Budapest, Hungary (08/11/2011). Best 73 van Wiebe,PA0GWS. pushed me at the microphone to say something to the Dutch listners. Manchester UK (25/09/2005). Do the 'Royal Ruler' and Rob Jones remember when two upstarts from Bath Hospital Radio - myself and Paul Conroy - went to interview them when 'Gold Diggers' opened in Chippenham back in 1982? Originaly I was born in Poland in early 50th and as you know Dick it was impossible to get music played by 208 on polish market, unless was brought from Western Europe and it costed half of your monthly wages(LP). your website is very intresting and really sends me on a great nostalgic trip. now. Montreal, Quebec, Canada (22/5/1999). Just wanted to know what the last record played was /
Reasons for closing down? He must stand as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. Ole J. Thienhaus
Does any one out there remember an Australin DJ called Tony Murphy working on Luxy around 1968,he always ended his show with the words "May the lord have Murphy on you"I cant see him mentioned on your site and I guess you have covered everyone else,maybe no one else remembers him. What memories. I need www address, which have weeakly charts from start of Luxembourg radio. Thanks. I was age 18 then and RL was about all the decent music available then - a real lifesaver. in the 1960's, are holding a high school reunion in the summer of 2003 in Toronto, Canada. Dunfermline, Scotland UK (28/08/2012). 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. IRELAND (28/09/2005). LIVE FROM THE CAVERN WITH BOB WOOLER with some many good Merseybeat-sounds. Just found your site, its great to see it. Sunday 1 August 1965
Fantastic tribute to the great 208. Seems like RTL is coming back to the roots by starting again early in the morning at 5:30 with 1200 KW power until 10 am, then with 300 KW until 20:00 when Radio China Intl takes over. Thanks for bringing back great memories of lying on the living room floor with large bulky studio headphones on trying to keep the station tuned in while everyone else in the house was asleep. I think the reticence of the
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Toronto, Canada (19/01/2000). 500. 73. 81. I am very sad to find that the 208 has closed again. 681. 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. Paul
The Hit parades recordings, with original fadings, are the most important part in the site: they give the original emotions when old radios was used to hear 2-0-8! Playlists 2 videos Radio Luxembourg - The last day of 208 Luxembourg Part 8 - Barry Aldis 1 video Radio Luxembourg - The last day of 208 Luxembourg Part 7 - Dave Christian 2 videos Radio Luxembourg - The last day of 208 Luxembourg Part 6 - Stuart & Ollie Henry Alternatively, you can select which cookies or technologies you want to allow in "Settings". Thank you for this site, it is fantastic. I was looking for something on the Music In Luxembourg for a project on Francophone countries. 19 (-) Mr.President (Dozy, Beachy, Mich & T)
Between 1959 and early 1962, I was in the US ARMY and stationed in France. I remember my times when I hear radio luxy in the sixties and seventies. (28/06/1998). thanks for the site. Thanx mainly to a good pal of mine at the time, former RTL Jock ' Tony Kaye'. Regards Jan Richard Berg
What a neat website, I stumbled onto, not to mention the great memories from the early 60s, in London, where I grew up, and listened just about every day. I truly appreciate your site. 336. am A "62 year-old Boy ", A lot of Times Of My Youth I have Passed' to Listen to Radio LUXEMBOURG, Even if Often The Receipt Radio was Of Scarce Quality.' It was a real wonder for me,living in the USSR behind the iron curtain, to listen to R.L.sometimes at midnigt, when radiowave propagation was relatively good. Grzegorz Boba
498. 616. can. 728. I've put up a modest page about Pete Murray's time at Luxembourg
I could not have survived the 50's and the 60's without Radio Luxembourg. I'm searching for
RTL ,incontournable sur les ondes, toujours l'coute du 1440! These discjockeys presented programs too; like "Sundays requests" ,
Congratulations ! 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. Radio Luxembourg kept me sane during my school year in Neuchatel Switzerland, 1975-76. I,m a support worker and wonder if you could help me? Joe from Sydney, Australia (10/7/1999). Evan Chamberlain
I was stationed with The USAF in Europe from 1959 to 1963, My last tour at Rhein Main,Germany. This radio was important for Polish people in communist times. Great site, brought back memories of having my little tranny with the fading noise every now and again. Hai Dick. Dont know what songs been playing on the radio? Moss Norway (22/05/2006). Enjoyed your website. Later that night I met Mark Wesley. For a teenager at the west coast of Jutland, the NME Top Twenty at Sundays at midnight was the ultimate climax of the week. During the last Radio Luxembourg broadcast a video was made,too. Antnio Alegre
