LBC
(1973-present)
thing and radio station
Aged 51
Wikidata WikipediaLBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is a British phone-in and talk radio station owned and operated by Global and based in its headquarters in London. It was the UK's first licensed commercial radio station, and began to broadcast on Monday 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio. The launch of LBC also saw the beginning of Independent Radio News broadcasting, as LBC provided the service to independent local radio stations nationwide. LBC broadcast only to London until 2006, at which time it became available, via digital radio, in some other parts of the country. It has been available nationwide since 2014. LBC has a like-branded sister station – LBC News – which is dedicated to rolling news, travel and weather. For some years, this station operated as a part-time station broadcasting during daytime hours only in London on 1152 AM and DAB. The station was relaunched as a 24-hour station on national DAB+ radio on Monday 28 October 2019. As of September 2022, the station broadcasts to a combined weekly audience of 3.8 million, according to RAJAR.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
On this site stood Communications House, birthplace of the UK's first independent commercial radio station LBC (London Broadcasting Company) and it's national and international news service IRN (Independent Radio News). Launched October 8th 1973
12 Gough Square, London, United Kingdom where it sited