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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio Leicester opens 8 November 1967, local radio network launched

Radio Leicester went on air on 8 November 1967. The station was the pioneer in the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's experimental local radio network, the first of 8, broadcasting on VHF. It was joined later in the month by Sheffield and Merseyside. Local radio was very much the brainchild of Frank Gillard - the former war reporter turned Director of Radio - who saw it as a chance to present "the running serial story of local life in all its aspects".

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