Random radio jottings

With no sound archive to draw on early radio broadcasts about recent history, whether focussing on political or social developments, simply ...

On Saturday 30 September the BBC launched Radio 1. Charged with overseeing the transition from the Light Programme to Radio 1 and Radio 2 wa...

“To be a foreign correspondent is to inhabit a world in which abroad is home, in which communications are lifeblood and in which ‘the story’...

If you’ve tuned in to Vernon Kay’s Radio 2 show just after 10 am you’ll be familiar with the feature Vernon’s Vault where old radio and tv ...

On Saturday 28 July 1945 the BBC closed the Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme (AEF) and, at least for domestic listeners, the General Fo...