brought together a group of mainly French entrepreneurs and formed the Luxembourg Society for Radio Studies (La Société Luxembourgeoise d'Etudes Radiophoniques) as a pressure group to force the government of Luxembourg to issue them a commercial broadcasting licence. [1] [2] For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... Amateur radio station with modern solid-state transceiver featuring LCD display and DSP capabilities Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is a hobby that uses various types of radio broadcasting equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for public service, recreation and self-training. ... Military Band marching A military band is a group of soldiers assigned to musical duties. ... This article describes the archipelago in north-western Europe. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An advocacy group, interest group or lobbying group is a group, however loosely or tightly organized, doing advocacy: those determined to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected. ...


On December 19, 1929 the government passed a law that would award a monopoly licence to operate a commercial radio broadcasting franchise from the Grand Duchy. On December 29 this licence was awarded to the Society, which in turn created the Luxembourg Broadcasting Company (Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion) to be identified on the airwaves as Radio Luxembourg. is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... RTL Group (LuxSE: RTL) is Europes largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. ...


In May 1932 Radio Luxembourg began test transmissions directed at the British Isles. The reaction of the British government was hostile, as the long-wave band used for these tests radiated a far superior signal to anything previously received from outside the country. The British government accused Radio Luxembourg of pirating the various wavelengths it was testing. The station had planned to commence regular broadcasts on June 4, 1933, but the complaints caused Radio Luxembourg to keep shifting its wavelength. On January 1, 1934 a new international wavelength agreement came into effect, and shortly afterwards Radio Luxembourg started a regular schedule of English-language radio transmissions from 8:15 AM until midnight on Sundays, and at various times during the rest of the week. Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The term Pirate Radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmission. ... is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Radio Luxembourg began broadcasting in both the French and English languages via a new 200kW transmitter on 1304 metres, 230 kcs., in the long-wave band. The English service was leased to Radio Publicity (London) Ltd in England. In December 1933 they transferred 23-year-old Stephen Williams from directing their English language programmes transmitted over Radio Paris to become the first manager of the English service of Radio Luxembourg. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Stephen Williams was the first manager of the English Service of Radio Luxembourg shortly after the station opened in 1933. ...


First commercial era

1933-1939

In the years from 1933 to 1939 the English service of Radio Luxembourg gained a large audience in the UK and other European countries with sponsored programming aired from noon until midnight on Sundays and at various times during the rest of the week.


Programmes

  • These were some of the shows heard in 1935 as listed in the May 3 edition of Radio Pictorial:
    • Sundays: 12:00 Noon - Musical Voyage - with Bobbie Comber and Reginald Purdell and sponsored by Halls Wine.
      • 12:15 PM - Do-Do Broadcasts - sponsored medication programme "for asthma suffers".
      • 12:30 PM - Golden Hour of Music - the Irish Concert recorded programme
      • 1:00 PM - Zam-Buk Broadcast - the latest dance music sponsored by a medication "for cuts, burns and bruises."
      • 1:30 PM - Littlewoods Broadcast - sponsored by a football pools coupon company in Liverpool.
      • 2:00 PM - English service ends until 2:30 PM.
      • 2:30 PM - Vernon's All-Star Variety Concert - gramophone records presented by a football pools company.
      • 5:30 PM - League of Ovaltineys - presented by the makers of Ovaltine. (The anthem of this children's show was still being celebrated by fan sites in 2007. Another version of the Ovaltineys programming began again after WWII on Radio Luxembourg over its 208 wavelength.)

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Presenters

  • Stephen Williams - the first station manager, who resumed his duties with the English service when the station resumed commercial English language transmissions after WWII.
  • Gerald Carnes
  • Charles Maxwell (1936) [3]
  • John Bewley [4]
  • S.P. Ogden-Smith (Chief Announcer in 1938) [5]

Stephen Williams was the first manager of the English Service of Radio Luxembourg shortly after the station opened in 1933. ...

