on the big 208..even when I was working on one of the radio ships on the nordsea! Farley, Iowa USA (21/07/2001). Rab McLarnon
Help me obtaining one of these miraculous receivers for DRM,
We were hungry for US rock'n roll, which was not freely avialable on the American Forces Network (AFN). 262. Andy
Aldbrough, East Yorkshire (04/02/2000). Tullamore, Co.Offaly. Heusden-Zolder (Limburg, Belgium) (28/12/2005). Thankyou so much. Sandra Barry, Northallerton, England (07/02/2010). Anybody remember the Fab 208 magazine? to bring back the memoris agin thanks to old 208 and you for a great site. Brendan Balfe
It was a relief when Caroline start broadcasting!!! USA, (17/06/2012). we had Radio Luxembourg I loved it and know the station
576. The Swedish Boradcastiong refused to broadcast it so Radio Luxemburg did and my fathers Company Advertised during that Boxing Match. 273. I listen to your station from autum '58 to spring '63. I enjoyed your page. Hi
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Teen & Twenty Disc Club and The Top Twenty on Sunday night were the highlights for me. Wonderful memories of my youth in the UK. He had just as great time as I had 40 years ago - thanks to Radio Luxemburg!! Andreas Effer
A very young Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison and friends. I heard "208" at first in 1974 after the German and Dutch program. Surely someone (RTL?) 17 Mr. Blue Mike Preston Decca
Lovosice, Czech Republic (22/04/2002). Was wondering if we might be related in some way. For nearly 20 years, Radio Luxembourg was the nr: 1 station
If you like you let your viewers know that I'm on the air every Saturday and Sunday on KWXY.com - Saturday: 7:00 AM to noon Pacific Standard Time and Sunday: 9:00 AM to noon Pacific Standard Time. Radio Luxembourg, "the great 208" Marnach, LU: In 1965 the transmission power of the mediumwave transmitter was increased to 600 kW and in 1968 to 1200 kW, resulting in Marnach mediumwave transmitter becoming the most powerful privately owned mediumwave transmitter in the world at that time. Pat Lennon
still sad to see it go. I used as well green magic eyed Grundig 2020 and immensly enjoyed each minute. Like you I used to listen to 208 all the time. !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. In those days this was the only
If you ever decide to bring the good times back please let me know All the Best
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Philip Morgan
St-Petersburg (10/08/2003). This was just after BA death. / 1440 kHz.) Hello Barry
I told some friends about this foreign and strange radio statio, but they all liked it !!! Ja ik heb eind zestiger en zeventiger jaren ook geluisterd,op m'n philips EE-bouwdoos,en de Philips Bi-Ampli in de huiskamer, later via 97Mhz na 01.00 nachts. De zender liep veel weg; we moesten hem steeds
Thank you! Leeds UK (27/10/2001). Pieter Meulendijks
Great site : massive Luxie listener late 70s till it arriving on satellite! Radio Luxembourg 208 is the best hit-music radio station. "The Station of the Stars" was my favorite radio station in the 70s. 227. Steve Monk
Perth, Western Australia (02/10/2005). Irving, Texas, U.S.A. (16/6/1999). What was it called? Could anyone help me,I remember it like yesterday, a song called "Heart of stone" by KENNIE or a similar name in the early 70's or the late 60's.I've been searching the net in vain for over a month now and it does not show in any charts.Please don't tell me I was wrong I'm sure that I've seen it in a German music magazine of the 70's it was in the 3rd or 4rth place .Last time I've heard it was 1983 while "visiting" Belgrade.I miss that song I don't know exctly why.Is the grass really greener on the other side of the fence ? Het was een belevenis om daar te kunnen werken. An incredible sights. So even though reception was
young people behind the Iron Curtain. Tom Tass
and I wll come back later with listening reports! That was GREAT. Frank Allen
Southern California. Southampton, England (16/01/2010). We bring couples who were married in the 1960s & 1970s back to the location of their honeymoon, to re-live the experience and re-visit special places along the way. Thanks Dick, and thanks too, to Radio Luxembourg, the great "208", and the "station of the stars". Great feeling. Steve Ackerman
Your superb page has taken me by surprise but I had to say something. "208" on from the Early fifties until the end. Oakland. 101. Max Out Creative. What a page !!! We loved it! So I'm searching for informations, newspaperarticles, and so on. , Battle of the Giants, Jimmy Young Show,
