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 THE STAFF 

We have the name of some people who took part
in the operation of the station...


  > Of course, some names are missing. Please help us to update this list. 

Management :
French : Fernand LE GRAND (Chairman - Fondator), René LEGROS (Board of directors), Pierre LEGROS, M. TETLOW et M. BLONDEL
British : Leonard F. PLUGGE (International Broadcasting Company - London), Georges SHANKS, Max STANIFORTH


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F.Le Grand                          

Fernand Le Grand (Emissions Radio Normandie),         Leonard Plugge (IBC managing director)         Georges Shanks (IBC administrator) 

Engineers (french) :
Joseph BOUFFAY (Gardener), Albert DRELANGUE, André CHARBONNIER, M. DE ROTALIER, M. FERHENBACH, Jean GRIFFEN, M. JANSSEN, Jean LAGEIX, M. LE DEUNF (station manager Louvetot), Pierre LEGROS, Jean LENORMAND (diesel engineer), Joseph MALANDAIN (engineer), M. MICHEL (engineer), M. MONCHY, Rémi PICARD (engineers)

Reporters (french service) in Paris and Rouen :
Marie-Madeleine FOURCADE, Jean LE POVREMOYNE, Fernand POUEY

Caudebec castle :
Mrs BULAN (private secretary), Mrs CORRUBLE (Francine Lemaître's private secretary), Mrs LE SOUEF (switchboard operator), Mr Maurice PARRAIN (driver of recording van  - in Normandy territory), Marc SWARTZ (?) aka Uncle Marc, Mr (Joseph ?) MALANDAIN (orderly)
, Mme DELACOUR (Pianist French Children Hour)

French announcers
:
André BECASSE (Cousin André), Maurice BENARD (Cousin Maurice), André BRIAND, Pierre GARNIER, Francine LEMAITRE (Aunt Francine), René MALANDAIN, Gustave MILET, Nicolas, Roger OLIVIER, Roland VIOLETTE (Uncle Roland)

English announcers (International Broadcasting Company)  :

In red :
announcers in Fecamp / Caudebec Studios  (List from Keith Wallis's book : "And The World Listened" Kelly Books London

E.E. ALLEN
Godfrey BOWEN
W. BROWN-CONSTABLE
A. CAMPBELL
Nancy CROWN
J.W. CUMMINS
Henry CUTHBERTSON
Bob DANVERS WALKER (Uncle Bob) announcer
David J. DAVIES      please see > http://www.lmradio.org/People02.htm
Thorp DEVEREUX
C.A. DICK
Norman EVANS
J.R.L. FELLOWES

H.V. GEE
S.H. GORDON-BOX
H.K. HITCHCOCK
C.P. HOPE
Ralph HURCOMBE
William Evelyn KINGWELL (le tout premier présentateur entendu sur l'antenne)
Frank LAMPING
Kenneth MACONOCHIE
Benjy McNABB (entendu aussi sur le Poste Parisien)
F. MIKLAVCIC
P. MIKLAVCIC
Ian NEWMAN (David Newman)(1)
E.J. OESTERMANN
Roger OLIVIER(2)
Roy PLOMLEY
Tom RONALD (puis le Poste Parisien en 1934)
Allan ROSE
John SELBY
Faith SHIPWAY
Max STANIFORTH (a rejoint Radio Toulouse)
W. STEWART-SAUNDERS
John SULLIVAN
Alan THOMPSON
Stephen WILLIAMS (a rejoint Radio Paris et Radio Luxembourg en 1933)
Graham WILSON
Hilary WONTNER



(1) Read David Newman's letters >  
  Letters


(2) according to a message from Mr Patrick Olivier, Mr Roger Olivier's nephew
 


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English announcers presenting "live" from Fécamp or Caudebec Studios

Max Staniforth
(one of the 1st announcers)

