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Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Monday, April 07, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Taffy: I Love My Radio...
She wasn't Welsh, as far as I know, but an Italian model who'd always wanted to put out a record. And this was her first and only attempt and a top five hit. Radio Luxembourg played it regularly, but the BBC's Radio 1, which, in the 1980s was the single most powerful force in British pop, refused to playlist it unless she rerecorded, altering the line "my midnight radio" to "my DJ's radio". Why? Because Radio One switched off at midnight! Those were the days! When people listened on AM (Radio Luxembourg had the most powerful transmitter in the world: a million kilowatts of power blasting music all over Europe, but most specifically to the United Kingdom)... yes and Radio One used to shut down at 00:00 hrs!
Monday, October 08, 2007
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