World War II

1940-1945

On September 21, 1939 the Luxembourg government closed the radio station down to protect the neutrality of the Grand Duchy during World War II. The station and its transmitters were taken over by the invading German forces in 1940, and were used for English-language propaganda broadcasts by William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw"). When Allied forces took over Luxembourg in September 1944, the station was transferred to US Army control and used for black propaganda purposes for the remainder of the war (see Radio 1212). is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article is about the Second World War propagandist. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Black propaganda is propaganda that purports to be from a source on one side of a conflict, but is actually from the opposing side. ...


Second commercial era

1946-1953

Radio Parade magazine, June 3, 1951, announcing the opening of Radio Luxembourg II on 208 metres in the medium-wave band.

When the Allied armed forces vacated the Radio Luxembourg premises at the close of WWII, the English-language service attempted to restart transmissions to the United Kingdom as a full-time commercial radio station using the European long-wave band, once more under the management of Stephen Williams. Image File history File links Radiopic. ... Image File history File links Radiopic. ... is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


During the war Geoffrey Everitt served his last few months in Luxembourg and this led to his employment by Stephen Williams on June 21, 1946. Williams soon left the station and Everitt found himself in charge of a small on-air staff of three women and one man. Because of the dearth of advertising available in English, the early morning shows on long wave quickly disappeared and made way for French language programmes. More contractions followed and this led to cuts in more of the morning, afternoon and evening programming in English. is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


By the start of the 1950s, sponsorship of the English service had begun to grow once more, and while some of the English-language programmes continued via Radio Luxembourg I on long wave, a second but less powerful wavelength was opened up as Radio Luxembourg II on medium wave.


In 1955, Hal Lewis who was better known at Hawaiian radio station KPOA-AM as J. Akuhead Pupule (and later became the morning DJ at KGMB in Honolulu, Hawaii during 1965), offered to buy the morning time from 6 AM to 9 AM for his own show on 208, but his offer was rejected. The 208 signal could be received satisfactorily in the United Kingdom only after dark, when it was able to strike the ionosphere and bounce back to the British Isles. Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Hal Lewis, also known as J. Akuhead Pupule or Aku (died 1983), was the morning air personality in 1965 at KGMB, an AM station in Honolulu, Hawaii. ... KSSK-FM (92. ... For the city and county of Honolulu, see City & County of Honolulu. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Relationship of the atmosphere and ionosphere The ionosphere is the uppermost part of the atmosphere, distinguished because it is ionized by solar radiation. ...


It was this second wavelength that eventually became dedicated to English language programming after 6 PM under the slogan of '"208 - Your station of the stars"', reflecting the entertainers heard on the station.


Programmes

March 1952 advertising for the Dan Dare Monday to Friday serial as it appeared in 208, the programme listing guide to Radio Luxembourg in English.
  • These were some of the shows heard in March 1952 as reported in the 208 programme schedule:
    • Sundays: 6:15 PM - Ovaltineys' Concert Party - a version of the popular show that was originally broadcast before WWII over the original Radio Luxembourg long-wave station.
      • 9:15 PM - Leslie Welch - "the famous Memory Man.".
      • 10:45 PM - The Answer Man - "anything you want to know.", (Sundays, Wednesdays, Fridays).
      • 11.00 PM - Top Twenty - introduced by Pete Murray.
    • Mondays: 7:15 PM - The Adventures of Dan Dare, "Pilot of the future" - fifteen minutes serial heard Monday to Friday and featuring the voice of Noel Johnson who also played the part of Dick Barton on BBC radio. This serial began on July 1, 1951 and ran for five years.
    • 9:30 PM - Perry Mason serial heard Monday through Friday.
    • Tuesdays: 10:55 PM - Soccer of Leicester - odds announcement.
    • Wednesdays: 8:30 PM - The Story of Dr. Kildare- every Wednesday starring Lew Ayres, produced in Hollywood by MGM.
    • Thursdays: 8:00 PM - Music From the Ballet.
    • Fridays: 8:00 PM - Scottish Requests with Peter Madren.
    • Saturdays: 7:00 PM - Chance of a Lifetime - quiz programme with Dick Emery.
      • 10:00 PM - At Two-O-Eight - dance music with Russ Morgan Orchestra compered by Pete Murray.
      • 11:00 PM - Bringing Christ to the Nations - The Lutheran Hour.

