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href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EB%94%94%EC%98%A4_%EB%A3%A9%EC%85%88%EB%B6%80%EB%A5%B4%ED%81%AC" title="라디오 룩셈부르크 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="라디오 룩셈부르크" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liuksemburgo_radijas" title="Liuksemburgo radijas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Liuksemburgo radijas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Радио Люксембург – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Радио Люксембург" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Radio Luxembourg" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BE_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3" title="Радіо Люксембург – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Радіо Люксембург" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q3196539#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div 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It is known in most non-English languages as RTL (for Radio Television Luxembourg). </p><p>The English-language service of Radio Luxembourg began in 1933 as one of the earliest commercial radio stations broadcasting to both the UK and <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>. The station provided a way to circumvent British legislation which until 1973 gave the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> a monopoly of radio broadcasting on UK territory and prohibited all forms of advertising over the domestic <a href="/wiki/Radio_spectrum" title="Radio spectrum">radio spectrum</a>. It boasted the most powerful privately owned transmitter in Europe (200 kW, broadcasting on <a href="/wiki/Long_wave" class="mw-redirect" title="Long wave">long wave</a>). In the late 1930s, and again in the 1950s and 1960s, it had large audiences across Britain and Ireland with its programmes of popular entertainment, and was an important forerunner of <a href="/wiki/Pirate_radio" title="Pirate radio">pirate radio</a> and modern commercial radio in Britain. </p><p>Radio Luxembourg's parent company, <a href="/wiki/RTL_Group" title="RTL Group">RTL Group</a>, continued its involvement in broadcasts to a UK audience with the British TV channel then known as <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 5 (UK)">Five</a> until it was sold in July 2010. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_origins">Background and origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Special:EditPage/Radio Luxembourg">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1922, the British government awarded a monopoly broadcasting licence to the <a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Company" title="British Broadcasting Company">British Broadcasting Company</a> (BBC), whose shares were owned by British and American electrical companies. Although in theory the BBC could have sold sponsored airtime, its income instead came from selling its own brand of licensed radio receivers manufactured by its owners.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This arrangement lasted until 1927, when the broadcasting licence of the original BBC was allowed to expire. The assets of the former commercial company were then sold to a new non-commercial <a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="British Broadcasting Corporation">British Broadcasting Corporation</a>, which operated under a UK charter from <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">the Crown</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>With no possibility of commercial broadcasting available from inside the UK, <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Plugge" title="Leonard Plugge">Leonard F. Plugge</a> – a former British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> captain and entrepreneur (and from 1935 <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party UK">Conservative Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament (UK)">member of parliament</a>) – set up his own <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Plugge#Offshore_years" title="Leonard Plugge">International Broadcasting Company</a>, which leased time on transmitters in continental Europe and resold it as sponsored English-language programming aimed at audiences in Britain and Ireland.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Because Plugge successfully demonstrated that state monopolies such as that of the BBC could be broken, other parties became attracted to the idea of creating a new commercial radio station specifically for this purpose.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_of_Radio_Luxembourg">Formation of Radio Luxembourg</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation of Radio Luxembourg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1924, radio technician François Anen built a <a href="/wiki/Amateur_radio" title="Amateur radio">100-watt</a> transmitter in his home in the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duchy of Luxembourg">Grand Duchy of Luxembourg</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Within two years, the government of Luxembourg had reached an agreement to subsidize the station to broadcast <a href="/wiki/Military_band" title="Military band">military music</a> concerts and plays performed in the <a href="/wiki/Luxembourgish" title="Luxembourgish">Luxembourgish language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With its central location in western Europe, the Grand Duchy was an ideal site for broadcasts to many nations, including the United Kingdom. </p><p>Anen became inspired by the activities of Captain Plugge, who was using transmitters licensed in other countries to broadcast English-language radio programmes to Britain and Ireland, whose governments had not licensed commercial broadcasting. On 11 May 1929, he brought together a group of mainly French entrepreneurs<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The reason for this is unclear. (January 2019)">why?</span></a></i>]</sup> to form the Luxembourg Society for Radio Studies (<i>La Société Luxembourgeoise d'Études Radiophoniques</i>) as a <a href="/wiki/Pressure_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Pressure group">pressure group</a> to force the Luxembourg government to issue them a commercial broadcasting licence.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 December 1930, the government of Luxembourg passed a law awarding a monopoly licence to operate a commercial radio broadcasting franchise from the Grand Duchy. On 29 December, this licence was awarded to the Society, which in turn created the <b>Luxembourg Broadcasting Company</b> (<a href="/wiki/RTL_Group" title="RTL Group">Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion</a>) to be identified on the air as <b>Radio Luxembourg</b>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>From 1932, German journalist <a href="/wiki/Eva_Siewert" title="Eva Siewert">Eva Siewert</a> worked as editor-in-chief and trilingual head spokeswoman for the station in German, English and French.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 1932, Radio Luxembourg began high-powered test transmissions aimed directly at Britain and Ireland (which proved, inadvertently, to be the first radio modification of the <a href="/wiki/Ionosphere" title="Ionosphere">ionosphere</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Gakona_HAARPoon_2017_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gakona_HAARPoon_2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reaction of the British government was hostile, as the <a href="/wiki/Longwave" title="Longwave">long-wave band</a> used for these tests carried a signal far superior to anything previously received from outside the country.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The British government accused Radio Luxembourg of "pirating" the various wavelengths it was testing. </p><p>The station had planned to start regular broadcasts on 4 June 1933, but the complaints caused Radio Luxembourg to keep shifting its wavelength. The English service was leased to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Publicity_(London)_Ltd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radio Publicity (London) Ltd (page does not exist)">Radio Publicity (London) Ltd</a> in the United Kingdom. In December 1933, Radio Publicity (London) transferred 23-year-old <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Williams_(Radio_Luxembourg)" title="Stephen Williams (Radio Luxembourg)">Stephen Williams</a> from directing its English-language programmes transmitted over <a href="/wiki/Radio_Paris" title="Radio Paris">Radio Paris</a> to become the first manager of the English-language service of Radio Luxembourg. Programmes in <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> debuted on 3 December 1933 under the editorial guidance of Stephen Williams. </p><p>On 1 January 1934, a new international agreement, the Lucerne Convention or European <a href="/wiki/Wavelength_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Wavelength Plan">Wavelength Plan</a> (which the Luxembourg government refused to sign) came into effect, and shortly afterwards Radio Luxembourg started a regular schedule of English-language transmissions from 8:15 am to midnight on Sundays, and at various times during the rest of the week.