RADIO JACKIE PHOTO ARCHIVE 

...then, in the sixties...
...from the National Commercial Radio Movement, NCRM,...
...the Campaign for Independent Broadcasting...
...the Free Radio Campaign...
...and the long lived...
...Free Radio Association...
...many studies...
...had clearly shown...
..the practicality of over 100 local stations...
..which PYE transmitters..
...even demonstrated publicly in 1960...
...on the medium waveband 250 metres...
...and again in 1961 for the Pilkington Report...
...at Castle Goring, led by Ian Collins of SCBC...
...South Coast BroadCasting Ltd...
...in 1965, the Institute for Economic Affairs concurred, while...
...the Reform Group wrote: We approve wholeheartedly...
...1969 saw hope in a 100 station scheme...
...with firm pledges...
...ideas from Ulster's future Downtown Radio supremo...
...and abundant proposals, including...
...the BBC's, by Lord Hill of Luton in July 1969...
...advocating local radio and making no claim for any BBC monopoly...
...Hughie Green's group wanted 115 stations...
...presenting a map of medium wave sites...
...285 town stations were sought...
...by John Gorst's Local Radio Association...
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