Medium Wave radio goes back to the 40s
Absolute Radio is running a 24-hour pop up station on Friday playing jazz, swing and big band music from the 1940s to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
The service will broadcast across the UK on 1215AM in place of the main Absolute Radio station for the day.
The main Absolute Radio station on DAB across the UK will play re-imagined news bulletins every hour on the day itself too.
Music on Absolute Radio 40s will include Vera Lynn, Billie Holliday, The Andrews Sisters, Judy Garland, Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Gracie Fields, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey.
Content Controller of Absolute Radio, Paul Sylvester said: “The 75th anniversary of VE Day is a momentous event in our history and it’s tragic that celebrations have had to be rightly curtailed because of the Coronavirus.
"The incredible music and compelling stories you’ll hear on Absolute Radio 40s will bring comfort and entertainment to those older listeners in self-isolation and remind the rest of us of the importance of this day.
"Taking the Absolute Radio decade strategy and creating this unique pop-up station for 24 hours is the simplest way that we can pay our own very small tribute.”
