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Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial broadcaster in Luxembourg.It is known in most non-English languages as RTL (for Radio Television Luxembourg). The English-language service of Radio Luxembourg began in 1933 as one of the earliest commercial radio stations broadcasting to both the UK and Ireland.
Radio Luxembourg in English from 1933 to 1939 and from 1946 to 1992 was an important forerunner of modern commercial radio in the United Kingdom. [citation needed] It was an effective way to advertise products by circumventing British broadcasting restrictions that were in place at the time. The English-language station, which broadcast from ...
Radio Paris wanted to set up a powerful peripheral radio station in Luxembourg, outside of the strict French regulations that only allowed public stations. [2] A 25-year agreement between the SLER and the Luxembourg government signed on 29 September 1930 ensured the Luxembourg government a fee of 30% on future profits of the station.
Radio Luxembourg was later joined by other well-known pirate stations received in the UK in violation of UK licensing, including Radio Caroline and Radio Atlanta (subsequently Radio Carolines North and South respectively, following their merger and the original ship's relocation), Radio London, and Laser 558, all of which broadcast from vessels ...
Location of Luxembourg (circled) RTL Radio began broadcasting as the German service of Radio Luxembourg on 15 July 1957. Along with the Saarland-based pirate radio Europe 1, Luxembourg interfered with the non-commercial monopoly imposed by the German states since broadcasting first started in the country.
Pages in category "Radio Luxembourg (English) presenters" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The club, founded in 1935, had its own radio show, Ovaltiney's Concert Party, on Radio Luxembourg, sponsored by the manufacturer. It achieved five million members in 1939. [1] This was a time when few people had televisions, and radio was all-important as a medium, and had huge audiences.
In 1969, he joined Radio Luxembourg, and, with a distinctive and powerful voice, became one of the key presenters on the station, sometimes credited as "Baby" Bob Stewart. The station's longest-serving presenter, he remained at Luxembourg for 18 years, and was best known as the host of country music and pop chart shows. [3] [5] [6]