BBC Nationwide (1978) Radio Frequencies Change 

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Kids back then were really scared of TV and intimidated. Today it is the opposite

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I still have some unused ones !

Radio 2 was relayed on BBC local radio from 7 pm around now - there was no night-time Radio 1, but the Radio 1 frequency, as it was then, broadcast Radio 2 between 7 and 10 - usually on Wednesdays, Radio 2 carried sport on long wave and the music programming was broadcast on FM and also broadcast on Radio 1 on 247 - following the frequency changes, it was not uncommon to hear two different stations on medium wave identifying themselves as Radio 2 and there was no Radio 1 at night time, as such - a bit strange hearing folk and country music and jazz and Friday Night Is Music Night on Radio 1 and the chart rundown on Radio 2 - shortly after that, the two networks were able to broadcast their own schedules - although the FM frequency was largely the domain of Radio 2, with Radio 1 only occasionally being allowed to broadcast on it - today, of course, both stations are on FM and no simulcasting!

It didn't make sense for R3, they ended up with the worst frequency.

​@@Sheffield_SteveBecause even then most people listened to Radio 3 on FM 247 / 1215 was always awful after dark due to interference, whether it was Radio 1, Radio 3, Virgin or Absolute.

I've got some of the BBC reception maps and 247 wasn't even considered officially receivable in a lot of north East Anglia (centered around Ely). Cambridge had a local relay on 251m, though. Other blackspots for 247m were mid-Wales, a lot of north-west England, mid-Scotland, the west of Northern Ireland, and most of Devon. I'd estimate that about 50% of the UK could not officially get it.

@scottpeacock5492 very true indeed. Radio 1's new location, at the time, was OK in daytime but still very poor at night

​@radioman951 I lived on Teesside in North-East England & even in the daytime, Radio 1 reception on 247 AM was abysmal. Prior to 1978, I didn't have an FM radio & could only hear it's programmes without interference when they were broadcast on Radio 2's 1500 LW signal

The Archers simply didn't suit Radio 2, so that would never have even been thought of

@johnking5174 the ILR stations made minor alterations to their AM frequencies, typically by just 1 or 2 kHz. My local ILR station, Radio Tees, moved slightly from 1169 to 1170 kHz although, in metres, it was still on 257

@@stevenoneill7166 Thank you

I'd be willing to bet that most people still listen on the radio, DAB or DAB+ in the UK.

@@Liofa73 And FM is still massive and preferable.

They've changed TV frequencies endless times over the last 20 years or so, and there's been no help there.

@@2steppa3 FM especially in cars. As a DAB radio in a car is often useless. Like television, the digital signal needs a lot more to keep the station on air, whereas FM can degrade a bit and you can still listen.

@@johnking5174 Exactly, DAB is mostly there or not there, and even if its in between you get choppiness or the old bubbling mud effect. My station has a DAB TX located away from our main base studio (and FM service) and the signal is gone 6 miles from here, whereas with FM I guarantee it would be receivable at the same power level. So we can't off-air monitor our own DAB service!