BBC radio stations celebrate 40th anniversary

Updated Monday, October 1, 2007 0:00 am TWN, Reuters

BBC radio stations celebrate 40th anniversary

LONDON -- BBC radio stations 1, 2, 3 and 4 celebrated their 40th anniversary on Sunday by broadcasting a series of special programmes as some of the corporation’s former disc jockeys made a nostalgic return to the airwaves. The BBC launched Radios 1 and 2 on September 30, 1967 as a replacement for the Light Programme, while the Third Programme became Radio 3 and the Home Service was renamed Radio 4.

Sunday’s celebrations for Radio 1 included the outspoken Chris Moyles, who has called himself the saviour of the station, co-hosting the breakfast show with Tony Blackburn, who launched Radio 1 in 1967.

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