Radio Luxembourg also served as a refuge for stars and shows previously heard on the BBC but with whom the BBC had fallen out for one reason or another. Thus, when in 1951 the BBC wanted Vera Lynn, one of its biggest singing stars, to perform more upbeat material than her traditional repertoire, she refused, and signed up to record 42 shows for Luxembourg instead - which, she said, also paid better. Likewise, the comedy series Much Binding in the Marsh, terminated by the BBC after six years, transferred to Radio Luxembourg for a period in 1950-51 before the BBC relented and revived the show.[6] Image File history File links Dandare. ... Image File history File links Dandare. ... The return of the original Dan Dare in 1989 Dan Dare is a classic British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson for the Eagle comic story Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future in 1950 which was also carried in serial format several times a week on Radio... Ovaltineys or League of Ovaltineys was a childrens club developed in the 1930s to promote the sale of Ovaltine brand drink in the United Kingdom. ... The return of the original Dan Dare in 1989 Dan Dare is a classic British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson for the Eagle comic story Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future in 1950 which was also carried in serial format several times a week on Radio... ʎNoel Johnson was born on 27 December 1916 in Birmingham, England and died on 1 October 1999 and was the radio voice of Dick Barton special agent on BBC radio and Dan Dare pilot of the future over Radio Luxembourg. ... Dick Barton - Special Agent was a popular radio program on the BBC Light Programme from 1946 to 1951. ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. ... Dr. James Kildare was a fictional character, the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series of the same name and a comic book based on the TV show. ... Lew Ayres (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Back to the Bible is an international Christian ministry based in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Founded in 1939 by Theodore H. Epp, Back to the Bible started as a radio broadcast in Nebraska, but expanded by supporting missionaries and broadcasting via shortwave radio to other countries. ... Dr. Charles Edward Fuller (April 25, 1887 - March 18, 1968) was an American Christian clergyman and a radio evangelist. ... Dr. Charles Edward Fuller (April 25, 1887 - March 18, 1968) was an American Christian clergyman and a radio evangelist. ... The Voice Of Prophecy was founded in 1929 by H.M.S. Richards, Sr. ... Dick Emery Dick Emery (February 19, 1919 - January 2, 1983) was a British comedian and actor, popular during the 1960s and 1970s. ... The Lutheran Hour is a U.S. religious radio program heard on over 1,200 stations nationally. ... Dame Vera Lynn DBE (born 20 March 1917) is a retired British singer whose career flourished during World War II, when she was nicknamed The Forces Sweetheart. She is best known for the popular songs Well Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover. Lynn is one of the... Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh was the title of a comical BBC radio show broadcast from 1944 to 1954, starring Kenneth Horne and Richard Murdoch as senior staff in a fictional RAF station battling red tape and wartime inconvenience. ...


Presenters

Resident announcers in Luxembourg at different times:

  • Stephen Williams - the English service manager before before WWII, resumed his duties when commercial broadcasting began again.
  • Ursula Brennan - Patricia Giles - Beatrice Feltes - John De Denghy - record presenters who all left the station with Stephen Williams around 1948.
  • Geoffrey Everitt - joined Radio Luxembourg on June 21, 1946 after being demobbed from British Army in Luxembourg. He was hired by Stephen Williams and when Williams returned to the UK, Everitt took over his job. In later years he became the London-based boss of the entire English-language operation.
  • Teddy Johnson - joined in May 1948 and he and Everitt ran the English service in Luxembourg by themselves until 1950 due to the lack of advertising income. Then Johnson returned to England to develop his singing career and later returned to join Pete Murray.
  • John Drexler - joined after Johnson departed but Drexler left after one month.
  • Roger Moffat; Richard Beynon; Warren Mitchell all joined with Drexler and left shortly after Drexler.
  • Pete Murray - joined with Drexler, Beynon and Mitchell; remained in Luxembourg until 1956.
  • Peter Madren - joined Everitt, Johnson and Murray in May 1951.

