Pioneering Commercial Radio the 'D-I-Y' Way

In this article, the author describes his career as a radio presenter, working on the very early commercial radio stations such as Radio Normandy, Radio Paris and Radio Luxembourg.

Pioneering Commercial Radio the ‘D-I-Y’ Way

Stephen Williams late of Radio Normandy, Radio Paris and Radio Luxembourg

It was while I was at prep-school that a friendly master invited me to listen to his wireless-set, a very novel experience for me. There was no broadcasting then in Great Britain so it was to a continental station we tuned – to the Eiffel Tower in fact. There was only a violin playing but it turned me into a wireless fanatic from then on. My schoolmaster encouraged me to build a crystal set of my own to be ready for British...

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