Tell Them Radio

Check out - THE SOLID GOLD SIXTIES SHOWS found in the random audio section.
Each 1 hour programme presented by Geoff Dorset has music and chat from and about each year in the 1960's.
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" We go the extra mile...because they did! "
TELL THEM RADIO LAUNCHED 31ST DECEMBER 2009.- Our playlist now stands at over 1200 songs.
To listen you can either click the NOW PLAYING LIVE and name of the song or the word "High" that appears underneath the various media icons. Both of these are at top of this page.
We also have a request system. In the Navigation box on the left is a line that says "request a song". Click it and choose from the list..
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Now journey back with us to the golden age of radio with the songs and tunes that our forefathers and mothers used to listen and dance to.Streaming on the internet 24 hours a day.
To an age when Britain was at war with Nazi dominated Europe. When the shout of “Squadron scramble ! “ meant young pilots flying off to dog-fight to the death with the hordes of enemy bombers and their fighter escorts. Days of rationing as the U-boat menace caused heavy losses in men and ships in the Atlantic.

.."Close up Red Two!"........"Torpedo away!"........El Alemein...

These are the songs and tunes that were common at the time and helped to keep spirits up, even in the darkest days, until our first major land victory at El Alemein and the beginning of the road back to freedom.
Listen to the great singers such as Vera Lynn, Al Bowlly and Anne Shelton. The great dance bands such as those of Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet to name but three of many, are also included in our playlist, as well as many other well known entertainers who did their "bit" for the war effort.

...Anne Shelton.............Al Bowlly............Charlie Barnett Band.

We have also included some of the music from the late 1940's and 50's, as a war ravaged World strove to recover and rebuild.
Finally we haven't forgotten you "war movie fans" and include some theme songs specially for you.
So sit back, sing, tap your toes or dance to these great songs and "who cares if we're without the lights, they can't black-out the Moon!"

.....633 squadron.........A Bridge too far.........Dambusters...

"Puttin on the Blitz" - check out our diary for details of our next 1940's themed evening with live Big Band. Also has details of the next bookable battlefield tour.

Radio History Facts:
"Orange and Lemons" was the station identification of The Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme which went on air on the 7th June 1944 (i.e.D-Day + 1).The AEFP broadcast until the end of World War Two. This theme was then used by the BBC Light Programme during intervals in their service during the 1950's and 1960's.

On Tuesday 14th November 1922, the first BBC station 2LO started broadcasting in the Medium Waveband, from the roof of Selfridges in Oxford Street, London. The next day 5IT started broadcasting in Birmingham, and 2ZY went on the air in Manchester. 2LO reached an audience of about 18,000. By October all of the stations were in operation, and reached about half of the population, with signals that were strong enough to be received by a crystal set. In July 1925 the BBC opened a high power long wave transmitter at Daventry, which reached 55% of the population.
By this time about 85% of the population could receive the transmissions.A wireless transmitter
Although many different valve receivers were available from about 1923, crystal sets remained the most popular receivers for several years. This was due to their low cost and freedom from the expensive high tension batteries, and the re-charging of the low tension accumulators in the valve receivers. The early valves also had a relatively short life and so needed frequent replacement. Although crystal sets could only operate headphones, it was possible to connect several of them to a receiver so that a family could listen together. By the summer of 1925, one and a half million receiving licences had been issued.
A crystal radio

In the 1920's and 30's there were large numbers of radio kits on the market. These were popular as they were a lot cheaper than the ready built receivers.

The General Overseas Service (previously The Empire Service and now the BBC World Service) was an international service which beamed around the World from London with its news preceeded by the song "Lilliburlero", famous since 1943. Every news bulletin was preceded by this strict sequence: at 59.32 the announcer would say "This is London". At 59.35 "Lilliburlero" was played followed at 59.55 by the Greenwich Time Signal. The continuity announcer would then give the time - e.g. "Thirteen hours Greenwich Mean Time" and the news studio would be cued and the newsreader would say "BBC World Service. The news,read by....".

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