LL
London Lite
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In addition to Nick Ferrari and James O'Brien becoming big names on the back of LBC 1152, BBC business presenter Maryam Moshiri started at LBC as a co-presenter of the entertainment programme which was part of the LBC@7 strand, where different themed shows were aired on weeknights. She co-presented with Tamzin Sylvester who ended up on London Tonight.
1152 was also on DAB, I remember listening to the final months of the station without interference on AM before the relaunch in 2003 when DAB was still rather niche and it cost me £150 for a DAB tuner to plug into my HiFi system.
Another thing that springs to mind is LBC's Crown FM period, a very short disastrous period where the FM station went high brow during daytime hours, yet simulcasted the 'downmarket' phone-ins from 10pm-5am. Nobody really listened and Newstalk replaced it with just some revoiced sweepers using the Crown FM music. Mike Carlton on Breakfast, a brash and funny Australian was one of my favourite breakfast shows of the 90s. He left once LBC lost the licence and Newstalk plodded along until the end.
1152 was also on DAB, I remember listening to the final months of the station without interference on AM before the relaunch in 2003 when DAB was still rather niche and it cost me £150 for a DAB tuner to plug into my HiFi system.
Another thing that springs to mind is LBC's Crown FM period, a very short disastrous period where the FM station went high brow during daytime hours, yet simulcasted the 'downmarket' phone-ins from 10pm-5am. Nobody really listened and Newstalk replaced it with just some revoiced sweepers using the Crown FM music. Mike Carlton on Breakfast, a brash and funny Australian was one of my favourite breakfast shows of the 90s. He left once LBC lost the licence and Newstalk plodded along until the end.