From Wireless Light to Radio One and Two: The Evolution of BBC Radio Programming, 1951-1992
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The changes over the years have been gradual and incremental, with no closures or creation of new stations. The most distinct change occurred on September 30th, 1967, when the names changed to numbers and the Light Programme split into two.
Jonathan J.G. Lewin
Jonathan J. G. Lewin was born in London in 1953 and worked in the Civil Service from 1st September 1975 until retirement on 28th August 2015. Interests include nature, wildlife, land conservation, politics, and history. As far as politics are concerned all philosophies and theories have both qualities and flaws and a mixed system/economy is the best for all.
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From Wireless Light to Radio One and Two - Jonathan J.G. Lewin
About the Author
Jonathan J. G. Lewin was born in London in 1953 and worked in the Civil Service from 1st September 1975 until retirement on 28th August 2015. Interests include nature, wildlife, land conservation, politics, and history. As far as politics are concerned all philosophies and theories have both qualities and flaws and a mixed system/economy is the best for all.
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Introduction
If one was to travel in time between 1951 and any time post May 1992 and was unaware of the various developments and changes in B.B.C. Radio over that period, one would not be able to see any resemblance between the B.B.C. Light Programme of 1951 and B.B.C. Radios One and Two at any time subsequent to 1992.
The said evolvement between 1951 and 1992 was gradual or piece meal with subsequent developments not in mind as and when any development was implicated. As far as this aspect of B.B.C. radio is concerned, there have never been any opening of new radio stations or closures thereon. The most significant branding change was the change from station names to numbers concurrently with the split into two stations (According to nature of programme) on 30th September 1967 (The B.B.C. Light Programme had two frequencies with one then allocated to B.B.C. Radio One and one to B.B.C. Radio Two).
This subject is considered as opposed to B.B.C. Radio Four as there has been nor real changing in the nature of the station or its programming since 1948, other than the withdrawal of most classical music upon the opening of the B.B.C. Music Service on 22nd March 1965 and change from being known as the B.B.C. Home Service from 30th September 1967. B.B.C Radio Three was three separate stations which shared the same frequency prior to 30th September 1967, without any change in the nature of programmes at any time of day or week until April 1970.
Before considering how the B.B.C. Wireless Light Programme of 1951 evolved into B.B.C. Radio One and B.B.C. Radio Two post 1992, it is essential to:-
Consider the history of B.B.C. Radio as a whole.
Realise that pop/ rock music (And various terminologies) had never been heard of by anyone anywhere in the United Kingdom in 1951. Although it had existed the United States of America since 1948, it was until 1955 thought of only as a short-term fad among younger people unlikely either to extend outside of that country or last for very long.
People generally talked about the wireless until between 1948 and 1970. It was mainly people from ordinary backgrounds between the ages of fourteen and thirty in the United States of America from 1948 and in the United Kingdom from 1955 who started talking about the radio. It was from 1963 that more and more people started talking about the radio until this became universal in 1970. The B.B.C. officially started referring to the radio
as opposed to the wireless
from 30th September 1967. For these reasons I have included a chapter on the birth of radio/ wireless technology and the British Broadcasting Corporation, and two subsequent chapters on the history of pop/rock music and its broadcasting on the radio and television.
The reasons why I chose 1951 and post May 1992 are:
Whereas in 1951 only 50% of countries (If that) had public broadcasting systems, by 1992 every country in the world had at least six radio stations.
It must be noted that in 1951, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and a very small number of European countries were very much the