not to write it). 705. I used as well green magic eyed Grundig 2020 and immensly enjoyed each minute. Thank you for listening to the past. New York (20/02/2006). 210. What a wonderful trip down memory lane!! I have been looking on your site many times for read and listen I think you need one record on the site it was back in the 60 on the top ten or so they usually play Teen Seen with The Hunteres so if you have it put it on or maybe I can get it for you. There was some noise and some drop outs indeed, but I enjoyed it. RL had a huge impact on my generation when the only alternatives were BBC Light and BBC Home! Van And I guess there was a good reason to that. oren. We were students of the European School and met some of the DJs (Kid Jensen, Mark Wesley, Tony Prince and later Peter Powell) very often in the Blow Up and especially in a small club which name I don't remember anymore (it was located at the Avenue de la Libert next to the Place de Paris, the owner's name was Chuck; if somebody knows its name, please send me an e-mail). es war der pure wahnsinn, als ich deine homepage im www 555. Great memories! The jingle RADIO LUXEMBOURG, Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! Radiostationen Radio Luxembourg begyndte sine udsendelser p langblgebndet i 1933 fra Beidweiler p blgelngden 1.282 meter (svarende til frekvensen 234 kHz).. That was before I went "serious" with Radio 4 and BBC World Service! 13 (-) Make It With You (Bread) RL the REAL nr 1 radio at the world. but there were times when it would grow Anyway even if not the site is wonderful, thanks for all your work. I wold love to have the top twenty for any date in the 1950s preferably 1959. All the breast. Paul Ernie Sigley) who worked at Luxembourg in those early days. See "Den Store Radioverden" (The Great radio World). http://www.boogiebertil.com/lux/index.htm. Bergen, Norway (15/08/2003). Sound was amasingly clear. Best regards Dear All, A superb site - brought back many happy listening memories - thank you. Nobody knows here what is Radio Luxembourg now May be I only fan of RL in Russia (ili ya oshibayus? Paul Kaare Sorensen The one played every night before close down? 746. The Teen and Twenty Disc Club (TTDC) was part ofJimmy Saviles Decca-sponsored Radio Luxembourg show. 67. i was trying to find the Radio station to plug into my computer network where I could listen to it again and get an idea what you're playing now as well as get an idea of what they're listening too over there in Europe. Accrington,Lancashire,UK (11/05/2006). Edward Fenech (Latvia) Very Interesting I remember listening to Radio Lux and Radio Caroline back in the late 60's on my Transistor radio and old reel to reel recordings of caroline on my Westminster tape recorder which where brought home by my father when he worked in the North of the country Aan elk stukje muziek millions like me. radio luxembourg power playlist. Mecklenburg/Vorpommern, Germany (21/05/2002). Well I heard your transmissions on 6090 Khz. It's very fine, congratulations! Nostalgia is certainly a major part of our lives as we grow older, and the 60s/70s were certainly decades that had major influences on so much in our lives and still do. I've been a regular listener to Radio Luxembourg , 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. Dick, What a great site!!! Radio Lux It was in September 1961 (I was fourteen years old) that I have written my contribution to your 208 guestbook, but I would like to tell you some more, what is meant especially to you. Ik beluister de CD nog wel eens LW1. Obviously the programme sounded bizarre. Often mistakenly referred to as a Pirate radio station, Radio Luxembourg offered an English-speaking commercial service for more than 60 years and shaped the radio landscape for future commercial broadcasting in the UK. (Youve got a cool name). So glad to hear that Radio 208 is back on the air. Fortunately, I am well past religious belief now. I like too much this web. Scarborough UK (08/11/2002). 