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It's just approaching midnight on Sunday December 31st 1978 and Andy Peebles is your host as Radio 1 takes us into 1979 with an extremely cheesy disco rendition of Auld Lang Syne.
Jim Callaghan is Labour's Prime Minister battling through the "Winter of Discontent" with strike after strike hitting factories and public services - including the BBC - all of which leads to Margaret Thatcher winning the election in 4 months time.
Radio 1's medium wave frequency changed from the appalling 247metres (1215kHz) to 275 & 285m (1053 & 1089kHz) just over a month earlier but the station still has to share Radio 2's VHF/FM network. Only a select number of shows like the Top 40, John Peel and this one can be enjoyed in stereo.
Hear how New Year's Eve sounded with Adrian Juste one year later: • BBC Radio 1 - 31 Dec 1...
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