Most 'Aussie's' probably haven't heard of RL however I have been aware of '208' since being a 'teen' way back in 1968 when I had the pleasure of listening to 208 on my uncle's car radio whilst visiting family in Northern Ireland. 607. Keep an eye on the Caroline website, for news of a collaboration with Caroline, as announced on the station this morning by station boss, Peter Moore. I was an engineer at Hertford Street and recorded many of the programmes mentioned on your page. 537. 654. to pick up DRM.RTL should not forget the fact,that in these days there are other
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It was more a spoken song, and I don't know the title or the artist. Do you to broadcast in DRM? I always did find Luxembourg in the end when the station's signal became stronger and I usually fell asleep listening to Luxembourg and waking the next morning next to a radio with dead batteries. Best wishes,
By the way your site didn't mention Ernie Williams (known in Australia as
in the 70's that used to be on air between midnight and one or two in the morning. Thanks for putting this site together and for maintaining it. 769. the small transitor i had to listen to 208 was not very good and i used to change direction to improve reception as it faded in and outbrilliant. I'm a danish radio presenter from the DR (Denmarts Radio). 722. George Schubert, Atlanta, USA (10/05/2004). I was a student at University of Geneva in summer of 1969, and I listened to Radio Luxembourg every night. 247. back-stage just before the curtains were opened for us to perform and lip-sink our song. 664. We did have also a lot of fun with listening to THE CLIFF RICHARD and SHADOWS, AND LATER live-progams presenting THE SEARCHERS LIVE AT RADIO LUXEMBURG and THE BEATLES in 1964 with
I have the internet
I think this site pays tribute to all those who made the 'Ring A Ding Station Of The Stars' great. Great nostalgic web site..Thanks
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA (21/08/2003). Thanks
778. times, great radio i remember when i was young, listen on AM, The Great 208, congratulations for your page, its very good, excelent. Moscow. My god! Eivind Motland, Svanevn 17, N - 4300 Sandens, Norway. Hi,I love this site. altijd afsloot met een -voor een commercieel popmuziekstation- merkwaardig
American Army back then and, AFN which was the other english speaking radio
Have you got this? I'm not ashamed to say it bought tears to my eyes. They had to
Download Hungama Music app to get access to unlimited free mp3 songs, free movies, music album, latest music videos, online radio, new TV shows and much more at Hungama. 234. Northern Ireland (15/02/2004). British presenters such as Mike Read, Chris Moyles, Noel Edmonds, Tommy Vance,. Edward Gudziski
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Do you have any archive recordings of 208 from the sixties or seventies. Good job we were only lip-sinking, 'cos that would have put me right off. "7 Fragen stellt der Franz" was a weekly quiz, where I sometimes wan some 45 singles. But the greatest thrill of all was to go exploring on Medium Wave in front of the warm glow of the slide rule dial on the Balmet. from 1990 up to now i did not have time in ankara while i was busy marrying and having child and working. These days I present afternoons on Radio City (Liverpool) and life is fab but when I think back to my days out in Lux I can only say they're cherished memories indeed. Please continue the history. of good memories from my teenage years. SVEND HANSEN(31/12/2004). Wim Becude
Steve Shaw
I,m a support worker and wonder if you could help me? Peter Kirianczyk
Blackpool, England, UK (11/04/2010), 763. It changed shortly afterwards of course! Braunschweig (25/01/2002). Thanks for your information. Zwolle-Noord (29/05/2001). 316. Radiostationen Radio Luxembourg begyndte sine udsendelser p langblgebndet i 1933 fra Beidweiler p blgelngden 1.282 meter (svarende til frekvensen 234 kHz).. It was a great sound of home. The American cowboy folk-singer"Rambling Jack Elliott" recorded a series of radio shows for 208 in the early 1960's.I am looking for information about the shows and audio tapes? Thanks! 705. Nice report. Mike Bondy
Hi! 45. faculty website; Services. Ireland (26/09/2000). The tune at the end
Reception was marginal, but greatly appreciated. 603. 208. Transdiffusion During the night me and my friends was in tune with RADIO LUXEMBOURG for good " inspiration".I remember very well Barry Alldies,Tony Prince, Rosko, Mark Wesley etc. Later in the night conditions generally improved so the most important - The Top Twenty Show with the one and only DJBA - normally came through loud and clear. Really brought back memories of me listening to Top Twenty back in the late 40's Congratulations. Do you have any material about this "Franz" ? Recents. I've just spent the last hour playing the 1962 top 20 to my wife over the
Now I'm listening via realaudio to the new DRM service and wonderis this the same station ? A very bad sign, this reduction of on-air staff members. Simon Growcott
