2BD

2BD
Broadcast areaAberdeen City council area
Frequency606 kHz : 495 m MW
Programming
FormatLight music, comedy, news and sport
Ownership
OwnerBBC
History
First air date
10 October 1923

2BD was a local radio station opened on 10 October 1923 in Aberdeen, Scotland, by the British Broadcasting Company (later to become the British Broadcasting Corporation). Operating from a studio at the rear of a shop belonging to Aberdeen Electrical Engineering at 17 Belmont Street and a transmitter located on the premises of the Aberdeen Steam Laundry Company, the station broadcast on a frequency of 606 kHz (495 m) medium wave.[1]

  1. ^ The History of Aberdeen Radio Archived 24 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine: article by Gordon Bathgate from the online edition of Leopard Magazine, February 2005. Retrieved on 8 January 2008.