Radio London Is Now Closing Down (1967)

Reportage van 15 augustius 1967 over de laatste dag van de Britse zeezenders, meer bepaald Big L, Radio London

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

Now, as of 13/8/17 , exactly 50 years ago, there was less than 24 hours to go before the end of Big L , remember where I was and the sense of forboding !

[@jeejee1943]

those were the (BEST) days... sniffffffffffffffffffff...

[@twangville]

got the whole final hour on tape - with the Walkers, Cliff, Ringo, Mick

[@JeBeNL]

In Holland Big L was very popular, more than Radio Veronica. It was a very sad day for me to miss Big L in the future

[@jrgboy]

The minister responsible for closing the pirates was Tony Benn, the Labour Postmster General.

[@john111257]

bloody great days

[@altfactor]

Some weeks later,, BBC Radio split it's old Light Programme into two networks, Radio 1 (top-40 records) and Radio 2 (which carried most of the other shows from the old Light Programme, but with more middle-of-the-road music). Prior to that, the Light Programme carried only a few hours of pop/rock a week. British music fans also could hear pop/rock from Radio Luxembourg at night, but reception was spotty. I suspect the interviews were from a TV news report from either BBC or (more likely) ITN.

[@oldmanhuppiedos]

50 Years a go

[@kevmichael2064]

Radio London should of went to FM..... after...Thay went off on Medium Wave!!!!

[@Director448]

Made an enemy for life for me too.

[@john111257]

bring this back..commercial radio on land is shit

[@dartskipper3170]

Most of the groups and solo artists made famous by the offshore stations would never have got air time on the BBC. Radio 1 was a poor substitute and today is utter garbage.

[@john111257]

STUPID GOVERNMENT...STILL DO US NOW,,..THOSE GREAT DAYS