Can you still listen to Radio Luxembourg?

Can you still listen to Radio Luxembourg?

The short answer to this question is no, Radio Luxembourg doesn’t exist anymore. It stopped broadcasting at midnight on 30 December 1992. Radio Luxembourg first launched in 1933 and, despite the name, broadcasting was mainly aimed at listeners in the UK.

Did Radio Luxembourg come from Luxembourg?

Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial broadcaster in Luxembourg. The English-language service of Radio Luxembourg began in 1933 as one of the earliest commercial radio stations broadcasting to the UK and Ireland.

What wavelength was Radio Luxembourg?

Tragically for most listeners in Britain, the radio signal from Luxembourg was not always clear and suffered from a lot of interference. The radio station had two wavelengths on which it broadcast: 208 metres on Medium Wave and 49.2 metres on Short Wave.

Are there any pirate radio stations still operating?

Although it peaked throughout the 1960s and again during the 1980s/1990s, it remains in existence today. Having moved from transmitting from ships in the sea to towerblocks across UK towns and cities, in 2009 the UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom estimated more than 150 pirate radio stations were still operating.

What was the first record played on Radio Caroline in 1964?

The opening announcement was made by Simon Dee and the first programme (which was pre-recorded on tape) was a rudimentary Top 20 show, introduced by Chris Moore, with the first record being “Not Fade Away” by the Rolling Stones .

What were the first 3 songs played on Radio 1?

The first complete record played on Radio 1 was “Flowers in the Rain” by The Move, the number 2 record in that week’s Top 20 (the number 1 record by Engelbert Humperdink would have been inappropriate for the station’s sound). The second single was “Massachusetts” by The Bee Gees.