FACTUAL
Out on Air
Saturday 10 February 2007 20:00-21:00 (Radio 4 FM)
The rise and fall of gay radio; how homosexuality on the airwaves went from taboo to mainstream in the space of a decade.
The gay community was the last to find a voice on British radio, still fighting for airtime long after specific Black, Asian, Irish and Jewish programmes were commonplace.
Eventually, and after many a battle with nervous radio bosses, gay radio quite suddenly came out; 1993 saw the first gay programme on Radio 4.
