We just read This Day: 1974.The launch of BRMB in Birmingham – the first English commercial station outside London.
Its name is a puzzle to many: not actually an acronym, but its letters are plucked wildy from the company Birmingham Broadcasting Ltd which was awarded the franchise to broadcast.
Many well-known names have passed through the BRMB doors at its Aston premises or in the current Brindley place base: the loving Graham Torrington, Jeremy (Jezza) Kyle; Ed Doolan; and Phil Upton.
Read more on David Lloyd’s Radio Moments here
