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BBC Light Programme

former British national radio station (1945–1967)
Organization Radio Station Q4347264

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
radio station

Status and dates

Inception
July 29, 1945[9]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
September 29, 1967[10]
Replaced by
BBC Radio 2[11]

Location

Headquarters location
Broadcasting House[4]
Country
United Kingdom[2]

Relations

Owned by
British Broadcasting Corporation[3]
More facts +3
Headquarters
Broadcasting House
Dissolved
September 29, 1967
Radio format
radio comedy, light music, radio drama, radio serial[5][6][7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en BBC Light Programme ja BBC ライト・プログラム ja ライトプログラム zh BBC輕型節目 zh BBC輕節目頻道 zh BBC轻松节目 zh BBC轻节目 zh 晚間電台節目 zh-hans BBC轻松节目 zh-hant BBC輕鬆節目
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Light-Programme
Freebase ID
/m/018rnl
MusicBrainz label ID
09ff177d-ec07-49f9-885c-c306ffa094c1
Topic's main category
Category:BBC Light Programme

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🔗 Connections
Radio format 2
radio drama, light music
Country 1
United Kingdom
Headquarters location 1
Broadcasting House
Instance of 1
radio station
Mb:label rename 1
BBC Radio 2
Owned by 1
British Broadcasting Corporation
Replaced by 1
BBC Radio 2
← Mb:label ownership 1
BBC Radio
← Replaces 1
BBC Radio 2
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Summary

BBC Light Programme is a radio station[1].

Product Details

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  • Type: Broadcaster[12]

  • Country: GB[13]

  • Began / founded: 1945-07-29[14]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1967-09-29[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 09ff177d-ec07-49f9-885c-c306ffa094c1[16]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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