A-Z Of The Radio

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T - Talk Sport

 

[mikemiller]

U Ulster- BBC local radio station broadcasting to Northern Ireland. Started in 1975.

 

[herringthorpe]

T Tony Blackburn - DJ on Radio Caroline, Radio London and the first DJ on Radio One.

 

[herringthorpe]

Whoops, sorry, missed the last two

V Viking FM - East Yorkshire Radio

 

[mikemiller]

W WHTZ - New York state area commercial radio station. Lots of American radio stations are named "W-something-something-something". This is because the letters "W" and "K" are used to identify commercial radio stations in the USA , eastern and western areas respectively. "N" and "A" are used to classify military radio stations. The are a few exceptions, those being radio stations that were operational before the current classification was introduced.

 

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X - Radio X - commercial station playing alternative music. Chris Moyles presents a show.

 

[mikemiller]

It used to be called XFM - Well known for playing rock and indie music
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Y York - BBC local radio station broadcasting to the York area and North Yorkshire. Often features live coveragae of York City games

 

[herringthorpe]

Z Zoe Ball - the first female host of both Radio 1 Breakfast and The Radio 2 Breakfast Show

 

[herringthorpe]

Well, that's another done.

Thanks to all for joining in!