Celebrate 100 Years Of Radio In The UK

MEMBERS of one of the Midlands’ largest radio clubs are taking part in an event later this month to mark 100 years of radio in the UK.

Wythall Radio Club, based at Wythall House in Silver Street, is putting on a radio station for two days to communicate to the world in celebration of the founding of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB).

In 1913, the enthusiasts who formed the RSGB were among the early pioneers of radio across the UK and the world. Members went on to become leading lights in the formation of the BBC and played major roles in wartime communications and code-breaking during the Second World War......

Wythall Radio Club