Independent Local Radio
First and second tranche contracts

Independent Local Radio

Section Title: First and second tranche contracts
Table Section Text: None

Airdate	City	Station name

8 October 1973	London	LBC

16 October 1973	London	Capital Radio

31 December 1973	Glasgow	Radio Clyde

19 February 1974	Birmingham	BRMB

2 April 1974	Manchester	Piccadilly Radio

15 July 1974	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Metro Radio

30 September 1974	Swansea	Swansea Sound

1 October 1974	Sheffield	Radio Hallam

21 October 1974	Liverpool	Radio City

22 January 1975	Edinburgh	Radio Forth

19 May 1975	Plymouth	Plymouth Sound

24 June 1975	Stockton-on-Tees	Radio Tees

3 July 1975	Nottingham	Radio Trent

16 September 1975	Bradford	Pennine Radio

14 October 1975	Portsmouth	Radio Victory

28 October 1975	Ipswich	Radio Orwell

8 March 1976	Reading	Radio 210

16 March 1976	Belfast	Downtown Radio

12 April 1976	Wolverhampton	Beacon Radio

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11 April 1980	Cardiff	CBC (Cardiff Broadcasting Company)

23 May 1980	Coventry	Mercia Sound

10 July 1980	Peterborough	Hereward Radio

15 September 1980	Bournemouth	2CR (Two Counties Radio)

17 October 1980	Dundee	Radio Tay

23 October 1980	Gloucester	Severn Sound

7 November 1980	Exeter	DevonAir Radio

14 November 1980	Perth	Radio Tay

12 December 1980	Torbay	DevonAir Radio

27 July 1981	Aberdeen	Northsound Radio

1 September 1981	Leeds	Radio Aire

7 September 1981	Leicester	Centre Radio

12 September 1981	Southend-on-Sea	Essex Radio

15 October 1981	Luton	Chiltern Radio

27 October 1981	Bristol	Radio West

4 December 1981	Ayr and Girvan	West Sound Radio

10 December 1981	Chelmsford	Essex Radio

23 February 1982	Inverness	Moray Firth Radio

1 March 1982	Bedford	Chiltern Radio

4 October 1982	Worcester	Radio Wyvern

5 October 1982	Preston	Red Rose Radio

12 October 1982	Swindon	Wiltshire Radio

6 November 1982	Bury St Edmunds	Saxon Radio

4 April 1983	Guildford	County Sound

13 June 1983	Newport	Gwent Broadcasting

29 August 1983	Brighton	Southern Sound Radio

5 September 1983	Stoke-on-Trent	Signal Radio

5 September 1983	Wrexham	Marcher Sound (Sain y Gororau)

17 April 1984	Kingston-upon-Hull	Viking Radio

5 September 1984	Leicester	Leicester Sound (Launched after failed Centre Radio went into receivership)

1 October 1984	Norwich	Radio Broadland

1 October 1984	Northampton	Hereward Radio

1 October 1984	East Kent	Invicta Sound

20 October 1984	Crawley	Radio Mercury

12 October 1986	Southampton & Portsmouth	Ocean Sound

30 November 1986	Northampton & Northamptonshire	Northants 96

3 March 1987	Derby	Radio Trent

22 May 1987	Bath	GWR Radio Bath

Sentence(s)

The London contract went to Capital Radio, who began broadcasting on 16 October 1973.
The London contract is with Capital Radio, who began broadcasting on 16 October 1973.
The London contract went to Capital Radio, who began broadcasting on 16 October 1973.

final_sentence: The London contract went to Capital Radio, who began broadcasting on 16 October 1973.
final_sentence: The London contract is with Capital Radio, who began broadcasting on 16 October 1973.
final_sentence: The London contract went to Capital Radio, who began broadcasting on 16 October 1973.