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bbc radio one

Historical, Social and Cultural Contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? Home service, light programme, and third programme 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? Radio 1 2 3 and 4 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? Radio that operated in international water that attracted young people with cool music 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? It was now illegal due to the marine broadcasting act of 1967 5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down? They started to broadcast more music that young people liked 6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem for BBC Radio? The bbc can only broadcast 4-6 hours of music a day while pirate stations had more 7) How did BBC Radio 1 offer different content to previous BBC radio stations? They started to broadcast more music that young people wanted to listen to 8) Who was the ...