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1973-1975 |
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| Princess
Anne/Mark Phillips Wedding Pt 1 Pt 2 Pt 3 Pt 4 |
LBC's first ever major outside
broadcast. 14th November 1973, the station was only 6 weeks old.
Godfrey Talbot reported from Westminster Abbey, Paul Callan and Gillian
Strickland were in the Mall, David Jessell and Janet Street-Porter in
the studio. On the whole they did very well. This
was recorded off an
AM radio, and this produced the whining noise on the tape. (So I
asked for an FM radio for Christmas!). Part 4 starts with an extended
news bulletin read by Carol Barnes. Whole thing lasts about three and a
half hours. |
| 1973 Christmas
Pantomime |
Christmas
Day 1973, and "Tune
Again Whittington". Young Dick comes to London wanting to be Mayor but
instead begins the world's first commercial news radio station. Police
transmission interfered with this FM recording (nothing was easy in
those days!), and I tried to edit
these out by re-recording. Hence the quality is reduced as it was moved
from tape to tape. |
| 1973 New Year's Eve
part 1 |
Live link up with the just
started that day Radio Clyde (who were also linking with Capital...the
entire network together!), presented by Tony Fox and Stuart Francis
with Ken Guy on news and John Forrest (later to become Mr Nasty) in
Trafalgar Square. It starts with Capital Radio, which was being
broadcast by Clyde at the time. This runs into 1974 New Year's morning,
below. |
| 1974 New
Year's Morning part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 |
Into the New Year with the
Fox/Francis show. Part 3 starts with Ken
Guy reading 1230 news.
At 1am Denis Rookard takes over for a simulcast with Radio Clyde (the
first ever 261 jingles on LBC!) and more from Capital too. Part 4 also
contains talk about the shut down of television at 10:30pm due to the 3
day week. Most of this overnight edition of Nightline is here... LBC
active over night in its early days. (recording runs till about 4:30am) |
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Punchline
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Duncan Campbell and Andrew
Nicold present LBC's 1974 weekly satire show. A
reminder of the times
with 3 day week, Ted Heath as PM, etc. It didn't run for very long
(you'll know why when you hear it!) I recored 3 of the series, the 3rd
one was the last in the series, the "Christmas Special" (broadcast 31st
August and 1st September). It features the 'best' of the series. |
| Love in London | Late 1975, Adrian Love's last hour on LBC |
1976-1979 |
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| Concorde's Maiden Flight |
LBC is at Heathrow for the
maiden flight of Concorde, to Bahrain. An optimistic day! 21st January 1976 |
| Mr Nasty Songbook | 18th December 1976. Mr Nasty reviews his greatest songs of the year. Jean Davis trys to control the situation. |
| Music in Stereo | Susannah Simons presents a Festive edition of LBC's evening music programme |
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Mr Nasty
on Jellybone 26 Feb 77 "Waterworks" (date unknown) and
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Saturday 26th February 1977,
Jean Davis tries to control Mr Nasty as he argues with the listeners
that Water is Dry. Then in the second file there are two shows. 26th March 1977 he argues we should go to sleep in the morning and on 7th May 1977 he claims grass is made of paper. Finally, Mr Nasty takes over. I wonder how many of today's regular phone-in callers cut their teeth arguing with Mr Nasty? |
| Silver Jubilee 1977 | Vivian White and Carol Allen, with Steve Rider and Laurie Keenan and the Queen's speech at the Guildhall |
| Bloopers and Mr Nasty | An LBC compilation of the station's bloopers, and then a half hour of Mr Nasty on Jellybone with Therese Burch. 11th March 1978. |
| LBC Reports |
Will he or won't he? Labour
Prime Minister Jim Callaghan gives a press conference outside No 10, to
announce the date of the General Election...but like Gordon Brown 30
years later he decides not to. LBC Reports on 7th September 1978
with Sue Jameson and Alan Clark. The political commentator is Peter
Allen. The clip cuts off as Colin Turner reads the Dog Results. At the
time, LBC Reports was the Drive Time programme. |
| Christmas 1978 | Bob & Doug, Paul & Tricia Ingrams and others |
1980s |
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| 1980 Christmas Day | Amateur interview with the Holy Family, interview with Father Christmas and Jellybone good wishes from stations across the land, including jingles from those stations. |
| Brash Brian Christmas Panto |
1981 (or was it 82?) LBC's
Christmas Panto |
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AM: Falklands Victory |
