Happy Birthday, LBC - the UK's first Independent Local Radio station.
Hear the station's opening (unedited) - including the first news bulletin, read by Ken Guy, the first ad for Birds Eye Fish Fingers and the start of the Morning Show with David Jessel.
A true slice of British broadcasting history.
"Britain's first commercial radio station went on the air just a few minutes ago - and you're listening to it." - at 5'39".
Here are the programme proposals from LBC's original franchise application submitted to the Independent Broadcasting Authority in December 1972.
In those days only the winning applicant's programme proposals were made public - and not until after the station had begun broadcasting. The rest of the application - as well as all of the unsuccessful ones - remained confidential.
(It's scanned from the original document and, as a result of its age, the quality isn't brilliant).
Also here's the 4-page promotional "newspaper" published as part of the station's launch marketing.
As Blogger appear to have changed the way they display pictures - you can find the full-size versions at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauleaston/sets/72157627875888108/
Here are the programme proposals from LBC's original franchise application submitted to the Independent Broadcasting Authority in December 1972.
In those days only the winning applicant's programme proposals were made public - and not until after the station had begun broadcasting. The rest of the application - as well as all of the unsuccessful ones - remained confidential.
(It's scanned from the original document and, as a result of its age, the quality isn't brilliant).
Also here's the 4-page promotional "newspaper" published as part of the station's launch marketing.
As Blogger appear to have changed the way they display pictures - you can find the full-size versions at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauleaston/sets/72157627875888108/
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