London Sounds Eastern - The Launching of London Sounds Eastern -BBC Radio London

The Launching of London Sounds Eastern -BBC Radio London

The program went on the airwaves on a Sunday evening on BBC Radio London 206. It enjoyed a huge multi-cultural radio audience and was even highlighted in the BBC Radio Times in 1976. London Sounds Eastern created broadcasting history in the United Kingdom, it was the first ever Asian programme in English, on the BBC . Until the launch of 'London Sounds Eastern,' Asian radio programmes in the United Kingdom were mostly in the Hindi and Urdu languages.

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