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1954-1963

Following the merger of the English-language service of Radio Luxembourg I with the new English-language service of Radio Luxembourg II on 208 metres medium wave, the station came to be known as Radio Luxembourg. A British company, Radio Luxembourg (London) Ltd, controlled the programme content and sold the advertising time.


The station sign-on time at dusk varied according to a summer or winter schedule to allow maximum benefit to be gained from a skywave propagation at night that covered the British Isles, although reception was stronger in northern England. By restricting the service to night time, the sales representatives were able to sell most of the available airtime both for spot commercials and for sponsored programmes. One spot commercial that became burned into the minds of every Radio Luxembourg listener was for Horace Batchelor's "Infra-Draw Method" of winning money on football pools, turning the previously obscure Bristol suburb of "Keynsham, spelt K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M" into a household name throughout the country. Horace Batchelor was famous in the UK during the late 1950s and early 1960s as an advertiser on Radio Luxembourg. ... Football pools, often referred to as The Pools, are football betting pool based on predicting the outcome of male association football matches set to take place in the coming week. ... Keynsham (pronounced CANE-shm), is a town between Bristol and Bath in south west England. ...


Programmes were partly live disc-jockey presentations by the team of "resident announcers" from the studios in Luxembourg City, partly shows pre-recorded in the company's UK studios at 38 Hertford Street, London W1. This was not made clear to listeners, who were allowed to form the incorrect impression that all the presenters were sitting in the Grand Duchy or, alternatively, that they were indeed in London but performing live via a hypothetical landline to Luxembourg -- a landline which in reality the British government was never prepared to permit.


A strange conspiracy of silence operated throughout this period between sworn enemies Radio Luxembourg and the BBC, each of which never mentioned the existence of the other, although many famous names appeared on both, often almost simultaneously.


Programmes

During this period, and particularly from about 1960, the station's output came to be much more explicitly targeted at the burgeoning teenage market, with the emphasis increasingly on pop music. Drama productions, comedy, variety and sports programming disappeared altogether. By about 1963, almost the station's entire output was based around the playing of music on discs. This must have greatly reduced its production costs.

Shadow Man by Edward J. Mason (author of the BBC serial Dick Barton), was presented every Tuesday evening at 8:30 PM on Radio Luxembourg by the makers of Stork margarine. The promotional ad appeared in the 208 Magazine programme guide for November 1955.
  • These were some of the shows heard in December 1956, as listed in the 208 programme schedule for that month:
    • Sundays: 6:00 PM - Butlin's Beaver Club - with Uncle Eric Winstone.
    • Mondays: 9:30 PM - Candid Microphone - starring listeners caught in the act.
    • Tuesdays: 9:00 PM - Lucky Number - with Keith Fordyce.
      • 10:00 PM - The Capitol Show - Mel Thompson presenting Capital Records new releases.
    • Wednesdays: 8:00 PM - Double Your Money - Hughie Green.
      • 10:00 PM - Rockin' To Dreamland - with Keith Fordyce playing the latest British and American hit records.
      • 11:30 PM - The Hour of Decision - with Billy Graham.
    • Thursdays: 8:30 PM - Lucky Couple - with David Jacobs recorded on location in the UK.
      • 9:30 PM - Irish Requests.
      • 10:45 PM - Italy Sings - presented by the Italian State Tourist Office.
    • Fridays: 10:30 PM - Record Hop - Benny Lee presents the latest Columbia and Parlophone records.
    • Saturdays: 7:00 PM - Amateur Football - results of the matches played today.
      • 8:00 PM - Jamboree - 120 minutes of exciting, non-stop, action-packed radio ..."Teenage Jury" and at approximately 9:30: Alan Freed, the remarkable American disc-jockey whose programmes in the States cause excitement to rise to a fever pitch, presents "Rock 'n' roll".
      • 10.00 PM - Tonight - Peter Haigh presents news, music and personalities recorded at the Embassy Club in London.
      • 10:30 PM - Philips' Fanfare -records from this label presented by Guy Standeven.