1964 68.ig hallgattam a Radio Luxemburgot minden nap 20-23 rig. 674. Sollentuna, Sweden (11/11/2011). Surely someone (RTL?) plsadvise Today it's hard to believe how "starved" we were of pop music in the early 60s, and how 208 was our lifeline. This page brought back some great memories, bring back 208. Cheers! Italy/Prato (10/02/2001). Except for Christian and Brown, the staff has been faceless and mediocre, and even though they'd never admit it, I suspect that every word said between the songs is pre-recorded and just mixed with songs from a computer. it will be great if it ever returns. De studio was toen nog Hey great site ! So many memories - happy days. Thanks ever so much for this page. Play Top 40 Songs (Playlist) Luxembourg , Week #361 Listen to all entries in this chart. Thanks for keeping the 208 spirit alive and well. I was a listener to Luxy from 1990 until the end in 1992. We lived under the iron curtain in former Soviet Union, and had millions of listeners,even when A truly iteresting site dedicated to one of my favourite stations. 182. My highlight was listening to Tony Prince open the nights English programme in the early 70's. 60. posted but there was a lot of inteference from other stations. aber wie immer war es sehr vom I one very inportant question for you: When do you broadcast your english version of Radio Luxembourg? And once again, thanks for Before this competition, Radio Luxembourg had had an . I do wish you all the best en i hope you let something hear of you. 225. Barry Alldis, You was the best .Top twenty every sunday and I love Del Shannon. 502. days. Ich bin mit euch luxy 208 musicalisch gross geworden. Thank you all, Ocala, FL US (22/12/2005). Alan Bailey Thanks a lot and many greetings from 783. 799. 690. 571. Always enjoy visiting this great wee website coz it brings back so many great musical memories! "and the time by my 'H.Samuel Everite' watch is". It was the best one. John Escreet Oakland, USA (12/08/2010). 2 (4) Natural Sinner (Fairweather) I don't know whom I could thank personaly, so I will extend the warm 'thank you' to you all at RADIO LUXEMBOURG for all those years of happiness and joy that your program brought me. 591. 398. 'Twiggy' Day opening up Luxy, must have been around 1968/69 with a song by The Turtles. Sports. David Wyatt It started alway after (aqui italia??) with discjockey Wether he remembers me? Brilliant! Hi Dick, Best 73 van Wiebe,PA0GWS. ), and previously a financial analyst for 10 years (including models of pricing of derivative products), I help organizations creating value from data: insights, data sourcing, marketing (customer segmentation, predictive model of churn / appetite / . Just read the sad news about Dave Christian's passing. Bernard THOMAS Those were the radio days. etc. ran out of tape on only satelite which was second to last. Tircoed, centre of the universe! Radio Luxembourg. Would you like to help me and send information, where I can find a Top List of RL - 1967-1972. 535. 2. Weet jij of er ook een site is over de Nederlands/vlaams talige tijd van radio luxemburg? please contact me today! Wrote shows for I will do this summer a documentary movie about " 208 The story of Radio Luxembourg" My wish is that R. Luxy will come back on air soon - as Radio Caroline. I thougth it On this I would tune in to R.Lx. I have a few I could exchange. 99. Paul Donnelly Dick Palm of the 7295 Kc transmissions.I think RTL-208 should also broadcast on information on him. 480. England (20/06/2003). I would listen for hours until their closedown. 858. 291. In the summer of 1964 we received orders back to England, I almost felt I was returning home. My name is Roberto and I'm writing from ASTI Italy and I'm 42 Y.O. But I have checked both groups to no avail. Excellent site. to bring back the memoris agin thanks to old 208 and you for a great site. Gerkesklooster - NL (26/07/2008). Llandovery, Wales, UK (09/09/2003). Komarno, Slowakia (26/10/2009). I liked all the broadcasts--Dutch, German, and English. The URL is: station we had to listen to, was way behind in getting music. Just before we arrived he presented Tuesday's Requests. 494. Burlington CT, USA (26/09/2009). 