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In February, Radio Luxembourg began broadcasting in both French and English on a new 200 kW transmitter on 230 kHz (1304 metres) in the long-wave band. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_commercial_era">First commercial era</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First commercial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1933–1939"><span id="1933.E2.80.931939"></span>1933–1939</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1933–1939"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the years from 1933 to 1939, the English-language service of Radio Luxembourg gained a large audience in the UK and other European countries, with sponsored programming aired from noon until midnight on Sundays and at various times during the rest of the week. Around 11% of Britons listened to it during the week, preferring Luxembourg's light music and variety programmes to the BBC. Up to half of Britons did so before 10:15 am on weekdays when the BBC did not broadcast, and at weekends when it followed the <a href="/wiki/John_Reith,_1st_Baron_Reith" title="John Reith, 1st Baron Reith">Reith Sunday</a> schedule of only serious and religious programmes.<sup id="cite_ref-nicholas1999_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicholas1999-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wilson1961_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wilson1961-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The BBC and successive British governments continued to oppose the competition, citing Radio Luxembourg's use of an unauthorised frequency. As the station could not use <a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office" title="General Post Office">General Post Office</a> telephone lines to broadcast from London, many English-language programmes were recorded there and flown to Luxembourg. Despite the opposition, by 1938 many British companies advertised on Radio Luxembourg and fellow European broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Radio_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Normandy">Radio Normandy</a>. The stations thus exposed millions of Britons and British companies to commercial broadcasting, which contributed to the creation of the commercial <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> during the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-nicholas1999_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicholas1999-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wilson1961_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wilson1961-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:English_visitors_to_Radio_Luxembourg_1939_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/English_visitors_to_Radio_Luxembourg_1939_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-English_visitors_to_Radio_Luxembourg_1939_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/English_visitors_to_Radio_Luxembourg_1939_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-English_visitors_to_Radio_Luxembourg_1939_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/English_visitors_to_Radio_Luxembourg_1939_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-English_visitors_to_Radio_Luxembourg_1939_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1966" data-file-height="1406" /></a><figcaption>A group of holiday-making English Radio Luxembourg fans, pictured in front of the main entrance to the Transmitting Station. The date is Wednesday 9 August 1939, three weeks before the declaration of war.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Programmes">Programmes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Programmes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These were some of the shows heard in 1935 as listed in the 3 May edition of <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Pictorial&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radio Pictorial (page does not exist)">Radio Pictorial</a></i>: </p> <ul><li><b>Sundays</b>: 12:00 noon – Musical Voyage – <i>with <a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Comber" title="Bobbie Comber">Bobbie Comber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Purdell" title="Reginald Purdell">Reginald Purdell</a> and sponsored by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Halls_Wine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halls Wine (page does not exist)">Halls Wine</a>.</i> <ul><li>12:15 pm – Do-Do Broadcasts – <i>sponsored medication programme "for asthma suffers".</i></li> <li>12:30 pm – Golden Hour of Music – <i>the Irish Concert recorded programme</i></li> <li>1:00 pm – <a href="/wiki/Zam-Buk" title="Zam-Buk">Zam-Buk</a> Broadcast – <i>the latest dance music sponsored by a medication "for cuts, burns and bruises."</i></li> <li>1:30 pm – <a href="/wiki/Littlewoods_Pools" class="mw-redirect" title="Littlewoods Pools">Littlewoods Broadcast</a> – <i>sponsored by a football pools coupon company in <a href="/wiki/Liverpool,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Liverpool, England">Liverpool</a>.</i></li> <li>2:00 pm – English service ends until 2:30 pm.</li> <li>2:30 pm – <a href="/wiki/Ladbrokes" class="mw-redirect" title="Ladbrokes">Vernon's All-Star Variety Concert</a> – <i>gramophone records presented by a football pools company.</i></li> <li>5:30 pm – League of Ovaltineys – <i>presented by the makers of <a href="/wiki/Ovaltine" title="Ovaltine">Ovaltine</a>.</i> (The anthem of this children's show was still being celebrated by fan sites in 2007. Another version of the Ovaltineys programming began again after World War II on Radio Luxembourg over its <i>208</i> wavelength.)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Presenters">Presenters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Presenters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Williams_(Radio_Luxembourg)" title="Stephen Williams (Radio Luxembourg)">Stephen Williams</a> – the first station manager, who resumed his duties with the English service when the station resumed commercial English-language transmissions after World War II</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerald_Carnes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerald Carnes (page does not exist)">Gerald Carnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Maxwell_(radio_producer)" title="Charles Maxwell (radio producer)">Charles Maxwell</a> (1936)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bewley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Bewley (page does not exist)">John Bewley</a><sup id="cite_ref-Radio_Pictorial,_July_1938_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Radio_Pictorial,_July_1938-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=S.P._Ogden-Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S.P. Ogden-Smith (page does not exist)">S.P. Ogden-Smith</a> (Chief Announcer in 1938)<sup id="cite_ref-Radio_Pictorial,_July_1938_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Radio_Pictorial,_July_1938-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1940–1945"><span id="1940.E2.80.931945"></span>1940–1945</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1940–1945"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 21 September 1939, the <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> government closed the radio station to protect the neutrality of the country during World War II. The station and its transmitters were taken over by the <a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Luxembourg" title="German invasion of Luxembourg">invading German forces</a> in 1940, and were used for English-language propaganda broadcasts by <a href="/wiki/William_Joyce" title="William Joyce">William Joyce</a> (known as <a href="/wiki/Lord_Haw-Haw" title="Lord Haw-Haw">Lord Haw-Haw</a>) and others.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Allied forces took over Luxembourg in September 1944, the station was transferred to <a href="/wiki/US_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="US Army">US Army</a> control on 9 September 1944 and used for <a href="/wiki/Black_propaganda" title="Black propaganda">black propaganda</a> purposes for the remainder of the war (see <a href="/wiki/Radio_1212" title="Radio 1212">Radio 1212</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_commercial_era">Second commercial era</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Second commercial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1946–1956"><span id="1946.E2.80.931956"></span>1946–1956</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1946–1956"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the Allied armed forces vacated the Radio Luxembourg premises at the close of World War II, the English-language service attempted to restart transmissions to the United Kingdom as a full-time commercial radio station using the European long-wave band, once more under the management of Stephen Williams. </p><p>During the war, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Everitt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoffrey Everitt (page does not exist)">Geoffrey Everitt</a> served his last few months in Luxembourg, and this led to his employment by Stephen Williams on 21 June 1946. Williams soon left the station and Everitt found himself