BBC Light Programme

BBC Light Programme
	The Light Programme headquarters was at Broadcasting House in London.
Country	United Kingdom
Headquarters	Broadcasting House, London, England
Owner	BBC
Launch date	29 July 1945
Dissolved	30 September 1967
Language	English
Replaced	BBC General Forces Programme
Replaced by	BBC Radio 1; BBC Radio 2

The BBC Light Programme was a national radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and light music from 1945 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2.^[1] It opened on 29 July 1945, taking over the long wave frequency which had earlier been used^[2]^[3] – prior to the outbreak of the Second World War on 1 September 1939 – by the BBC National Programme.^[4]

The service was intended as a domestic replacement for the wartime BBC General Forces Programme which had gained many civilian listeners in Britain as well as members of the British Armed Forces.^[3]^[5]

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^ "BBC Light Programme Launch". Radio Rewind. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Hancock, Dafydd (15 August 2001). "Forces of Light". The Transdiffusion. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ "Close down of Television service for the duration of the War". BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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