114. N Deasy Mijn complimenten voor deze prachtige site, ik krijg er rillingen van! In May 1962, the power of Radio Luxembourg was displayed in Britain when B Bumble and The Stingers took the instrumental Nut Rocker into the UK Top 10 without a single play on the national BBC radio. I`d like to aire the excerpt on my radio show and share my seet memories of the 60`s with our listeners. -Very happy to visit this site, and remember all the nights I was listening and enjoying the music from Radio Luxembourg as a young man in the sixties! A great site for a great station! The station would go off the air right after her show. Thank you for the good job 73s from yhe other side of the world. I would appreciate it very much. MEMORIES, OH WHAT MEMORIES-SHEER BLISS! 26. father bought a transistor radio for my Hi! (19/11/2000). I've listened to your radio first on the year 1971 while I was living in germany.my father adviced your radio. 614. 544. should people buy new receivers for 208,when there are enough good stations via Oh to be fourteen Frankie Portsmouth UK (04/03/2001). 20. Fulvio Canciani Ray Shearing Keith Fordyce Larry Ingram fade out when your fave song drifted over those static filled airwaves. 423. Great memories of 208 in the 70's and 80's Plymouth, United Kingdom (13/02/2010). How well I recall those days of 208, the little red Perdio transistor and the happy memories they gave me from the 60's. Even Barry Aldis thought that was something special. Bennie maakte toen tezamen met How time flies. John Hogg 684. He oozed personality and succeeded where many of today's DJs fail miserably. Really inpressed to hear it again. I was listener from 1971-1976, in secret (GDR). I was on 208 1986-88. Steve Sabouk For a teenager at the west coast of Jutland, the NME Top Twenty at Sundays at midnight was the ultimate climax of the week. 's almost seemed like family to the G.I. Much time has passed, but the emotions experienced with Radio Luxembourg, they are still alive and rooted in our minds. Cheers, Tony (now 61 years of age) I would like hear again Radio Luxemburg. Meestal in de nacht. I did start listen to your radio in 1966 when I was 14.The next 10 years Radio Luxembourg was my best friend.Thanks! There were 20-40% of my class mates who listened to your programs daily. Poland (01/02/2004). 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. I have just heard Radio Luxembourg for the first time on 15350 KHz between. I live in Canada since 1980. Later I visited the station on Tony's shift and the show sounded better than it looked (engineer behind class panel playing the discs; mike hanging from the ceiling!). )Great to hear the voices of the DJs again, and the station-checks and jingles; thank you so much for the memories of such happy times. 432. If not, I hope you might care to take a look. called Emperor Rosko on the station or was he with one of the offshore stations? It used to annoy me heaps when the reception faded. New web site by Used to listen to 208 in the 50's while I was supposed to be asleep. My god! GREAT SITE ! Now Ill click on some of the links. Edvins Gorbunovs I miss this good old days. 248. I'm so glad I found this site on the net. We was talking about the future, and satelite radio. 53. Wayne Utley Brings back my youth when I used to listen to 208 on my small tranny radio under my bed clothes! Would very much like to know where I can get these songs..Anyone? 815. I was wondering if it would be possible to obtain improved quality audio tapes or preferably CD I liked your site. Jos Antonio Gramage I spent 6 years in America and was in Memphis and twice backstage at the Grand OLe Opry and I met in person : Hank Snow , Bill Monroe , Roy Acuff , Jean Shepard , Porter Wagoner , FErlin Husky , Boxcar Willie , Bobby Vinton to name just a few. Lots of happy memories. The transmitters are still there, up north in our little grand duchy have a look at www.bce.lu, then chose : transmitters and get more details about the MW transmitter. What a goldmine your site is! come from the London Luxy studios and would like to find some photos of I listened faithfully while stationed in Germany from November 1968 through March 1971. Adelaide, South Australia (29/10/2005). Denmark (14/01/20001). in the 1960's, are holding a high school reunion in the summer of 2003 in Toronto, Canada. Well done I was stationed in Reisenbach Germany in the US Army from 1961 to 1965 and we listened to "Radio Lux" every night AFN just diden't make it. 452. 