BBC Frequency Changes - Vintage Broadcasting

BBC Radio Frequency Changes 1978

Following a meeting of broadcasters in 1975 held in Geneva,
a plan was drawn up for Medium Wave.
Channel spacing was to be 9Khz and the frequencies were all to be a multiple of 9.
The sound file "World Service DX Club" tells it all very well.
VHF as it was then correctly known was not affected by the changes.

All these recordings were made in London. Brookman's Park did not carry the
Radio One and Radio Two distribution tests, so the Radio One recording is very poor.
it was taken, if I remember correctly, from Droitwich.

In fact Brookman's Park was one of the last transmitters to be switched on,
after the start of programmes.
Luckily,Radio Medway from Wrotham did carry the Radio Two test on VHF.

It was originally intended that the new through-the-night service
"You, the night and the music" on Radio Two
would begin on the night of the changes 22nd - 23rd November 1978
and would be broadcast on VHF only that night.
Unfortunately, due to industrial action it wasn't introduced until January 1979

STATION	OLD	NEW
RADIO 1	1214 khz 247 metres	1089/1053 khz 275/285 metres
RADIO 2	200 khz 1500 metres LW	909/693 khz 330/433 metres
RADIO 3	647 khz 464 metres	1215 khz 247 metres
RADIO 4	various MW	200 khz 1500 metres LW
WORLD SERVICE	1088 khz 276 metres	648 khz 463 metres