- Station name Station name
- LBC Radio
- Description Description
- The launch of LBC also saw the beginning of Independent Radio News broadcasting, as LBC provided the service to independent local radio stations nationwide.
- Launch date Launch date
- 8 October 1973
- Owner Owner
- Global
- Contact Contact
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LBC Radio
United Kingdom
Format
48kbps • MP3
LBC (Leading Britain's Conversation, originally London Broadcasting Company) is a British phone-in and talk radio station owned and operated by Global and based in its headquarters in London.
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | lbc.co.uk |
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Primary frequency
97.3 MHz
Service type
DAB
Coverage area
United Kingdom
Owner / network
Global
First air date
8 October 1973
Digital service
DAB · 97.3 MHz
Digital broadcast
DAB · 97.3 MHz
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| Last check | 2 hours ago |
|---|---|
| Track seen | 5 days ago |
| Stream host | media-sov.musicradio.com |
| Final host | media-sov.musicradio.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/mpeg |
| Latency | 48 ms |
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| Current stream format | MP3 |
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2 hours ago
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LBC (Leading Britain's Conversation, originally London Broadcasting Company) is a British phone-in and talk radio station owned and operated by Global and based in its headquarters in London. It was the UK's first licensed commercial radio station, and began to broadcast on Monday 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio.
The launch of LBC also saw the beginning of Independent Radio News broadcasting, as LBC provided the service to independent local radio stations nationwide. LBC broadcast only to London until 2006, at which time it became available, via digital radio, in some other parts of the country. It has been available nationwide since 2014, with the letters now standing for Leading Britain's Conversation. LBC has a like-branded sister station, LBC News, dedicated to rolling news, travel and weather.
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