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Keep enjoying your radio, and many thanks again.

Luxembourg led the way and was always uplifting to listen to.

Other stations learnt a lot from luxy! Will they ever overtake it? Unless there’s a lot of changes to stations, music and people then we’ll just carry on missing the Luxy stuff that was played as well as the talented and interesting sounds of the professional disc jockeys then.

As Ella says, it seems that a little static can add atmosphere to a radio station — within limits. I wonder where you were listening from, and what the reception was like for you.

Inspired 208th post!

There are a few longer recordings here and there on the web and for those who’d like to relive the sounds of the period here are a few links gleaned from the sources above.

My favourite Luxembourg DJ was Bob Stewart, whose marvellous transatlantic voice defined the sound of Radio Luxembourg for many years. A little-known fact is that Bob was actually from Liverpool, but when Luxy was looking for an American DJ he volunteered to impersonate one — and from that single moment both he and the station never looked back.

Here’s a sound of Bob Stewart, followed by some Bob Stewart and Jodie Scott from the satellite era (1992). I’ve also picked out this short clip of (really) American DJ Benny Brown from 1981, and another from a much more British Rob Jones.

Meanwhile, this abridged version of the Mike Hollis show in 1990 has just enough static to give a real feeling of the listening experience which the station always provided in the UK.

And finally, here’s a very short snippet from Stuart Henry (my sister loved him best of all) who carried on broadcasting on the station for many years despite his declining health with MS. Sadly Stuart died in 1996.

As a fellow devotee of radio, I’d of course heard of Radio Luxembourg but never actually heard any of its broadcasts. The audio clips you included were a treat — the first one, especially, immediately brought to mind Boss Radio and its characteristic jingle pattern. And lo and behold, when I looked for something to explain Boss Radio better than I can, I discovered a British connection:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_Radio

Here’s the oddest thing. In an age when the world is brought to our living rooms on TV and live streams onto our computer screens, there is nothing more riveting than a short wave radio bringing in the crackling signal from a land far away. So big deal that I can watch PM’s Question Time each week; it doesn’t hold a candle to hearing Big Ben chime on Auntie via short wave.

Wonderful stuff, roads. Thank you for this post.