THE TOP 20 LIST WAS THE TOP OF THAT DAY! find all the top twenty lists for those years? Antwerpen, Belgium (09/12/2000). The hours I spent listening to 208 under the bedclothes on my first tranny, A bright red Ultra Globetrotter. Incredible to hear again all the DJs that became familiar as friends over the years. ALAIN LEMESNAGER
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Australia (26/10/1999). 549. great site great memories takes me back years and years back under the blankets listening to all the hits ah the memories. Random Songs. Accrington,Lancashire,UK (11/05/2006). Thanks for your information. God bless you, Barry! 447. HENRY Allpas
Just to let You know. Out of the Luxy Legends, I still speak to Tony Prince, Bob (mostly via e-mail)and Paul Burnett who I'm co -presenting a weekly Classic Chart Show with (on air in the UK very soon). David
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Unfortunately only a little piece of that song). I think this site pays tribute to all those who made the 'Ring A Ding Station Of The Stars' great. Thankyou so much. Still have Tony Hall's letter. Can you tell me if I'm right, or tell me how to find out? 153. I remember the day it closed
Topical Tunes,
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). New Brighton Pa, USA (13/8/1999). Beautiful site. Hi Dickie , 208 never stop ! Oh, how wonderful is to see the site! Left in Dec. 1971 It was great. In the engineer's room stood a small mixing console, two turntables and three taperecorders. studio was a microphone;
Pavel Herzinger
I started Siddis radio In 1982, and Radio Scandinavia In 1989 as an satelite radio, before Radio Luxembourg. Euston Station, London UK (23/07/2006). Thanks for all music you played!!! Andries van der Bilt
Denmarks National Radio (3/12/1999). Then there was game shows like, 'Open the Box' with Carol Levis? 839. 348. GerdRammes
Ik weet nog van de jaren 60/70 dat rechtstreeks programma's van 208 volle kracht van uit Maastricht werden uitgezonden. Always enjoy visiting this great wee website coz it brings back so many great musical memories! The flow of the programmes was
It's good, very good to discover this. )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. Your page is very fine. Where are the dj's now? Lisbon, Portugal (29/03/2007). Kazan, Russia (11/01/2010). www.casarosa.com.pt
I like too much this web. It just doesnt seem 'special'. Search. Francois LIENARD
I worked for him in 1969 and am putting together a collection of pix of the more interesting people Ive met or worked for. Gustav Reinop
one of my listeners remembers 208 and asked me if i could find a song that she said was used for close down[dont know the year] it has the following lyrics " a long lonely road we travel dont know where we're going"
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It became a big part of my teenage life. 5 (2) Signed, Sealed, Deliv (Stevie Wonder)
89. I got round to deciphering the lyrics for Maybe the Morning as
Dick,
All I knew was, it was a luxy tune and only heard it again for the first time the other day on this site. After free registration you can download all for free in mp3 format. See reaction nr. Atlanta, USA (23/01/2010). I never thought I'd hear the famous gong again! W.Lipowski (57)
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I wish I could have a listen to it now. Leggendo sul sito gli aneddoti e la storia della Radio, ho avuto un quadro del tutto inedito e piacevole di 2-0-8. Copenhagen, Denmark (02/06/2010). Chillout. Zbynek
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Virum Denmark (26/05/2006). remember Hot Chocolate Crazy by Eden Kane being the PYE record show theme tune &
I spent many wonderful years in New York as a producer, marketer and sometime consultant to one of the major labels, and have a deeply-appreciated collection of industry awards. I was stationed in Germany in 1962 through 1964. 304. Jim
RL the REAL nr 1 radio at the world. As an Air Force brat I used to listen to radio Lux while living in Ramstein and Bitburg Germany. Fabulous web site about 208. You have a bunch of photo's
In July 1951 the powers that be decided to switch Luxembourg (known officially as Radio Television Luxembourg or RTL) to the less powerful medium-wave (on 208 metres) which served Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, plus the United Kingdom, where the signal was far from perfect. Thanks. 120. Misschien kan je je nog herinneren
It's on: http://frankie.dk. Congrats for the site and the whole project! Some of the humour is still pretty "close to the edge", even by modern standards. (22/04/1999). EPFC, PO Box 4, Leicester LE1 3ZL, England (01/02/2002). I was a fan of Radio Luxembourg since 1969. I look forword to get this great site
But now 25 years latters i have the tapes recorded in all long and good nights.thanks for your works. Montreal, Quebec (6/04/2000). The RA is fine but I suspect your original recordings are of better quality. Greetings