in charge of a small on-air staff of three women and one man. Because of the dearth of advertising available in English, the early morning shows on long wave quickly disappeared and made way for French-language programmes. More contractions followed and this led to cuts in more of the morning, afternoon and evening programming in English. </p><p>By the start of the 1950s, sponsorship of the English service had begun to grow once more, and while initially some of the English-language programmes continued via <i>Radio Luxembourg I</i> on long wave, a second but less powerful wavelength was opened up as <i>Radio Luxembourg II</i> on medium wave. The English programmes of Radio Luxembourg moved on 2 July 1951, from long wave to the medium wave frequency of 208 metres (1439 kHz). The controversy over the station's broadcasting frequencies had been resolved with the <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen_Frequency_Plan_of_1948" class="mw-redirect" title="Copenhagen Frequency Plan of 1948">1948 Copenhagen plan</a> (which this time the Luxembourg government did sign), which allocated the country two high-power frequencies, one on long wave and the other on medium wave. Eventually all English programming moved to medium wave, with long wave being dedicated to French programmes, while German, Dutch and other languages used medium wave during the daytime. </p><p>In 1955, <a href="/wiki/Hal_Lewis_(Aku)" title="Hal Lewis (Aku)">Hal Lewis</a> who was better known at Hawaiian radio station <a href="/w/index.php?title=KPOA_(AM)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KPOA (AM) (page does not exist)">KPOA</a> as <i>J. Akuhead Pupule</i> (and later became the morning DJ at <a href="/wiki/KSSK_(AM)" title="KSSK (AM)">KGMB</a> in <a href="/wiki/Honolulu,_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Honolulu, Hawaii">Honolulu, Hawaii</a>, during 1965), offered to buy the morning time from 6 am to 9 am for his own show on <i>208</i>, but his offer was rejected. The <i>208</i> signal could be received satisfactorily in the United Kingdom only after dark, when it was able to strike the <a href="/wiki/Ionosphere" title="Ionosphere">ionosphere</a> and bounce back to the British Isles. </p><p>It was this second wavelength that eventually became dedicated to English-language programming after 6 pm under the slogan of "<i>208 – Your station of the stars</i>", referring to the entertainers heard on the station. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Programmes_2">Programmes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Programmes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dandare.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/19/Dandare.jpg/200px-Dandare.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/Dandare.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="278" data-file-height="358" /></a><figcaption>March 1952 advertising for the <b><a href="/wiki/Dan_Dare" title="Dan Dare">Dan Dare</a></b> Monday-to-Friday serial as it appeared in <i>208</i>, the programme listing guide to Radio Luxembourg in English</figcaption></figure> <p>These were some of the shows heard in March 1952 as reported in the <i>208</i> programme schedule: </p> <ul><li><b>Sundays</b>: 6:15 pm – <i><a href="/wiki/Ovaltiney%27s_Concert_Party" title="Ovaltiney's Concert Party">Ovaltiney's Concert Party</a></i> – a version of the popular show that was originally broadcast before World War II over the original Radio Luxembourg long-wave station. <ul><li>9:15 pm – <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Welch" title="Leslie Welch">Leslie Welch</a> – "the famous Memory Man".</li> <li>10:45 pm – <i>The Answer Man</i> – "anything you want to know" (Sundays, Wednesdays, Fridays).</li> <li>11.00 PM – Top Twenty – introduced by <a href="/wiki/Pete_Murray_(DJ)" title="Pete Murray (DJ)">Pete Murray</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Mondays</b>: 7:15 pm – <i><a href="/wiki/Dan_Dare" title="Dan Dare">The Adventures of Dan Dare</a></i>, "Pilot of the future" – fifteen-minute serial heard Monday-to-Friday and featuring the voice of <a href="/wiki/Noel_Johnson" title="Noel Johnson">Noel Johnson</a> who also played the part of <a href="/wiki/Dick_Barton" title="Dick Barton">Dick Barton</a> on BBC radio. This serial began on 2 July 1951 and ran for five years. <ul><li>9:30 pm – <i><a href="/wiki/Perry_Mason_(radio_series)" title="Perry Mason (radio series)">Perry Mason</a></i>, serial heard from Monday to Friday.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Tuesdays</b>: 10:55 pm – <i>Soccer of Leicester</i> – odds announcement.</li> <li><b>Wednesdays</b>: 8:30 pm – <i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Kildare" title="Dr. Kildare">The Story of Dr. Kildare</a></i> – every Wednesday starring <a href="/wiki/Lew_Ayres" title="Lew Ayres">Lew Ayres</a>, produced in <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a> by <a href="/wiki/MGM" class="mw-redirect" title="MGM">MGM</a>. <ul><li>11:00 pm – <i><a href="/wiki/Back_to_the_Bible" title="Back to the Bible">Back to the Bible</a></i> – religious broadcast.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Thursdays</b>: 8:00 pm – <i>Music From the Ballet</i>. <ul><li>8:30 pm – <i>Movie Magazine</i> with Wilfrid Thomas<i>.</i></li> <li>11:00 pm – <i>Old Fashioned Revival Hour</i> – religion (<a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Fuller_(Baptist_minister)" title="Charles E. Fuller (Baptist minister)">Charles E. Fuller</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Fridays</b>: 8:00 pm – <i>Scottish Requests</i> with Peter Madren. <ul><li>11:00 pm <i>The <a href="/wiki/Voice_of_Prophecy" title="Voice of Prophecy">Voice of Prophecy</a></i> – Adventists' Union religious programme.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Saturdays</b>: 7:00 pm – <i>Chance of a Lifetime</i> – quiz programme with <a href="/wiki/Dick_Emery" title="Dick Emery">Dick Emery</a>. <ul><li>10:00 pm – <i>At Two-O-Eight</i> – dance music with Russ Morgan Orchestra compered by <a href="/wiki/Pete_Murray_(DJ)" title="Pete Murray (DJ)">Pete Murray</a>.</li> <li>11:00 pm – <i>Bringing Christ to the Nations – <a href="/wiki/The_Lutheran_Hour" title="The Lutheran Hour">The Lutheran Hour</a></i>.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Radio Luxembourg also served as a refuge for stars and shows previously heard on the BBC but with whom the BBC had fallen out for one reason or another. Thus, when in 1951 the BBC wanted <a href="/wiki/Vera_Lynn" title="Vera Lynn">Vera Lynn</a>, one of its biggest singing stars, to perform more upbeat material than her traditional repertoire, she refused, and signed up to record 42 shows for Luxembourg instead – which, she said, also paid better. Likewise, the comedy series <i><a href="/wiki/Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh" title="Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh">Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh</a></i>, terminated by the BBC after six years, transferred to Radio Luxembourg for a period in 1950–51 before the BBC relented and revived the show.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 April 1956, <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a> magazine reported that "<a href="/wiki/WINS_(AM)" title="WINS (AM)">WINS</a> Radio made a deal with <a href="/wiki/Harry_Alan_Towers" title="Harry Alan Towers">Harry Alan Towers</a> of the Towers of London, for <a href="/wiki/Deejay" class="mw-redirect" title="Deejay">deejay</a> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Freed" title="Alan Freed">Alan Freed</a> to do a special taped 1/2 hour <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a> record show on Saturday nights over Radio Luxembourg, which is beamed to most of the countries of Free Europe." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Presenters_2">Presenters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Presenters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Resident announcers in Luxembourg at different times: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Williams_(Radio_Luxembourg)" title="Stephen Williams (Radio Luxembourg)">Stephen Williams</a> – the English service manager before World War II, resumed his duties when commercial broadcasting began again.</li> <li>Ursula Brennan – Patricia Giles – Beatrice Feltes – John De Denghy – record presenters who all left the station with Stephen Williams around 1948.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Everitt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoffrey Everitt (page does not exist)">Geoffrey Everitt</a> – joined Radio Luxembourg on 21 June 1946 after being demobbed from British Army in Luxembourg. He was hired by Stephen Williams and when Williams returned to the UK, Everitt took over his job. In later years he became the London-based boss of the entire English-language operation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddy_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Teddy Johnson">Teddy Johnson</a> – joined in May 1948 and he and Everitt ran the English service in Luxembourg by themselves until 1950 due to the lack of advertising income. Then Johnson returned to England to develop his singing career and later returned to join Pete Murray.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Drexler" class="mw-redirect" title="John Drexler">John Drexler</a> – joined after Johnson departed but Drexler left after one month.