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LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is Britain's first commercial independent local radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. LBC began broadcasting on October 8th 1973, days ahead of Capital Radio.

The station has had a turbulent history and almost disappeared in the mid-1990s when the original LBC company - then owned by Shirley Porter's Chelverton Investments - failed to have its licence renewed. The LBC name was not used on-air between October 1994 and July 1996.

LBC was owned between 1994 and 1996 by Reuters, which for most of that time operated the stations as London News 97.3FM and London News Talk 1152AM

Between 1996 and 2002 LBC was part of London News Radio Limited, a company owned jointly by ITN, Daily Mail & General Trust, Reuters and the GWR Group. This new consortium revived the LBC name on 1152AM on 1 July 1996. At the end of 1996 the FM service was relaunched as News Direct 97.3FM.

LBC is currently owned by the Chrysalis Group and operates two services; LBC 97.3 - a news/talk format station - and LBC News 1152 AM, a rolling news service.

Current LBC 97.3 presenters include Sandi ToksvigSandi Toksvig (born May 3, 1959 in Copenhagen) is a comedian and radio presenter famous in the United Kingdom. Her father was a foreign reporter for a Danish television channel, and she spent most of her youth abroad. She studied law and anthropology at G, Clive BullClive Bull is a radio talk show host on LBC in London, England. He usually occupies the "time-for-bed" slot currently 10 p. His laid-back approach is the antithesis of the opinionated, radical radio host so typical of talk radio. Clive Bull entices his ca.

Past LBC presenters include Boy GeorgeGeorge Alan O'Dowd (born June 14, 1961), better known as Boy George is a famous gay singer and musician who reached fame with his group Culture Club in the 1980s. Early Life Born in Eltham, London, England. George O'Dowd grew up in an Irish Catholic house, Bob HolnessBob Holness is a British actor and presenter. He was born in Ashford, Kent, where he worked for a printing company before emigrating to South Africa. In 1955 he got his first job as a radio presenter. Holness was one of the first actors to portray James B, Frank BoughFrank Bough (surname pronounced "Boff") is a former British television presenter. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford, reputedly being one of the last generation of undergraduates to be awarded a fourth class degree. He was notable as anchorman of t, Michael ParkinsonMichael Parkinson CBE (born March 28 1935) is an English journalist and television presenter. He is most famous for presenting his eponymous interview programme, Parkinson''. Parkinson, or "Parky" as he is familiarly known, was born in Cudworth, near Barn, Gyles Brandreth, Jeremy Beadle, Tommy Boyd and Richard Littlejohn .