Radio Victory (Portsmouth) 1975 Test Transmission

In the early years of commercial radio, the regulator, not the stations dirtied its hands with the business of transmission. The stations were merely programme contractors, delivering the broadcasts in immaculate quality to an expensive transmitter, owned and operated by the IBA. Consequently, the test transmissions were made 'on behalf of the IBA', and strict instructions were given on what could, and could not, be said until the station went live officially. Here, hear the test transmissions from Radio Victory from Portsmouth, the station the IBA was to close down just a few years later.