Great work! I use to listen to 208 from early 1960's Codsall, Staffs (29/08/2003). never knew what you'd find but it was always rewarding, especially whe n you found a new station. MY TEEN YEARS WERE SPENT GLUED TO MY RADIO LISTENING TO LUXEMBURG,I LIVED IN NELSON-ENGLAND IN THOSE DAYS.WE STILL TALK OF THOSE TOP 20 DAYS AND ONE OF OUR OLDER RADIO PRESENTERS IN MELBOURNE WORKED AT THE STATION IN THE EARLY YEARS - HIS NAME IS ERNIE SIGLEY AND STILL RATING WELL ON HIS 3AW AFTERNOON SHIFT. I am from Groningen area. Ich habe immer noch die music in denn ohren. 529. stuur ik die graag naar je op, oud materiaal maar wel erg leuk !! Aldbrough, East Yorkshire (04/02/2000). Florida USA (26/03/2003). John Allen London (24/12/2004). best regs and good luck with maintaining your site. Hermann Lessing If you're keeping email contacts with the old Luxy crew, can you please send me Benny Brown's and Tony Prince's email adresses? Birmingham England (10/07/2007). Just found this site and it is fab just like 208 was,it brought back so many memories.I grew up with Luxy and was very sad when it closed,I remember in the mid seventies a dj called Tony Murphy,he was Australian and his catch-phrase was, May the lord have murphy on you,does any one else remember him. Hengelo (8/06/2000). 796. 1975 tot medio jaren 80. Paul 233. I found two old brown tapes with original Top Twenty's. Really good and brought all the old memories flooding back. i came upon it in a search for info on peter aldersley. 84. Kent, England (26/12/2003). 544. Do you have any Top 20 charts from around August 1969? Nillson, Animals; Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Judas Priest; Chicago; Slade; Jethro Tull etc. Railton Howes Stations Near You. Boekelo (25/08/2003). Jan Staphorst Just wish there was a Doc who could take me back to those Days. I's the national radio over here. I worked with Dave in Luxembourg during the mid-80s. Beautiful memories of the long gone past with RTL. That night we went to the Blow Up Club in the center of Luxembourg. Lived in Jedburgh, Scotland, in 50's and 60's had several old radios and then in 1967 a Hacker Sovereign. I grew up listening to these radio stations, so your articles and soundclips bring back so many memories. 662. foutjes op, maareen kniesoor die daar Thank you so much for this website. 328. Wonderful broadcast. Vic Gray The URL is: 650. Now a complete new 208 studio was downstairs. I found your site by pure accident. Always a fan of 208; particularly Barry Alldis. Later in the 80's thay played Reeves write a short time for his suddenly death an article in 'THE RADIO LUXEMBURG YEARBOOK" ABOUT HIS MUSIC. Great website too! Denmark (05/01/2003). Georgia, USA (22/11/2000). What a great website to a truly great station. denk ik. Many thanks for taking me back to my wild youth days. (I have also been visiting Radio Luxembourg - in september 1992). Help me obtaining one of these miraculous receivers for DRM, EN. Echo, I went back to see Eggy Ley at 208 and gave him a copy of the In boarding school we were allowed to listen to Top Twenty on Sunday nights although it was after official 'lights out'. Although the station declined in the early '90's it was Ib Vestergaard Great memories ,i am working doing gold shows on Radio Cumbria. It inspired me to become a radio broadcaster in Ireland and then on to doing radio commercials in Los Angeles. All I knew was, it was a luxy tune and only heard it again for the first time the other day on this site. Bye Bye. (Of which I still have two copies!) as well. It was a part of my life, like a good old friend. I think it started 'Maybe the morning . I go founf zorba's dance by m. minerbi in wav format or midi format.Thanks. Hi Dick, John 564. It was the best radio I have ever heard, and there is certainly I remained awake at nights only to capture his voice and swinging music on the air. I,m a support worker and wonder if you could help me? Well done thanks again After all these years playing in showbands, rock bands, solo gigs etc I'm now a production engineer with local radio CRC fm (community radio castlebar) 102.9 or on the net www.crcfm.ie tune in sometime. Leicester, England (21/12/2011). 134. (Hint: A double CD dedicated to just one day would be great) Great - So many things I had forgotten or thought I would never hear again. 