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Goodbye BRMB - We will be Free!

BRMB - 19/2/74 to 26/3/12

After 38 years, today marks the end of BRMB (the first independent local radio station in England outside London) is to be replaced in name by Free Radio.

Although the Melodimen claim not to have listened to BRMB since 1989, it is the end of an era as another iconic Birmingham brand name is lost to the airwaves.

BRMB will broadcast on 96.4FM to Birmingham and the West Midlands until 6:59pm today. Then at 7pm it will be free!



We will be free (Lonely Symphony) - Frances ruffelle
Text och musik: George De Angelis and Mark Dean.
UK Eurovision Song Contest Entry 1994.

We will tune in and expect a big ending naturally. Some nostalgic jingles and reflective banter. Oh DJ, please do play that song again...

The question is, which song to go out on?

We suggest Lonely Symphony (We will be free) or 'getting to the Point' We will be free (Lonely Symphony)...

After which a big countdown to 7pm - a new fanfaretastic Free Radio jingle followed by...



Free - Dana International
Text och musik: Stevie Wonder.
Performed as the Eurovision Song Contest Interval Act in Jerusalem 1999.

Farewell BRMB - we will be free!

Eurovision 2012: Iceland Greta Salóme & Jónsi - Never Forget your cardigan...

Iceland the land of snow, volcanoes, icicles, dramatic scenery, northern lights and designer nordic knitwear!



Greta Salóme & Jónsi - Never Forget
Text och musik: Gréta Salóme.

The winner of Söngthingy 2012 (that's Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins to show off) was the Icelandic version of Mundu eftir mér but Never forget it's now in English.

Gréta Salóme and Jónsi will represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

Eurovision 2012: UK - Engelbert Humperdinck sings Love will set you free!

Love will set you free - Engelbert Humperdinck
Text och musik: Martin Terefe and Sacha Skarbek.

The Melodimen are humperdinckingly excited to share the UK entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku on May 26th.

The BBC unvieled the swayalonga waltz today!

Good luck Engelbert at Eurovision representing the United Kingdom!

Humping Baku to the left hand side of the scoreboard we hope!

Eurovision 2012: San Marino - Facebook uh oh oh by Valentina Monetta

Facebook uh oh oh - Valentina Monetta
Text och musik: Ralph Siegel, Timothy Touchton and Jose Santana Rodriguez.

The song for San Marino for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

Click Like...?

Or will it be disqualified, request a new lyric or Sing sang song?

Eurovision 2012: Latvia - Beautiful Song and a beautiful video from Anmary

Beautiful song - Anmary
Text och musik: Ivars Makstnieks and Rolands Ūdris.

The Latvian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

Following the disappointment of not seeing an Air Malta plane in the Maltese Promotional Eurovision Preview video for 2012, the Melodimen are pleased to see that Latvia have got on board with Turkish Airlines to take off to Baku!

A Beautiful song which everybody knows and everybody hums, deserves a mention for:

Fab strutting down corridors...

Gimme Gimme Gimme a fiddle on the knobs in the studio moment...

Gimme Gimme Gimme Headphones...

Gimme Gimme Gimme fab wannabe backing singers!

Along with the going round and round 'videography' in Sound Division Studio.

SuBtle product placement: SWH Radio, Turkish Airlines, Edole Castle...

Flash mob tastic dancing at Riga Airport

And great style och consulting (thanks to Castillanails) at Edole Castle, in front of a schlagertastic wind machine!

12 points to Anmary with her Beautiful song and videography...

Gloria Hunniford would love it.

Eurovision 2012: Malta - This is the night to promote your song with a music video..

This is the night - Kurt Calleja.
Text och musik: Johan Jämtberg, Kurt Calleja and Mikael Gunnerås.

I'll be flying high - this is the night....

Where is the Air Malta plane?!

A PBS Production sponsored by Mediterranean Bank.

The deadline for the submission of songs for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 is Monday 19th March. Most songs are public, apart from Belgium and United Kingdom.

We are humperdinckingly excited about the BBC revealing the UK song for Eurovision sung by Englebert Humperdinck at 10 am on the BBC Eurovision website and Uncle Ken Bruce playing it on good old funky BBC Radio 2.

With the National Final Season over, it is time to release the promotional preview videos...

You can Mediterranean Bank that Malta will have one...

Eurovision 2012: Sweden - Euphoria at Globen as Loreen wins Melodifestivalen!

Euphoria - Loreen.
Text och musik: Thomas G:son and Peter Bostrom.

The winner of Melodifestivalen 2012 and representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest is Loreen with Euphoria!

The Melodifestivalen 2012 result could not have been Finer.



But Melodifestivalen Dawned a Finer star - Lynda Woodruff aka Melodimen blog reader Sarah Dawn Finer!

"Moving on from Eric Shazay in Doozeldorf To Buku to Buku in Azerbujzum with (check script) Lorreyan"



"Crash, Boom, Bang, the month of May is just around the corner...!"

Inget konstigt alls!

Eurovision 2012: Into the land of broken dreams... it is Melodifestivalen Andra chansen...

Who will end up the Top Cats?

Will it be Youngblood or slightly older but schlagertastic blood?

Will we end up In the land of broken dreams?

Find out, live och direkt on svt at 7pm GMT.

Don't let me down Sweden!

UK Eurovision 2012 entry is Engelbert Humperdinck with a song by Adele's somebody like you songwriter!!

The United Kingdom entry for the Eurovision Song Contest is to be sung by: Engelbert Humperdinck!

Text och musik: Martin Terefe, Sacha Skarbek, Mary J, Adele and Lana del Rey.

Humperdincking to Baku!