2LO

2LO
Frequency857 kHz
Ownership
OwnerBritish Broadcasting Company Ltd. (from 14 November 1922 to 31 December 1926)
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (from 1 January 1927 to 2LO split-off into the BBC Regional and National programmes on 9 March 1930)
History
First air date
11 May 1922; 102 years ago (1922-05-11)
Last air date
9 March 1930; 94 years ago (1930-03-09)
Technical information
Licensing authority
General Post Office
ERP100 watts
Transmitter coordinates
51°30′43″N 0°07′06″W / 51.511994°N 0.118383°W / 51.511994; -0.118383

2LO was the second radio station to regularly broadcast in the United Kingdom (the first was 2MT). It began broadcasting on 11 May 1922, for one hour a day from the seventh floor of Marconi House in London's Strand, opposite Somerset House.