Launch Dates: Independent Local Radio
19 December 2006 tbs.pm/3205
Only original IBA-awarded contracts are listed here.
| Station | Area | Official launch |
|---|---|---|
| Radio 210 Thames Valley | Reading | 8-Mar-76 |
| 2CR – Two Counties Radio | Bournemouth | 15-Sep-80 |
| Radio Aire | Leeds | 1-Sep-81 |
| Beacon Radio | Wolverhampton | 12-Apr-76 |
| BRMB | Birmingham | 19-Feb-74 |
| Radio Broadland | Norwich | 1-Oct-84 |
| Capital Radio | London | 16-Oct-73 |
| CBC Radio | Cardiff | 11-Apr-80 |
| Centre Radio | Leicester | 7-Sep-81 |
| Chiltern Radio | Luton | 15-Oct-81 |
| Chiltern Radio | Bedford | 1-Mar-82 |
| Radio City | Liverpool | 21-Oct-74 |
| Radio Clyde | Glasgow | 31-Dec-73 |
| Radio County Sound | Guildford | 4-Apr-83 |
| DevonAir Radio | Exeter | 7-Nov-80 |
| DevonAir Radio | Torbay | 12-Dec-80 |
| Downtown Radio | Belfast | 16-Mar-76 |
| Essex Radio | Southend-on-Sea | 12-Sep-81 |
| Essex Radio | Chelmsford | 10-Dec-81 |
| Radio Forth | Edinburgh | 22-Jan-75 |
| GB Radio | Newport | 13-Jun-83 |
| Radio Hallam | Sheffield | 1-Oct-74 |
| Hereward Radio | Peterborough | 10-Jul-80 |
| Hereward Radio | Northampton | 1-Oct-84 |
| Invicta Sound | Kent | 1984 |
| LBC | London | 8-Oct-73 |
| Marcher Sound/Sain-Y-Gororau | Wrexham | 5-Sep-83 |
| Mercia Sound | Coventry | 23-May-80 |
| Radio Mercury | Crawley | 20-Oct-84 |
| Metro Radio | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 15-Jul-74 |
| Moray Firth Radio | Inverness | 23-Feb-82 |
| Northsound Radio | Aberdeen | 27-Jul-81 |
| Radio Orwell | Ipswich | 28-Oct-75 |
| Pennine Radio | Bradford | 16-Sep-75 |
| Pennine Radio | Huddersfield | 1984 |
| Piccadilly Radio | Manchester | 2-Apr-74 |
| Plymouth Sound | Plymouth | 19-May-75 |
| Red Rose Radio | Preston | 5-Oct-82 |
| Sain-Y-Gororau/ Marcher Sound | Wrecsam | 5-Sep-83 |
| Saxon Radio | Bury St Edmunds | 6-Nov-82 |
| Severn Sound | Gloucester | 23-Oct-80 |
| Signal Radio | Stoke-on-Trent | 5-Sep-83 |
| Southern Sound Radio | Brighton | 29-Aug-83 |
| Swansea Sound | Swansea | 30-Sep-74 |
| Radio Tay | Dundee | 17-Oct-80 |
| Radio Tay | Perth | 14-Nov-80 |
| Radio Tees | Stockton-on-Tees | 24-Jun-75 |
| Radio Trent | Nottingham | 3-Jul-75 |
| Radio Victory | Portsmouth | 14-Oct-75 |
| Viking Radio | Hull | 17-Apr-84 |
| Radio West | Bristol | 27-Oct-81 |
| Westsound Radio | Ayr | 4-Dec-81 |
| Westsound Radio | Girvan | 4-Dec-81 |
| Wiltshire Radio | Swindon | 12-Oct-82 |
| Radio Wyvern | Worcester | 4-Oct-82 |
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1 response to this article
Boggenstrovia wrote 18 April 2014 at 12:05 am
No Ocean Sound in this list?
Radio Victory is there, but surely the company who took over from Victory should be on the list as well.
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