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BBC Home Service
The BBC Home Service was the original name for Radio 4 and was on the air from 1939 until 30 September 1967. Unlike Radio 4, it had regional variations and was broadcast on medium wave rather than long wave, with a network of FM (then known as VHF) transmitters being added progresively from 1955.
Some of its announcers
- Lionel Marson
- Ronald Fletcher
- Wallace Greenslade
- Stuart Hibberd
- Frank Phillips
- Joy Worth
- Colin Doran
- Kenneth Kendall
- Harry Middleton
Some of its most remembered programmes
- The Archers (1966-67)
- The Brains Trust
- The Goon Show
- In Town Tonight
See also: BBC World Service
Last updated: 10-16-2005 02:46:46
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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