All the radio stations in the "What's Happening?" titles, and where they are now [Updated April 2024]... * Chiltern Radio - broadcasting from Dunstable since 1981. Now the base of Heart Four Counties. * 240 Saxon Radio - broadcasting from Bury St. Edmunds since November 1982 (so the baby of the ILR network at the time). Merged into Heart East Anglia in 2010. * Radio 210 - broadcasting from Reading since 1976. Now the base of Heart Thames Valley. * 257 Radio Orwell - broadcasting from Ipswich since 1975. Its sister station was Saxon Radio. Merged into Heart East Anglia in 2010. * Radio Wyvern - coming from Worcester since October 1982. Now owned by Bauer Radio, rebranded as Free Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire in 2012, and finally as Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire in April 2024. * 235 Pennine Radio - broadcasting from Bradford since 1975. Rebranded as Pulse in 1991, sold to Bauer in 2019 and rebranded as Hits Radio West Yorkshire in April 2024. * Radio Tay - coming from Dundee since 1980. Now owned by Bauer Radio and known as Tay FM and Tay AM, with Tay AM rebranding to Greatest Hits Radio Tayside & Fife in 2015, though only on DAB since November 2023. * Radio Trent - launched in 1975 in Nottingham. Became the base of Capital FM East Midlands before being merged in April 2019 with Capital Birmingham into Capital Midlands. * Capital Radio 194 - the second ILR station to launch (a week after its talk counterpart LBC), in 1973 in London. It's still there as Capital London. * Radio West - from Bristol, opened in 1973. Now home to Heart West Country. * LBC - the first ILR station launched in October 1973 in London. Owned by Global Radio, it's still there today. * Beacon Radio 303 - the last of the first tranche of ILR stations launched, in April 1976 from Wolverhampton. Now owned by Bauer Radio and moved to Oldbury as the base of Free Radio Shropshire & Black Country, rebranded as Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire in April 2024. * 225 Hereward Radio - launched in Peterborough in 1980. Merged into Heart Cambridgeshire in 2011. * Centre Radio - from Leicester, opened in 1981 and closed in October 1983 due to financial problems, the license was reawarded to Leicester Sound, who started broadcasting in September 1984 as a sister station to Radio Trent, and were merged into Capital FM East Midlands in 2011 (see Radio Trent). * Mercia Sound - coming from Coventry since 1980. Also part of Bauer Radio, broadcasting as Free Radio Coventry & Warwickshire from Birmingham, and Hits Radio Coventry & Warwickshire from April 2024. * Radio Aire 362 - Leeds' local station since 1981. Still based in their Kirkstall Road studio next to ITV Yorkshire, and owned by Bauer Radio, broadcasting as Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire since September 2020. * Radio Tees - from Stockton-on-Tees since 1975. Rebranded as TFM in 1988, now owned by Bauer Radio and broadcasting from Newcastle as Hits Radio Teesside since April 2024. * CBC Radio - Cardiff Broadcasting Company started in 1980. Rebranded as Red Dragon FM in 1985. Became the base of Capital FM South Wales, but sold by Global Radio to Irish media group Communicorp in 2014 while retaining the Capital brand. * Downtown Radio - Northern Ireland's ILR station since 1976. Based in Newtownards. Owned by Bauer Radio but retains its own branding. * Radio Forth - from Edinburgh since 1975. Now owned by Bauer Radio and broadcasting as Forth 1, with Forth 2 ceasing transmissions on medium wave at the end of 2023, broadcasting on DAB as Greatest Hits Radio Edinburgh, Lothians & Fife. * Piccadilly Radio 261 - launched in Manchester in 1974. The FM station was renamed Key 103 in 1988. Now owned by Bauer Radio, the original station became Key 2 before rebranding as Greatest Hits Radio Manchester in January 2019. Key 103 is now Hits Radio Manchester. The studios are still in Castlefield, and are used for networked programming for other Bauer stations. * 2CR Bournemouth - 2 Counties Radio opened in 1980. Merged into Heart South Coast (now Heart Solent) in 2010. * DevonAir - broadcasting from Exeter and Torbay from 1980. Lost their licence in 1993 and ceased broadcasting on 31 December 1994, with Gemini FM taking over the following day. Gemini later became Heart Devon (now Heart South West) in 2009. * West Sound - opened in 1981 from Ayr. Sister stations West Sound (from Dumfries) opened in 1990, and West FM (also from Ayr) opened in 1997. All stations now owned by Bauer Radio, with both West Sound stations rebranding as Greatest Hits Radio in April 2023, just in time for Ken Bruce's arrival following his departure from Radio 2. * Radio Hallam - serving Sheffield since 1974. Now part of Bauer Radio, broadcasting as Hallam FM, now as Hits Radio South Yorkshire. * Radio Clyde - operating from Clydebank since New Year's Eve 1973, the first ILR station to open outside London. It's also the only known commercial radio station in the UK to have its own indoor swimming pool. Now owned by Bauer Radio as Clyde 1 on FM, and Greatest Hits Radio Glasgow & The West (previously Clyde 2) on DAB. Clyde 3, previously on DAB, closed in August 2017, its place taken by the network feed of Hits Radio.
