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Contents 1 History of radio in the United Kingdom 1.1 Sources toolbox 1.2 BBC Radio 1.3 World War II 1.4 Development of FM Radio 1.5 Pirate Radio 1.5.1 Crackdown on pirate radio 1.5.2 Pirate radio influence on BBC Radio 1.6 Independent Local Radio 1.7 Commercial radio 1.7.1 National commercial radio 1.7.2 Local commercial radio 1.8 Digital Radio 1.9 See also 1.10 References 1.11 External Links 2 Digital radio in the United Kingdom

[edit] History of radio in the United Kingdom

[edit] Sources toolbox

Note: Verifiable third party sources for the bulk of information for this proposed article can be found at:

• BBC - The BBC Story
• BBC Research and Development - Milestones
• Frequency Finder UK - History of radio transmission - 1922-1967
• Frequency Finder UK - History of radio transmission - 1967-present
• MDS975 - Pirate Radio (Note: this article should include a brief introduction to the history of pirate radio in the UK, additional information should be added to the main UK pirate radio article.)
• MDS975 - UK Radio History 1
• MDS975 - UK Radio History 2
• MDS975 - UK Radio History 3
• Transdiffusion - Radiomusications

See also the relevant articles in Wikipedia for more sources of information.

Note: Do not copy this section into the article, Wikipedia articles are not a mere collection of external links.

[edit] BBC Radio

Main article: BBC Radio

[edit] World War II

See also: BBC Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme, BBC Forces Programme, BBC General Forces Programme, and BBC Home Service

[edit] Development of FM Radio

Main article: FM broadcasting in the UK

[edit] Pirate Radio

Main article: UK pirate radio

On March 28, 1964, Radio Caroline was founded.^[1]

[edit] Crackdown on pirate radio

On Monday, August 14, 1967, the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act became law.

[edit] Pirate radio influence on BBC Radio

[edit] Independent Local Radio

Main article: Independent Local Radio

Independent Local Radio (ILR)

[edit] Commercial radio

[edit] National commercial radio

The first and only national FM commercial broadcasting licence was advertised in the early 1990s. Classic FM was the first licensed radio station by the Radio Authority and began to broadcast on September 7, 1992.

[edit] Local commercial radio

Other radio stations licensed by the Radio Authority started to broadcast to fill in gaps in coverage not covered by the existing Independent Local Radio stations. Stations which launched include 102.2 Jazz FM on February 4, 1990.

[edit] Digital Radio

See also: Digital radio in the United Kingdom, Digital Audio Broadcasting, and Digital Radio Mondiale

[edit] See also

• History of radio

[edit] References

[edit] External Links

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[edit] Digital radio in the United Kingdom

See Digital radio in the United Kingdom.