Celebrating BBC broadcasting in Scotland
At 7pm on 6 March 1923, BBC broadcasting in Scotland officially began.
The studio was housed in a small attic apartment at Rex House in Bath Street, Glasgow, and the transmitter at Port Dundas.
Using 1.5kW on 722kHz, the station was allocated the callsign 5SC.
This year, 100 years to the day, the BBC Amateur Radio Group will be celebrating the anniversary with special event callsign GB5SC.
Operation will take place on the 4, 5 and 6 March 2023, from the present BBC Pacific Quay headquarters, using HF, VHF, UHF and QO-100.
The BBC club team is being joined by operators from the West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society (WOSARS).
For more information, visit the GB5SC page at QRZ.com and the WOSARS website.
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