Articles about ILR
Published 30 May 2023
1980s guide to what’s on DevonAir in Exeter and Torbay
Published 15 July 2022
Tony Harding remembers the establishment of Ocean Sound
Published 13 June 2022
A guide to Independent Local Radio in 1981
Published 23 May 2022
A system of networking on early 1980s ILR
Published 11 May 2022
A poster advertising BRMB Radio in Birmingham in the 1970s
Published 28 September 2020
The government gives the go-ahead for Independent Local Radio in 1971
Published 17 August 2020
Inside the sound of High Peak Radio
Published 27 February 2019
A decision has been made that makes Independent Local Radio less independent, less local and less good radio, says David Heathcote
Published 18 February 2019
Ofcom plans to further deregulate Independent Local Radio. But are things already too lax? Come hear the tale of political corruption at an ILR station in 1994
Published 1 October 2018
Some technical details of how Independent Local Radio sounds so different in 1977
Published 30 December 2017
Take a look at Radio Victory in Portsmouth
Published 23 December 2017
Take a look at Radio Trent in Nottingham
Published 16 December 2017
Take a look at Radio Tees in Teesside
Published 9 December 2017
Take a look at Swansea Sound in Swansea
Published 2 December 2017
Take a look at Plymouth Sound in Plymouth
Published 25 November 2017
Take a look at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester
Published 18 November 2017
Take a look at Pennine Radio in Bradford
Published 11 November 2017
Take a look at Radio Orwell in Ipswich
Published 4 November 2017
Take a look at Metro Radio in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Published 28 October 2017
Take a look at LBC in London
Published 21 October 2017
Take a look at Radio Hallam in Sheffield
Published 14 October 2017
Take a look at Radio Forth in Edinburgh
Published 7 October 2017
Take a look at Downtown Radio in Belfast
Published 23 September 2017
Take a look at Radio Clyde in Glasgow
Published 16 September 2017
Take a look at Radio City in Liverpool
Published 9 September 2017
Take a look at Capital in London
Published 2 September 2017
Take a look at BRMB in Birmingham
Published 28 August 2017
⧉ Hello darlings! Over on our subsite dedicated to all things Kenny Everett you’ll find a lovely 10-minute compilation of Kenny at Capital Radio…
Published 26 August 2017
Take a look at Beacon Radio in Wolverhampton
Published 26 August 2017
Take a look at Radio 210 in Reading
Published 12 April 2017
41 years ago, Beacon Radio 303 comes on air for the first time
Published 7 April 2017
Ocean Sound looks back on the news from 1986
Published 30 January 2017
Radio Guide in May 1976 takes a look at late night ILR phone-ins
Published 15 August 2016
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
Published 17 August 2015
When a phone-in programme goes disastrously wrong
Published 24 November 2014
A look back at the first wave of ILR stations and where they are now
Published 30 November 2012
Nigel Stapley twirls the FM dial in the days when that meant silence or hiss