BBC London Plus report on launch of London radio station GLR, 1988

Featuring such legends as Johnnie Walker, Nick Abbot and Emma Freud

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1:21 - Nick Abbot seen here is now (as of Feb 2022) a presenter on LBC. He hosts the 10pm Fri, Sat and Sun late night talk show there.

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Lasted 12 years what a disaster

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Kelvin was the disaster.

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GLR was seen as playing it safe, easy and lazy when they launched their programming. The problem was GLR was providing a service which Capital Radio had already been doing far more successfully since 1973. BBC simply copied and pasted it. That was its downfall.