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The pre-war National Programme, whilst using the same frequencies and transmitters as the post-war Light Programme, was not the general entertainment network its successor the Light Programme became. The Light Programme was more of a child of the Forces and General Forces Programme, with a style of
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Initially, the station was on the air from 11.00 am until 11.00 pm. However from Sunday 16 June 1940, the station would commence its broadcasting day from 6.30 am and would continue until 11.00 pm. These broadcasting hours remained in place until the new
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The BBC Home Service had been put together in a hurry and many of the pre-war favourite programmes had been lost. The new network mainly concentrated on news, informational programmes and music – in the early days of the war, the theatre organist
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The BBC Forces Programme was replaced when the influx of American soldiers used to a different style of entertainment programming, had to be catered for in the run up to '
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transmitters continued to broadcast only the Home Service until the start of 1940, when the lack of choice and of lighter programming for people serving in the
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who had been expecting to fight, were now mainly sat in barracks with little to do. The BBC Forces Programme was launched to appeal directly to these men.
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troops had broadcasts designed for them on the Forces Programme. From 1942, American troops also received their own broadcasts on the service; popular
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of the Overseas Service (which itself had been known until November 1939 as the Empire Service, and it was relaunched again on 1 May 1965 as
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having been noted – some of the former regional frequencies (804 and 877 kHz) were given over to a new service known as the
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could receive the Forces Programme, among them it became more popular than the Home Service and after the
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to fill gaps in the schedule. It became clear that the members of the armed services during the
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began on Sunday 27 February 1944, with the service maintaining the same broadcasting hours.
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presentation and programming that had not existed in the United Kingdom before the war.
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was a national radio station which operated from 7 January 1940 until 26 February 1944.
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For the unrelated but similarly named military radio and television service, see
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radio programmes, combining the two to form a single channel known as the
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Former British national radio station during World War II (1940–1944)
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British Forces Broadcasting Service
A photograph of Broadcasting House showing the art deco styling of the main facade was made from Portland stone.
Broadcasting House
London
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Broadcasting House
London
England
English
BBC
BBC General Forces Programme
World War II
BBC
National
Regional
BBC Home Service
medium wave
British Armed Forces
Sandy MacPherson
organ music
Phoney War
France
England
Battle of France
United Kingdom
British Army
Danger - Men at Work!
Sincerely Yours, Vera Lynn
British Armed Forces
BBC General Forces Programme

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