01/12/2025
Well hello there folks....
"It's a new dawn, it's a new day
It's a new life for DAB, yeah
And I'm feelin' good"
Some three and a bit years in the making, we've changed logos, we've had people in, people out. God knows how many quizzes. Oodles of top quality guests. Blonde hair, pink hair. Panda revolutions, cake faces. Hot Chips 1. Weetabix races. Food challenges. Gargantuan burps. Competitions. Scandals. Boring bits. Tech challenges. Fire drills. Lost audio files. Replacement mixing desks 1. Hot chips 2 - no less painful. Long trousers. Short shorts. Eurovisions. At least 4 mistimed swear words. A couple of tantrums. Missed flights. Various plagues. Replacement mixing desk 2. Will we FM, won't we FM? Numerous, "We are DAB-ing, we're not doing it yet" cycles.
False starts.
Photo finishes.
And yet, here we are. THE FIRST OFFICIAL NON-TEST DAB+ day. And we could not be happier*
We've had a couple of constants throughout these last 1,150 something days, GREAT MUSIC and GREAT LISTENERS.
THANK YOU.
Here's our day's offering: https://today.rtl.lu/radio
- It's the (likely) emotional team of Sam, Mer and Sasha ringing in our VERY FIRST live show on DAB+. There'll be games, news, music, giveaways. Maybe even dancing. Tune in to find out. in on 621 52 5000. We've fancy new JINGLES, new sounds for our backing beds and a new look too.
- Steps is fresh from plugging his nose with tissues and being an unpaid Uber driver for his kids and has ready for you. You might get to meet Rick. We shall see. New music, old music, relevant music. GOOD MUSIC.
- Lucy G has ready for business. and musings on the 00s.
- An at 3pm, allows us all to take a break and take stock.
- with Tom at 4pm. Four hours of floor-fillers and nostalgia vibing. Your perfect hometime source.
- Ethan heads up at 8pm. Brought to you by at Rockhal - the heavier side of our playlist.
- at 9pm. Host and venue picks time. Check out what's been tickling our ears.
BIG THANKS TO: the irreplaceable G, Manu the human Taz, Sandra B for fighting our corner, the entire tech and graphics team. The RTL Today desk. Our stellar news reading team, ad voicers and guest voxxers. Dave G for helping us round tricky corners. Stephan H for the rebranding guidance. Christophe Goosens - it may seem obvious, but without his belief that we are the little engine that could, we may never have gotten here. AND ANYONE who has pitched in, voiced a bit or been in any way involved....cheers.
: EVERYTHING since we started. Where have you been? We forgive you - but you're not getting our last cookie any time soon. Make sure you don't miss the next 3 years, will ya?
: in 1991 Vanilla Ice started a four-week run at No.1 in the UK with the single 'Ice Ice Baby'. The track sampled the bass intro to the Queen and David Bowie No.1 'Under Pressure'. 'Ice Ice Baby' was initially released as the B-side to the rapper's cover of 'Play That Funky Music', and became the A-side after US DJ's started playing it.
The 'this might make you sound smart in the cafeteria queue tidbit': Wombats use their droppings to warn other animals to stay off their turf. Luckily, their cube-shaped (yes cube shaped) p**p makes it easy to see that a spot is governed by wombats, as the little squares tend to stay put more easily than spherical droppings would. OUCH. You're welcome.
Have a good one...
RTL Today Radio - The Heartbeat Of Luxembourg (now on DAB+)
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