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LBC 97.3 is a London-based talk and phone-in radio station. It is one half of the latest incarnation of LBC, the news and speech service which was Britain's first commercial radio station when it went on air in October 1973. LBC's current format - with talk on 97.3FM and rolling news on LBC News 1152 AM - was established in January 2003.
Station presenters
Current
Current LBC 97.3 presenters include: Nick Abbot; Steve Allen; Alison Bell; Bill Buckley; Clive Bull; Marcus Churchill; Andy Crane; John Cushing; Jenny Eclair; Caroline Feraday; Nick Ferrari; Gary King; Iain Lee; Wendy Lloyd; James Max; Carol McGiffin; James O'Brien; Jo Parkerson; Anna Raeburn; Paul Ross and Kenny Sansom.Occasional
Presenters used to fill in for absent regulars include: Nick Abbot; Adrian Allen; Peter Deeley, Alex Thomas and Jon Holmes.Past
Past LBC presenters include: Carol Allen; Dominic Allen; Jeremy Beadle; Frank Bough; Tommy Boyd; Gyles Brandreth; Douglas Cameron; Mike Carlton; Mike Carson; Jamie Crick; Jono Coleman; Tim Crook; Anne Diamond; Mike Dickin; Krishnan Guru-Murthy; Boy George; Angie Greaves; Eric Hall; Brian Hayes; Bob Holness; Phillip Hodson; Adrian Love; Sue Jameson; Bryn Jones; Steve Jones; Lesley Judd; Henry Kelly; Allan King; Jenny Lacey; Richard Littlejohn; Daisy McAndrew; Monty Modlin; Jane Moore; Elliot Moss; Pete Murray; Michael Parkinson; David Prever; Gill Pyrah; Angela Rippon; Valerie Singleton; Penny Smith; Julia Somerville; Dr Pam Spurr; Carol Thatcher; Eamon Holmes, Michael Van Straten and Sandy Warr.Guest
People who have hosted 'one off' shows include:- Tony Blair (see below) - 13th January 2004
- Ann Widdecombe
- Abi Titmuss - 23rd June 2006
- Bob Johnson (Clive Bull's producer) - 6th July 2006; replaced Clive Bull
- Frank Dobson
- Dianne Abbott
Ways of listening
You can listen to LBC by:
- DAB Digital Radio (Greater London area) CE London Multiplex
- FM Radio 97.3 MHz (Greater London area) Croydon Transmitter
- Homechoice 627
- Sky Digital 0177
- Online Streaming from station website
Podcasting
LBC claim to be the first radio station in the world to provide full-length podcasts for all its major shows, plus podcast-only shows and other things such as backstage interviews and mp3s sent to the show. Both are available via a subscription service. Short 'best of' shows are made available free of charge.
Tony Blair appearance
On January 13 2004, British Prime Minister Tony Blair presented an hour long phone-in show on the station, taking pre-booked calls from LBC 97.3 listeners. His appearance was part of the 'big conversation' initiative to promote Government as being more accessible and in touch with the people. During the 10:00-11:00 show, a caller explained that he'd been denied access to his children for five years and asked what Mr Blair was planning to do about other fathers in a similar situation. The Prime Minister assured the caller he would look into his case personally. It later transpired that the caller was in fact Fathers 4 Justice member Ron Davis who in May of that year was arrested for entering Parliament and throwing a condom containing purple powder over Mr Blair and nearby Cabinet members. Mr Davis claimed the attack was in response to the Prime Minister's failure to contact him or look into the matters discussed on LBC 97.3.
Ken Livingstone appearances
A regular guest on LBC 97.3 is London Mayor Ken Livingstone, who usually appears once per month on the Nick Ferrari breakfast show. During the show he takes calls from LBC listeners and discusses points put to him by Ferrari. It's become something of a running joke that the Mayor usually arrives late, blaming it on public transport, which he's famously keen to be seen using, to the extent that Nick Ferrari actually won a bet that Livingstone would be late for his next appearance on LBC.
External links
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