FAB FACTS
Facts, photos and information.

LINKS
Other sites about Radio Luxembourg.

MEMORIES
The memories of Radio Luxembourg - as remembered by the listeners.

THE 208 STAFF
Photos of Luxembourg staff.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Luxembourg staff today.

THE EARLY YEARS
Radio Luxembourg in the 1930s.

THE RADIO LUXEMBOURG FORUM
Interactive room where you can communicate with other 208 enthusiasts.

THE STATION TODAY
What about Radio Luxembourg today?

VILLA LOUVIGNY TOUR
Take a closer look on this building which housed Radio Luxembourg most of the years.

The station transmitted to all of Europe via the powerful transmitter site in Marnach on 1439 kHz (later 1440 kHz), 208 metres in the medium wave band. The transmitter pumped out 1300 kW and was Europe's most powerful (only hit by a Russian site which had more power). Radio Luxembourg ceased transmissions from the 208 transmitter December 30. 1991 to be available on satellite and short wave only. Unfortunately CLT decided to close the station at the end of 1992 because it made no money out of the programmes. Luxy returned on the great 208 for one night only - the date when the station's final programme was aired - December 30. 1992.

Long wave transmitter in Junglinster (RTL's French programme).

The station of the stars had the longest-running chart show. "Top 20" started in 1948, presented by Teddy Johnson. The last show, then named "The Original Top 20", was broadcast December 27. 1992 by Tony Adams. Sometimes during the 1970s and 1980s the chart was split up in various music genres. Names like "Top 30 UK", "Top 30 Disco" and "Easy-Listening Top 30" were on the air almost every night. But the station dropped those charts later and went back to the weekly Top 20 system on Sunday evenings. The show have had legendary presenters like Paul Burnett, Barry Alldis, Shaun Tilley, Tony Adams, Teddy Johnson, Peter Antony and Bob Stewart, to mention a few.

During the years several of people worked for the station in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. This photo of the staff in the studio is from the front side of a QSL card. Such a card was sent out to listeners, DXers and radio hobbyists as a verification that they actually heard Radio Luxembourg when reporting a programme from the station. There were even a little programme named "Earthlink" aired from the Luxembourg studio, mentioning letters and reception reports from the listeners. And the letters were from all parts of the world: New Zealand, USA, Canada, Norway, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Italy and several other countries.

Take a look at another Luxy QSL card.

Stamp of Dudelange with the TV transmitter on the hill. Issued September 1. 1955.

Stamp of the long wave transmitter in Junglinster. Issued May 18. 1953.

Radio Luxembourg´s return after the closure in 1992 has been planned, and in September 2005 Luxy was back with a classic rock format. But this screensaver was made some years before that - during the first attempt to relaunch the station. For unknown reasons the planned station at that time never started broadcasting.

Radio Luxembourg did catch the road in Great Britain. BBC Radio 1 FM had some roadshows during the 1990s, which were presented by former Luxy-jock Steve Wright.

T-shirts, pens, baseball caps and stickers. Radio Luxembourg offered goodies containing the present 208 logo to its listeners.

Photo at the right: A Luxembourg key chain from 1991.

In 1992 the station was running for 24 hours a day on satellite, with no transmissions on the 208 frequency. Short wave listeners could tune in on short wave (6090 or 15350 kHz), but the conditions were not as good as on medium wave. Click on the schedule to view in original size.

Radio Luxembourg schedule from March 1992.

An older programme schedule from Radio Luxembourg.

During the heydays Radio Luxembourg had transmissions on medium wave only at night time. Besides this the English staff produced some radio programmes locally on FM in Luxembourg. One of the frequencies were FM 92.5 MHz.

Radio Luxembourg had many sponsored shows from various record labels. Like this, presented by Jimmy Savile.

Address label for the Radio Luxembourg office in London.

David "Kid" Jensen, pictured back in the early days of "Dimensions" on Radio Luxembourg.

The RTL channels expanded - RTL Plus was a satellite station broadcasting to Germany.

Radio Luxembourg's sister station RTL Radio - a station broadcasting in the German language. This station lives today - they specialize in the oldies format.

Site updated 01.03.2008

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