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Moffat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roger Moffat (page does not exist)">Roger Moffat</a>; <a href="/wiki/Richard_Beynon_(writer)" title="Richard Beynon (writer)">Richard Beynon</a>; <a href="/wiki/Warren_Mitchell" title="Warren Mitchell">Warren Mitchell</a> – all joined with Drexler and left shortly after Drexler.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Murray_(DJ)" title="Pete Murray (DJ)">Pete Murray</a> – joined with Drexler, Beynon and Mitchell; remained in Luxembourg until 1956.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Madren&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Madren (page does not exist)">Peter Madren</a> – joined Everitt, Johnson and Murray in May 1951.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1954–1963"><span id="1954.E2.80.931963"></span>1954–1963</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1954–1963"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Expo58_radio_luxembourg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Expo58_radio_luxembourg.jpg/220px-Expo58_radio_luxembourg.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Expo58_radio_luxembourg.jpg/330px-Expo58_radio_luxembourg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Expo58_radio_luxembourg.jpg/440px-Expo58_radio_luxembourg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2660" data-file-height="2424" /></a><figcaption>Radio Luxembourg at <a href="/wiki/Expo_58" title="Expo 58">Expo 58</a> in Brussels, Belgium. July 1958</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the merger of the English-language service of Radio Luxembourg I with the new English-language service of Radio Luxembourg II on 208 metres medium wave, the station came to be known as Radio Luxembourg. A British company, Radio Luxembourg (London) Ltd, controlled the programme content and sold the advertising time. </p><p>The station sign-on time at dusk varied between summer and winter to allow maximum benefit to be gained from a <a href="/wiki/Skywave" title="Skywave">skywave propagation</a> at night that covered the British Isles, although reception was strongest in northern England. By restricting the service to night-time, the sales representatives were able to sell most of the available airtime both for spot commercials and for sponsored programmes. One spot commercial that became burned into the minds of every Radio Luxembourg listener was for <a href="/wiki/Horace_Batchelor" title="Horace Batchelor">Horace Batchelor</a>'s "Infra-Draw Method" of winning money on <a href="/wiki/Football_pools" title="Football pools">football pools</a>, turning the previously obscure Somerset town of "<a href="/wiki/Keynsham" title="Keynsham">Keynsham</a>, spelt K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M" into a household name throughout the country. </p><p>Some programmes were live disc-jockey presentations by the team of "resident announcers" from the studios in <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_City" title="Luxembourg City">Luxembourg City</a>, while others were pre-recorded in the company's British studios at 38 <a href="/wiki/Hertford_Street" title="Hertford Street">Hertford Street</a>, London W1. This was never made clear to listeners, who were allowed to form the incorrect impression that all the presenters were broadcasting from the Grand Duchy or, alternatively, assume that all the programmes were recorded in London. </p><p>A conspiracy of silence operated throughout this period between sworn enemies Radio Luxembourg and the BBC, each of which never mentioned the existence of the other, although many famous names appeared on both, often almost simultaneously. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Programmes_3">Programmes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Programmes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During this period, and particularly from about 1960, the station's output came to be more explicitly targeted at the growing teenage market, with increasing emphasis on pop music. Drama productions, comedy, variety and sports programming disappeared altogether. By about 1963, almost all the station's output was based around the playing of music on discs; the mainstream evening audience for middle-aged "family entertainment" had by this time largely migrated from radio to television. </p><p>These were some of the shows heard in December 1956, as listed in the <i>208</i> programme schedule for that month: </p> <ul><li><b>Sundays</b>: 6:00 pm – <a href="/wiki/Butlins" class="mw-redirect" title="Butlins"><i>Butlin's Beaver Club</i></a> – with "Uncle" <a href="/wiki/Eric_Winstone" title="Eric Winstone">Eric Winstone</a>. <ul><li>8:30 pm – <i><a href="/wiki/Take_Your_Pick" class="mw-redirect" title="Take Your Pick">Take Your Pick</a></i> – with <a href="/wiki/Michael_Miles" title="Michael Miles">Michael Miles</a>.</li> <li>9:30 pm – <i><a href="/wiki/This_I_Believe" title="This I Believe">This I Believe</a></i> – the <a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow" title="Edward R. Murrow">Edward R. Murrow</a> show presented by Sir <a href="/wiki/Basil_Bartlett" title="Basil Bartlett">Basil Bartlett</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Mondays</b>: 9:30 pm – <i><a href="/wiki/Candid_Microphone" class="mw-redirect" title="Candid Microphone">Candid Microphone</a></i> – starring listeners caught in the act. <ul><li>11:15 pm – <a href="/wiki/Frank_and_Ernest_(broadcast)" title="Frank and Ernest (broadcast)"><i>Frank and Ernest</i></a> – religion from <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Bible_Students_Association" title="Dawn Bible Students Association">Dawn Bible Students Association</a>.</li> <li>11:30 pm – <a href="/wiki/The_World_Tomorrow_(1934)" class="mw-redirect" title="The World Tomorrow (1934)"><i>The World Tomorrow</i></a> – with <a href="/wiki/Herbert_W._Armstrong" title="Herbert W. Armstrong">Herbert W. Armstrong</a>, later heard on Tuesdays as well, replacing <a href="/wiki/Oral_Roberts" title="Oral Roberts">Oral Roberts</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Tuesdays</b>: 9:00 pm – <i>Lucky Number</i> – with <a href="/wiki/Keith_Fordyce" title="Keith Fordyce">Keith Fordyce</a>. <ul><li>10:00 pm – <i>The Capitol Show</i> – Mel Thompson presenting <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>' new releases.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Wednesdays</b>: 8:00 pm – <i><a href="/wiki/Double_Your_Money" title="Double Your Money">Double Your Money</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Hughie_Green" title="Hughie Green">Hughie Green</a>. <ul><li>10:00 pm – <i>Rockin' To Dreamland</i> – with Keith Fordyce, playing the latest British and American hit records.</li> <li>11:30 pm – <i>The <a href="/wiki/Hour_of_Decision" title="Hour of Decision">Hour of Decision</a></i> – religion with <a href="/wiki/Billy_Graham" title="Billy Graham">Billy Graham</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Thursdays</b>: 8:30 pm – <i>Lucky Couple</i> – with <a href="/wiki/David_Jacobs_(broadcaster)" title="David Jacobs (broadcaster)">David Jacobs</a>, recorded on location in the UK. <ul><li>9:30 pm – <i>Irish Requests</i>.</li> <li>10:45 pm – <i>Italy Sings</i> – presented by the Italian State Tourist Office.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Fridays</b>: 10:30 pm – <i>Record Hop</i> – Benny Lee presents the latest recordings from EMI's <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Graphophone_Company" title="Columbia Graphophone Company">Columbia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parlophone" title="Parlophone">Parlophone</a> labels.</li> <li><b>Saturdays</b>: 7:00 pm – <i>Amateur Football</i> – results of the matches played today. <ul><li>8:00 pm – <i>Jamboree</i> – "120 minutes of exciting, non-stop, action-packed radio ... <i>Teenage Jury</i> and at approximately 9:30: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Freed" title="Alan Freed">Alan Freed</a>, the remarkable American disc-jockey whose programmes in the States cause excitement to rise to a fever pitch, presents "Rock 'n' roll"."</li> <li>10.00 PM – <i>Tonight</i> – "<a href="/wiki/Peter_Haigh" title="Peter Haigh">Peter Haigh</a> presents news, music and personalities recorded at the Embassy Club in London."</li> <li>10:30 pm – Philips' Fanfare – records from this <a href="/wiki/Philips" title="Philips">label</a> presented by Guy Standeven.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Presenters_3">Presenters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Presenters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Resident announcers in Luxembourg during this period included: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Alldis" title="Barry Alldis">Barry Alldis</a> – joined the team in 1956, becoming Chief Announcer and staying until 1966, when he left to work for BBC radio. He returned to Luxembourg in 1975 and remained on the staff until his death in 1982.