Jeremy Panze Yes of course, she started out on _CBTV_. How could I forget? To be fair all the clips I've seen from that show are clips featuring Harry "Aitch" Fielder as the Thames security guard.
Used to love this show, when Sweeny and Steen came on board. Bit of a difficult birth, from Magpie to Ace Reports, to CBTV (Ace Reports) to finding its feet with CBTV Channel 14. Even that last name had the pedant radio enthusiasts complaining that it was pronounced "1-4" and not "fourteen". With this and Dangermouse being stripped across the week, ITV finally started stealing ground on BBC before uncle Pip came along
Did anyone notice that the security guard on CBTV is wearing a "Watch It!" badge? I assume the programme was either a repeat or recorded before the change over from Watch It! to Childrens ITV.
Thanks very much for uploading this! I don't suppose you know the exact air dates, do you? Judging from the Emu's World episode, I'm thinking perhaps 6th April 1983 - but I'm willing to be corrected. :-) Incidentally, do you have a full Children's ITV broadcast on tape, or just the continuity?
VideotapeFTW Various recording dates starting in early March '83 and continuing over the next few months. These are all the clips I have - I just recorded the continuity clips!
Here from Romania with love for all of this old videos ! Born in 82 , this time of TV was big and great!
This is gold !!
All the radio stations in the "What's Happening?" titles, and where they are now [Updated April 2024]...
* Chiltern Radio - broadcasting from Dunstable since 1981. Now the base of Heart Four Counties.
* 240 Saxon Radio - broadcasting from Bury St. Edmunds since November 1982 (so the baby of the ILR network at the time). Merged into Heart East Anglia in 2010.
* Radio 210 - broadcasting from Reading since 1976. Now the base of Heart Thames Valley.
* 257 Radio Orwell - broadcasting from Ipswich since 1975. Its sister station was Saxon Radio. Merged into Heart East Anglia in 2010.
* Radio Wyvern - coming from Worcester since October 1982. Now owned by Bauer Radio, rebranded as Free Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire in 2012, and finally as Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire in April 2024.
* 235 Pennine Radio - broadcasting from Bradford since 1975. Rebranded as Pulse in 1991, sold to Bauer in 2019 and rebranded as Hits Radio West Yorkshire in April 2024.
* Radio Tay - coming from Dundee since 1980. Now owned by Bauer Radio and known as Tay FM and Tay AM, with Tay AM rebranding to Greatest Hits Radio Tayside & Fife in 2015, though only on DAB since November 2023.
* Radio Trent - launched in 1975 in Nottingham. Became the base of Capital FM East Midlands before being merged in April 2019 with Capital Birmingham into Capital Midlands.
* Capital Radio 194 - the second ILR station to launch (a week after its talk counterpart LBC), in 1973 in London. It's still there as Capital London.
* Radio West - from Bristol, opened in 1973. Now home to Heart West Country.
* LBC - the first ILR station launched in October 1973 in London. Owned by Global Radio, it's still there today.
* Beacon Radio 303 - the last of the first tranche of ILR stations launched, in April 1976 from Wolverhampton. Now owned by Bauer Radio and moved to Oldbury as the base of Free Radio Shropshire & Black Country, rebranded as Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire in April 2024.
* 225 Hereward Radio - launched in Peterborough in 1980. Merged into Heart Cambridgeshire in 2011.
* Centre Radio - from Leicester, opened in 1981 and closed in October 1983 due to financial problems, the license was reawarded to Leicester Sound, who started broadcasting in September 1984 as a sister station to Radio Trent, and were merged into Capital FM East Midlands in 2011 (see Radio Trent).
* Mercia Sound - coming from Coventry since 1980. Also part of Bauer Radio, broadcasting as Free Radio Coventry & Warwickshire from Birmingham, and Hits Radio Coventry & Warwickshire from April 2024.
* Radio Aire 362 - Leeds' local station since 1981. Still based in their Kirkstall Road studio next to ITV Yorkshire, and owned by Bauer Radio, broadcasting as Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire since September 2020.
* Radio Tees - from Stockton-on-Tees since 1975. Rebranded as TFM in 1988, now owned by Bauer Radio and broadcasting from Newcastle as Hits Radio Teesside since April 2024.
