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Radio Andorra: Programme recording and transmission history
10 August 1969: Programmes recorded in Bill Hayes Muswell Hill home with Hugh Nolan and Terry Yason presenting.
16/17 August 1969: no transmission. The programmes were not broadcast because of the "poor quality" of the 7" reel-to-reel tape.
14 October 1969: Programme tapes recorded at Radio Luxembourg studios.
19 October 1969: With no tapes arriving the Radio Andorra French (language) DJ presented instead.
25 October 1969: With no tapes arriving the French DJ presented
26 October 1969: With no tapes arriving the French DJ presented.
29 October 1969: Programme tapes were recorded at Radio Luxembourg studios with Hugh Nolan presenting.
1 November 1969: With no tapes arriving the French DJ presented.
2 November 1969: 14 minutes of one tape was played and then the French DJ presented.
4 November 1969: Programme meeting Manchester Street.
6 November 1969: Test transmission on "300 metres" during which the French DJ presented.
9 November 1969: Test transmission was cancelled after tape was not recorded in time.
10 November 1969: Official move to 1 Harley Street from 11-15 Wigmore Street.
10 November 10: Programme tapes were recorded at Recorded Sound studios with Hugh Nolan presenting for two hours and Terry Yason for two hours.
15 November 1969: With no tapes arriving the French DJ presented.
16 November 1969: All of the tapes were played! This was the first play on a recorded programme.
18 November 1969: Blackhill Enterprises studios examined for possible use.
18 November 1969: Programme tapes were recorded at Recorded Sound studios with Hugh Nolan and Tommy Wadhill presenting.
23 November 1969: All of the tapes were played. This was the second play of a recorded programme.
26 November 1969: Part of the previous tapes was replayed and then French DJ presented.
26 November 1969: Programme tapes recorded at Radio Luxembourg studios with Terry Yason presenting and interviewing Jimmy Miller over Rolling Stones “Let it bleed”.
29 November 1969: No transmission because the tapes did not arrive in time.
30 November 1969: With no tapes arriving the French DJ presented for one hour.
7 December 1969: Five of the six half hour tapes were played with three transmitter outages. The transmitter closed down at the crossover of tape 5 and tape 6. This was the third and final play of a recorded programme.
Radio Monte Carlo: Programme recording and transmission history
26 December 1969: Programme meeting at Terry Yason’s parent’s home at Langley Avenue, Eastcote attended by Terry, Simon Hands, Hugh and Jackie Nolan, Geoffrey Bass and Betty, and Ian Anderson.
29 December 1969: Recording of programme tapes at Radio Luxembourg cancelled at last moment due to non payment of bills. Alternative arrangements were made to use Recorded Sound.
30 December 1969: Programme tapes recorded at Radio Luxembourg studios with Terry Yason presenting.
4 January 1970: Transmission booking cancelled due to the delay of the tapes with an Air France strike.
7 January 1970: First “Radio 205” broadcast.
9 February 1970: Programme tapes recorded at London Media Radio with Hugh Nolan and Terry Yason presenting alternative hours and the first mention of Radio Geronimo.
15 February 1970: Second tapes, and first Radio Geronimo, broadcast.
17 February 1970: Programme tapes recorded at London Media Radio with Hugh Nolan and Terry Yason presenting alternative hours.
22 February 1970: Third broadcast and the first of the “official” programmes.
24 February 1970: Programme tapes recorded at London Media Radio with Hugh Nolan and Terry Yason presenting.
1 March 1970: Tapes broadcast.
3 March 1970: Programme tapes recorded at London Media Radio with Hugh Nolan and Terry Yason presenting.
8 March 1970: Tapes broadcast.
Radio Andorra: 15/16 November 1969
Radio 428: First use of 1 Harley Street address
Recording location: studio of Recorded Sound Studios Limited, 27-31 Bryanston Street, London W1H 7AB.
Recording date: Monday 10 November 1969 (four one hour tapes recorded).
Tape: Agfa at 7.5 inches per second (giving just over 60 minutes per reel).
Announcer (raps): Terry Yason (two tapes) and Hugh Nolan (two tapes).
Turntable mixing and music segues: Mike Bobak and Ian Anderson.
Tape engineer: Mike Bobak (RSS)
Turntables and pick up arms: 1 x Garrard 301, 1 x Garrard 301 (not working properly) and 1 x Goldring Lenco.
Tape machines: Ampex
Microphone: (STC) 4048 ribbon
Headphones: STC
Mixer: Custom built studio.
Intended broadcast date: Radio Andorra morning of Saturday 15 November and morning of Sunday 16 November 1969.
Broadcast: Radio Andorra on the morning of Saturday 15 November 1969 – no tape, French DJ instead (2 hours 15 minutes). Radio Andorra on the morning of Sunday 16 November 1969, from 01:05 all four tapes played.
Broadcast history: No interruptions.
Radio Andorra: 23 November 1969
Radio Rupert
Recording location: studio of Recorded Sound Studios Limited, 27-31 Bryanston Street, London W1H 7AB.
Recording date: afternoon of Tuesday 18 November 1969.
Tape: Agfa at 15 inches per second (giving just over 30 minutes per reel).
Announcer (raps): Hugh Nolan with Tommy Wadhill.
Turntable mixing and music segues: Terry Yason and Ian Anderson.
Tape engineer: Mike Bobak (RSS)
Turntables and pick up arms: 1 x Garrard 301, 1 x Garrard 302 (not working properly) and 1 x Goldring Lenco.
Tape machines: Ampex
Microphone: (STC) 4048 ribbon
Headphones: STC
Mixer: Custom built studio.
Intended broadcast date: Radio Andorra morning of Sunday 23 November 1969, to be repeated morning Wednesday 26 November.
Broadcast: Radio Andorra on the morning of Sunday 23 November 1969. Part of tape 1 to John Faye and then French DJ on Wednesday 26 November 1969.
Broadcast history: No interruptions.
