Which radio programme was broadcast nationally for the first time in January 1951?
BBC Light Programme by Radio 2 but sometimes by Radio 1 until that station acquired its own FM frequencies in 1988. The long-running soap opera "The Archers" was first heard nationally on the Light Programme, on 1 January 1951, although a week-long pilot version had been broadcast on the Midlands Home Service in 1950. BBC Light Programme The Light Programme was a BBC radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and music from 1945 until 1967, when it was rebranded as BBC Radio 2. It opened on 29 July 1945, taking over the longwave frequency which had earlier been used – prior
Jumpin' In (radio programme) Jumpin' In (radio programme) Jumpin' In is a Manx Radio broadcast which alternates with its sister programme "Sweet & Swing," on the station's 9:00pm – 10:00pm slot on Friday nights. Jointly presented by brothers Howard and Chris Caine, the first transmission was on Friday 13 January 2017. Like its sister programme, the show is broadcast on FM and MW frequencies as well as worldwide through the Manx Radio website. "Jumpin' In" takes its name from the title track of the 1983 album Jumpin' In by Dave Holland's Quintet. Schooled by their father Jim ""The Jazz"" Caine, the brothers Caine individually