Talk:Radio Luxembourg

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[edit] Personal testimony

Radio Luxembourg was and remains one of the most important radio stations in British musical history. Of course there is really no place for it in the digital age, but right up until the late 1980s it remained a great station with a unique sound all of its own. Exciting is the only word to describe 208. Even in the '70s when I was growing up a nightly 'date with 208' was essential. A wonderful line up of 'personality' DJ's always remembered......Tony Prince, Steuart & Ollie Henry, Rob Jones, Bob Stewart, Benny Brown, Barry Aldis, Mark Wesley, Benny Brown, Paul Anthony...the list could go on and on.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.37.195.208 (talk • contribs) 21:32, September 27, 2006.

[edit] Not a Pirate radio station

Luxy was never a pirate radio station. It was all legitimate, and the book Independent Radio (1972) will testify to that.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.155.128.15 (talk • contribs) 15:52, October 22, 2006 (UTC).

Radio Luxembourg never broke the law, because operation from outside UK jurisdiction was entirely legal. However, under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, listening to Radio Luxembourg was illegal (as it wasn't covered by the radio licence), so it counts as a pirate radio station by the second sufficient criterion. Bastin 11:33, 23 October 2006 (UTC)