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= History of radio in the United Kingdom =

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 * BBC - The BBC Story
 * BBC Research and Development - Milestones
 * Frequency Finder UK - History of radio transmission - 1922-1967
 * Frequency Finder UK - History of radio transmission - 1967-present
 * MDS975 - Pirate Radio (Note: this article should include a brief introduction to the history of pirate radio in the UK, additional information should be added to the main UK pirate radio article.)
 * MDS975 - UK Radio History 1
 * MDS975 - UK Radio History 2
 * MDS975 - UK Radio History 3
 * Transdiffusion - Radiomusications

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Pirate Radio
On March 28, 1964, Radio Caroline was founded.

Crackdown on pirate radio
On Monday, August 14, 1967, the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act became law.

Independent Local Radio
Independent Local Radio (ILR)

National commercial radio
The first and only national FM commercial broadcasting licence was advertised in the early 1990s. Classic FM was the first licensed radio station by the Radio Authority and began to broadcast on September 7, 1992.

Local commercial radio
Other radio stations licensed by the Radio Authority started to broadcast to fill in gaps in coverage not covered by the existing Independent Local Radio stations. Stations which launched include 102.2 Jazz FM on February 4, 1990.

Quiz channels
Quiz channels began to broadcast in 2001 and focused on players calling in to on-screen puzzles through a premium rate number in order to win a cash prize. Since then, a number of broadcasters around the world have added interactive quiz programming to existing channels or launched separate quiz channels.

United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, participation television services which operate are regulated by Ofcom and PhonepayPlus.

In April 2008, Ofcom started a consultation on how to regulate Participation television after a number of allegations and scandals. Ofcom wishes to bring in a new code which will ask channels to reduce its reliance on phone in programming or face being reclassified as a teleshopping service.