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Presenters

The following were some of the resident announcers in Luxembourg during this period:

  • Barry Alldis - joined the team in 1956, becoming Chief Announcer and staying until 1966, when he left to work for BBC radio. He returned to Luxembourg in 1975 and remained on the staff until his death in 1982.
  • Chris Denning
  • Colin Hamilton
  • Ted King
  • Johnny Moran
  • Don Moss 1957-60
  • Don Wardell (became Chief Announcer after Barry Alldis left in 1966)


The following disc-jockeys recorded shows in the London studios at 38 Hertford Street. Many of these programmes were sponsored by record companies: Barry Alldis (1930-1982) was a presenter on British radio, most notably on the English service of Radio Luxembourg, otherwise known as 208, Your Station of the Stars. Barry Alldis at the Radio Luxembourg microphone in the 1960s. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Chris Denning, born in the 1940s, is one of the most notorious paedophiles in the UK, having been one of the original team of Radio 1 disc jockeys when the station started up in 1967. ...


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(A): Peter Aldersley - (C): Sam Costa - (D): Alan Dell - (F): Keith Fordyce - Alan Freeman - (G): David Gell - (H): Tony Hall - (J): Jack Jackson - David Jacobs - (M): Brian Matthew - Don Moss - Pete Murray - (O): Ray Orchard - (S): Jimmy Savile - (T): Shaw Taylor - (Y): Jimmy Young - Muriel Young Sam Costa was a singer and a voice actor on the show Much Binding In The Marsh. ... Alan Dell (March 8, 1924 - August 18, 1995) was a BBC Radio broadcaster, who probably did more than anyone else in the second half of the 20th century to ensure that the dance music of the 1920s and 30s remained in the public consciousness. ... Keith Fordyce was a disc jockey and presenter on British radio and television. ... Alan Fluff Freeman CBE (born July 6, 1927, Melbourne, Australia, died 27 November 2006 London, England) was a well-known disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom. ... David Gell was a Canadian DJ on the BBC Light Programme (prior to Radio One). ... Tony Patrick Hall (born Jan. ... Jaxon was the pen name of Jack Jackson (May 15, 1941–June 8, 2006), a US cartoonist. ... David Henry Jacobs (April 30, 1888 - June 6, 1976) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics. ... Brian Matthew (born 1928) is a British broadcaster, born in Coventry, who became popular in the days of the BBC Light Programme, hosting Saturday Club (originally called Saturday Skiffle Club, starting in 1957 and changing to its more familiar name in 1958) and Easy Beat (starting in 1960). ... Pete Murray (born 1928) is a well-known British disc jockey and actor, popular during the 1960s. ... Sir Jimmy Savile. ... There are a number of famous people of this name including: Jimmy Young (boxer) Jimmy Young (disc jockey) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Muriel Young is a legend in British television. ...


1964-1967

Until March 1964, Radio Luxembourg had enjoyed its own commercial radio monopoly of English-language programming heard in the UK. Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ...


In March 1964 Radio Caroline began daytime commercial radio transmissions to southern England from a ship anchored less than four miles off the coast. In Caroline's primary reception areas, her groundwave signal was strong and unaffected during daylight hours by fading and interference. Following the success of this first offshore station, others soon followed and formed a fleet that ringed the British Isles. These transmissions were eventually extended around the clock and featured many different broadcasting formats, though pop music on discs predominated. Radio Caroline is a European radio station that started transmissions on Easter Sunday 1964 from a ship anchored in international waters off the coast of southeast England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...