156. Spent many a night listening to Radio Luxembourg in the late '60's,early '70's while serving with the British Army of the Rhine. 781. Je had piraten op zee toen, maar 172. Frinton on sea Essex UK (19/08/2006). 251. 604. Zwolle-Noord (29/05/2001). 87. I was a BIG fan of 208 in the late 60's early 70's I would like to know the name of the song after bob Stewart closed down each night, it began with "Maybe tomorrow. also is there anywhere I can get audio tapes of the chart shows from 1973 - 1977? Liverpool (19/01/2005). www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-64558222 It was a dream for me. But there was no compromise to listen to the Radio Luxembourg! It was like a good night song & prayer. Later Tony was singing a song with a popgroup. What wonderful times. You may also know my younger brother Paul who has worked at Broadcasting house since 1972. Hi! Good old Barry Alldis: When did he sadly leave us? 561. JAREN !! I have just found your website,fantastic!! Fab site! Now, at 41 yrs old I present and produce music progs on a local Dublin station. 216. Hi Glad to hear that new plans for European & worldwide audience are on the way! I still have my first portable radio (big battery and two valves) which I tuned 208 on from about 1955. It brought many memories of the mid sixties when I lived in Germany and the long cold winter nights. originally from Swinoujscie, Poland (26/02/2003). First we had a lot of fun with The Dutch kindest regards! Lisbon, Portugal (29/03/2007). Tony Savage New York, Budapest (04/11/2002). Anthony W. Ashcroft England (20/09/1998). Eivind Motland Your station and earlier broadcast of Radio Free Europe made us - young kids waiting for the evening with great anticipation. Great site, brought back good memories for me growing up in the 50's and 60's. Do any recordings of Dan Dare broadcast in the 1950s still survive. (Photo: Juul Geleick). Very nice homepage !!! Please contact me. I was very pleased to hear all the jingles and tunes from the station. In 1963 (16 years old) during a bike vacation I visited the famous big L studio (only at the outside). Thanks a lot Im looking for tapes or cds with old 208 radioshows end50/60th? "Untrue Unfaithfull" a Tom Jones' hit was un unforgettable "souvenir" of that year of 66 listenig the "208" on my old radio Oh I loved those songs and my love fade away with them. See MoreSee Less, Another musical genius has gone RIP Burt Bacharach London England (18/02/2002). Those of you trying to collect The RL TOP TWENTY records in 1960s-70s. Dave Bensted A brilliant site. It's great. I'm looking for any audio / jingles and I'm also trying to discover English celebrities (tv presenters, pop stars etc) who listened to the station. I would like to know if possible please. Unfortunatley the good old radio does not exist today - similar to TV. Genres. I also am a bid fan of Radio Lux. 281. REGARDS, 658. de Bayerischer Rundf. Radio Luxembourg used this song chart the whole 1950s Forestville, NY (19/05/2003). August 16th, 1970 the last Luxy top 20 to begin with the number 1, 1 (2) Neandertal Man (Hotlegs) 369. 328. I feel fine, when i read this site! I always went to sleep listening to it when stationed at RAF Chicksands. RUSSELL WOODCOCK The '70s were a musical wasteland in the US. Yours, Daniel Nottet THEN - Yorkshire (23/01/2002). 394. East England just about every evening through the 80s. Don Wardell @KWXYFM USA Allan Freeman, Jimmy Saville or David Jacobs as DJ. Am I glad those days are gone. Radio Luxemburg the unsung hero of rock and roll - All it's pioneers and djs should be put into the rock and roll hall of fame. 580. 489. the studio's in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Do you have any Top 20 charts from around August 1969? Especially as I was struggling with only basic French at the time. Miroslaw Desperak played by the Brian Fahey Orchestra (1960). 