BBC Light Programme
The BBC Light Programme was a national radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and light music from 1945 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2. It opened on 29 July 1945, taking over the long wave frequency which had earlier been used – prior to the outbreak of the Second World War on 1 September 1939 – by the BBC National Programme.
The Light Programme headquarters was at Broadcasting House in London. | |
| Country | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Broadcasting House, London, England |
| Owner | BBC |
Launch date | 29 July 1945 |
| Dissolved | 30 September 1967 |
| Language | English |
| Replaced | BBC General Forces Programme |
| Replaced by | BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 2 |
The service was intended as a domestic replacement for the wartime BBC General Forces Programme which had gained many civilian listeners in Britain as well as members of the British Armed Forces.
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