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 of 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.
The Aqui Radio Andorra Mixcloud channel now has Radio 428 Night Waves from Andorra, a one hour documentary narrated in English by a French speaker. It was broadcast on 6005 shortwave last night.
The station later became Radio Geronimo, details of these broadcasts from Andorra here.
https://mb.boardhost.com/FreeRadioForum/msg/1676363602.html
Documentary includes two long extracts from their broadcasts with some excellent music.
https://www.mixcloud.com/AquiRadioAndorra/radio-428-night-radio-waves-from-andorra/
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