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Denning" title="Chris Denning">Chris Denning</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colin_Hamilton_(broadcaster)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colin Hamilton (broadcaster) (page does not exist)">Colin Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_King_(presenter)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ted King (presenter) (page does not exist)">Ted King</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Moran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johnny Moran (page does not exist)">Johnny Moran</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Moss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Don Moss (page does not exist)">Don Moss</a>, 1957–60</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Don_Wardell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Don Wardell (page does not exist)">Don Wardell</a> (became Chief Announcer after Alldis left in 1966)</li></ul> <p>The following disc-jockeys recorded shows in the London studios at 38 Hertford Street: Peter Aldersley, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Costa" title="Sam Costa">Sam Costa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Dell" title="Alan Dell">Alan Dell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Fordyce" title="Keith Fordyce">Keith Fordyce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Freeman" title="Alan Freeman">Alan Freeman</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Gell" title="David Gell">David Gell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Hall_(music_executive)" title="Tony Hall (music executive)">Tony Hall</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Jackson_(radio_personality)" title="Jack Jackson (radio personality)">Jack Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Jacobs_(broadcaster)" title="David Jacobs (broadcaster)">David Jacobs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Matthew" title="Brian Matthew">Brian Matthew</a>, Don Moss, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Murray_(DJ)" title="Pete Murray (DJ)">Pete Murray</a>, Ray Orchard, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Savile" title="Jimmy Savile">Jimmy Savile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaw_Taylor" title="Shaw Taylor">Shaw Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Young_(broadcaster)" title="Jimmy Young (broadcaster)">Jimmy Young</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Muriel_Young" title="Muriel Young">Muriel Young</a>. Many of these programmes were sponsored by record companies, and in order to include as many records as possible, most programmes played little more than half of each record. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1964–1967"><span id="1964.E2.80.931967"></span>1964–1967</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 1964–1967"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Radio Luxembourg enjoyed a monopoly of English-language commercial radio programming heard in the UK until, in March 1964, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Caroline" title="Radio Caroline">Radio Caroline</a> began daytime commercial transmissions to southern England from a ship anchored less than four miles off the Essex coast (the station later acquired a second ship, and moved the first to the Irish Sea). Radio Caroline's opening announcement identified it as "Your all-day music station" – a clear reference both to Luxembourg's night-time-only broadcasts, and to the BBC's patchy pop music coverage. The first song played was "Not Fade Away" by <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">the Rolling Stones</a>, which could be interpreted as a dig at Luxembourg's fluctuating signal strength.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In Caroline's primary reception areas, her <a href="/wiki/Ground_wave_propagation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground wave propagation">ground wave</a> signal was strong and unaffected during daylight hours by fading or interference. Following the success of this first offshore station, others soon followed, mostly broadcasting from off the Essex coast or in the Thames Estuary. These transmissions were later extended around the clock and featured many different broadcasting formats, though pop music on discs predominated. </p><p>As a result of this competition, Radio Luxembourg gradually abandoned pre-recorded sponsored programmes for a more flexible continuity. Its new format featured mainly spot advertising within record programmes presented live by resident disc jockeys in Luxembourg, some of them recruited from the offshore stations. </p><p>In August 1967, the <a href="/wiki/Marine,_%26c.,_Broadcasting_(Offences)_Act_1967" title="Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967">Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967</a> passed into British law, and forced all but the two Caroline stations off the air by eliminating their means of selling commercial advertising in the UK. As well as closing down offshore "pirate radio", the British government instructed the BBC to create its own non-commercial replacement, named <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">Radio 1</a>, which began transmissions at the end of September 1967. While Luxembourg again almost had the UK commercial airwaves to itself, it was still restricted to evening and night hours. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Presenters_4">Presenters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Presenters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The presenters included the following:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Brady_(presenter)" title="Pete Brady (presenter)">Pete Brady</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Radio_London" title="Wonderful Radio London">Radio London</a> Big – L 266</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Brandon" title="Tony Brandon">Tony Brandon</a>, Radio London Big – L 266</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Burnett" title="Paul Burnett">Paul Burnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio_270" title="Radio 270">Radio 270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cash_(DJ)" title="Dave Cash (DJ)">Dave Cash</a>, Radio London Big – L 266</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Dee" title="Simon Dee">Simon Dee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Caroline" title="Radio Caroline">Radio Caroline</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> TV</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Edmonds" title="Noel Edmonds">Noel Edmonds</a>, BBC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Everett" title="Kenny Everett">Kenny Everett</a>, Radio London Big – L 266, BBC</li> <li>Stuart Grundy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Vance" title="Tommy Vance">Tommy Vance</a>, Radio London Big – L 266, Radio Caroline South</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Skues" title="Keith Skues">Keith Skues</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="British Forces Network">British Forces Network</a>, Radio Caroline 199, Radio London Big – L 266</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Walker_(DJ)" title="Johnnie Walker (DJ)">Johnnie Walker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swinging_Radio_England" title="Swinging Radio England">Swinging Radio England</a>, Radio Caroline South</li></ul> <p>All the ex-Radio London DJs worked later for BBC Radio One. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1968–1988"><span id="1968.E2.80.931988"></span>1968–1988</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 1968–1988"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the middle of 1968, even the two Caroline offshore stations had left the air and, while other attempts were made to restart offshore radio commercial broadcasts aimed at the UK in the early 1970s, Luxembourg did not face commercial competition, only a growing increase in audience share by more BBC services. For a time in the late 1960s Luxembourg advertised itself as "The O.I.S. – the Only Independent Station on the Air". In 1973, the BBC radio monopoly within the UK was finally ended by new legislation allowing <a href="/wiki/Independent_Local_Radio" title="Independent Local Radio">Independent Local Radio</a>, funded by the sale of advertising time. </p><p>In 1983, Radio Luxembourg marked its fiftieth anniversary as a station, but the British commercial radio stations kept whittling away the <i>208</i> audience and advertising, while a brief replay of competition for audiences began to emerge from off the British coastline with new radio ship transmissions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Programmes_4">Programmes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Programmes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These were shows heard in 1982 as reported in the <i>Radio Luxembourg Research Report</i> (page 20) of <i>208</i> listeners. The Survey was conducted during the last quarter of 1982 by British Market Research Bureau for Radio Luxembourg (London) Ltd. By the time the survey appeared, the programme line-up below had changed in various ways, including the death of <a href="/wiki/Barry_Alldis" title="Barry Alldis">Barry Alldis</a> in the middle of the survey: </p> <ul><li><b>Sundays</b>: <b>7:00 pm</b> – <i>Haunted Studio</i> – with Stuart and Ollie Henry. <b>9:00 pm</b> – <i>Star Chart and Top 30 UK Singles</i> – with <a href="/wiki/Tony_Prince" title="Tony Prince">Tony Prince</a>. <b>11:00 pm</b> – <i>Sunday's Top 20s</i> – with Barry Alldis and Rob Jones. <b>1:00 am</b> – <i>Earthlink</i> – with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Benny_Brown_(DJ)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benny Brown (DJ) (page does not exist)">Benny Brown</a>.