United Biscuits Network

United Biscuits Network

__FORCETOC__United Biscuits Network (UBN) was an industrial radio station serving the factories of United Biscuits. It was in operation from 1970 to 1979.It broadcast from the United Biscuits factory in Osterley to UB factories in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow 24 hours a day. It was the training ground for many of the UK's most famous radio presenters including Roger Scott, Adrian Love, Nicky Horne, Graham Dene and Dale Winton. [http://www.ubn.org.uk]

It was closed down in 1979, when the decision was taken to play the local ILR stations in the factories. cite web | title = "UK On-Air thread" | url = http://ukonair.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-7445.html

The Chris Petit film Radio On was partly filmed at the UBN stdio. The protagonist is a DJ at an industrial radio station similar to UBN.


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