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In 1952, a new version of the Ovaltineys' radio show was aired at 18:15 on Sunday evenings over Radio Luxembourg on its new "208" medium wave transmitter. The radio theme song We Are The Ovaltineys also experienced a comeback in 1975 when it was used by Ovaltine in a TV advertisement and released as a single record.
In 1952 a new version of the Ovaltineys' show was aired once more at 6:15 pm on Sunday evenings over Radio Luxembourg on its new 208m (1441kHz) Medium Wave transmitter. In the late 1960s the Ovaltineys' Club was relaunched and aimed at modern children and, in addition to their badge, members received a record with instrumental songs performed ...
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 the Rolling Stones , which could be interpreted as a dig at Luxembourg's fluctuating signal strength.
In Britain the single was issued on the Major Minor label and in May 1968 stalled at No. 46 in the singles chart, [4] though it served as a theme tune for certain radio stations including Chiltern Radio Supergold, Radio Caroline and Radio Luxembourg. BBC World Service used the tune to introduce the documentary series, Network UK, in the 1980s.
Stuart Henry (24 February 1942 – 24 November 1995) was a Scottish disc jockey on pirate radio station Radio Scotland from January 1966 to September 1967. He then worked at BBC Radio 1 from its start in 1967. Between 1967 and 1969 he was one of the regular presenters of BBC's Top of the Pops. He left the BBC in 1974 to join Radio Luxembourg. [1]
During 1963 he sent copies of his short, home-produced radio shows to Tape Recording Magazine, and they suggested sending a tape to the BBC. [3] " The Maurice Cole Quarter of an Hour Show" led to an appearance, in May 1964, as a guest on the BBC Home Service show "Midweek", and a few weeks later to an audtion at Broadcasting House.
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Camillo Jean Nicolas Felgen (17 November 1920 – 16 July 2005) was a Luxembourgish singer, lyricist, disc jockey, and television presenter, who represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 and in 1962.