* CBC Radio - Cardiff Broadcasting Company started in 1980. Rebranded as Red Dragon FM in 1985. Became the base of Capital FM South Wales, but sold by Global Radio to Irish media group Communicorp in 2014 while retaining the Capital brand.
* Downtown Radio - Northern Ireland's ILR station since 1976. Based in Newtownards. Owned by Bauer Radio but retains its own branding.
* Radio Forth - from Edinburgh since 1975. Now owned by Bauer Radio and broadcasting as Forth 1, with Forth 2 ceasing transmissions on medium wave at the end of 2023, broadcasting on DAB as Greatest Hits Radio Edinburgh, Lothians & Fife.
* Piccadilly Radio 261 - launched in Manchester in 1974. The FM station was renamed Key 103 in 1988. Now owned by Bauer Radio, the original station became Key 2 before rebranding as Greatest Hits Radio Manchester in January 2019. Key 103 is now Hits Radio Manchester. The studios are still in Castlefield, and are used for networked programming for other Bauer stations.
* 2CR Bournemouth - 2 Counties Radio opened in 1980. Merged into Heart South Coast (now Heart Solent) in 2010.
* DevonAir - broadcasting from Exeter and Torbay from 1980. Lost their licence in 1993 and ceased broadcasting on 31 December 1994, with Gemini FM taking over the following day. Gemini later became Heart Devon (now Heart South West) in 2009.
* West Sound - opened in 1981 from Ayr. Sister stations West Sound (from Dumfries) opened in 1990, and West FM (also from Ayr) opened in 1997. All stations now owned by Bauer Radio, with both West Sound stations rebranding as Greatest Hits Radio in April 2023, just in time for Ken Bruce's arrival following his departure from Radio 2.
* Radio Hallam - serving Sheffield since 1974. Now part of Bauer Radio, broadcasting as Hallam FM, now as Hits Radio South Yorkshire.
* Radio Clyde - operating from Clydebank since New Year's Eve 1973, the first ILR station to open outside London. It's also the only known commercial radio station in the UK to have its own indoor swimming pool. Now owned by Bauer Radio as Clyde 1 on FM, and Greatest Hits Radio Glasgow & The West (previously Clyde 2) on DAB. Clyde 3, previously on DAB, closed in August 2017, its place taken by the network feed of Hits Radio.
Anthony Hobson Thanks.
Ever kissed a girl LOL?
What's Happening a blast from the past !
Great video
CBTV - that's where Sweeney and Steen got their break :o)
And yes, it was a running joke that they had to sneak past Harry to get into the studios.
It was also one of the first TV programmes presented by the late Mike Smith.
Anthony Hobson ...and lets also add Anneka Rice just immediately pre-Treasure Hunt too.
Jeremy Panze Yes of course, she started out on _CBTV_. How could I forget?
To be fair all the clips I've seen from that show are clips featuring Harry "Aitch" Fielder as the Thames security guard.
Used to love this show, when Sweeny and Steen came on board. Bit of a difficult birth, from Magpie to Ace Reports, to CBTV (Ace Reports) to finding its feet with CBTV Channel 14. Even that last name had the pedant radio enthusiasts complaining that it was pronounced "1-4" and not "fourteen". With this and Dangermouse being stripped across the week, ITV finally started stealing ground on BBC before uncle Pip came along
The full episode of Emu's World from Marmalade's link can be found here: ua-cam.com/video/NEfw3y_FAhc/v-deo.html
Love that 👍
Whats Happening was live then? Seem to recall Tommy Boyd mentioning that the Leonard Parkin segment was prerecorded before transmission.
i remember these shows very well, What's Happening Emu's World The Moomins ,
Did anyone notice that the security guard on CBTV is wearing a "Watch It!" badge? I assume the programme was either a repeat or recorded before the change over from Watch It! to Childrens ITV.
Nah, Harry just hated change 😅 He always wore a Watch It! badge throughout the show's run.
Thanks very much for uploading this! I don't suppose you know the exact air dates, do you? Judging from the Emu's World episode, I'm thinking perhaps 6th April 1983 - but I'm willing to be corrected. :-)
Incidentally, do you have a full Children's ITV broadcast on tape, or just the continuity?
VideotapeFTW Various recording dates starting in early March '83 and continuing over the next few months. These are all the clips I have - I just recorded the continuity clips!
tv68 Thanks - these are absolute gold. Keep up the excellent uploads. :-)
VideotapeFTW Thanks for your comments - plenty more to come...bit by bit!
Wasn’t the music for cbtv used previously for ‘Ace reports’ ?
Update ... found the proof ua-cam.com/video/llIThN4TRWI/v-deo.html
Charlotte Coleman
Anyone got Carolyn Cheshire's appearance on CBTV?
3:10 Mick Robertson, will he change hands?? ua-cam.com/video/LFzFWGEiIfw/v-deo.html