Station Of The 80s by Old Radio Jingles published on 2015-02-17T23:21:59Z. Meanwhile the BBC tried to persuade the main British newspapers not to publish RL's programme schedule. Follow airchicks to never miss another show. Its programmes were said to be stuffy and boring. The station was now called 'Big L.' Rodney Collins said that from 1964 to 1982 BBC Audience Research through Gallup showed that 208 always beat other music stations in the evening. For a short while on Friday evenings just before the war a Dutch programme started. On Wednesdays from July 5th 1961 Lou van Burg from the Benelux service ran the after midnight 'Internationales' show where he announced in German, French and English with a number of other male and female DJ's appearing on it. Now though, they had the full costs of a 1.3 Mw transmitter to pay for. RADIO LUXEMBOURG 208 JINGLES SERIES 2 - RL0002 - FROM COLL. Luxi was not politically active; it had been agreed with the Grand Duchy's government that the station was not to interfere with the affairs of the Federal Republic (West Germany.) He returned to the Grand Duchy in 1975. The old jingles sung by male and female singers had been fine for the late 1950s and early 1960s but by the mid 60s "This is Radio Luxembourg the great 208 the ring a ding swinging station of the stars" was sounding dated — as was the gong. Sundays started at 19:00 with Sam Costa though by August it was Roger Day live from Luxembourg, Jimmy Savile was on at 22:00, "Top Twenty" (Paul Burnett) at 23:00 then 00:00 "Late Night Final." The Top 30 went out on Tuesdays, just as Radio 1 listed their new chart positions earlier that day. He had heard the debut of Britain's first station, 2LO, in 1922 and wanted to be a radio announcer. Keith Fordyce was on from the age of 27 in 1955 to the 1960s when for a few years he did taped shows from London but returned aged 54 in 1982 after Barry's passing for 6 months, still sounding very good on air and among somewhat younger DJ's. The Swedish Radio Archives state that the allegations of interference had caused Radio Luxembourg to change wavelength four times. Yet it was very popular. Radio Luxembourg 208 - a tribute for planet earths biggest commercial radio station ! Station Of The 80s. In 1978 werd de hitlijst voor een korte periode uitgebreid tot een Top 40. A noticeable feature is how long some DJ's stayed with RL. On Sunday mornings though airtime was sold to Johan Maasbach and the Seventh Day Adventists for their religious programmes. A number of singers listened to the records and taped them to sing along to later or else played from memory like The Shadows instrumentals. Later the station changed to 1282 metres 234 kHz. Studios were in the Villa Lovigny — once a fort built in 1671 — located in the Luxembourg city centre municipal park in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. This was helped by the preponderance of big names who appeared regularly on the air — more regularly than on other stations — plus the long list of celebrity actors and singers who guested on its programmes. who can forget luxy fading in and out of our transistor radio when younger. At this time Bob Stewart did the voice-over for what was now the 'Disco Radio Powerplay". Barry Aldiss was on from 1957-66 then returned in 1976 until his passing in 1982. A common view is that all 208's programmes were sponsored by the big record companies. To counter the popularity of these illegal broadcasters and the ongoing success of Radio Luxembourg, the BBC is restructured, establishing Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radi… Perhaps the best comment comes from Luxembourg club DJ Chris Baird (known to the 208 DJ's) at one of their reunions, "Radio Luxembourg was the Voice of Europe.". RIP Bob Stewart (radio Luxembourg) what a man, what a voice. Due to the dearth of advertising available in England the English early morning shows were quickly dropped in favour of French programming. We were only young kids, but thought we were the bees' knees with our trannies (sometimes one each) turned up to full volume.". Under his time as Programme Director DJ's played the Powerplay — a new release which would be a hit — then records from these lists: A (Top 10), B (a strong sound) and C (a new release). By 1988 a young East German lady was able to phone-in her vote to "Rock Wars" with Shaun Tilley and Jessie Brandon and go out live on air — two years before the Communist state crumbled. Its programmes were now heard part or most of the time on 15 private FM stations with programming produced for a while from Stuttgart. A Sunday schedule reproduced by Hans Knot shows lots of 10 or 15 minute long shows. @Juul ... Hartelijke dank voor de leuke Radio Luxembourg/Luxemburg jingles. 