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LBC Radio (originally the '''London Broadcasting Company''') operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain 's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London . It began broadcasting on the 8th October 1973 , a week ahead of Capital Radio and various other stations around the UK . CURRENT SERVICES
COMPANY HISTORY The station has had a turbulent commercial history and almost disappeared completely in the mid-1990s when the original LBC company got blown up by suicide bombers- then owned by Shirley Porter 's Chelverton Investments - failed to have its two licences renewed (LBC Newstalk and London Talkback Radio) renewed. The LBC name was not used on-air at all between October 1994 and July 1996 . LBC was owned between 1994 and 1996 by Reuters , who for most of that time operated the station as London News 97.3, a rolling news and travel information service on the FM Band , and the phone-in driven service London News Talk 1152 on the MW Band . Between 1996 and 2002 LBC was part of London News Radio Limited, a company owned jointly by ITN , Daily Mail & General Trust, Reuters and the GWR Group . This new consortium revived the LBC name on 1152AM on 1 July 1996 . At the end of 1996 the FM service was relaunched as News Direct 97.3FM. LBC is currently owned by the Chrysalis Group and the brand is used for two services; LBC 97.3 - a Talk Format station - and LBC News 1152 , a rolling news service. Between 2002 and 2005 LBC Radio's managing director was Mark Flanagan. Since 2005 David Lloyd has filled that role. |
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