</li> <li><b>Mondays</b>: <b>6:45 pm</b> – <i>Radio Outreach</i> with John Knight; <i>Battle of the Giants</i>; <i>Top 30 Airplay</i>; <i>Top 30 Disco</i> – with Rob Jones and Benny Brown. <b>1:00 am</b> – <i>Earthlink</i> – with Barry Alldis.</li> <li><b>Tuesdays</b>: <b>6:45 pm</b> – <i>208 Editorial</i> with Rodney Collins; <i>Beatle Hour</i>; <i>Daily Mirror Rock and Pop Club</i>; <i>Top 30 UK</i>; <i>Top 30 Albums</i> – with Rob Jones and Barry Alldis. <b>9:00 pm</b> – <i>Top 30 UK</i>; <i>Top 30 Albums</i> – with Benny Brown. <b>1:00 am</b> – <i>Earthlink</i> – with Mike Hollis.</li> <li><b>Wednesdays</b>: <b>7:00 pm</b> – <i>Gold and Games</i> – with Rob Jones and Benny Brown. <b>9:00 pm</b> – <i>American Top 30</i> – with Bob Stewart. <b>11:00 pm</b> – <i>Top 30 Easy Listening</i> – with Benny Brown. <b>1:00 am</b> – <i>Earthlink</i> – with Mike Hollis.</li> <li><b>Thursdays</b>: <b>7:00 pm</b> – <i>The Number Ones</i>; <i>Top of the Pops</i> – <i>with Bob Stewart and Mike Hollis</i>. <b>9:00 pm</b> – <i>Top 30 Futurist</i> – with Rob Jones. <b>11:00 pm</b> – <i>Discothèque</i> – with Benny Brown. <b>Midnight</b> – <i>Spotlight On ...</i> – with Stuart Henry. <b>1:00 am</b> – <i>Earthlink</i> – with Stuart and Ollie Henry.</li> <li><b>Fridays</b>: <b>7:00 pm</b> – <i>The Record Journal</i> – with Stuart and Ollie Henry. <b>9:00 pm</b> – <i>Top 30 Disco</i> – with <a href="/wiki/Tony_Prince" title="Tony Prince">Tony Prince</a>. <b>11:00 pm</b> – <i>Top 30 Airplay</i> (repeat) – with Bob Stewart. <b>1:00 am</b> – <i>Earthlink</i> – with Barry Alldis.</li> <li><b>Saturdays</b>: <b>6:45 pm</b> – <i>208 Editorial</i> – with Rodney Collins. <b>7:00 pm</b> – <i>Street Heat</i>; <i>Top 30 Rockshow</i> – with Stuart and Ollie Henry. <b>11:00 pm</b> – <i>Big L <a href="/wiki/Marlboro_(cigarette)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marlboro (cigarette)">Marlboro</a> Top 20 Country</i> – with Bob Stewart. <b>Midnight</b> – <i>Midnight Memories</i> – with Barry Alldis. <b>1:00 am</b> – <i>Earthlink</i>; <i>Love Songs</i> – with Mike Hollis.</li></ul> <p>Some other presenters in the 1970s and 1980s:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>Dave Christian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Fox_(broadcaster)" title="Neil Fox (broadcaster)">Neil Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Powell_(DJ)" title="Peter Powell (DJ)">Peter Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Prince" title="Tony Prince">Tony Prince</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Caroline" title="Radio Caroline">Radio Caroline</a> North</li> <li>Tony Blewitt</li> <li>David Lee Stone (former Laser 558 DJ)</li> <li>Bob Stewart, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Caroline" title="Radio Caroline">Radio Caroline</a> North</li> <li>Rob Jones</li> <li>Mike Hollis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Read" title="Mike Read">Mike Read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Rosko" title="Emperor Rosko">Emperor Rosko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Caroline" title="Radio Caroline">Radio Caroline</a> South</li> <li>Mark Wesley, <a href="/wiki/Radio_390" title="Radio 390">Radio 390</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Newyork_International" title="Radio Newyork International">RNI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Burnett" title="Paul Burnett">Paul Burnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio_270" title="Radio 270">Radio 270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Jensen" title="David Jensen">David "Kid" Jensen</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> Radio One</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Henry_(DJ)" title="Stuart Henry (DJ)">Stuart Henry</a>; <a href="/wiki/Radio_Scotland" title="Radio Scotland">Radio Scotland</a> 242</li> <li>Ollie Henry (wife of Stuart Henry)</li> <li>Rodney Collins</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Fordyce" title="Keith Fordyce">Keith Fordyce</a></li> <li>Alton Andrews</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timmy_Mallett" title="Timmy Mallett">Timmy Mallett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Abbot" title="Nick Abbot">Nick Abbot</a></li></ul> </div> <p>During the 1980s one of the station's slogans was "Planet earth's biggest commercial radio station". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1989–1992"><span id="1989.E2.80.931992"></span>1989–1992</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 1989–1992"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1989, hoping to build a new audience, Luxembourg in English once more returned with a daytime schedule for the first time since the early 1950s, but this time it was aimed at <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavian</a> audiences using a 24-hour <a href="/wiki/Stereo" class="mw-redirect" title="Stereo">stereo</a> transponder on the <a href="/wiki/SES_Astra" title="SES Astra">Astra</a> <a href="/wiki/Astra_1A" title="Astra 1A">1A</a> satellite to supplement the <i>208</i> analogue night-time service. The end eventually came for <i>208</i> at 3 am <a href="/wiki/GMT" class="mw-redirect" title="GMT">GMT</a> on 30 December 1991 (the station did return to the analogue 208/1440 for one night a year later when the station finally closed its digital service), the last record played on AM being <a href="/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a>'s "In the Days Before Rock and Roll" (chosen mainly because of its mention of the radio station), before "At the End of the Day" (one of their closedown songs) was played heading into the top of the hour (even though DJ Jeff Graham had said that they were going to play the original closedown tune, it was not in fact the original song, but a later version the station used as the original was not located, "It's Time To Say Goodnight").<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station then went satellite and shortwave (15350 kHz) only, with the first songs played being "<a href="/wiki/When_Will_You_(Make_My_Telephone_Ring)" title="When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)">When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Deacon_Blue" title="Deacon Blue">Deacon Blue</a> and "<a href="/wiki/Always_(Atlantic_Starr_song)" title="Always (Atlantic Starr song)">Always</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Starr" title="Atlantic Starr">Atlantic Starr</a>. </p><p>The satellite and shortwave service continued until midnight on 30 December 1992. The closedown night was relayed on various stations, including the old 208 wavelength. The Van Morrison song was the next-to-last record that night, followed by <a href="/wiki/Marion_Montgomery" title="Marion Montgomery">Marion Montgomery</a>'s "Maybe the Morning". </p><p>The 208 service from that moment on carried the German-language service, identifying itself as "<a href="/wiki/RTL_Radio" title="RTL Radio">RTL Radio</a> – Der Oldiesender". This medium wave broadcast shut down at midnight on 31 December 2015. </p><p>Presenters in the 1990s: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Moyles" title="Chris Moyles">Chris Moyles</a> (under the professional name Chris Holmes)</li> <li>Jonathan Miles</li> <li>Mike Hollis</li> <li>Bob Stewart, (ex-<a href="/wiki/Radio_Caroline" title="Radio Caroline">Radio Caroline</a> North)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Page" title="Mark Page">Mark Page</a></li> <li>Peter Antony</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Lloyd" title="Wendy Lloyd">Wendy Lloyd</a></li> <li>Tony Adams</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shaun_Tilley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shaun Tilley (page does not exist)">Shaun Tilley</a>, (ex-<a href="/wiki/Radio_Caroline" title="Radio Caroline">Radio Caroline</a> South)</li> <li>Jeff Graham</li> <li>Steve Joy</li> <li>Sandy Beech</li> <li>David Bozzato</li> <li>Jodie Scott (ex <a href="/wiki/Caroline_558" class="mw-redirect" title="Caroline 558">Caroline 558</a> DJ. Canadian, on Caroline as Judy Murphy)</li> <li>Nik Martin</li> <li>Jessie Brandon, (ex <a href="/wiki/Laser_558" title="Laser 558">Laser 558</a>)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_from_1992_onwards">Legacy from 1992 onwards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Legacy from 1992 onwards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atlantic_252">Atlantic 252</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Atlantic 252"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_252" title="Atlantic 252">Atlantic 252</a></div> <p>In 1989, Radio Luxembourg's parent company <a href="/wiki/RTL_Group" title="RTL Group">RTL Group</a> teamed up with <a href="/wiki/Raidi%C3%B3_Teilif%C3%ADs_%C3%89ireann" class="mw-redirect" title="Raidió Teilifís Éireann">Raidió Teilifís Éireann</a> to create <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_252" title="Atlantic 252">Atlantic 252</a>, an English-language pop music station on <a href="/wiki/Longwave" title="Longwave">longwave</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> and with advertising