April 2008

GB Radio 230 (1983)

GB Radio StickerNice looking sticker for GB Radio.  Made to look like a international vehicle registration code sticker.  Anyone know what the bees in the logo are for?  Gwent have some sort of bee history?

GB Radio was the short-lived station for Newport (Gwent).  GB Radio started in June 1983 and ran into financial problems soon after.  CBC Radio - the Cardiff local station - acquired the Newport license in 1985, combined the transmission areas and relaunched as Red Dragon Radio.

Capital Radio 194 (1985)

Nice example of a coaster-sized, sticky-backed sticker for Capital Radio.Capital Radio 194 lapel sticker

Plymouth Sound Radio (1990)

Plymouth Sound Radio car stickerEarly 90s example of a sticker for Plymouth Sound Radio.  Clear that by this time the FM was considered the principle frequency.

GLR (1988?)

bbc_glr.gifSticky-backed and just smaller than a postcard, I'd guess that this was the launch sticker for Greater London Radio (GLR).  Other versions of this logo have the BBC logo just above the 94.

BBC Wiltshire Sound (1990)

bbcwiltshiresound.gifLittle bit of a muddled look to this sticker for BBC Wiltshire Sound.  I do like the Westbury chalk horse and the colours used, but there seems to be too many fonts in too many sizes.

BBC Wiltshire Sound started in 1989.  In 2002 the frequencies were split and two seperate stations were launched - BBC Radio Wiltshire and BBC Radio Swindon.  Today, the breakfast programmes are the only real difference between the two stations.  All other programming is shared.

Centre Radio (1982)

centerradio238.gifIt's a radio station (the headphones back that up), it'll make you smile, plus a rhyme which reminds you where on the dial to find them - yeah, it's cheesy but come on, this has to be one of the most perfect stickers ever!

Centre Radio, launched in 1981, was the short-lived local radio station for Leicester.  It closed in 1983 after massive financial problems.  The licence was readvertised and awarded to Leicester Sound - which continues to this day. 

2-TEN FM (1996)

2tenfm.gifI'm not sure whether this is simple (in a good way) or uninspiring.  Key information is clear - so I suppose it has done its job.

The station is called 2-Ten because it started on 210m on Medium Wave and was called Radio 210.  Was it / is it sensible to keep calling it 2Ten nowadays? - hmm...debateable.  Because it's been going so long locals will know the name, but the name on its own doesn't say where the station is or what frequency it is on.  A competitor in the area has a boring but a possibly more sensible name of Reading 107fm.

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