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106: 34: 2640: 2588: 1428: 2608: 1438: 2652: 2598: 1448: 2664: 368:, the BBC abolished the Forces Programme and established the General Forces Programme, designed to provide a mixture of programming suitable for American and British audiences and also to appeal to the " 310:. The former transmitters of the National Programme continued to broadcast the Home Service until 1940, when the lack of choice and lighter programming for people serving in the 349:
who were mainly sat in barracks with little to do. Its mixture of drama, comedy, popular music, features, quiz shows and variety was richer and more varied than the former
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The BBC Forces Programme was replaced when the influx of American soldiers, used to a different style of entertainment programming, had to be catered for in the run up to '
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The General Forces Programme maintained the previous broadcasting hours of the Forces Programme on air each day from 6.30am until 11.00pm.
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The BBC Forces Programme was launched to appeal directly to those members of the armed services during the
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began to disengage from each fighting area and civilian rule was finally restored and the soldiers
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The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume II: The Golden Age of the Wireless
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was noted. At that point, some frequencies were given to a new entertainment network, the
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was a national radio station operating from 27 February 1944 until 31 December 1946.
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For the unrelated but similarly named military radio and television service, see
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Former British national radio station during and after World War II (1944–1946)
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programmes, the General Forces Programme also offered British programming:
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radio programmes, combining the two to form a single channel known as the
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Radiomusications from Transdiffusion, undated; accessed 5 February 2006
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to occupying forces in each former occupied and enemy country.
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on 29 July 1945. The service continued broadcasting by
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frequencies of the General Forces Programme became the
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to areas that were still seeing fighting, and after
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