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HISTORY OF RADIO 2
Welcome to the Radio 2 Archive
Read the history of the UK's most listened to radio station. Hear the tunes that defined the decades. Read the big news of the day. Meet the presenters. Look in horror at the fashions. Just choose a decade and dive in!
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The new radio network - Radio 1, (the Popular Music Service), and Radio 2, (the Light Programme), started on 30 September 1967.
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1970s |
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The 1970s saw the emergence of Terry Wogan as one of Radio 2's key presenters with the Breakfast Programme.
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The 1980s saw some new arrivals to Radio 2. Many presenters who would become household names appeared for the first time.
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1990s |
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Radio 2 entered the 90s in glorious stereo, becoming the first national station to transmit entirely on FM.
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