I was an engineer at Hertford Street and recorded many of the programmes mentioned on your page. I love the Top Twenties! I can't wait to read more. Hans Verbiest I am happy it will come back. EPFC, PO Box 4, Leicester LE1 3ZL, England (01/02/2002). radio luxembourg power playlist. Gunars. Thanks for keeping the 208 spirit alive and well. Aub. My father told me about this radio from 1970, 1980. Radio Luxembourg was the only real source of pop music whilest at boarding school - illegaly listened to under the blankets at night - punishment a beating !! THE TOP 20 LIST WAS THE TOP OF THAT DAY! Tune a minute (1963); played by Barry Alldis. 27. The signal used to fade in and out, but such a joy to listen to at the time as it was the only "pop" station. Wonderful site. I can also remember that the best place to listen was often in the car, car radios seemed to tune in more easily! This night the album "music for supermakets" by Jean-Michel Jarre was played. He still occasionally makes reference to the Luxemburg days. Susumu Oyama Been chasing a clip of the Horace Batchelor advert for years - any ideas? Chard Somerset England (01/11/2003). After that there was only Radio Mi Amigo during the daytime and Hilversum3. Radio, as something unique and special died that day. England (17/01/2004). Ray Orchard Victoria B.C., Canada (22/09/1998). Excellent! 526. In the engineer's room stood a small mixing console, two turntables and three taperecorders. Great to see the site. the volume up and down and frying fish at the same time does help.. Radio Luxembourg Archive - Special Collections - The University Library dag uit,bestaat die fantastiche zender nog?? J Richardson Please help and drop me a line. Bolton,England (17/02/2003). Virum Denmark (26/05/2006). when is tornado season in north carolina. Top Stations. Dave Marvin Regards, Bertil Jreng, Norway (29/03/2006). 113. Thanks Thank you, SLAINTE Don does his own programming, and has a tremedous following. I first heard of Luxy in 2004 when dad told me everything he knew about Radio Luxembourg so i found some online archives to listen to the old tapes. Accrington,Lancashire,UK (11/05/2006). Hi, South Wales (22/01/2003). Every song seemed a classic. in Londra op Luxembourg. Sheer bliss! 29. Great website and tks for the fantastic memories. I really enjoyed your website. Simon Tate Marketing cookies help us and our partners to fit the adverts and content you see during and after visiting our site to your interests. Bowraville, Australia (09/11/2011). Kenny Borthwick 73 from With the launch of Radio 208 (as Radio Luxembourg was often referred to), the entertainment-starved listeners of Britain could enjoy such gems as adventure shows featuring Pilot of the Future Dan Dare (sponsored by Horlicks) and detective Perry Mason, entertainment from Leslie Memory Man Welch, the quiz programme Chance of a Lifetime(with comedian Dick Emery) and at 11.00 pm on a Monday night Pete Murray hostingThe Top 20 Show. What a great journey into the past. Hello Dick, many thanks for your great site. I've got a new Mayah2010 DRM portable and am getting the all-day tests now centred on 7295kHz DRM-SW from 09:00-17:00 UK with excellent results and reception! This website is like a time portal, I am stunned, thank you so much for all your hard work! Kjell Erik Nilsen I was listening to Radio Luxembourg almost every evening/night in the sixties and early seventies. "thank you for the music" Fortunately, I am well past religious belief now. Excellent website! Yan Granada, Spain (23/02/2002). I've still got a walkman I won from Leicester England (19/04/2005). Patrick (17/10/2003). Icq me to at 1060901. Bona! Ook ik luisterde vaak naar 208 mtr. (erinnert sich irgendjemand ???) I read this with tears in my eyes as I remembered lying in my bed in England. Mr Knut Harald Forsgren gave myself and all my friends so much over the years. 172. programme 3. 329. Nieuwegein/NL (12/01/2005). Radio Luxemburg ment a lot to us in the old days (I am 67 now) My memory may be a little rusty, but as far as I remember, I listened every night, when I was young. K. Salonen, Tampere, Finland (10/03/2006). I also remember when Radio Luxemburg was broadcasting the Boxing Match Between Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson. Vic Gray 601. 