444. Hello from Poland: Back in the late 50`s and 60`s I used to spend almost every evening listening to Radio Luxemburg or AFN , Frankfurt (that`s where I discovered the beauty of American hillbilly music). Lint, Belgie (05/03/2005). medium wave. 5243 Fana (18/02/2001). Michael London, England (26/11/2004). I still enjoy the Kid though on GOLD and Planet Rock. I remember the great DJs of the time like Tony Prince, Mark Wesley, Paul Burnett, Bob Stewart and Dave Christian. our offices where just across the road. jim briggs 357. Havelock, Canada (13/11/2009). 777. wetter abhngig. suche nach leuten, die wie ich in den sixties (1963-1967) mit dem tonband zend radio-luxambourg nu nog elke I've just spent the last hour playing the 1962 top 20 to my wife over the 332. Ireland (02/01/2000). Los Angeles by way of Galway, Ireland, USA (22/01/2010). It makes me wish I grew up in the U.K. Vicky Button Dear sir: I remember a late night programme on the radio in 1980 called "Music your Mother wouldn't like". 231. 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. Stropkov, Slovakia (26/09/2005). Vancouver, Canada (31/03/2003). Ireland (26/09/2000). Best wishes. Mike Grant Chard, England. Yes, I still remember the good ole days in Nottingham, with my old valve 'portable' radio (it ran on a 90volt battery! Mike Beeny London (28/11/2005). Please contact me if you have recordings from the period 1966-1969. Bingo Show. warmest wishes to all Luxy guys .. Tordas (Hungary) (27/12/2005). Wow. I am sure it was Luxembourg, but I could be wrong. Press Esc to cancel. What great jingles, I even made a trip to the staion in 1977. Brought back memories of teenage years in the 70's - blasting out the Sex Pistols to the shock of my parents and listening ever so quietly at midnight when I was supposed to be sleeping. Gracias. I did start listen to your radio in 1966 when I was 14.The next 10 years Radio Luxembourg was my best friend.Thanks! "This is Radio Luxembourg, Your Station Of The Stars" Robert Miller This is a time warped luxie fan remembering Radiostationen Radio Luxembourg begyndte sine udsendelser p langblgebndet i 1933 fra Beidweiler p blgelngden 1.282 meter (svarende til frekvensen 234 kHz).. In the mean time the engineer was sitting at the window; kissing his girlfriend. Angie Roche Do you have any archive recordings of 208 from the sixties or seventies. 809. Nobody in this world is more crazy like I am for this great 208. Bob Stewart show me around together with Mike Oldies, I took som picture from the studio. Hi Dick, Great, great job and pls keep it up. 240. 326. Gerd Rammes 177. This is great. hebben jullie nog een boek met foto's voor mij van 1960,mijn adres is 7 (13) Make It With You (Bread) Pam Parker, now in Perth Australia (11/03/2004). Lars Rydberg The best site Ive come across in ages. Toronto, Canada (31/05/2012). The deejays I remember were Sam Costa, John Jackson, Keith Fordyce, Pete Murray, Alan Freemand, Jimmy Saville and Brian Mathew and the sponsors - Horace Batchelor and his pools system, the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes -bless them all. Pnktlich 19:30 (7:30pm) begann mit dem Jingle die Sendung. Hi, everyone! Best Radio Luxembourg site. Thanks so much. Aircheck of Radio Luxembourg from about late October 1990 Addeddate 2020-01-23 19:24:16 Identifier radioluxembourg_202001 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 Year 1990 Ik had hem al lang niet gezien. Karl Reimer I got the last 10 memorial hour tapet. The station is in my opinion really a "phoney". So even though reception was Keith Higham Susumu Oyama Radio Luxembourg (Station of the Stars) is never died!! 767. Gene 67. Pr Nyberg Last listened on Wed 30/12/1992. Hermann Lessing John p. o,Day Ich entdeckte leute wie john leyton, of Boston, Under the Moon Of Love of Showaddywaddy; Love Is Like Oxygen of Sweet; Without You of 685. ( i'm 56 years old today ) 358. 199. Thats what I needed. piepklein kamertje ergens bovenin een Hope to hear from you. Horsham, Sussex, England (15/12/2009). Australia where I've been every since working for ABC TV and as a We really had a lot of fun with them. It was good to read all of your comments.. Your website is great, as You are - Your work is splendid effect to remember RADIO LUXEMBOURG forever. Can he be heard anywhere on air or in the net? Can you buy any of the tapes if so where. I grew up with Fab 208 in the 70's. when is tornado season in north carolina. How did 208 compile the Top 20 in the late sixties and early seventies when it ceased to use the NME chart? dag uit,bestaat die fantastiche zender nog?? Dorking (27/08/2003). I now listen to Arrow 675 from the Netherlands Arlon, Belgium (03/05/2012). . Because sometimes there is only a jingle and thatt the end of it. Thirty years ago, I made my first trip to the US to see Elvis in concert, and I went there with Tony Prince and a group of 200 fans. Craig. I've been a regular listener to Radio Luxembourg 578. in the early 1950s, to Dan Dare pilot of the Future too, and on into the 1960s, so much better than the BBC, the top 20 show and other programmes ect, amazing times!! Can you send me by e-mail old Radio Luxemburg charts (1958-1980) or URL adress Trending. waar ! Luxembourg reception tended to be better on the east coast. Indianapolis, IN. I am interested in hearing from anyone who I listened faithfully while stationed in Germany from November 1968 through March 1971. 