Articles about commercial radio

Norman Collins is disappointed with the government’s White Paper on Broadcasting Policy in 1967

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

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

Survey slaves are killing radio’s originality

James Barrington remembers Liverpool’s Radio City

The original contractors in the real ILR system

Darryl Chamberlain on an attempt to revolutionise radio

Advertising guru Charles Higham warns against commercial radio… in 1933

Local radio makes its way down the Cornwall peninsular

From Leicester to national: a success story

A sudden end to an ILR story

The slow birth of a radio behemoth

The slow death of a radio behemoth

The spread of a radio phenomena

The world’s greatest radio station

From the Grand Duchy to your living room

Mike Brown’s personal view of AbracaDABra

ILR hits northern Ireland.