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1st December - When LBC began in 1973

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8th October, 1973 at 6am saw the first broadcast on LBC - over 36 years ago. The tagline back then was "Where News Comes First".

Listen to the very first broadcast in UK commercial radio when we started bringing the latest news to London.

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