2LO

2LO
London;
Frequency	857 kHz
Ownership
Owner	British Broadcasting Company Ltd. (from 14 November 1922 to 31 December 1926); British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (from 1 January 1927 to 2LO split-off into the BBC Regional and National programmes on 9 March 1930)
History
First air date	11 May 1922
Last air date	9 March 1930
Technical information
Licensing authority	General Post Office
ERP	100 watts
Transmitter coordinates	51°30′43″N 0°07′06″W / 51.511994°N 0.118383°W

Unidentified male announcer, speaking the 2LO call sign

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2LO was the second radio station to regularly broadcast in the United Kingdom (the first was 2MT). It began broadcasting on 11 May 1922, for one hour a day from the seventh floor of Marconi House in London's Strand, opposite Somerset House.