The Sweet Sound of Radio 390

    The unique selling point of Radio 390 was its substantially different format - ‘sweet music’ (what     today may be termed ‘smooth’ or ‘easy listening’).

    Programmes were presented by ‘announcers’ and were generally of a shorter duration than     those of the other contemporary British offshore stations whose format was built around the     Top 40, with personality DJs presenting 3 hour shows. A typical Radio 390 programme schedule     for 1966 shows just what this format was like in practice :-

    For a taste of the programmes listeners to Radio 390 enjoyed click on these short extracts -

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Evening Serenade

Alan West

Stateside Special

Edward Cole

Dinner at 8

Christopher Clark

Swing Session

David Sinclair

Lunchbreak

Graham Gill

Masters of the Organ

Paul Beresford

The Russ Conway Show

Edward Cole

On the Scene

Christopher Clark

Keyboard Cavalcade

Edward Cole

Short extracts from some morning programmes - Morning Melody, Spotlight, Marie Simmone Hour, Masters of the Organ

Tea Time Tunes

Jonathon Hall

Music Bound

David Allen

Intermezzo

LeeGilbert

Memory Lane

Edward Cole

EXHIBITION INDEX

About Radio 390

Ted Allbeury

The Legal Fight

The Sweet Sound of Radio 390

Gallery

Do you have any other memorabilia about Radio 390 which we could add to this Special Exhibition?

If you do, and you are willing to allow the Museum to use it, please contact

orm@offshoreradiomuseum.co.uk

We look forward to hearing from you

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