Launch Dates: BBC Local Radio
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| Station | Official launch | Closed |
|---|---|---|
| 3CR | 5-Apr-1993 | – |
| Bedfordshire (see 3CR) | 24-Jun-1985 | 4-Apr-1993 |
| Berkshire | 26-Jan-1991 | – |
| Birmingham | 7-Nov-1970 | – |
| Blackburn (see Lancashire) | 26-Jan-1971 | 4-July-1981 |
| Brighton (see Sussex) | 14-Mar-1968 | Oct-1983 |
| Bristol | 4-Sep-1970 | – |
| Cambridgeshire | 1-May-1982 | – |
| Carlisle | 24-Nov-1973 | 1982 |
| Cleveland | 1974 | – |
| Cornwall | 17-Jan-1983 | – |
| Cumbria | 1982 | – |
| CWR | 19-Jan-1990 | – |
| Derby | 29-Apr-1971 | – |
| Devon | 17-Jan-1983 | – |
| Durham | ? | – |
| Essex | 5-Nov-1986 | – |
| Furness (opt-out of Cumbria) | 25-May-1982 | – |
| GLR (see London Live) | 25-Oct-1988 | Mar-2000 |
| GMR | 30-Oct-1988 | 2-Apr-2006 |
| Guernsey | 16-Mar-1982 | – |
| Hereford and Worcester | 14-Feb-1989 | – |
| Humberside | 25-Feb-1971 | – |
| Jersey | 15-Mar-1982 | – |
| Kent | 1984 | – |
| Lancashire | 4-July-1981 | – |
| Leeds | 24-June-1968 | – |
| Leicester | 8-Nov-1967 | – |
| Lincolnshire | 11-Nov-1980 | – |
| London (see GLR) | 6-Oct-1970 | 24-Oct-1988 |
| London | 1-Oct-2001 | – |
| London Live | Mar-2000 | 30-Sep-2001 |
| Manchester (see GMR) | 10-Sep-1970 | 29-Oct-1988 |
| Manchester | 3-Apr-2006 | – |
| Medway(see Kent) | 18-Dec-1970 | 1984 |
| Merseyside | 22-Nov-1967 | – |
| Newcastle | 2-Jan-1971 | – |
| Norfolk | 11-Sep-1980 | – |
| Northampton | 16-June-1982 | – |
| Nottingham | 31-Jan-1968 | – |
| Oxford | 29-Oct-1970 | 8-Apr-1996 |
| Oxford | 14-Feb-2000 | – |
| Sheffield | 15-Nov-1967 | – |
| Shropshire | 23-Apr-1985 | – |
| Solent | 31-Dec-1970 | – |
| Southern Counties | Sep-1994 | – |
| Stoke(-on-Trent) | 14-Mar-1968 | – |
| Suffolk | 12-Apr-1990 | – |
| Surrey (see Sussex and Surrey) | 1992 | 1993 |
| Sussex (see Sussex and Surrey) | Oct-1983 | 1993 |
| Sussex and Surrey (see Southern Counties) | 1993 | 1994 |
| Teesside (see Cleveland) | 31-Dec-1970 | 1974 |
| Thames Valley | 9-Apr-1996 | 13-Apr-2000 |
| WM | ? | – |
| Wiltshire | 4-Apr-1989 | – |
| York | 4-July-1983 | – |
You Say
2 responses to this article
Virendra Patel wrote 13 January 2015 at 10:57 pm
BBC Radio Gloucestershire, is missing from your list. The official launch date, was 3rd October, 1988.
Jerry Ralph wrote 29 April 2015 at 5:15 pm
Does anyone out there know exactly when in 1984 Radio Medway became Radio Kent? I’ve looked everywhere and I cannot find any information. Even the old recording I’ve found online doesn’t give a date…
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