listners. for young people at these days! HANS WERNER FINKING Hi!great site Dick Keep the faith as they say. Spring 1965. England - UK (13/10/2003). What is he doing now- is he still in London? Can you help. I listened also every evening (19:00 - 19:30, I think?) Friedhelm Hilscher, D-33647 Bielefeld/Germany (13/11/2003). I miss it. Liberty Radio London (15/04/2002). For those of us with a cutting edge ear this was the station - made even more exciting by the fade in and out signals when your greatest record was on made you want to literally crawl inside the radio itself - I would stay up at any cost to hear that record fade in and tune in perfecto. co.kildare, Ireland (15/05/2010). 208, what memories. Originally at 11pm on a Sunday night, moving to Saturdays (for a short period in 1969) & late on Tuesday nights from 1971. "7 Fragen stellt der Franz" was a weekly quiz, where I sometimes wan some 45 singles. Michael O'Dell Witham, England (26/04/2012). I do hope so! Patrick Short Some fans did though, and posted them online, but with some years missing, including 1971 1972 and parts of 1973. 1 (3) Rainbow (Marmalade). Worldwide Shipping. Great site with good memorabilia. Parduotuv (+372) 6 444 045. Elvis ha gone but his music lives on! was looking for Top Twenty from the past. 617. Great sitebrings back wonderful memories of listening under the bedclothes to the Station of the Stars :) For the rest of the time I had to announce the disc, rush into the control room and put the disc on, rush back to the studio - and so on through the Top Twenty, with its millions of listeners. Every night. Also I've got 45's from Lux d.j. Regards Southport - Merseyside (02/12/2003). 843. Hi,this is the best I ever .I get tears in my eyes.i ve been a listener of 208 m CRL/RTL R.Luxembourg since 1963.The best stn ever.station of the stars. Dublin, Ireland (21/08/2000). My friend Marshall Phillips showed me your wonderful Radio Luxemburg web page and printed many of its pages for me. Best Radio Luxembourg memory.Roger Burmakin Alexander John Weston And Dick: BIG THANX AGAIN!! 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. HIHI DICK HOW YA DOING? Brian Bethel Thanks. Gene Top Twenty in Autumn 1948 (at 1293 m. long wave). Dan Wesley Please tell me what you think. I was then 11 to 14 years old, my US Army dad was posted to the embassy in Den Haag--still my favorite city in Europe. And here is my little "problem". James H. Temperly Florida USA (26/03/2003). Since there is no info on the archives on your site, I am starting to get worried that they may have been destroyed? especially "The Beatles Presented that Barry Alldis": I listen them and again I have teen of years. Thank you so much for the memories. Den Haag, Holland (11/01/2005). I was age 18 then and RL was about all the decent music available then - a real lifesaver. pushed me at the microphone to say something to the Dutch listners. t/m 1982 veel naar Luxemburg geluisterd. 742. Popular Genres. Skjern Denmark (05/08/2008). Szczecin, Poland (08/10/2009). Evan Chamberlain ich knnte hier noch ewig weiter Best wishes. Very good site! , Top pops, Pops till midnight, Sam Costa's Corner, Teen and Twenty Disc Club, David Jacobs Show, The Peter Murray Show, Brian Matthew's Pop parade, Simon's Scene. 469. And I used to remember when Steve Conway came on with the song, At the end of the day that was it for the night. Goeie ouwe tijd. As well as the music there was so much other entertainment--Take your Pick---people are funny--Dan dare Pilot of the future --opportunity knocks--shilling a second--candid mike ect ect and good old Garner Ted Armstrong !!! Staffordshire. Your site's a wonderful tribute to a truely great radio station! I remember for example his voice from little gold pocket transy connected by wire to central heating (Brno city, 1963 - 1965). 356. Great memories. Studio Anorakwebsite I will always remember Radio Luxy as radiostation with: wonderful music, very interesting jingles and great D.J. Ivan Sewell Peter B. Nadhazy Lars Rydberg TELL YOU I REALLY CAN REMEMBER THOSE LATE EVENINGS WITH 208 LISTENED TO BUT NOT ALWAYS WITH THE GREATEST SOUND. Great memories of 208 in the 70's and 80's 633. That time I met 660. If you ever decide to bring the good times back please let me know All the Best This is the first time I've had a chance to see what my 208 fav deejay from the early 60s - SAM COSTA - look like. Thank you great 208 for biggg dreamms!!! That night between 21.15 and 22.15 hours we were again in the studio. Trending. The archive includes schedules, scripts, cuttings, tapes and photographs relating to English-language broadcasting on Radio Luxembourg in the . Also, a woman sung a pretty ballad as well. For years I've often wondered about that piece, having listend to Radio Luxemburg during my US Navy tour in West Malling and Mildenhall England,using my Tanborg up to my ear late at night. Thank you Dick. Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! Just wanted to say what a nice web site.I am from GREECE,but i have never listened to Radio Lux.I wish i did. 631. V i t Zdenek I can't wait to read more. I am a huge fan of Connie Francis and I know that Connie had 30 min programmes on Radio Luxemburg. My highlight was listening to Tony Prince open the nights English programme in the early 70's. 20 (15) Long & Winding Road (Ray Morgan), August 23rd, 1970 Luxy's top 20 (the first to begin with the number 20), 20 (-) Apartment 21 (Bobbie Gentry) Reading this I had many happy memories of listening to 208. 335. I'm really exited now, waiting for rebirth. studio was a microphone; Brill site.I have lots of tapes of luxy from the 70s and 80s. be received with great thanks. 7. Thank you for your wonderful Top Twenty Shows. Regards, Tamas Benedek Oslo, Norway (14/06/2010). Thank you for your good job. Hello! In 1971 I was in the Navy on a destroyer in the Caribean. 304. Radio Luxembourg used this song chart the whole 1950s I'm making a programme for the BBC called "The Great 208 - The story of Radio Luxembourg". Jan estk was a music-obsessed mega-fan of Radio Luxembourg, tuning in every evening, despite the risks, in communist Czechoslovakia. There we had a little chat with Colin Nichol. Bob Glen Nottingham, England(06/09/2006). 402. A lot of memories. I used to live in the Czech Republic and listened every night in the sixties Thats reality today. Hans Hogendoorn (30/03/2004). HIHI DICK, JUST FIND THE 208 SITE ---NICE WORK JUST TO UPDATE YOU---AFTER THE ERIC WILSHIRE FIASCO ALL HAS NOT BEEN QUIET HERE IN LUX. I know they existed then because Jeff Graham said on air that he had been going through them when preparing for the closedown show. I will with pleasure return to this site, "keep on running" this site please. Accrington,Lancashire,UK (11/08/2006). I'm 47 now, but Radio Luxembourg still ocupies the biggest part of my life.These days I often do something like this: when I am downloaded some rare single played in 208 (mostly from 1975 - 1977), I take accordant playlist( one of thousands written down those years ago and now luckily survived) and put in my wmp-playlist (that's in my computer) and then - at first accordant jingle mixed up with accordant piece of voice of real DJ ( unfortunately then usually but not always I wrote witch DJ is presenting on Big L at that very hour of the night or morning) and then follows single or albumtrack taken from the list, then jinglemix and then again: the next song and so on: the whole hour, including freshly provided new material of my collection. Back in 1969 we could hear this welcome every night on 208: Every night is a happy night with Tony Prince, Dave Christian, Kid Jensen, Paul Burnett and Bob Stewart. My favourite was always the Top Twenty on (I believe) Sunday night at 11:00 p.m. Thanks for bringing it back! had his radioshow till closing time. Hearing the hissing and crackling as you turned the big knob and watched the indicator line move past the names of all the big cities of Europe, and straining to hear the faint signals fading in and out as the atmospheric layers did their dance in the ionosphere--it was like a treasure hunt every night! What a wonderful page. I recently discovered this website and it brought back memories of the early 70's. 506. I know Luxy from1974 It was fantastic os the radio from the other planet Remember the spring in 1977the first three were Sunny,ABBA and very sweet song Uncertain radio receiving was especially charming Sometimes was a success tu rekord new hits that were on hooligan wave 200m It was fine to lesten to"Maybe the morning"at dawn Checrfulvoices of Dgs from Radio Luxembourg will always remain in my memory. I'm so glad I found this site on the net. Hello Barry Timothy John Garvey Back in the day when an office actually had "decor", and everyone had their own desk (they're even socially distanced!). However, wasn't there a female who signed off with the words "Good Night Johnny Boy in French, German and English? I started too listning to 208 on an old radio back in 1961. Like a lot of British kids I remember hiding under the covers of my bed with a radio (and very uncomfortable earphone) listening to Radio Luxembourg. Het luisteren had toch bepaalde charme he! Amsterdam, The Netherlands (17/11/2000). / 1440 kHz.) THE greatest composer of popular music there has ever been. There is still a market for the radio. While serving with the USAF in Italy in the early 1960's I listened to Radio Luxembourg as much as I could. Redeye Records, Vinyl Dance Music Specialists Since 1992 - Drum & Bass, Dubstep, Bass Music, Funk, Hip Hop, Soul, House and Techno. and radio nordsea international! Richard Verrill I used to listen each night to 208 on small one valve radios I built wake up in the morning with headphone wires round my neck and set still on ! When I was a young boy of 11 ( now I'm 60 ) years old I got a small room under the roof of our house for my own - and grandma's old tube radio. Billy Butler Fernando Pons Peter Foshay, Portland USA (23/12/2004). sometimes were bad in that part of Sweden. 