About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Midland Metro, Beacon, Primary schools in Sandwell, Source Radio, BBC WM, Mercia, Halesowen bus station, Rhubarb Radio, 105.7 Smooth Radio, Gardeners' World Live, Moor Street Theatre, Radio Warwick, Alpha Television, Round Oak rail accident, Scratch Radio, Greyfriars, Coventry, Century Digital, Touch FM, Ocker Hill Power Station, Big L 1395, Hamstead Colliery, WCR FM, St Thomas' Church, Coventry, Hot 92, Bumble Hole Line, Radio Enoch, New Style Radio 98.7FM, Old Park Farm, The Fort Shopping Park, Prince Albert School, Radio XL, Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal, Croft Preparatory School, Maypole, Birmingham, Pillaton Hall, Carmelite Monastery, Wolverhampton, Londonderry, West Midlands, St. Anne's Priory, Coventry, St. Mary's Priory, Coventry, Little Bromwich, Whitefriars, Coventry, Widney Manor. Excerpt: Connection Timeout Beacon (previously known as Beacon Radio, Beacon Radio 303, Beacon FM, Beacon Shropshire & Beacon Black Country), is an independent local radio station, broadcasting to the Black Country and Shropshire in the West Midlands region of England. The station began broadcasting to Wolverhampton and the Black Country from studios at 267 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton on mediumwave 303 metres, and 97.2 MHz (from Turner's Hill) at 6 a.m. on 12 April 1976. The first presenter was Mike Baker and the first song to be played was Eric Carmen's "Sunrise." The station originally set out to broadcast Beautiful Music including soul and country rock with a heavy bias towards American chart music with artists like Linda Ronstadt and The Eagles. The station's original Managing Director was Jay Oliver, an American who, with his Programme Controller Allen McKenzie (a Scot/Canadian), was responsible for the Mid-Atlantic sound that flooded the West Midlands for three years (including a US-style jingle package). As wit...