content aimed at a UK audience. Initially this only broadcast until 7 pm and ended with an announcement specifically encouraging listeners to switch to Radio Luxembourg on 1440 kHz medium wave. Atlantic 252 switched to 24-hour broadcasts around the time that Radio Luxembourg shut down its medium wave broadcasts. Atlantic 252 closed down in 2002 and the long wave frequency is now used for <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_Radio_1" title="RTÉ Radio 1">RTÉ Radio 1</a>. Presenters common to both Atlantic 252 and Radio Luxembourg include Jeff Graham, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cass_Jones&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cass Jones (page does not exist)">Cass Jones</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sandy_Beech&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sandy Beech (page does not exist)">Sandy Beech</a>. The voice of Henry Owens was also heard on promotions for both stations in the early 1990s. </p> <ul><li>Charlie Wolf, ex DJ <a href="/wiki/Laser_558" title="Laser 558">Laser 558</a></li> <li>Andrew Turner, ex newsreader <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> & <a href="/wiki/Laser_Hot_Hits_576" class="mw-redirect" title="Laser Hot Hits 576">Laser Hot Hits 576</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio_Luxembourg_(digital)"><span id="Radio_Luxembourg_.28digital.29"></span>Radio Luxembourg (digital)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Radio Luxembourg (digital)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg_(DRM)" title="Radio Luxembourg (DRM)">Radio Luxembourg (DRM)</a></div> <p>An English-language classic rock digital station from <a href="/wiki/RTL_Group" title="RTL Group">RTL Group</a> called Radio Luxembourg began in 2005. It was briefly available in the UK using <a href="/wiki/Digital_Radio_Mondiale" title="Digital Radio Mondiale">DRM</a> (digital broadcasts over <a href="/wiki/Shortwave" class="mw-redirect" title="Shortwave">shortwave</a>) but the transmitter power was reduced, and by 2008 was not receivable outside Luxembourg itself (essentially, a test transmission). Simulcasts over the Internet also stopped in 2009. Both the station and its website made numerous references to the old 208 service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Five_(television_channel)"><span id="Five_.28television_channel.29"></span>Five (television channel)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Five (television channel)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5 (British TV channel)</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/RTL_Group" title="RTL Group">RTL Group</a>, Radio Luxembourg's parent company, was an initial minority shareholder in the UK's Channel Five terrestrial analogue television channel, launched in 1997. RTL became the majority shareholder from 2006, when it had been re-branded as "Five". It was one of more than fifty television stations that RTL owned throughout Europe. Unlike RTL's television stations in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, most of which are explicitly branded as RTL, Five did not significantly acknowledge its Luxembourg heritage on-air. RTL sold Five to <a href="/wiki/Richard_Desmond" title="Richard Desmond">Richard Desmond</a> on 23 July 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_information">Background information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Background information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Radio Luxembourg was also broadcast on RTL's various European TV channels after closedown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transmitter_history">Transmitter history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Transmitter history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The wavelengths and frequencies used by the English service of Radio Luxembourg changed throughout the years, although "208" was by far the longest-lasting and most famous one. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marnach_transmitter" title="Marnach transmitter">Marnach transmitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junglinster_Longwave_Transmitter" title="Junglinster Longwave Transmitter">Junglinster Longwave Transmitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FM-_and_TV-mast_Hosingen" title="FM- and TV-mast Hosingen">FM- and TV-mast Hosingen</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio_Luxembourg_publications">Radio Luxembourg publications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Radio Luxembourg publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Radio Pictorial</i> – radio publication pre-World War II that published programme schedules for all the European continental stations broadcasting in English</li> <li><i>Radio Parade</i> – radio publication after World War II that published news about Radio Luxembourg in English.</li> <li><i>208</i> – radio programme schedules and features from 1951 until 1959, whose name varied as it was merged with other publications and issued by various publishers</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fabulous_208" title="Fabulous 208">Fabulous 208</a></i> (later <i>Fab 208</i>) – radio programme schedules and features publication during the 1960s and 1970s</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_significance_in_the_Eastern_Bloc">Political significance in the Eastern Bloc</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Political significance in the Eastern Bloc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Radio Luxembourg was one of few channels through which people living in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Bloc" title="Eastern Bloc">Eastern Bloc</a> could listen to <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> and other contemporary popular music. Under good weather conditions, and especially at night, people as far as eastern Czechoslovakia, Poland,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus and Leningrad could listen to the station. Eastern Bloc governments did not use jammers to prevent people from listening to Radio Luxembourg, but did do so for <a href="/wiki/Radio_Free_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Free Europe">Radio Free Europe</a> and, since the stations used <a href="/wiki/Harmonic_frequency" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmonic frequency">harmonic frequencies</a> (1439 kHz for Luxembourg and 719 kHz for Free Europe), the jamming also affected Radio Luxembourg's signal. Even though western popular music was considered undesirable by socialist regimes, legal prosecution was rare, although not unheard of. The music appealed to young people as something forbidden, and listening to it became a social ritual. It also strongly influenced contemporary underground culture and music in Czechoslovakia.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg_(DRM)" title="Radio Luxembourg (DRM)">Radio Luxembourg (DRM)</a> – broadcasting for a few years commencing 2005</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Radio Luxembourg (disambiguation)">Radio Luxembourg (disambiguation)</a> – other language services</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg_(French)" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Luxembourg (French)">Radio Luxembourg (French)</a> – French-language station</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg_(German)" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Luxembourg (German)">Radio Luxembourg (German)</a> – German-language station</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Luxembourg&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Specific citations</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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John Libbey Publishing. p. 254. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0861966686" title="Special:BookSources/0861966686"><bdi>0861966686</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Crossing+the+Ether%3A+Pre-war+Public+Service+Radio+and+Commercial+Competition+in+the+UK&rft.pages=254&rft.pub=John+Libbey+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0861966686&rft.aulast=Street&rft.aufirst=Sean&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkdR0iTJzg2sC%26pg%3DPA254&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Walter B. Emery, <i>National and International Systems of Broadcasting</i>, Michigan State University Press, 1969, pp.158–159.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mike Leonard, <i>From International Waters</i> Forest Press, Heswall, 1996, p.5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:3-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:3_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eva-siewert.de/">"In Erinnerung an Eva Siewert. Eine Spurensuche"</a>. <i>Eva-siewert.de</i> (in German)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Eva-siewert.de&rft.atitle=In+Erinnerung+an+Eva+Siewert.+Eine+Spurensuche&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feva-siewert.de%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gakona_HAARPoon_2017-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Gakona_HAARPoon_2017_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/gakonahaarpoon/operations-news">"kona HAARPoon 2017"</a>. 