A Tribute to Radio Luxembourg-Beneath The Bedsheets

[chanctonbury63]

Theres another way of looking at this. If it hadnt been for the anchor dragging, we know best brigade, at chiefly, the BBC at this time, but politicians as well, stations like Caroline and Lux would not have been needed, and the UK, one of the two great powerhouses of modern music then and now, could have had scores of independant radio stations all over the country. It was a bit like saying, well we make lots of cars, but we are not allowed to drive them.

[bremer1414]

I remember in 1970 a routine with my radio. Tuned in every night, if could, to AM something somewhere and I found Radio Luxembourg and it sounded like this: Radio luck lucky Luxembourg.....and here I was: GREAT MUSIC!!! The newest hits and a strange language called "English" :)) I had to move my antenna to get a better reception to hear the songs I wanted to hear.....however, that was a great time......IT WAS "THE" RADIO STATION IN THE 70's in Germany for me and my friends.!!!!!!!!!!!!

[samsmumable]

stuart henry! of course, i am sorry.

[samsmumable]

oh my god, i used to listen -under the bedsheets - in the mid 1970s. I used to borrow my sister's radio and listen until the closedown music - Maybe Tomorrow.  I remember Peter Powell, Steve Wright, Emperor Roskoe, Tony Prince and Bob Stewart. Was there anybody else I might have fortgotten? I even had a 208 Radio Luxembourg black sweatshirt! can you get them any more, i wonder. happy memories indeed :)

[freddo27]

Good old Luxembourg, always there, every night with its deep fades and phase distortion but somehow that never spoiled anything, it wasjust the character of the station. Through my school days in the 70s it was a reliable mate, company when I couldn't sleep, a source of many a good tune heard for the fuirst time and many mornings I'd wake up with the transistor radio still tuned to 1440, and the german service chattering out of the little speaker. Sadly missed. RIP 208.

[ricbarwil]

Lovely to hear that music from radio Luxembourg again, takes me back to when we use to have our transistor radio on when we were night fishing on the banks of the Thames on those lovely warm summer evenings, back in the sixties. Many thanks for this piece of nostalgia

[flammasherman]

Oh the memories !.I think this is the Saulter Finnegan Orchestra with 'The Doodletown Fifers ', probably a slightly different version to the transmitted one, but absolutely great - pure nostalgia !, many thanks .

[AnthonyUK]

And at midnight, the German service left 49.26metres Shortwave to make way for the English Service and the three local FM stereo frequencies 89.0/92.5 and 97.0Mhz also carried the english service. The Shortwave service at Junglinster operated at 50kW erp with an omnidirectional beam which spread right round the world. At certain times the English Service would also get the use of 15350kHz in the 19metre band at 10kW erp from Junglinster but this was a highly directional beam aimed at Canada.

[AnthonyUK]

The German service generally got 1440kHz at 600kW for the daytime hours from 04.00am-18.00pm UK(5.00am-19.00pm CET) then from 18.00pm at full power 1200kW on the night aerial there was a dutch/multilingual programme until 18.30pm then Rai International would present a 15 min news and current affairs programme called Qui Italia aimed at Italians living in northern europe followed by a 15min religeous programme by MS Heukelbach followed by the English Service at 19.00pm until 03.00am next morning.

[KlipKlaar]

I lived in Hamburg, and the local NDR was sooo boring in the late 70s and early 80s (and it still is!!!). But when it got dark in the evening, RTL was receiveable on 208m AM ('Mittelwelle') even sometimes the German program on SW 6090 kHz. Under the bedsheets, of course ツ

[prisonerfan]

I used to listen to the Decca top ten on a saturday night. It was quite late and I had a little transister radio (a perdio) and I remember the stones being played and also Google Eye by Nashville Teens. Must have been about 1964?

[getjiggy21]

PS and yes I used to listen to luxembourg under the sheets!

[getjiggy21]

Does anyone remember a show on one of the pirate radio stations that used to read-out peoples' letters of heartbreak while an american piece of music that sounded beautiful, played in the background?

I'd love to hear that song in its entirety instead of bit here and there.

[soultime81]

I used to have to re-tune the transistor every night after my dad had listened to it during the day - Mary Hopkins singing "Goodbye" at 7pm was the cue for the English transmission and a whole night of absolutely great music!

[gab21113]

The original of the tune is "Year of Jubilo", an American Civil War song by Henry Clay Work.

[oreodontist]

Memories. My radio was tuned to Radio Luxembourg from 69 to 72. I used to tape songs with a microphone on to my then new Philips cassette recorder...every time I hear those songs I expect to hear the same squeaks, scratches and DJ cut in at the end of the music.

[geeksterpete]

Yep,did the same thing with radio under the pillow.The trick was getting the volume correct so only you could hear without waking mum and dad ! 73's M3VOY

[adriatic111]

my transistor was also under pillow :)

[AnthonyUK]

Radio Luxembourg also broadcast the English Service to international listeners at certain times using 6090kHz Shortwave at 50kW omnidirectional power Junglinster Luxembourg Europe from midnight to 3am UK and on 15350kHz Shortwave at 10kW directional power Junglinster Luxembourg Europe aimed at N.America from 7pm to midnight UK and at certain other times when the French Service wasn't using 15350. The

6090kHz SW frequency often gave better reception worldwide than the 15350kHz SW frequency.

[TooDarnSoulful]

thanks for this trip down memory lane....I was the other listener !! :)