The hardest thing was to get a clear signal!1 but it was worth it. It's great to remember all those happy days in my teens when all I listened to was Luxembourg - like many of your correspondents under the bedclothes! It became my most favourite station and it was a big disappointment when it closed. Popular Genres. (21/02/2000). Alldis I have a question that's been haunting me for years and years. Michel Polnareff, but I am not sure). Thanks For All The Memories-I Was Listening To 208 - In German And English , In The Early Sixties, When I Was Living In Austria- And Welcome Back. shows
Thomas Brandt
AFN would not play songs like Yummy, Yummy, Yummy because of it's imagined references to teenage pregnancy and they would not play Lucy In Disguise With Diamonds because of imagined drug references. It was fading, but after midnight propagation was getting better and party was on. I was a regular listener to Luxy till the early 1970s, when I switched for some reason to the "Pirates" (probably because they played more "prog" music! Sony CFD-ZW755 CD, AM/FM Radio, Cassette Boombox with Remote, Mega Bass NOS NEW! Hello from Florida,
I know that you have huge archives. We all listened to Luxemburg after "lights out". Along the way, people like Roger Moffat, Pete Murray, Keith Fordyce, Don Wardell, David Gell, Barry Alldis, Paul Burnett, Tony Prince, Bob Stewart, Peter Anthony & Shaun Tilley presented it. Toronto, Canada (17/08/2008). Pop. Prague, cz (03/01/2003). I have quite a few, though I didnt write them all down, so here they are, internet exclusive Radio . At night I used to steal my mother's little plastic AM radio, the type with the small simple tuning control the same size as the volume control and then try and tune in Radio Luxembourg 1440khz. I used to listen to the broadcasts as a young boy when I lived in Dublin on a Philips table top radio. Stig Karlsson
In particular plenty from the 70's! I first listened to Luxy in the late 70s. I do a bit of DJ'ing on a local Radio Station and 208 is always in my thoughts. Northern Ireland (17/10/2002). The Teen and Twenty Disc Club (TTDC) was part ofJimmy Saviles Decca-sponsored Radio Luxembourg show. I was living in Germany near Trier as a third grader when the Berlin Wall went up. Podcasts. 419. Ferdinando Travisan
What a wonderful site, brought me loads of memories European broadcast is what it is today thanks to Caroline and Luxembourg. The following sunday, 3 january 1960, the first record chart, compiled by The New Musical Express, was broadcast. frequency, at 23:00 o'clock: I fall in love immediatly! Asti - Italy (22/11/2002). Manchester, England (28/07/2010). Good job! Hans Hogendoorn (30/03/2004). 258. Before the start of the offshore stations I'll have to listen to Radio Luxembourg. Great site! critical healing and metal spirit daruma hibachi menu radio luxembourg power playlist. Do any recordings of Dan Dare broadcast in the 1950s still survive. Thank you Dick. Samen met collega Peter Teekamp. Ivan Sewell
Everynight at 19.30 hours I tuned in at the great
The BBC set up Radio 1, commercial radio was legalised in Britain in 1973, and its notoriously . From there, I actually have a cassette recording of 90 mins of the final night. Naogaon, Bangladesh (19/11/2009). Thank you great 208 for biggg dreamms!!! Door een vreemde associatie ging
all the best for now regards john murphy. Send my best to the chaps and take care now. 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 ! Franco Scuri
Thank you for initiating such a wonderful tribute site to enable us to keep these golden memories for ever. Zeist, Holland (9/05/2000). GranvilleHolmes
I used to listen to RL in 60' an 70'. I can be contacted on: Colin Nichol. 226. noch ein englisches gab !!!! See MoreSee Less, Burt Bacharach, one of pop's greatest songwriters, dies aged 94. Nu weet ik het maar jij bent er destijds bij geweest! Joe
I was with the station throughout the '70's as Managing Director and had the privilege of working with a great team of highly talented enthusiasts. Going back in time into my deepest youth. I was lucky enough to be the receptionist/telephonist at Hertford street in the mid seventies, it was a fantastic place to work. Ismet
Harry Jonkers
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Edmonton, Canada (21/10/2008). Play Top 40 Songs (Playlist) Luxembourg , Week #361 Listen to all entries in this chart. Of course the other DJ's were great too
Robecco s/N, Italy (07/02/2010). I was then 14 years old. Brighton (prevously Luxembourg) (23/03/1999). to put a "face" to some of those voices. zat immers ook in
Simon King
Remember the green tuning eye you mention on the old radio with pleasure. We zonden dat programma toen live uit op Radio 3. Thank you again. phoneeven Bernard Cribbins bought a tear to my eye!!! Used to listen to 208 in the 50's while I was supposed to be asleep. I loved the site. And I'll never forget that week when the Beatles had 2 singles, an EP and a LP in the Top 10. Wholesale
