19 April 1980

Saturday 19 April

1980-04-19

Events

 * Eurovision Song Contest held in The Hague, Netherlands.
 * Ireland won the contest with What's Another Year sung by Johnny Logan. In last place was the song Eurovision by Telex of Belgium. Live on BBC 1 from 8.00 pm with commentary by Terry Wogan.

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Radio

 * BBC Radio 1
 * In Concert. Introduced by John Peel with The Undertones and A Certain Ratio. (This was John Peel's last 'In Concert' after he had begun presenting the show in 1970).

Record Mirror
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