As a result of this competition, Radio Luxembourg gradually abandoned pre-recorded sponsored programmes for a more flexible continuity. Its new format featured mainly spot advertising within record programmes presented live by resident DJs in Luxembourg, some of them recruited from the offshore stations.


In August 1967 British legislation came into effect that forced all but two Caroline stations off the air by shutting off their means to sell commercial advertising in the UK. However, simultaneously with the demise of offshore "pirate radio", the British government instructed the BBC to create its own non-commercial replacement service called Radio 1. While Luxembourg almost had the UK commercial airwaves to itself, it was still restricted to evening and night hours. Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... The term Pirate Radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmission. ...


Presenters[7]

Comedian & Broadcaster Tony Brandon was born in Dorset in 1933. ... Paul Burnett (born 1943) is a British radio disc jockey, who began his radio career while in the Royal Air Force in the Persian Gulf in 1964. ... Dave Cash can refer to different people: Dave Cash, a baseball player Dave Cash, a disc jockey This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Simon Dee in the film, Doctor in Trouble (1970) Carl Nicholas Henty-Dodd* (born July 28, 1935) is better known by his stage name Simon Dee. ... Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948 in Ilford, Essex) is a British television presenter, DJ, executive who made his name on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He is more recently known as the presenter of the television gameshow Deal or No Deal. ... Tommy Vance, born Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (July 11, 1941 – March 6, 2005) was a British pop radio broadcaster, born in Eynsham, Oxfordshire. ...

1968-1988

By the middle of 1968 even the two Caroline offshore stations had left the air and, while other attempts were made to restart offshore radio commercial broadcasts aimed at the UK in the early 1970s, Luxembourg did not face commercial competition, only a growing increase in audience share by more BBC services. But in 1973 the BBC radio monopoly was finally ended by new legislation introducing Independent Local Radio, funded by the sale of advertising time. Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Logo used by the Independent Broadcasting Authority for promoting Independent Local Radio services. ...


In 1983 Radio Luxembourg marked its fiftieth anniversary as a station, but the British commercial radio stations kept whittling away the 208 audience and advertising, while a brief replay of competition for audiences began to emerge from off the British coastline with new radio ship transmissions. Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...


Programmes

  • These were shows heard in 1982 as reported in the Radio Luxembourg Research Report (page 20) of 208 listeners. The Survey was conducted during the last quarter of 1982 by British Market Research Bureau for Radio Luxembourg (London) Ltd. By the time the survey appeared, the programme line-up below had changed in various ways, including the untimely death of Barry Alldis in the middle of the survey:
    • Sundays: 7:00 PM - Haunted Studio - with Stuart and Ollie Henry. 9:00 PM - Star Chart and Top 30 UK Singles - with Tony Prince.. 11:00 PM - Sunday's Top 20's - with Barry Alldis and Rob Jones.. 1:00 AM - Earthlink - with Benny Brown.
    • Mondays: 7:00 PM - Battle of the Giants; Top 30 Airplay; Top 30 Disco - with Rob Jones and Benny Brown. 1:00 AM - Earthlink - with Barry Alldis.
    • Tuesdays: 7:00 PM - 208 Editorial; Beatle Hour; Daily Mirror Rock and Pop Club; Top 30 UK; Top 30 Albums - with Rob Jones and Barry Alldis. 9:00 PM - Top 30 UK; Top 30 Albums - with Benny Brown. 1:00 AM - Earthlink - with Mike Hollis.
    • Wednesdays: 7:00 PM - Gold and Games - with Rob Jones and Benny Brown. 9:00 PM - American Top 30 - with Bob Stewart. 11:00 PM - Top 30 Easy Listening - with Benny Brown. 1:00 AM - Earthlink - with Mike Hollis.
    • Thursdays: 7:00 PM - The Number Ones; Top of the Pops - with Bob Stewart and Mike Hollis. 9:00 PM - Top 30 Futurist - with Rob Jones. 11:00 PM - Discotheque - with Benny Brown. Midnight - Spotlight On ... - with Stuart Henry. 1:00 AM - Earthlink - with Stuart and Ollie Henry.
    • Fridays: 7:00 PM - The Record Journal - with Stuart and Ollie Henry. 9:00 PM - Top 30 Disco - with Tony Prince. 11:00 PM - Top 30 Airplay (repeat) - with Bob Stewart. 1:00 AM - Earthlink - with Barry Alldis.
    • Saturdays: 7:00 PM - Street Heat; Top 30 Rockshow - with Stuart and Ollie Henry. 11:00 PM - Big L Marlboro Top 20 Country - with Bob Stewart. Midnight - Midnight Memories - with Barry Alldis. 1:00 AM - Earthlink; Love Songs - with Mike Hollis.