"White flags are flying over Port Stanley". Tuesday 15th June 1982. |
| Franchise Renewal | Mid 1982, LBC is re-awarded the News Radio Franchise for London |
| News Review of 1982 |
IRN's News Review of 1982,
presented by Douglas Cameron |
| Jellybone 10 years on |
(unknown date). Tommy Boyd
presents, with past presenters too. |
| LBC's 10th
Birthday Two in the Morning |
8th October 1983. Janet
Street-Porter and Paul Callan take over the Brian Hayes Programme to
reflect on their mid-morning show from the original LBC schedule. Also
Brian and Douglas Cameron chatting about the future of LBC at the
end. (Gap in middle where tape reverses). |
| Young London |
August 1984, the weekend
programme for London's teenagers and young people. |
| Nightline |
Adrian Love interviews Bob
Holness and Douglas Cameron in the last week of Bob's decade on AM. 5th
June 1985 |
| AM |
Last segment of AM and beginning
of Brian Hayes' Show on 6th June 1985 |
| AM 6am-8am 8am-10am |
7th June 1985. The last "Bob and
Doug Show", as Bob leaves to spend more time with Blockbusters. as well as the usual
show there's lots of special words from contributors after 10 years of
the on air partnership. |
| Celebrity Interview | Bill Davies interviews Bob Holness about his life and career. Undated, late 1986 or early 1987 (still has Jeff Wayne theme which was replaced mid-87, and weather is cold!). Therese Burch reads the news. |
| Celebrity
Interview |
Bob Holness interviews Diana
Rigg about her work on stage, film and television before an audience at
the Barbican Centre in London. December 1987 |
| 1987 Christmas Day | Afternoon programmes. Greg Strange reads the news, Lucky 7 Quiz with Steve Jones, Peter Deeley and Douglas Cameron. "Christmas Fantasy" featuring Bob Holness, Gill Pyrah, Peter Deeley, Pete Murray, Sheila Hancock and Fiona Fullerton. Tape ends mid-way through the Queen's 3 o'clock broadcast (humble apologies Your Majesty!) |
| AM |
7am to 8am on 22nd August 1989.
Douglas Cameron and Nicky Broyd presenting. Dominic Allen on sport,
Philip Eden with the weather. |
| Steve Jones |
Recorded off London Talkback
Radio which was an AM only station. Steve
Jones interviews Bob Holness. One hour long. |
1990 - end of original LBC and
then London News and Newstalk and relaunch of LBC
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| Nightline with Chris Mann | Award winning 5 minute Drama, then interview with Dame Shirley Porter, LBC's owner, about the loss of the franchise |
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Douglas Cameron
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8th October 1993. LBC's 20th
Birthday. Douglas Cameron on London Talkback Radio from 5:30am. Calls
and memories of LBC's 20 years. |
| Mike Carlton part 1 part 2 |
8th
October 1993, LBC's 20th Birthday. Mike Carlton's Morning Report. Fred
Housego, Dominic Allan, Douglas Cameron, Brian Wolfe. Aftermath of
Conservative Conference and acquittal of Police Officers involved in
Birmingham Six Trial. Slightly hissy, radio was not quite tuned
properly. |
| Mike Carlton
part 1 part 2 |
Friday 17th December 1993. Mike Carlton completes 3 years with LBC and heads off back to Australia. 8am to 9am (in 2 half hour sections). Produced by Chris Lowrie. Features Fred Housego on travel, Brian Wolfe in London Lookout, weather from London Weather Centre and News read by Jonathan Staples. |
| Steve Jones | Sunday 18th May 1994, last part of show and start of Martin Young's Sunday phone-in. The weekend after the death of Labour leader John Smith. |
| Steve Jones part 1 part 2 |
Saturday 11th June 1994. 9am to
10am section of programme (2 half hour sections). John Marriott on
film, Ian Ramage reading the news and other regular contributors |
| The
Morning Report |
Weds 27 July 1994. 8am -9am
approx. Donald Trelford and Sue Carpenter, with Fred Housego and
others. National Rail Strike, bombs in London and more. Leads into
opening of Simon Bates' phone-in. (Gap in middle where tape
reverses) |
| Douglas Cameron's Breakfast Call 7am to 8am | London Talkback Radio, date unknown |
| Angela Rippon's Drivetime | "Traffic and Trains, every 10 minutes' with Fred Housego. Date unknown, c. summer 94 |
| First Edition |
15th August 1994. LBC's early
evening look at tomorrow's news today |
| Douglas Cameron's Breakfast Call | Peter Thornton answers questions (including mine) about his plans for the new London News stations, following LBC's loss of franchise. 16th August 1994. |
| Steve Jones'
last show part one part two |
2nd October 1994. Steve's last
show on the LBC Newstalk/London Talkback weekend simulcast station. The
second part includes the start of Robin Anlow's Sunday Agenda. |
| Last Soap Box | Steve Flashman presents the last of the weekly Christian magazine programmes. 2nd October 1994. |