19 February 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=kona+HAARPoon+2017&rft.date=2017-02-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Falaska.edu%2Fgakonahaarpoon%2Foperations-news&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nicholas1999-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nicholas1999_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nicholas1999_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicholas1999" class="citation book cs1">Nicholas, Siân (1999). "The People's Radio: The BBC and its Audience, 1939–1945". In Hayes, Nick; Hill, Jeff (eds.). <i><span></span>'Millions like us'?: British culture in the Second World War</i>. Liverpool University Press. p. 66. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85323-763-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-85323-763-8"><bdi>0-85323-763-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+People%27s+Radio%3A+The+BBC+and+its+Audience%2C+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.btitle=%27Millions+like+us%27%3F%3A+British+culture+in+the+Second+World+War&rft.pages=66&rft.pub=Liverpool+University+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-85323-763-8&rft.aulast=Nicholas&rft.aufirst=Si%C3%A2n&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wilson1961-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wilson1961_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wilson1961_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilson,_H.H.1961" class="citation book cs1">Wilson, H.H. (1961). <i>Pressure Group: The Campaign for Commercial Television in England</i>. Secker and Warburg. pp. <span class="nowrap">25–</span>27.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pressure+Group%3A+The+Campaign+for+Commercial+Television+in+England&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E25-%3C%2Fspan%3E27&rft.pub=Secker+and+Warburg&rft.date=1961&rft.au=Wilson%2C+H.H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPlomley1980" class="citation book cs1">Plomley, Roy (1980). <i>Days Seemed Longer: Early Years of a Broadcaster</i>. London: Eyre Methuen. p. 123. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-413-39730-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-413-39730-0"><bdi>0-413-39730-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Days+Seemed+Longer%3A+Early+Years+of+a+Broadcaster&rft.place=London&rft.pages=123&rft.pub=Eyre+Methuen&rft.date=1980&rft.isbn=0-413-39730-0&rft.aulast=Plomley&rft.aufirst=Roy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Radio_Pictorial,_July_1938-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Radio_Pictorial,_July_1938_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Radio_Pictorial,_July_1938_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Radio Pictorial</i>, July 1938.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHanson2008" class="citation book cs1">Hanson, Elizabeth C. (2008). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/informationrevol0000hans"><i>The Information Revolution and World Politics</i></a></span>. Rowman & Littlefield. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/informationrevol0000hans/page/32">32</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0742538535" title="Special:BookSources/978-0742538535"><bdi>978-0742538535</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 October</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Information+Revolution+and+World+Politics&rft.pages=32&rft.pub=Rowman+%26+Littlefield&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0742538535&rft.aulast=Hanson&rft.aufirst=Elizabeth+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Finformationrevol0000hans&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">George Nobbs, <i>The Wireless Stars</i>, Norwich, 1972, SBN 903 61900 8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/a-true-music-man-tributes-to-industry-exec-dj-and-manager-tony-hall/076736">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'A true music man': Tributes to industry exec, DJ and manager Tony Hall"</a>. <i>MusicWeek</i>. London. 9 July 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=MusicWeek&rft.atitle=%27A+true+music+man%27%3A+Tributes+to+industry+exec%2C+DJ+and+manager+Tony+Hall&rft.date=2019-07-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.musicweek.com%2Ftalent%2Fread%2Fa-true-music-man-tributes-to-industry-exec-dj-and-manager-tony-hall%2F076736&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Source: Peter Alex, "Who's Who in Pop Radio", London, 1966 (British Library: 000047169)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095754/http://members4.boardhost.com/motland/msg/1172498020.html">"Wrong tune played at 1440AM closedown?"</a>. <i>The Radio Luxembourg Forum</i>. 26 February 2007. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://members4.boardhost.com/motland/msg/1172498020.html">the original</a> on 29 September 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 September</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Radio+Luxembourg+Forum&rft.atitle=Wrong+tune+played+at+1440AM+closedown%3F&rft.date=2007-02-26&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers4.boardhost.com%2Fmotland%2Fmsg%2F1172498020.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWelsh2010" class="citation web cs1">Welsh, James (23 July 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.digitalspy.com/media/a249183/rtl-sells-channel-five-to-richard-desmond/">"RTL sells Channel Five to Richard Desmond"</a>. <i>Digital Spy</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Digital+Spy&rft.atitle=RTL+sells+Channel+Five+to+Richard+Desmond&rft.date=2010-07-23&rft.aulast=Welsh&rft.aufirst=James&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalspy.com%2Fmedia%2Fa249183%2Frtl-sells-channel-five-to-richard-desmond%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.radioluxembourg.co.uk/?page_id=30">"Behind the Iron Curtain | Radio Luxembourg"</a>. <i>Radioluxembourg.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 October</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Radioluxembourg.co.uk&rft.atitle=Behind+the+Iron+Curtain+%26%23124%3B+Radio+Luxembourg&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioluxembourg.co.uk%2F%3Fpage_id%3D30&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFŠtefečková" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Štefečková, Veronika. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://is.muni.cz/th/362409/fss_b/Radio_Luxembourg_-_bakalarska_praca_Veronika_Štefečková.pdf">"Radio Luxembourg and its significance for listeners in socialist Czechoslovakia (oral history)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in Slovak)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Radio+Luxembourg+and+its+significance+for+listeners+in+socialist+Czechoslovakia+%28oral+history%29&rft.aulast=%C5%A0tefe%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1&rft.aufirst=Veronika&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fis.muni.cz%2Fth%2F362409%2Ffss_b%2FRadio_Luxembourg_-_bakalarska_praca_Veronika_%C5%A0tefe%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFŠtefečková" class="citation web cs1">Štefečková, Veronika. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.laxik.cz/archiv/radio-luxembourg-vedecka-prace-english.pdf">"Radio Luxembourg and its importance for auditors in the socialist Czechoslovakia (oral history)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 May</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Radio+Luxembourg+and+its+importance+for+auditors+in+the+socialist+Czechoslovakia+%28oral+history%29&rft.aulast=%C5%A0tefe%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1&rft.aufirst=Veronika&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laxik.cz%2Farchiv%2Fradio-luxembourg-vedecka-prace-english.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARadio+Luxembourg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>General references</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>Details of Radio Luxembourg programming and presenters in English from 1951 until 1958 are drawn from the monthly publications known collectively as <b>208 magazine</b> with name variations and different publishers.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Hal_Lewis_(Aku)" title="Hal Lewis (Aku)">Hal Lewis</a> reference is cited in the <b>208</b> programme listings magazine for March 1955, page 4.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,258523,00.html">The obituary of Noel Johnson</a> who played the voice parts of <i>Dan Dare</i> on Radio Luxembourg and <i>Dick Barton</i> on the BBC.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.208itwasgreatradioluxembourg.co.uk/">208 It was Great</a>, a book by Alan Bailey about his career at Radio Luxembourg from 1958 to 1975.</li> <li>Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the US, by Gilder, Eric. – "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press, Romania. 2003 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/973-651-596-6" title="Special:BookSources/973-651-596-6">973-651-596-6</a> – This work includes a study of European commercial radio from both Luxembourg and offshore.</li> <li>"Radio-Luxembourg, Histoire d'un média privé d'envergure européenne", by David Dominguez Muller, L'Harmattan, Paris, 2007</li> <li>13a. Veronika Štefečková: RTL Group today. 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