LBC

LBC, short for Leading Britain's Conversation, is a UK news and talk station broadcasting from London. It is built around presenter-led discussion, listener phone-ins and news coverage, and this stream is a low-bitrate 48 kbps mono MP3 feed identified as LBC London.

LBC began broadcasting on 8 October 1973 as the UK's first licensed commercial radio station, and its name originally stood for London Broadcasting Company. It is owned by Global and is available on 97.3 FM in London, on DAB, Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media, and through the Global Player, and it has been available nationwide since 2014.

Expect opinionated talk shows, interviews with politicians and public figures, and regular phone-in programmes in which listeners call in to debate the issues of the day. The station has also run politician call-in formats such as Call Clegg, Ask Boris and Call the Cabinet. Programming is in English and focuses on British politics and news.