186. If you find the site informative or enjoyable, please consider a donation to help me with the running costs of the site. Northern Ireland (17/10/2002). Alex Ireland (14/05/2006). Home. Best wishes We've printed down your info and will take it over to Don. Ed Noone Wayne The page "This is Radio Luxembourg; Your Station Of The Stars" is the vehicle of the time - transferring 3 (5) The Love You Save (Jackson 5) I think it was on sat.nights. Those were the days Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. It was a breath of real freedom. thanks!!!!! Greetings from a distant "cousin". Kirk Arnott Thomas Brandt She needs Ovaltine. Thank you for keeping a piece of history available to all of us. 131. 355. I've started to listen to 208 regularly in late sixties, being a teenager. island in Scotland had ever listened to it. UK (07/02/1999). On the night of Monday July, 17 1967, at 23.00 hours, for the first time Leen van Dongen and I arrived at the Luxembourg studio's; invited by Colin Nichol. May your new idea do the same to people today like the old one did, then you have changed the world a little better. Thierry Reisch See nr. Jacksonville,Fl USA (30/08/2003). Bob Stewart did the " This IS Radio Luxembourg, broadcasting on an omni-directional frequencyetc..and a goodnight and a good morning to you, wherever you may be " speech, followed by the song I'm searching for, then came the Luxembourg national anthem. 126. hi there.I was wondering if you had the Luxemburg theme in wav or mp3 format?? Vandaag ben ik programmamaker bij de ziekenomroep Zonnegolf in Apeldoorn.Ik geniet van de informatie, de oude jingles en radio fragmenten. Dat laatste stukje van een zin wilde ik deleten, maar ja. Oak Park, USA (01/11/2009). een enkele keer en er staan toch wel wat London (09/02/2006). Amy Schmidt Dear sir: I remember a late night programme on the radio in 1980 called "Music your Mother wouldn't like". Thanks for a great site!! 70's and early 80's.Brings back a lot A pen friend I aquired through a spot on the Great - So many things I had forgotten or thought I would never hear again. 164. Free Radio Luxembourg playlist Don't know what song's been playing on the radio? Especially as I was struggling with only basic French at the time. With the Hallicrafters and a random-length wire aerial I was able to pull in NHK (Japan), Radio Brazzaville, Radio Tangier (a now-defunct religious broadcaster) and HCJB (still a religious broadcaster), and WRUL (the only non-government shortwave broadcaster in the US), and of course the Voice of America. 208 - I really miss it. I am looking for rare footage of Radio Luxembourg to include on our programme. Gothenburg, Sweden. since 1964 and till the station closed down on 208 meters mediumwave. erased. 11 Mack the knife Bobby Darin London newport south wales (27/01/2003). gehouden met de "ouwetjes", we horen er 302. Yvonne Waite Reading, UK (12/09/2012). Radio Luxembourg Muff Murfin 1990s 30 Second Jingle Mix. Belfast (20/5/1999). Too Good (feat. Excellend. 154. Great Stuff..Congrats! 398. 707. Thanks; John 254. Eindhoven, Nederland (04/11/2011). The hours I spent listening to 208 under the bedclothes on my first tranny, A bright red Ultra Globetrotter. Oakland. 600. 2 things surprised me: Shaw Taylor and Muriel Young read from a script, and the guest act, The Toys mimed (on radio!) Gabor Patkos Just imagine, we've gone from Medium Wave all the way into Cyberspace! That is where I first heard the news of the Lockerbee Plane crash! 552. What a great site. Regards. I enjoyed reading the pages about your hometown, and your life. These were three of the most glorious years of my life! 857. 713. Radio under the duvet in the 80's, what memories.They were indeed better days;-) Gerry Hall Wonderful broadcast. to bring back the memoris agin thanks to old 208 and you for a great site. Snoop Dogg - CALIFORNIA GURLS, Elton John & Dua Lipa - COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX). 173. Eindhoven / Holland (16/10/2003). 492. Bernard Michaux Technics in Management Transfer inverness animal clinic. sadly long gone now but never forgotten,. Thanks, Cora Francis I love it and what I would like to know is, can I buy it in cd format or download onto cd? 's who could name each one just by listening to their voice. "At the sign of the swinging cymbal" All the very best for the future. Nick Popescu Regards, Die jungen Zillertaler - Drob'n auf'm Berg (Zwergenlied), Stereoact - Die immer lacht (Radio 2016 Mix) (feat. Barry While surfing the net, I later met Zaki, Mike Verdrengh, Peter van Dam, Frans van der Drift enz. A brilliant site. Und wer wei, wo Tommy Vance heute moderiert? Ik vond het ontzettend leuk nog weer eens naar een originele oude This radio station was the ONLY radio station. a very faithful listener back in the 50s and 60s. Well, Dick, your site has answered that question fairly comprehensively. 