Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The BBC Light Programme was a radio station aimed at mainstream light entertainment and music. It started on July 29, 1945 and closed at 02:02 on September 30, 1967. At 05:30 on the same day it was replaced by Radio 1 and Radio 2 (the latter being the renamed Light Programme). The first nationwide edition of The Archers was heard on the Light Programme, on January 1, 1951. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.