Radio

The BBC Handbook for 1968 explains how BBC local radio is spreading

In 1971, the government prepares to announce commercial radio. BBC-1’s ’24 Hours’ programme examines what system they might choose in this audio recording

Holocaust Memorial Day: the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby describes entering the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945

The BBC decides to reveal all when war breaks out

Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio – two ‘forgotten’ pop pirates.

Probably the greatest maker of radio Britain ever created… especially when the devil got into him

A beginner’s guide to broadcasting history

Liverpool’s Radio City celebrates being #1 in 1982

A look back at the first wave of ILR stations and where they are now

Welcome to Radio Merseyside

The Guardian in 1992 reports on a new BBC 24-hour news radio station

Radio 1 swings on to the air

Radio speaks peace until war comes

March 1950, and it’s time to retune your radio

Nigel Stapley twirls the FM dial in the days when that meant silence or hiss

Radio 1’s oldest listener looks back on a life tuning in to the wireless.

A past more interesting than the present

The story of London’s clandestine radio stations (1973)

Nigel Stapley remembers

Survey slaves are killing radio’s originality

What is really going on?

Welsh poetry on the air

Is DAB on the way out?

A life in student radio

Why can’t I listen to MyClassicFM?

The story of the Volksempfänger

BBC Listen Again goes upmarket – briefly

The birth of Radios 1-4

The coming of Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4

Robin Carmody looks back on his Moment

Roddy Buxton remembers

Recalling Radio 1

Mike Brown’s memories

Jonathan Bufton takes stock

More than Sunday Lunch

A love/hate relationship

Radio 4: a personal history

Radio One at 40

Kirk Northrop surprises himself

Growing up with Radios 1 & 2

What happened to ‘Free Radio’?

Nigel Stapley hits the SW Bands

Anatomy of a popular radio series

Glenn Aylett looks at sports coverage since 1945

James Barrington remembers Liverpool’s Radio City