I am trying to remember who made the announcement of Elvis' death aug 16th 1977. I remember a lot of the names of the jocks so it was a real pleasure to be able
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487. And it doesn't surprise me. eyes at me for Emile Ford Pye
can get charts from that year? it never ceases to cheer my memories. Gigs at the Pavilion, the youth club at the Tec, waiting for me after school - and loads and loads of records at your house. Very nostalgic. radio shows from 38 Hertford Street, as many as 14 a week. Fulvio Canciani
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456. 740. an engineer's room. Thank you for this page! There will soon be digital radio in the Short, Medium and Long wavebands. Australia (27/06/2000). Thanks again XX. Wonderful! During the last Radio Luxembourg broadcast a video was made,too. So at night I listened to Luxembourg 208 although the reception was most of the time terrible. The last night of Luxembourg (1992) was also relayed on many U.K. commercial stations so we were able to listen in FM stereo. Copenhagen (16/01/2002). Been chasing a clip of the Horace Batchelor advert for years - any ideas? After leaving Lux, he returned to Australia, becoming a big name in Adelaid, and latr national TV. 559. I remember this particular chart, as it was on the day I
William Helsen
455. It would be grately appreciated if you can. 552. Ik was - al luisterend naar een kleine transistorradio van een obscuur merk - onmiddellijk verkocht. Thanks
696. It was my youth. 611. 312. Granada, Spain (23/02/2002). (sorry for the spelling, I learned to speak Dutch, but
I've been trying to find the name of it so I can get a recording but to no avail! Mesch, Luxembourg (14/03/2007). Later that day on a camping in Luxembourg I made a nice recording of their
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But: Perhaps the staff really DO spend just an hour or two each week, introducing records without mentioning too many artist names, so that they can mix these introductions with any randomly chosen song from the computer? Great site.Brings back memories of sneakily listening to Luxy on a small transistor radio with an earpiece under the bedclothes in the late 60's/early 70's. See him during his
Now a complete new 208 studio was downstairs. Gracias. Hi,
uitzendingen en later ook de Duitse. 470. this is a true beauty of a website! Nice site with lot of good old memorys.I'm also need some help from you.In Sarajevo, I work on the Federal Radio and I want to make some show about old times and music but I need to play some Radio Luxemburg jingle from 70's in that show. 199. RL had a huge impact on my generation when the only alternatives were BBC Light and BBC Home! I will always remember Radio Luxy as radiostation with: wonderful music, very interesting jingles and great D.J. 229. In 1957 when we lived in Birmingham, my
Brilliant web side and a lot of new stuff I never heard of. Just imagine, we've gone from Medium Wave all the way into Cyberspace! J listened to Radio Luxembourg every night. Portsmouth (10/11/2005). I was a regular listener to AFN Munich from 1947 to 1958. Occasionally this falters (due to AM propagation fluctuations and reception condition variability), but provided reception conditions are stable, it CAN be quite good. Yan
I also remember Stuart playing The Lurkers and Alternative TV. Is it possible to put something from Radio Luxemburg in the 80s on this site? Les Miller
in Britain is dreadful in the 90's, and be accused of being nostalgic for the 70's. I found two old brown tapes with original Top Twenty's. Hi Dick, what a brilliant website you have. Attention! by June 7, 2022. Groet je martinja@chello.nl
every Sunday evening at 1930 hours think it was WISK HALF HOUR, wonder what happend to all those tapes of Gracie and how good it would be to have them on a CD. Bastad, Sweden (06/02/2010). TNX. Barry Alldis was my favorite DJ by far. The saddest day in my life was when Icame back from SKorea on Leave I wanted to refresh my memories of my life back home in England my first night home I eagerly tune to 1440/208 on my stereo only to hear static i was heart broken and the thought of you can never go back came to mind with horror I asked my mum what happened to Radio luxemburg she said in a calm voice they closed it down ,didn't I tell youand i said no Mum and gave a small tear for a lost childhood of listening to the radio under the covers just like in the movie the boat that rock and I had to live without my close friend
I want to
I hope it's owners see the value in the brand, the identity and the legacy of Radio Luxembourg, a station at the very heart of Europe.