617. Radio Luxembourg was the only station that played the music we wanted to hear, being so far away from home. Nogmaals, hartelijk bedankt voor uw fijn website. London (12/08/2003). Love your site. I wish I could have a listen to it now. RB, London, UK (03/02/2009). Beautiful memories of the past. Jos De Geyter Great memories. Ich selber bin ein eingefleichster RTL-Radiohrer gewesen. Glasgow (04/07/2007). Any info would be appreciated. ich knnte hier noch ewig weiter Fort Myers, Florida (20/02/2006). At the time, there was no 'pop' music to be had in David Poole Simon King Rihanna) Bravo Dickowski! Thank you DJ-guys for making the evenings happy. site terecht. 400. Irena Sidlauskiene Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (20/01/2009). 505. Budapest, Hungary (08/11/2011). Jan Staphorst Luxemburg kwam was Christina daar al Great site, & lots of memories. I used to record every night on my tape recorder nostalgiacentral.com/pop-culture/people/raquel-welch/ I listened to you daily between 1971 and 1974. Mark Wesley Today, Radio lives on, in the car and in the workplace as background noise or something to kill time to. 651. I also have many good memories of Radio Luxemburg. Jasper, Omtario, Canada (10/01/2010). in the early sixties, when I was only about 9 years old. 842. Keven Lowden Take care, best wishes Radio Luxembourg used the New Musical Express chart. Barry Enfin, radiohistorie via jouw site weer terug. Venice, Italy (08/01/2008). Found this site by accident. I'm still trying to find a "baby cham" jingle. when transmission conditions would allow Can anyone help. Always a struggle to get 208 because of the competition from BBC West on 206 broadcasting from nearby Cadnam. Many thanks for this webpage! I really enjoyed listening to the old chart! Even nowadays when i'm at sea i tend to run around the 6mHz band to hear for known to me stations Especially on board it was at that time a game when homeward bound from the Far East via Capetown, Durban or the Panama canal who heard at first the big L on 1440 kHz and the Hilversum staion on 1008kHz mediumwave. at all times because of the interference with other stations (at the Middle East, if I'm not mistaken). Thanks. It is in the very near future. LASSON, France (23/12/2009). Happy days! placing this link on the net. Blackhill (3/12/2001). Utrecht NL (12/08/2006). 141. 822. Luxembourg was a lifesaver in the sixties, when the BBC had the monopoly on broadcasting. is leuk, zeker weten maar de SFEER is Do you have any archive recordings of 208 from the sixties or seventies. PAIMPOL, France (14/05/2010). Ich entdeckte leute wie john leyton, Is there any way one Een hymne o.i.d. some swaps. brings back lots of memories. I was a dedicated fan in my early teens, my grand mother had that Grundig radio and I had her even older Grundig radio. Fettercairn, Scotland (14/01/2007). 564. I have ben here before, about 4 years go. Sputnik Would especially like to hear from any Luxy fans in Finland! Anders Dahlsberg 722. Janos Penzes Hi dear Dick! Mike Grant The powerplay record I think was a record that had been decided was a probable hit before it hit the charts and would be played once an hour for a week.all very well if you liked the record. Indianapolis, IN. (I wanted to know what the dj's were talking about). 7. It brings back so many memories of when I was a lad listening to 208 on my little battery powered transistor radio under the bed covers. Thank you, Barry. My favourite shows were Peter Aldersley's and Jim Dale's. Unfortunately, I could not ever get it on a record and have not heard ever since! I'm questing for the Top Twenty original main jingle - headline (the most famous from 60s). I was at boarding school 1966-1974,in Ireland, where transistor radios were forbidden, but we used them with earphones, anyway. 277. The awkward antenna switch before the start of the English service and the loss of signal for a few seconds ad even the great Dutch service. I still have songs recorded on cassettes (now ripped to mp3 files) from that time. station that constantly played pop music. De 208 was een ander verhaal, veel fading en na 08.30 uur in de ochtend Pavel Herzinger Khazahstan (08/12/07). As a teenager I listened to Radio Luxembourg The best station there ever was in Europe.
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