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Radio Rollback ...For lovers of great music radio Radio Rollback celebrates the golden era of pop music radio from the 60s, 70s, & 80s. The Offshore Radio Stations, Radio Luxembourg, USA pop music radio and more. The Stations. The Deejays. The Jingles. Clips of the Deejays, the station, plus the jingles and the classic commercials. Also interviews with some of the people behind these great stations.
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Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
Radio Rollback Episode 045 Laser 558 is 40 Pt1
Laser 58 took Europe by storm when it launched from the MV Communicator on 24th May 1984.With an all hit fast paced format Presented by a slick team of American DJs. No dissimilar to Swinging Radio England, 20 years earlier.
With the tag line, Laser 558, where you're never more than a minute away from music., Laser soon built up a massive audience.
On this episode, we speak to some of the people who brought us Laser 558 and play some clips of this exciting station.
On part one.
We chat with Paul Rusling and the trails and tribulations of getting the ship fitted out and get it to the North Sea. The failed Balloon ariels and hear from Johnny Lewis about, his visit to the radio ship to help get some sort of signal out of it.
Plus so great audio of the first days on air and some great radio, as test transmissions.
Notes
Paul Rusling's Books are a real incite to Laser and can be found on Amazon or detect from https://paulrusling.com/Author.html
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