8 in the German list then No. It was now just half an hour from 19:00 except Sundays with Mike. Play: Radio Luxembourg 208 Great Britain 208 -- that was the number of radio, back then. £15.00 (GBP) November 1, 2014 About Gripsweat. Lyons and Paris were evenings only while Normandy often had breaks for French programmes. This meant that each week different versions of a current record by different singers could be played. He said that it was the station of the stars, now it would be the station in the stars — on satellite. There was a mix of young and more mature male and female DJ's, unlike the more male-dominated UK. The sound seemed so out of character for the time and therefore so different from the English and Benelux Services. A team of announcers catered for their own languages. He was the "Top Twenty" host from 1959-66. Their "Mike en Zaki Show International" went out Wednesdays and Saturdays. De Radio Luxemburg Top 30 was een hitlijst van de Engelstalige service van Radio Luxemburg. That is why we could show such success against the BBC in England." I told him one day to stop smoking in the studio. They were the first of a number of female DJ's on Luxis. The day started with the Benelux Service. China Radio International (CRI) hired even more airtime, this time dropping English and French in favour of German, as part of its policy of getting 'China friendly' airtime in a number of European countries and the USA. Another legend gone. CLT then decided to charge each Service for transmission running costs. Another comment was that in the late 1950s and 60s Laxik was No. If he filled in for another DJ he would always hold their audience figures. Concern and complaints were coming in about the harmful effects of electromagnetic interference. On Sunday January 25th 1965 the Benelux Service was drastically reduced to a daily hour at 18:00 plus an extra 30 minutes on Sundays at 07:30. Until the British offshore stations Luxembourg had a monopoly of pop music radio in the evenings and at night. With needing to play 20 records, include sponsor's advertisements and DJ announcements in between this meant that just the first two minutes of a record were played. In time the news was read by the DJ's with a 'twinkly' music bed before and after each item from 'Action Central Newsroom 208.' Once a week Stan travelled from his Hilversum home to Brussels to record his seven hours per week. Czechoslovak soldiers in their barracks listened almost exclusively to Laxik, according to the Czech "Military Review", much to their officers' despair. Focussing on the 208 service, which was opened by Pete Murray on July 2nd 1951 and closed down on 31-12-2015, Philip Champion elucidates the station's history and especially its programmes. While the Dutch pirates gave good daytime signals in the North East they did not do so in Worcestershire when I was at college so it was onto the shortwave as Radio 1 was, apart from the Top 20 on Sunday teatime, still 'beyond the pale'. Cable carriage costs were said to be very high though. During the 1970s Programme Director Frank Elstner started bringing in the 'RTL' name so that announcements ran. Camillo was on 1958-68, Monika did 20 years from 1963 while Helga (with a very nice voice and apparently very popular) did thirty years 1964-94! Sundays had a "Sonntag Melodie" (Sunday Melody) of easy listening music with Frank. This made it one of the fastest information media in Europe. The following year a 60m tall ground-fed antenna (reflector) was built to give a stronger skywave and better coverage. As the jingles said "The best music 24 hours a day" and "Music at the speed of light — the Greatest Hits by satellite! The final day. Now these are spare as LW transmissions have come from the Beidweiler transmitter a little way to the north east with its three 290 m high masts since 1972. Each day was planned to be geared to a country or language: Monday — Italy, Tuesday — Belgium, Wednesday — Luxembourg, Thursday — German (also for Switzerland, Austria, and German-speaking part of eastern Belgium), Friday — Dutch, Saturday — French, Sunday — English. DJ's hosting the chart were: 1948 Teddy Johnson, Spring 1950 Roger Moffat (He started off with Nos.1, 2 & 3 & then played 