1930 Timeline

August 11, 2025

1930

Radio Luxembourg increased its transmitter power, first to 250 W and then to 3 kW with an old transmitter from Radio Toulouse.

Programme listings began appearing regularly in the specialised radio press. Gradually, the amateur station gained recognition in a European radio scene poised for major change.

While most European governments were moving to nationalize radio stations, Luxembourg had almost no laws regulating broadcasting. Private French companies in particular turned their attention to the Grand Duchy as a way to escape government control.

In 1930, a French consortium, led by investors from Radio Paris and supported by the French government, was granted the concession to build a large transmitter in Luxembourg. The newly formed Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion (CLR) was granted a monopoly on broadcasting and soon prepared to move Radio Luxembourg from medium wave to longwave, with François Anen joining the company in a technical role.