| 4th October 1994. Douglas's last
show on London Talkback Radio, before starting with Brian Hayes the
next day on London Newstalk |
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| Last Morning Report |
The last full day of LBC
NewsTalk/London Talkback Radio. |
| Last
Bough/Deeley/Widlake |
Sign off from Frank Bough's
afternoon show, start of Peter Deeley's Drivetime. Then clip from about
6:30pm and then Peter's final sign off. Start of First Edition with
Brian Widlake, including interview with Tricia Ingrams about her new
version of First Edition on London NewsTalk. |
| End of
LBC NewsTalk start of London News 97.3 |
5th October 1994. LBC closes
down... though the new stations weren't that popular, and LBC took a long time to regain it's former status when it was later relaunched to try to win
back audience (though of course it was the replacement company using the LBC name, not a return to the original LBC... but did the listeners notice?). Last half-hour of NewsTalk and beginning of London News. (FM version) |
| End of London Talkback, start of London Newstalk | 5th October 1994. LBC closes down and new station starts (AM version) |
| London
Newstalk first Breakfast Show |
Douglas Cameron and Brian Hayes'
first show on London Newstalk 5th October 1994 |
| London
Newstalk first First Edition |
Tricia Ingrams presents this
from the launch of London News/Talk party. 5th October 1994 |
| The run up on London Newstalk to 11:52am in 1996. And then.... | |
LBC 25th Birthday |
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LBC's 25th
Birthday
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6am to 7am. Includes interview
with David Jessel. 8/10/98 |
| LBC's 25th
Birthday Cameron Drivetime 1 2 |
Drivetime with Douglas Cameron
on 8th October 1998. Includes interview with Bob Holness and listeners'
memories |
| LBC's 25th
Birthday Cameron/Churchill review of 25 years |
One hour programme looking back
at 25 years of Commercial Radio...on LBC's 25th birthday. 8/10/98 |
| LBC's 25th
Birthday Clive Bull |
Includes Adrian Love's "Here's
the Number" jingle and more memories of LBC past. 8/10/98 |
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Commercial Radio's 25th Birthday |
Bob Holness presents this tribute to the whole commercial radio network on LBC's birthday. Broadcast on Talk Radio. |
2000 and onwards |
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| Gyles Brandreth 26 May 2002 | 18 minute clip from Gyles's weekend programme on LBC 1152 |
| Opening of
Chrysalis stations |
First hour of both LBC 97.3 and
LBC News 1152 on 6th January 2003. (Gap in middle where tape reverses) |
| Last Concorde flight | LBC News 1152's programme includes coverage of the last commercial flight of Concorde. 24th October 2003. |
| Bob Holness rejoins Douglas Cameron for this reminisce of the good old days. | |
| LBC at 30 | Howard Hughes presents this look back at 30 years of LBC. This was the Christmas Day repeat (25/12/2003) |
| Petrie Hoskin and James Hartigan Drive Show | The last half hour of their final show on 31st October 2003 and then the Nightly News |
Douglas Cameron Retirement annoncement |
As 2003 ends, Douglas retires. His last shows on LBC News 1152. |
| Steve Allen's guest on his regular Sunday afternoon interview programme on LBC 97.3 is the composer of the LBC theme music (as well as other even more famous pieces). | |
| Prime Minister Tony Blair presenting programme on LBC | 12th January 2004, with Howard Hughes. |
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Sandi Toksvig's Last Week: Friday 16th Dec (1st hour) Monday 19th Dec (1 hour only) Friday 23rd Dec |
Sandi Toksvig's lunchtime shows on LBC featured a wide variety of guests, oddities and even live drama. These recordings are from her last week. 19th-23rd December 2005 |
| Iain Dale with Brian Hayes | LBC's 40th Birthday, and Brian Hayes is on the Iain Dale programme |
| Douglas Cameron reads news on Nick Ferrari's Programme | LBC's 40th Birthday and Douglas returns for the 8 o'clock news. Lisa Aziz reads the other bulletins, Jon Snow reviews the papers; clips and interviews with other former LBC presenters. |
| LBC 40th Birthday special | Programme to commemorate 40 years of LBC. |
| LBC launches nationally | 11th February 2014, LBC becomes a national station. |
| LBC News new sound | 11th February 2014, LBC News gets a makeover. Jim Diamond presents the Morning Show. (recording off AM) |
| 26th March 2014, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage debate whether the UK should leave the EU, hosted by Nick Ferrari. If video does not play, click here. | |
| Nick Ferrari at Breakfast | 2nd July 2014, first half-hour of Nick's show with news from Lisa Aziz |
| Queen's 90th Birthday | Shelagh Fogarty and Tom Swarbrick |