548. Pat Lennon Bernard David Wyatt Como Italy (07/01/2006). Dick, congrats to your fab site! Nov 29 2001 with the winter coming on! Great website and tks for the fantastic memories. Ringo Starr visiting the studios in 1964 to be presented with a trophy for Remember listening every night with my friend Jacqueline while we played scrabble at home in Eastbourne, Sussex. Farley, Iowa USA (21/07/2001). Tom Collins Remember it well. Tony used to play it a lot. 858. www.leicesteroverseas.com/Foursights Just to let You know. I'm a big music fan of all genres, but absolutely adore the British Pop Scene from the 60's especially. Our playlist stores a RTL Luxembourg track list for the past 7 days. Hi, I was always listen to the Cliff and A great lover of all the old radio days; mainly the offshore kind. Does anybody have a sound file from this guy? By Language. He froze and did nothing. 275. 516. 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. 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. Peter Kelly With the advent of commercial TV in the UK, Radio Luxembourg's star waned and it was another pirate radio station that ruled the 1960s, setting the template for stations whose main concern was the . Yves Urbschat Remember a song played on 208 in around 1971/72/73. The handwritten sheet was given to the founder of the inaugural David Bowie fan club by the star. Your superb page has taken me by surprise but I had to say something. I got tears in my eyes,thinking back. Those were the days. Radio Caroline continue(s) 558. Congratulations and thank you very much. Excellent site! 191. (PS -Whatever happened to Radio Caroline?) just kneel and say: Thank You very much. Plymouth UK (29/10/2006). Luc de Groot 850. a brilliant site. "Maybe the morning" sung by Sunny Leslie(1974). I did start listen to the Station in 1960 when I was 13 years old. 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. . 651. Fabulous web site about 208. Music is anyway the point and it is one record which i remember allways. 508. 673. I remember Radio Luxembourg was in another language before switching to the English service. 465. Also is radio luxembourg back on the air 616. The page "This is Radio Luxembourg; Your Station Of The Stars" is the vehicle of the time - transferring I used to listen a lot to 208 in the late 60's and I'm still looking for recordings from that time. 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. I have about 12 good quality full one hour recordings of Luxembourg shows in mp3 format including the whole very last hour from December 92, the rest are 1978 - 1981 shows including Steve Wright!. Ja dat was nog eens een station..!!! Thanks for a great web site and keep the memories coming. came across The Station Of The Stars, Radio Luxembourg at 208 Meters. At December 30, 1992 at midnight also the satellite transmissions were finished. Luxy was my station on AM in Europe when I was there and on SW when in America. 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. Dave Bensted Many will recall that the great 1962 Eurovision Song Contest was televised from the Concert Hall of Radio Luxembourg. O much time has passed. It was the time of the darkest communist dictatorship, when anything coming from the "imperialist western world" was not welcome-to make it simple! Stanislav Pozarek 298. AFN was the only American music station we ever listened to before but I became a closet RL Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Radio Luxembourg - November 22, 1944. My hero was Stuart Henry and I got to meet him with his wife too. Le registrazioni delle hit parade, con i fading originali, sono il punto forte del sito in quanto fanno rivivere appieno le emozioni provate ascoltando le radio di allora. His name was Tommy or Robbie. Needless to say their appearance had fans blocking I will do this summer a documentary movie about " 208 The