Well I heard your transmissions on 6090 Khz. 54. We play it every evening as we consider all the gifts God has given us, and as we look forward to the joys and challanges of the day to come. Aber meine hauptfrage bleibt
Arbroath,Scotland (22/01/2007). 692. I remember Tony Hall as I was a great fan. 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. I still run the Elvis Presley Fan Club, and this year (2002) we are taking 1300 members to Memphis, for the 25th anniversary of Elvis' death, when we hope to meet up with many of the old 208 presenters who now live in the US. UPDATED LAST WEEK Preview. Bijing, China (18/11/2008). Wonderful, happy memories. For all of those looking for RTL charts from the 70s, let me tell you that I set up a new site called "The Seventies Music Page" (www.seventies-music.com) which includes many RTL charts from the period 1975-1978. I'm waiting for website fixes, greetings from Poland :)
And for the first time (after listning so many years) we saw how the programs were made. Like you I used to listen to 208 all the time. 526. Utrecht, the Netherlands (26/8/1999). Thanks . shows
109. Mic Ham Perth, Downunder (14/03/2004). Almelo (holland) (24/05/2005). 441. 596. Great site and greatest memories. brings back lots of memories. Best
Thank you for your good job. Parduotuv (+372) 6 444 045. the evenings and most pop music was performed live (Saturday Club etc.) 17 (3) The Wonder Of You (Elvis)
St.Petersburg Russia (01/06/2005). Great site. Use our service to find it! an during the late evening of course the English version at 2300. Presenters between 2005 and 2008 included Dave Christian, Benny Brown, Sally Carter and Enda Caldwell. London (14/8/1999). Hip Hop. Denmark (17/10/1998). James Tarter
I love the Top Twenties! in Luxy in the early 70's, and very excited about even the possibility of meeting anyone from the station. Bob Hind
That chart started in 1946 but up to 19 may 1949 it had only 10 postitions. 132. Ik ben s'avonds blijven luisteren tot de Engelse service ophield te bestaan. Anyone know whats happened to www.radioluxemboug.co.uk? Swansea, South Wales (30/012003). Meanwhile.,continue success with your website and may it continue providing us with memories that are special and precious. I miss it. Hope to hear from you. He went on to Local Radio for a while and did personal appearances around the Night Clubs etc. jim briggs
Humpolec , Czech republic (02/11/2002). Kumla, Sweden (07/09/2008). 234. 353. 1. Congratulations! Listen Now; Browse; Radio; Search; Open in Music. remember the closedown tune that started with the words " AT THE END OF
During daylight (RTL) it was in German language and during the night after midnight it was changed in the English language. De tekst kon ik slechts gedeeltelijk verstaan, maar begon in elk geval aldus:"
= Gee boys, what a blast.. congrats & keep on trucking..! It was a great way to get good pop music. ja. Thanks. Does anybody remember who was singing it? Harry Jonkers
A few mexican doggys included huh? Athens,Greece (10/06/2005). From 1958 till 1966 always presented by Barry Alldis. I shall visit it again for a more detailed look, and follow the links, but just wanted to say thanks for the trip down memory lane! Best wishes Paul
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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. In fact those, who showed any interest to the European or even to the American "products" might get in trouble! 700. radio luxembourg power playlist. 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. 469. 805. A BRILLIANT site thanks for the effort in putting it all together! So sorry to hear 208 is gone. The tapes gave me plenty of listening pleasure throughout the nineties. I was a dedicated fan in my early teens, my grand mother had that Grundig radio and I had her even older Grundig radio. Ray Shearing
Written by. Rest in peace Dickie Davies. p.s.how to listen to the closin tune "May be the morning
The memories came back.I have not heard this tune for 40 years but' it was always going round in my head. Beppi
Glad someone take care about the tapes and let us listen! 106. Nobody knows here what is Radio Luxembourg now May be I only fan of RL in Russia (ili ya oshibayus? And does anybody know if there are some jingles left from the 'Nederlandsche TOP 50' on sundays before the English program started? That of course prompted a discussion of what Medium Wave broadcasting was like in the fifties in Europe, as experienced by an American kid whose dad made sure there were always good radios in the house. In the midsixties I was listening secretly Top Twenty of Radio Luxembourg in bed. I was there at the invitation of Jimmy Savile. Bulgaria (17/10/2002). I started my radiohobbies in the 60s by listening to Radio 208 and the pirates as many of my contemporariers in Finland. I was sad to hear of its closedown and was also listening on that night in 1991 when it shut down on the 208 frequency. Calgary, AB, Canada (11/01/2003). Eckhard Strunk
To start the ceremony a speech was made by Rick Wakeman and the unveiling by