14 other tracks from the chart, but not in any particular order), 1950 Pete Murray, 1955 Keith Fordyce, 1960 Alan Dell, 1960 David Gell, 1961 Barry Alldis (David Gell stand in), 1966 Don Wardell, 1967 Paul Burnett (Bob Stewart stand in), 1974 David Christian (Tony Prince stand in), 1975 Peter Powell, 1976 Bob Stewart, 1982 Tony Prince, 1983 Dave Eastwood, 1984 Benny Brown, 1985 Jonathan King, 1986 Tim Smith, 1987 Peter Anthony, 1987 Shaun Tilley (The show went to Monday nights at 20:00 and went back to a Top 20 in October 1987 and from 1st December 1990, back to Sundays at 21:00), October-December 1992 Tony Adams. The end of an era. Change had been in the air at RTL for a few years. Keen realised the future lay in live shows from Luxembourg and spot advertising. And as the spring daylight faded behind the bedroom curtains, the hour would finally come for the first hesitantly crackly sounds to arrive across a cooling atmosphere. It was still going by the early 1980s but was followed by a German religious programme so that English shows now began at 20:00/19:00 winter. Some of these had been based first in the Grand Duchy then moved to London: Pete Murray, David Gell and Keith Fordyce while Paul Hollingdale moved the other way. Mar 12, 2021 - The two land base commercial radio stations beaming their signal mainly at UK and working hand in hand. The "gigantic success", as that radio professional called it, of Radio Luxembourg led to the creation of Europawelle Saar from the public broadcaster in that German state plus the third channel later set up in all the West German states like SWF3. The chart was an American idea. You need to enable JavaScript to use SoundCloud. 1 in Germany of the private stations and No. Alan Keen, ex Radio London, became General Manager of the English Service in 1969. I couldn't have been any more happy than to work at 208." Years later Marion Montgomery's "Maybe the Morning" was played with Bob Stewart wishing a very good night. Radios Rock Radio Old Time Radio Radio Stations Short Waves Title Sequence The Old Days Vintage Music My Childhood Memories. Possibly recorded at Advision Studios sometime around the late sixties, these are five Radio Luxembourg jingles. By the early and mid 1960s you hear hear a number of DJ's on both the London-recorded shows of 208 and the BBC Light Programme; Pete Murray, Jack Jackson, Don Moss, Sam Costa, David Jacobs, Alan Freeman, Denny Piercey, Alan Dell, David Gell and Simon Dee. Tony Prince said, "Something very special is over." to Peter Alexander (German schlager singer) and Mireille Mathieu." The Top 20 on Sundays was done by Frans van der Drift then Peter van Dam. They tended to be in their 20s, 30s or early 40s. Expanding the audience and the programmes. A "Die Grössten Oldies" promo by two German DJ's said that they played pop (clip of ABBA record), soul (The Supremes), disco (George McRae) and Rock and Roll (Bill Haley.) On May 1st 1948 a Dutch Service was resumed. The next year Williams moved to the rival Radio-Publicity which started broadcasting from the more powerful Radio Paris. A German artist, Eva Sievert, specifically chosen for her linguistic skills, said the first words on Radio Luxembourg for that 13:00-13:30 broadcast, "Allo, allo, ici Radio Luxembourg," then "Achtung, achtung, hier Radio Luxemburg," and repeated it in English. The Luxembourg Embassy set up a website for people to give their memories of how 'Laxik' affected their lives. 1s" show Thursdays 19:00-21:00 with Bob Stewart and another DJ. A typical schedule from memory would be: 19:30 Paul Burnett, 20:30 Pete Brady/Jimmy Young/Tony Blackburn (each doing one week in three from London), 21:30 Tony Murphy, 22:30 Pete Murray, 23:30 Alan Freeman, 00:40 "Late Night Final" (Roger Day or Paul Kaye), 14:55-15:00 News round up with Paul Kay. Just 13 days after opening it had its first female DJ: Elisabeth. While the German Service was audible in winter with darkness between 1971-74 I used to listen to it at odd times during the day via short wave as an alternative to RNI. The three 208 Services. If he/she/they had a new record out there was a good chance you would hear it. This was a good jingle package and a sound that confidently took Radio Luxembourg into the 90's, shame it went crashing down 30/12/1992 and left us tho'. 1s. Rodney Collins (behind the scenes at 208 1974-88) wrote that they often ran the news at 59 minutes past so that if anyone tuned in on the hour they would hear music rather than speech.