story of Radio Luxembourg" Oh how I loved 208!! Shreveport, USA (31/10/2009). Philip Morgan Greetings from Blackpool! Street, W1. Maybe one day I might hear you on DRM SW channel right here in Japan. I always found that there was an slight 'alternative' blend of pop, such as the Batchelors, Wayne Fontana, Adge Gummidge and Johnny Kidd, as opposed to Beatles, Beatles and Beatles. I have had many happy hours on the radio since. Frinton on sea Essex UK (19/08/2006). My favorite shows were: Top 20 and Presenting Elvis Presley both hosted by my favorite d. j. Barry Alldis. As Radio Luxembourgs record Librarian (1982-1990) I find this site really well put together,I could never look at working for RTL as a job,it was more like being paid for your hobby,and as you know the DJ,s were more like family,sadly hard to replace,I am still in touch with Fern (Barrys wife) I hope she knows about your site, I will tell her as well as Janet and John (barrys children). Resset I was a student at University of Geneva in summer of 1969, and I listened to Radio Luxembourg every night. They played things like Floyd, Purple, Genesis, Yes, etc. As A US Military Brat, I first listened to Radio Luxembourg when my father was stationed in Bitburg / Spangdahlem in 1958/60. 38. het zenden van een e-mail bericht, echt Ralph Corso 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? Has Twisted all radio for much years and only has today understood that has occurred much years back. Tony owes his successful career to offshore radio. Good Luck! Hopefully the joy of music will once again flow from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Carole Turner (Carol Deene) 6. IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM! Radio Luxembourg Muff Murfin 1990s 30 Second Jingle Mix. studio and At that time I was also music-fan and used to spend many hours listening Radio Luxembourg. This is one of the best sites that I have come across, the memories that have come flooding back are irreplaceable thank you. Tele-Luxembourg provides a first-class television service to an ever-increasing number of viewers. It brought the memories flooding back listening to the Dan Dare pilot of the future episodes on the old Ekco valve set. 599. Un sito veramente "commovente". Por casualidad descubr el sitio. Best wishes 854. Stationen spelade det allra senaste inom pop- och rockmusik. posted but there was a lot of inteference from other stations. Thank you 11 Mack the knife Bobby Darin London 7 (1) Something (S.Bassey) Thanks for the memories on this terrific website. Tuning in at night with my old valve radio, especially during my student days. 236. important too; with the power of 600 Kilowatt (1968: 1200 Kilowatt). Mesch, Luxembourg (14/03/2007). As a teenager in the 50's I used to listen whilst doing homework to R.L. I do not know if you have them but they are attached inWord format. ALAN,S BOOK.HE WAS ON TO ME BEFORE IT WAS PUBLISHED, Enjoyed the page! Offering high quality music over long distances. bt33ohp (03/08/2008). Hi Glad to hear that new plans for European & worldwide audience are on the way! Toronto, Canada (19/01/2010). See all stations near you. But it is nice to keep it alive for example on this website I found today on the internet the site of RADIO LUXEMBURG. Office Hours; University. Anatoly Ryzhkin Zwolle-Noord (29/05/2001). Oslo - Norway (29/08/2002). 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 Dear sir,thanks your new Radio Luxembourg. Orlando Florida, USA (07/11/2009). Your site is for me happy memories and sentimental journey to the wonderful time when I was young. Thank you all, Heb begrepen dat hij in Texas woont en ernstig ziek is. I started to listen to Luxy in the late 70's, and carried on listening until the last day on Satellite. I was living is Sweden outside of Stockholm (50 Miles west). 105. Steve Monk Olesnica, Poland (07/01/2007). Worldwide Shipping. 310. Helmond (11/10/2003). THEN - Yorkshire (23/01/2002). Can you advise? Ian Brighton, UK (22/10/2011). 375. Thanks for the web site. 170. Gone but never forgotten. Thank you very much for a very nice site about my favorite station of the stars. 219. 699. London (24/07/2005). Wonderful, happy memories. Hip Hop. Fred Parker Our playlist stores a Free Radio Luxembourg track list for the past 7 days. Bideford Devon (01/11/2003). I was a huge fan of you!I loved to listening the charts. Was wondering if we might be related in some way. Ronnie Lambert 802. Great nostalgia! 52. Wow, those were the days!!! I grew up with 208 ringing in my ears.