Random radio jottings

In the closing months of the Second World War Frank Gillard found himself at the centre of history in the making when General Montgomery ...

Launch date: 22 November 1967 BBC Radio Merseyside was the third station in the local station network and marked a return to radio in...

Launch date: 15 November 1967 BBC Radio Sheffield was the second of the experimental local stations to open in 1967 just one day shor...

Launch date: 8 November 1967 After much deliberation and negotiation it was Leicester that won the race to launch the first of the fi...

In the spring of 1954 Frank Gillard was on a fact-finding trip across the United States. What he witnessed would change the shape of Br...

Today , which celebrates 60 years on air towards the end of this month, is the cornerstone of the Radio 4 schedule. It's one of the p...