Roy Plomley
(announcer)
David (Ian) Newman (announceur) David Newman in action

Uncle Bob
Bob Danvers Walker
 
(chief announceur)
David Davies
(chief announceur)
Stephen Williams
(one of 1st announcers)
Another photo of Stephen Williams (1990)
 
Stars heard on Radio Normandy. Most of programmes were recorded in London

Carroll Levis Billy Cotton (conductor) Donald Peers George Formby
Cyril Fletcher Bebe Daniels
and her husband Ben Lyon
Vic Oliver Neal Arden
     
Jack Jackson      



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 English programme of IBC Stations
published by "RADIO PICTORIAL"




The cover of Radio Pictorial (August 31, 1934) shows the sino-American actress Anna May Wong, a very famous person at this period, in the middle of a map of  IBC transmitters. The weekly magazine published the English program timetables proposed by these continental transmitters.

 

British programme     

Click on the picture for enlarge (programme Dec 13, 1936)

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  • -
    Last programme on Thursday, September 7th, 1939

    on Radio Normandy,
    last day before the declaration of war...  


     
    6 h. 30   : After signature tune « Les vieux pommiers de Normandie », on waking up, military music.
      6
    h. 50   :
    Press review from the  « Journal de Rouen ».

     
    7 h. 00   : Physical training.
     
    7 h. 15   :
    Road news. Weather forecast.
     
    7 h. 30   : Military music.
      8 h
    . 00   :
    Various music.
     
    8 h. 15   : Ciné-magazine.
      8 h.
    30   : Press review from the « Paris­Soir » studio in Paris (by phone).
      8 h. 40   : Astrology.
      8
    h. 45   :
    British music.
      9 h
    . 00   : Varieties.
      9 h.
    15   : Stay in good health.
      9 h. 20   : Sounds of the banjos.
      9 h. 30   : Harold Ramsay and his organ.
      9
    h. 45   : Teddy Randall and his orchestra.
    10 h. 00   : From Lisieux, religious music.
    11 h. 00   : Recording opera singers Ninon Vallin and Georges
    Thil.
    11 h. 30   : Operetta (extracts).
    12 h
    . 00   : Concert for listeners of R.N.
    12 h. 30   : News by «Paris-Soir».
    13 h
    . 00   : The Children Hour.
    14 h
    . 00   : Records asked by listeners.
    14
    h. 15   : The Adventures of Mr Keen, detective.
    14 h. 30   : Concert by the Salvation Army orchestra.
    15 h. 00   : Novel of the humble wife of a celebrity.
    15 h. 15   : Stella Dallas novel.
    15 h. 30   : ED et DON, the famous cow-boys, in their show.
    15 h.
    45   : The musical mirror.
    16 h
    . 00   : Stars of the microphone, with Wilfrid Thomas.
    16 h. 15   : English hymns.
    16 h. 30   : The music of the stars.
    16 h.
    45   : The novel of Marmaduke, by Brown and Mathilde.
    17 h. 00   : The Adventures of a reporter of the crime.
    17 h.
    15   : The World Tour, with Sandy Powell.
    17 h. 20   :
    The Adventures of Vic Samson.
    17 h.
    45   : Greyhound racing.
    18 h. 01   : Market price of La Villette market at Paris.
    18 h. 05   : From Lisieux, concert of religious music.
    18 h. 50   : The minute of the « Journal de Rouen ».
    19 h
    . 00   : Jean Tranchant and Max Gilbert (recording).
    19 h. 45   : Bach and Henri Laverne (humorists).
    19 h. 55   : News by «Paris Soir ».
    20 h. 10   : Concert of RN listeners (Varieties).
    21 h
    . 00   : « Les contes d'Hoffmann », by Offenbach, from the Fecamp Casino.
    24 h
    . 00   :
    Varieties.
      0 h. 30   : English dance music.

     
    1 h. 00   : Close down.

Radio Normandy had worked that day for eighteen hours and thirty minutes,
but it was for the last time, because the war was there.