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Archive on 4: Commercial radio pioneer Leonard Plugge documentary

MikeBrMikeBr Posts: 7,896
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Archive on 4 Saturday 2000 has a new documentary on Leonard Plugge, whose International Broadcasting Compnany had programmes on many pre-war commercial radio stations in Europe, most well known of which was Radio Normandie.
More information at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04frcvv

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    NosediveNosedive Posts: 6,602
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    I think you mean Saturday @ 20:00 hours? That's usually when archive on four is on.
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    the first Booksthe first Books Posts: 642
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    MikeBr wrote: »
    Archive on 4 Saturday 2000 has a new documentary on Leonard Plugge,

    Thanks Mike for the 'heads up' re this.
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    Andy WalmsleyAndy Walmsley Posts: 841
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    Last week there was a repeat on R4E of a 2000 documentary The First Pirate all about Plugge. It's still available to listen to:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0075rby

    It's a fascinating story about pre-war radio and Plugge was quite a character. In the documentary Les Woodland tries to find the site of the old Radio Normandy studios in Fecamp but fails to locate them, the assumption is the building was demolished after the war. But I'm certain that in the early 80s series The Story of Pop Radio that Bob Danvers-Walker goes back to the room that contained the studio. I haven't yet dug out my recording of that edition so not sure if I've misremembered it.
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    MikeBrMikeBr Posts: 7,896
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    Andy Walmsley wrote: »
    Last week there was a repeat on R4E of a 2000 documentary The First Pirate all about Plugge. It's still available to listen to:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0075rby

    It's a fascinating story about pre-war radio and Plugge was quite a character. In the documentary Les Woodland tries to find the site of the old Radio Normandy studios in Fecamp but fails to locate them, the assumption is the building was demolished after the war. But I'm certain that in the early 80s series The Story of Pop Radio that Bob Danvers-Walker goes back to the room that contained the studio. I haven't yet dug out my recording of that edition so not sure if I've misremembered it.

    That documentary and much more, 16 webpages on the station, are on Offshore Echo's
    http://www.offshoreechos.fr/radionormandie/RadioNormandy01.htm

    Christopher Edwards of Offshore Echo's posted on Facebook that the BBC TV series Coast are planning a feature on Radio Normandy, no date yet, they had contacted them for information.
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