Radio Luxembourg

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Location of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (shown in red circle), home of the Radio Luxembourg transmitters, illustrating its relationship to listeners on the continent of Europe and within the British Isles.

Radio Luxembourg is the name of a commercial radio station with a history of broadcasting programs and services in many languages from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg since 1933 in conjunction with television and digital services on various frequencies and platforms.

• Radio Luxembourg (French) - 1933-1939 and 1951- is the original Long Wave service that began in 1933 as a daytime and evening service in the French language Monday to Saturday and until 12 Noon on Sundays. Throughout the week some English language programmes were interspersed into the French language format. For a time immediately after Radio Luxembourg resumed service following WWII, the Long Wave transmitter became known as Radio Luxembourg I after a Medium Wave transmitter on 208 metres commenced service as Radio Luxembourg II.
• Radio Luxembourg (English) - 1933-1939 and 1951-1992. From 1933 onwards this this station was heard over the Long Wave transmitter. A full schedule of English language programmes were presented after 12 Noon on Sundays and several English language programmes were also interspersed within the mainly French language format on other days of the week. The service closed down in 1939 when WWII hostilities began. In 1951 the English language programmes resumed their pre-war format on the original Long Wave transmitter which also became identified as Radio Luxembourg I. When a new Medium Wave transmitter was added and dedicated to English language programming every evening, it was at first identified as Radio Luxembourg II, but it became famous with call sign of "208, your the station of the stars". The station closed down in 1992.
• Radio Luxembourg (German) - this commercial service began when the Medium Wave transmitter on 208 metres was brought into service as a daytime station in the German language. At night the transmitter was turned over to the English language service.
• Radio Luxembourg (WWII) - when the original Long Wave transmitter fell into the hands of the German Army it was turned over to the propaganda services of Nazi Germany as a relay station. Following the liberation of the Grand Duchy, the facilities were turned over to Allied American control and used as a clandestine station identified as Nachtsender 1212. At the end of the War these transmitters were then used to broadcast programmes under the identification of the Voice of America.
• Radio Luxembourg (DRM) - this is a new English language service that began in 2005 using digital technology with no plans to reactivate any of the old AM signals because they are being used by other services within the RTL Group.

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