764. I`m terribly happy to may listen to you again not only at 1440 a.m. in the night. en een fantastische uitzending 's nachts van Kid Jensen 's Dimensions (1970), waarin hij de (wereld?-) premire had van Deep Purple in Rock. 15 High hopes Frank Sinatra Capitol Thanks for the memories! I use to make my own radios in those early days picking up the 208 sig was to me interesting, the test off the radio!! Knut Folkestad Trondheim, Norway (30/03/1998). 250. and good luck! I looked after them, you know who were my regular customers. Per Omre Radio Luxembourg - IET Digital Library. Thank you all, comments to you BC. This last one had a fantastic music signal, which I ve been chasing ever since. Wow,brought a tear to my eye listening to your clips.Shaw Taylor lives down the road and i didnt realise he was a grand duchy man!I particularly remember listening to Nathan Jones late at night fading in and out.Bring back The Great 208 yee ha!! It depends frequently on athmospherical conditions. Teacher (12/12/2002). Miroslaw Desperak mono valve tape recorders. I don't think it would work now. Denmark (17/12/001). Woody Woodward 802. :) Ken Edinburgh (08/07/2001). Birmingham England (10/07/2007). I heard so much great stuff on Luxembourg, that I would never have heard via the Beeb. Ekehjelmsvag 8 SE-69133 Karlskoga Zweden 12/06/2003). dat we samen in het vpro-programma te 0030-0115 UTC. Use our service to find it! It's on: http://frankie.dk. UK (16/02/2001). Latvia (27/04/002). 3 (10) Rainbow (Marmalade) reference. Utrecht NL (12/08/2006). I had to put up an outside antenna to get good reception. melody. Leicester, United Kingdom (05/11/2011). Hip Hop. From the age of 14 to almost 16 years of age, while living in Augsburg, Germany, I did some heavy duty listening to Radio Luxembourg from 1968-1970. Radio Luxembourg kept me sane during my school year in Neuchatel Switzerland, 1975-76. Tony Prince became more familier with us by keeping contact with our DX-magazine at that time. Only capitalizing on the legendary brand name. 296. Prague, cz (03/01/2003). Because of Luxembourg have I more like 2 - 3000 CD and 1000 LP records.I spend all my money over 40 years for everything what means Luxembourg., sincerely, Stany. Cannot get # 2 to play though. An absolute giant of British sports broadcasting. Steve Willis Baile tha Cliath (Dublin) Ich hatte deswegen fter rger mit dem "Dorfsherriff", aber Gott sei Dank, verbieten lie ich es mir nicht. Tune: 'Parade of the Doodle Town Fifers' by the Sauter-Finegan orchestra. 180. Between the recorded programmes the resident discjockey told that These discjockeys presented programs too; like "Sundays requests" , Such happy happy times. Gordon Baron back-stage just before the curtains were opened for us to perform and lip-sink our song. artist was. Lenta (VC, Italy (04/03/2010). 208 is missed but not forgotten. For the first time I saw the start of the English Service at 20.00 hours (19.00 hours wintertime in England); with (19/11/2000). Green eye accompanied RLsound - it was our monitor/screen at that early sixties times. band waar ook veel van Radio Luxemburg op staat. It will take to hundreds of stations around the world. At the Rocket Club on the base we had some of the greatest shows ever. 182. Even in 1972 I taped the whole night 'THE ROLLING STONES NIGHT" ON RADIO LUXEMBURG and in 1977 with the death of ELVIS PRESLEY I was watching the program through the whole night with Jimmy Saville and Tony Prince. t/m 1982 veel naar Luxemburg geluisterd. The Royal Ruler - Great to see a site devoted to Luxembourg. 638. 491. Steve Willis The Couple in question for this Programme was Nollaig and Mairin O'Gadhra from Galway who went to Bonn and onwards to Luxembourg in 1970 .. audience.If in the future there are mobile DRM-receivers for cars etc.on the glasgow scotland (23/09/2005). Please can you help me track down the name (title and artist) of the song that was played EVERY night at the end of RTL's broadcasts, around 1977-80. My name is Alex and I'm from Belgrade, Serbia. 