Just over a week later, on Tuesday October 16th, London's other commercial station began broadcasting. Here is the opening, complete with Richard Attenborough, the National Anthem (arranged by Malcolm Arnold and performed by the Royal Choral Society and the London Philharmonic Orchestra) and George Martin's wonderful station theme.
Another slice of British broadcasting history.
Capital Radio Tuesday October 16th 1973
Here are the programme proposals from Capital's original franchise application submitted to the Independent Broadcasting Authority in December 1972. How very different things were back in those early days.
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 'Capital Radio Calling', 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 :
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(It's scanned from the original document and, as a result of its age, the quality isn't brilliant).
Also here's 'Capital Radio Calling', 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/72157627892925378/
I remember sitting in the Capital foyer (Euston Towers) drinking champagne and orange juice - I presume there were some snacks as well.
ReplyDeleteWhether it is urban myth or not, I seem to remember being told that carpenters (?) were still fixing things in the studios up to the last minute.
One thing that sticks in my mind is Tommy Vance telling me that he didn't see a need for a chart show as only the record companies are interested if a record is no.1 or no.40. Buyers purchase a (45rpm!) record because they like it or not.