This article is about the UK national radio station. For the national rolling news station, see LBC News . For the Lebanese television station, see LBCI . For other things named LBC, see LBC (disambiguation) .
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LBC City London Broadcast area United Kingdom Frequency DAB : 11D/12A Digital One DAB+ : 6C DigiB (Malta)DAB+ : 12A (Channel Islands)FM : 97.3 MHz London Freesat : 734Freeview : 732Sky (UK only): 0123TalkTalk TV : 627Virgin Media : 919RDS LBC Format Talk radio Owner Global Sister stations
LBC News First air date
8 October 1973; 51 years ago (1973-10-08 ) Webcast Global Player Website {{URL |example.com |optional display text }}
LBC (originally the 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,[1] 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.
Presenters [ ] As of May 2024, the current presenters on LBC are:[2]
Nick Ferrari (Weekday Breakfast 7–10am)James O'Brien (Weekdays 10am –1pm)Shelagh Fogarty (Weekdays 1–4pm)Tom Swarbrick (Weekdays 4–6pm or 7pm Friday)Andrew Marr (Monday-Thursday 6–7pm)Iain Dale (Weekdays 7–10pm)Rachel Johnson (Sunday 6 - 9pm)Richard Spurr (Monday-Thursday 1–4am)
Ian Payne (Weekdays 4–7am)Lewis Goodall (Sunday 10am-12pm)Natasha Devon (Saturday 6–9pm)Nick Abbot (Friday–Sunday 10–1am)Clive Bull (Friday–Sunday 1–4am)Ben Kentish (Monday–Thursday 10pm–1am)
Daniel Barnett (Saturday 9–10pm)
Ali Miraj (Saturday 12-3pm)Dean Dunham (Sunday 9-10pm)
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Radio stations in Greater London , England
AM stations
LW
MW
* Panjab Radio
558
BBC Radio 4 720
BBC Radio 5 Live 909
Sunrise Radio 963, 972
Lyca Gold 1035
Talksport 1089
LBC News 1152
Premier Christian Radio 1305, 1332, 1413
Lyca Radio 1458
Betar Bangla 1503
Gold 1548
AsianFX 1584
FM stations
* BBC Radio 2
88.8, 89.1
Westside 89.6
BBC Radio 3 91.0, 91.3
Hayes FM 91.8
BBC Radio 4 93.2, 93.5
Select Radio 94.4
BBC Radio London 94.9
Capital London 95.8
Maritime Radio 96.5
Capital Xtra 96.9, 107.1
LBC 97.3
BBC Radio 1 98.5, 98.8
KISS 100.0
Classic FM 100.6, 100.9
Flex FM 101.4
Smooth London 102.2
London Greek Radio 103.3
Resonance FM 104.4
Radio X 104.9
Magic 105.4
Greatest Hits Radio London 105.8
Heart London 106.2
Rinse FM 106.8
Reprezent 107.3
Time 107.5
Radio Jackie 107.8
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CE London
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Absolute Radio 00s
Absolute Radio 10s Absolute Radio Country Capital London Gold Greatest Hits Radio Heart London Heart Xmas Hits Radio Pride KISS Kiss Fresh Magic Chilled Magic Radio Magic Soul Magic at the Musicals Smooth Chill Smooth London
Switch London
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Absolute Radio 70s
Adventis Radio AsianFX BBC Radio London Centreforce Chris Country Fix Radio Hits Radio Jazz FM LBC News Mi-Soul Nation Radio Radio Maria Smooth Country Virgin Radio Groove
DRG London
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Absolute Classic Rock
Athavan Radio Bloomberg Radio Boom Radio Colourful Radio Gaydio Lyca Gold Lyca Radio Matryoshka Radio Panjab Radio Premier Gospel Polish Radio London Sout-al-Khaleej Unity DAB Voice Of Islam Radio
U.DAB
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Angel Vintage
Asian Star Atlantis The Beat London Delite Radio Desi Radio Fun Kids Junior London Greek Radio Mixer Radio NME 1 NuSound Radio Podcast Radio Radio Caroline Rainbow Radio Resonance FM Rinse FM Riverside Radio Ruach Radio Solar Radio THC Radio
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