BBC Radio London
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BBC Radio London is London's BBC local radio station providing a service of news, views, entertainment, phone-in's, travel news, weather and music which is based at BBC Broadcasting House in central London.
The station covers an editorial area of London's 32 boroughs, the City of London and parts of the home counties in or just outside the M25, such as Epsom, Watford and Epping.
Unlike other local BBC stations, BBC Radio London provides the majority of their output locally except for late evenings and overnights.
The station between 1988 and 2015 was known as Greater London Radio (GLR), BBC London Live, BBC LDN and BBC London 94.9 until BBC Radio London returned on October 6th 2015.
| Editorial area | Greater London |
|---|---|
| Format | News/Sport/Talk |
| Most played | Lola Young, Myles Smith, Alex WarrenRadiomonitor |
| Audience figures | 429,000 weekly listenersRAJAR March 2025 |
| Launched | 6 October 1970 |
| Owner | BBC |
| Former names | BBC Radio London GLR BBC London Live BBC London 94.9 |
Contact BBC Radio London
| Postal address | BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA |
|---|---|
| Telephone: reception | +44 20 7224 2424 |
| Telephone: reception | +44 800 731 2000 |
| Telephone: newsdesk | +44 20 7765 1182 |
| Official website | bbc.co.uk/radiolondon |
| Wikipedia | BBC_Radio_London |
| YouTube | BBC |
| Personal email | firstname.lastname@bbc.co.uk |
Social media
| X | @BBCRadioLondon | |
|---|---|---|
| X: Newsdesk | @BBCLondonNews | |
| X: other | @BBCTravelAlert | |
| X: Press Office | @bbcpress | |
| X: Jobs | @BBCCareers | |
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