Some other presenters in the 1970s and 1980s: Tony Prince (born 9th May 1944) is a British radio disc jockey and businessman, who is best remembered for his programmes on Radio Caroline and Radio Luxembourg in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Barry Alldis (1930-1982) was a presenter on British radio, most notably on the English service of Radio Luxembourg, otherwise known as 208, Your Station of the Stars. Barry Alldis at the Radio Luxembourg microphone in the 1960s. ... There are different people named Bob Stewart: Bob Stewart, a television producer. ... Tony Prince (born 9th May 1944) is a British radio disc jockey and businessman, who is best remembered for his programmes on Radio Caroline and Radio Luxembourg in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Marlboro logo Marlboro is a brand of cigarette made by Altria. ...

Dave Christian (born May 13, 1959 in Warroad, Minnesota was American ice hockey forward. ... Neil Andrew Howe Fox (born 12 June 1961) is a British radio and television presenter, known for many years as Dr Fox before he became Foxy in the 2000s. ... Peter Powell may refer to: Peter Powell (disc jockey) (born 1951), a British DJ Peter Powell (kite), the inventor of a dual-line, steerable model of flying kite Peter Powell(Clocks), a very nasty, sad, creepy little guy from Marlborough. ... Tony Prince (born 9th May 1944) is a British radio disc jockey and businessman, who is best remembered for his programmes on Radio Caroline and Radio Luxembourg in the 1960s and 1970s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup because: A trick photograph of Mike Read Mike Read (1 March 1951 is a British disc jockey, writer and former television presenter. ... Mike Pasternak, or Emperor Rosko (born December 26, 1942 is a well known pop radio presenter. ... Paul Burnett (born 1943) is a British radio disc jockey, who began his radio career while in the Royal Air Force in the Persian Gulf in 1964. ... David Kid Jensen (July 4, 1950 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian-born British radio DJ. // After beginning his career in his home country at the age of sixteen playing jazz and classical music, Kid Jensen joined Radio Luxembourg at the age of eighteen in 1968. ...

1989-1992

In 1989, hoping to build a new audience, Luxembourg in English once more returned with a daytime schedule for the first time since the early 1950s, but this time it was aimed at Scandinavian audiences using a 24-hour stereo transponder on the Astra satellite to supplement the 208 analogue night-time service. The end eventually came for 208 at 3 AM GMT on January 1, 1992 (or December 30, 1991, depending on source), with the last record played on AM being Van Morrison's "In the Days Before Rock and Roll" (chosen mainly because of its mention of Luxy), before "At the End of the Day" (one of their closedown songs) was played heading into the top of the hour (even though DJ Jeff Graham had said that they were going to play the original closedown tune, "It's Time To Say Goodnight" [1]). The station then went satellite only, with the first songs played being "When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)" by Deacon Blue and "Always" by Atlantic Starr. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Scandinavia (disambiguation). ... This article is about the spacecraft and the mission. ... Astra 1A was the first satellite launched and operated by Société Européenne des Satellites (SES), now SES Astra. ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born August 31, 1945) is a singer-songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) is a single released by the Scottish group Deacon Blue in 1987 and in 1988. ... Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop band. ... Always was the second single from All In the Name of Love, the seventh album from R&B group, Atlantic Starr. ... Atlantic Starr was a popular 1980s R&B band. ...