831. So wonderful you have this site to stir our heartstrings with wonderful memories. The Legend Is Back! 780. Great web site! Listeners were invited to request a song, which for some reason was a "lucky number" for them, and Mike would sing the request. You know the older you get, the more you need for walking down "memory lane". The jingle RADIO LUXEMBOURG, 6. Thank you very much. Zbyszek Thanks! Mark Well-well. Chris Dowsett, Preston, UK (08/09/2008). I am a Jingle collector with many quality jingles of demo's, full packages from PAMS, JAM, TM, Heller, and lots more. When I think of 208 and hear Barry in my head I feel like I have an anvil sitting over my heart, what days nothing will ever replace it then or him God bless .. I used to listen to RL in 60' an 70'. Toronto, Ontario, Canada (19/11/1999). right hand side. Kari Kallio, Lahti, Finland (8/07/2000). Irena Sidlauskiene I present shows for Angel Radio 91.5FM on the Isle Of Wight, a nostalgic station We are old now :-) That is why we listened to Radio Luxembourg. The Postal Bingo Show. Fernando Pons 570. Excellent station. Bob Glen With Best Regards I remain; Sincerely I remember lying in bed in the seventies/eighties with my transister radio under my pillow (so i did'nt disturb the rest of the house) listening to the sounds of radio luxemburg unfortunately I could'nt always get very good reception all the time, I was also fortunate enough to win an 50th aniversary picture disk on one of the evening radio show (but i can't remember which one) which i still have in my collection to this day, thank you for bringing back some good memories. Luxembourg at night. 208m was the best radiostation when I was young. David Wyatt Rene Schlaepfer Great site! 624. RL 208 was part of my youth and it will be a part of my life in my mind . Offering high quality music over long distances. Because I was young I went to bed at ten; and waked up by the alarm-clock at midnight. It certainly brings back memories for me. Hannover, Germany (2/4/1999). That was many years ago! Jaggu Ani Juliet music album. Amitis tous les auditeurs et aux dj's, merci pour ce trs beau site. 611. 711. Paul Josh Panek radio luxembourg power playlist Janet Bailey I was at boarding school 1966-1974,in Ireland, where transistor radios were forbidden, but we used them with earphones, anyway. Jacek Drath Sleeuwijk (Nederland) (25/01/2006). Yours faithfully ancient hearer. The great 208 means a lot to me, it was there that I had my first big break. 20. uitzending van Radio Luxemburg te luisteren. I used to live in the Czech Republic and listened every night in the sixties DJs included Don Wardell, Pete Murray, David Kid Jensen, Tony Prince, Keith Fordyce, Kenny Everett, Barry Alldis, Jimmy Savile, Alan Freeman, Bob Stewart, Simon Dee, Paul Burnett, Dave Christian, Mark Wesley, Noel Edmonds, Brian Matthew, Pete Brady, Peter Powell, Emperor Rosko, Stuart Henry, Johnny Walker, Tommy Vance, Rob Jones, Tony Blewitt, Tony Brandon, Chris Carey, Peter Carvey, Rodney Collins, Roger Twiggy Day, Pearly Gates, Stuart Grundy, Paul Kaye, Johnny Moran, Colin Nicol, Mike Read, Steve Wright and Muriel Young (one of the very few female disc jockeys on Radio Luxembourg). Radio Luxembourg, by us called "laxk" (luxeek), is our feeling of splendid age. !I was raised close to an old valve receiver always tuned to french LW RTL, more than 55years ago in my native France, nearby Verdun. Have you got this? Publishers Association. I would wait all evening to hear the latest Motown sounds from Detroit, hands hovering over the controls on my Fidelity tape recorder, only to be enraged when they faded out Marvin Gaye after only 90 seconds! Zgorzelec Poland (11/09/2004). Thank you very much for a very nice site about my favorite station of the stars. Komarno, Slowakia (26/10/2009). another quarter hour or half an hour. It was in September 1961 (I was fourteen years old) that The photograph with the caption "Stuart Grundy (Photo's: Hans Knot archive)is NOT Stuart Grundy but ME - talking to the Editor of "Fabulous" magazine when they did a big full edition on 208. John Hines How can I get access? 654. Do you have any material about this "Franz" ? volgen, uiteindelijk zijn we beiden Miroslaw Desperak Going back in time into my deepest youth. Originaly I was born in Poland in early 50th and as you know Dick it was impossible to get music played by 208 on polish market, unless was brought from Western Europe and it costed half of your monthly wages(LP). who did'nt listen under the bedclothes eh? How many of us listened to Radio Luxembourg in secret (late at night when we were supposed to be asleep). Another example of that Radio Luxembourg has grown into If possible I'd like to put a link there to this great site.
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