227. Thank you! 588. Any Luxy fans interested in swapping recordings THIS IS PURELY FOR USE IN THIS PROGRAMME AND ON TG4 COLIN, Perth, Western Australia John Bigham Can you imagine how we listened to R Lux here in the mid '60s? Jerry Burns Regards Jan Gustafsson It was an ordinary former This blow. all - yours sincerely, Tony Hall) is in Tony Llewellyn and staying awake until 3.00 a.m just to hear "Maybe in the Morning" closing the day's broadcasts. When I was 13 years old,(Back in 68) we were stationed at RAF Lakenheath, England, I used to lie awake at night, with a small radio by my head, I would listen to Radio Luxemburg until I fell asleep, those were the most fond (Amongst many)memories that I have, and I can remember that you guys played a lot of good stuff which influenced me to become a musician myself. complete segment! This website is fantastic! 698. Fernande Alldis radio progress by years and years. green tuning eye. Ik zag ook m'n eigen fotootjes van Kid Jensen terug, vind ik ook leuk, alleen het jaartal is te laag geschat: ze werden in juli 1973 gemaakt toen ik (op de fiets!) I grew up listening to these radio stations, so your articles and soundclips bring back so many memories. LASSON, France (23/12/2009). Yan EPFC, PO Box 4, Leicester LE1 3ZL, England (01/02/2002). Hi Guys, welcome back. This is one of the best sites that I have come across, whilst I am on the computer I have this one running in the background pumping out all the old tunes, (That was when music was music). Thanks for the many hours of great music in the past. 864. 712. Keep up the good work! Germany - Wiesbaden (18/04/2002). 569. Thank you for maintaining this website and I will go through my archives of reel to reel tapes and see if I can find something of use. I listened to you daily between 1971 and 1974. bijna niet beluisterbaar, wel nog op de RUSSELL WOODCOCK Hej Dick, Ian Brighton, UK (22/10/2011). THEN - Yorkshire (23/01/2002). The first time I heard Radio Luxembourg was in Jan of 1955. Press Esc to cancel. Well I listened to all the top twenty Belgium (24/08/2002). Luxembourg. I recall so many things while reading this. What a beautiful setting for a radio station. 801. Found this site by accident whilst looking for a luxembourg memoribillia site as wife has signed pics 5 djs on 1 page of Kid Jensen,Bob stewart,PaulBurnett,Tony Prince and David Christian.bought back so many happy memories please start on internet would be great to hear again ,same jingles etc lol thanks again for bringing back so many happy memories. Thanks ever so much for this page. Could you please look into it? Is het bekend waar hij zich op dit moment mee bezig houdt???? Wiesbaden (12/05/2002). Jeanne Hampton What a great site. I have written my contribution to your 208 guestbook, but I would like to tell you some more, what is meant especially to you. 233. Radio Luxembourg began broadcasting in 1933 and was the earliest commercial radio station that could be heard in the UK, thanks to its transmission on the European long-wave band alongside the BBC Light Programme and radio stations in Warsaw, Prague and Oslo. 511. Any info would be appreciated. Anthony What was the close down song before that? Steve Ackerman 178. All the best Alastair MacKenzie in the early sixties, when I was only about 9 years old. It's great. Paolo Rovelli 720. Memories of the under the bedclothes club of Jimmy Savile when I was at boarding school (Prior PArk College in Bath). Please contact me if you have recordings from the period 1966-1969. Ken Govier 856. Southampton, England (28/04/2012). Denmark (13/11/2002). Your website is great, as You are - Your work is splendid effect to remember RADIO LUXEMBOURG forever. The Text:"I guess it was about midnight, when we arrived at the hospital. Listen to all radio stations from Luxembourg via internet radio for free. the name Tony Hall ("That's it that's Nearly 40 years later still got it and the memories it brings back. I started Siddis radio In 1982, and Radio Scandinavia In 1989 as an satelite radio, before Radio Luxembourg. In the seventies on radio medium wave I spend nights listening to mostly very bad signals up here in Denmark. Great to hear that Radio Luxembourg is coming back on the air. Braunschweig (25/01/2002). Norbert Straeter 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.
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