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Article: Obituary: Stephen Williams
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 26, 1994
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Stephen Williams, broadcaster: born 31 March 1908; married; died
London 23 November 1994.
Music and speech crackling over the airwaves seemed a miraculous
phenomenon to a post-First-World-War generation, growing up in the
1920s. Stephen Williams, a preacher's son, shared this enthusiasm
for the wonders of wireless. Early experiments with crystal sets
led to a lifelong career in broadcasting and journalism. His
greatest achievement was helping to set up Radio Luxembourg in
1933, which gave British listeners an exciting commercial
alternative to the BBC; and it was he who was called on to make the
final announcement on the station when it ceased broadcasting 58
years later.
Williams seemed ...