The satellite service continued until midnight on December 30, 1992. The closedown night was relayed on various stations, including the old 208 frequency. The Van Morrison song was the next-to-last record that night, followed by Neil Sedaka's "This Will Be Our Last Song Together" [2]. By this time the parent company had decided to concentrate on its new 24-hour English-language commercial station called Atlantic 252, broadcasting in the long-wave band under licence from the Republic of Ireland. is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Neil Sedaka 2005 Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building. ... Atlantic 252 was a long wave, pirate radio station broadcasting to Ireland, Britain, north west of France and the Channel Islands on 252 kHz (1190. ...


Background information

Transmitter history

The wavelengths and frequencies used by the English service of Radio Luxembourg changed throughout the years, although "208" was by far the longest-lasting and most famous one.

60 metre mast of Marnach transmitter used for night-time transmisions 65 metre tall reflector tower of Marnach transmitter close to the 60 metre mast used for night-time transmissions the 3 105 metre tall masts of day antenna of Marnach transmitter Marnach transmitter is a broacasting facility of RTL... The Junglinster longwave transmitter is a longwave broadcasting facility used by RTL near Junglinster, Luxembourg, which went into service in 1932. ... The FM- and TV mast Hosingen is a 300 metre high guyed radio mast with a diameter of 2 metres for UKW and TV, which was built in 1970. ...

Radio Luxembourg publications

  • Radio Pictorial (magazine) - radio publication pre-WWII that published programme schedules for all the continental stations broadcasting in English
  • Radio Parade - radio publication after WWII that published news about Radio Luxembourg in English.
  • 208 (magazine) - radio programme schedules and features after 1951 until 1959 whose name varied as it was merged with other publications and issued by various publishers.
  • Fab 208 (magazine) - radio programme schedules and features publication during the 1960s.

References

  1. ^ Walter B. Emery, National and International Systems of Broadcasting, Michigan State University Press, 1969, pp.158-159.
  2. ^ Mike Leonard, From International Waters Forest Press, Heswall, 1996, p.5.
  3. ^ Roy Plomley, Days Seemed Longer: Early Years of a Broadcaster, London, 1980, p.123. ISBN 0 413 39730 0
  4. ^ Radio Pictorial, July 1938.
  5. ^ Radio Pictorial, July 1938.
  6. ^ George Nobbs, The Wireless Stars, Norwich, 1972, SBN 903 61900 8
  7. ^ Peter Alex, "Who's Who in Pop Radio", London, 1966 (British Library: 000047169)
  • Details of Radio Luxembourg programming and presenters in English from 1951 until 1958 are drawn from the monthly publications known collectively as 208 magazine with name variations and different publishers.
  • The Hal Lewis reference is cited in the 208 programme listings magazine for March, 1955, page 4.
  • The obituary of Noel Johnson who played the voice parts of Dan Dare on Radio Luxembourg and Dick Barton on the BBC.
  • 208 It was Great, a book by Alan Bailey about his career at Radio Luxembourg from 1958 to 1975.
  • Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the USA, by Gilder, Eric. - "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press, Romania. 2003 ISBN 973-651-596-6 - This work includes a study of European commercial radio from both Luxembourg and offshore.

Hal Lewis, also known as J. Akuhead Pupule or Aku (died 1983), was the morning air personality in 1965 at KGMB, an AM station in Honolulu, Hawaii. ...

See also

Radio Luxembourg is the name of a commercial radio station that has broadcast in many languages in conjunction with a television service operated from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Radio Luxembourg (1933-1992, 2005-)was an important forerunner of pirate radio and modern commercial radio in Europe. ... Radio Luxembourg is the name of a commercial radio station that has broadcast in many languages in conjunction with a television service operated from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. ... Radio Luxembourg is the name of a commercial radio station that has broadcast in many languages in conjunction with a television service operated from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. ... ... Captain Leonard Frank Plugge (21 September 1889 – 6 July 1988) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. ...

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