Talk:Happy Station Show

I added some material from the "Radio Netherlands" page. BTW, there may have been seperate English and Spanish versions, but I clearly remember listening to the shows with Tom Meyer switching back and forth between English, Spanish, and Dutch that I listened to in the '70s. (I never did learn any Dutch from it though, unfortunately.) That was my favorite show. -- Infrogmation 15:32, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

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I note that the first external link spells the last name of the show's second host as "Meyer", while on the second we see "Meijer". Anyone have a definitive word on this? -- Infrogmation 16:01, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

"Meijer" is the way Tom's name is actually spelled, in Dutch. During his years on the show, he spelled it "Meyer" because he thought it easier for international audiences to remember (and pronounce). Since retiring from Radio Netherlands, however, he has used the Dutch spelling exclusively. gar in Oakland 01:55, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. -- Infrogmation 03:10, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Added Internal Links

I have added Internal Links to this article. Kathleen.wright5 12:14, September 2007 (UTC)

And most have now been removed - as in every other article recently with Kathleen.wright5 and "Internal Links Added" in its history - and as I've said in several other places, many of these wikilinks are unnecessary!

So please don't create redlinks (look here) or link every other common word in articles.....Zir 23:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

The show's invisible helper

It was perhaps in 1966 or 1967 that I first heard Eddie's voice on 6+++kHz on an old Bakelite cased 'Ekco' valve radio that my late father & I managed to coax back into life. Many years later, awoken by the sound of the 'Carillon' interval signal, my Sunday morning was still enlightened by Tom Meijer and his eclectic mix of music and news, although I'm not sure I was a great fan of Tom's singing voice! A silent figure in the background during Tom's stewardship of the programme was 'Happy Station Jean' (Van Veen?) I would like to see more references within these pages to the background staff who contributed to the success and popularity of this programme over the years. 79Thatcherite (talk) 01:15, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

• I was used to hear Happy Station during 80s and 90s. Of course it came to an end during 1990s. As to background staff. I distinctly remember his Secretary Rosemary and one more lady by name Gertie. I have many post cards where you can see Rosemary. The rules of uploading photos in wiki are so tough , I am not encouraged to upload.--Vu3ktb (talk) 17:00, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

• In the first revived Happy Station Programme for which a link for down load was provided in the article, the first ever comment heard (eactly at 16:10 to 17:20 was from me as one of the oldest listeners of Happy station.--Vu3ktb (talk) 09:11, 22 March 2009 (UTC)