Frequency | 857 kHz |
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Ownership | |
Owner | British 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 |
Last air date | 9 March 1930 |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | General Post Office |
ERP | 100 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 51°30′43″N 0°07′06″W / 51.511994°N 0.118383°W |
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.