Editing Independent Local Radio (section)

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! Airdate<ref name="airdate">{{cite web |last=Graham |first=Russ J. |url=https://transdiffusion.org/2006/12/19/ilrdates/ |title=Original ILR Airdates |work=Radiomusications from Transdiffusion |access-date=4 January 2006}}</ref>
! City
! Station name
! Current<br />Station name
! Owner
|-
| [[1973 in British radio#October|8 October 1973]]
| [[London]]
| [[LBC|London Broadcasting Company]]
| [[LBC]]
| [[Global Media & Entertainment|Global]]
|-
| [[1973 in British radio#October|16 October 1973]]
| London
| [[Capital London|Capital Radio]]
| [[Capital London]]
| Global
|-
| [[1973 in British radio#December|31 December 1973]]
| [[Glasgow]]
| [[Radio Clyde]]
| [[Clyde 1]]
| [[Bauer Media Audio UK|Bauer]]
|-
| 19 February 1974
| [[Birmingham]]
| [[Hits Radio Birmingham|BRMB]]
| [[Hits Radio Birmingham]]
| Bauer
|-
| 2 April 1974
| [[Manchester]]
| [[Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West|Piccadilly Radio]]
| [[Hits Radio Manchester]]
| Bauer
|-
| 15 July 1974
| [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]]
| [[Hits Radio North East|Metro Radio]]
| [[Hits Radio North East]]
| Bauer
|-
| 30 September 1974
| [[Swansea]]
| [[Greatest Hits Radio South Wales|Swansea Sound]]
| [[The Wave 96.4 FM|Hits Radio South West Wales]]
| Bauer
|-
| 1 October 1974
| [[Sheffield]]
| [[Hits Radio South Yorkshire|Radio Hallam]]
| [[Hits Radio South Yorkshire]]
| Bauer
|-
| 21 October 1974
| [[Liverpool]]
| [[Hits Radio Liverpool|Radio City]]
| [[Hits Radio Liverpool]]
| Bauer
|-
| 22 January 1975
| [[Edinburgh]]
| [[Radio Forth]]
| [[Forth 1]]
| Bauer
|-
| 19 May 1975
| [[Plymouth]]
| [[Heart Plymouth|Plymouth Sound]]
| Defunct, now a relay of [[Heart West]]
| Global
|-
| 24 June 1975
| [[Stockton-on-Tees]]
| [[TFM (radio station)|Radio Tees]]
| [[TFM (radio station)|Hits Radio Teesside]]
| Bauer
|-
| 3 July 1975
| [[Nottingham]]
| [[Trent FM|Radio Trent]]
| Defunct, now a relay of [[Capital Midlands]]
| Global
|-
| 16 September 1975
| [[Bradford]]
| [[Pennine Radio (radio station)|Pennine Radio]]
| [[Hits Radio West Yorkshire]]
| Bauer
|-
| 14 October 1975
| [[Portsmouth]]
| [[Radio Victory]]
| colspan=2|Defunct
|-
| 28 October 1975
| [[Ipswich]]
| [[Heart Ipswich|Radio Orwell]]
| Defunct, now a relay of [[Heart East]]
| Global
|-
| 8 March 1976
| [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]
| [[Heart Berkshire|Radio 210]]
| Defunct, now a relay of [[Heart South]]
| Global
|-
| 16 March 1976
| [[Belfast]]
| colspan=2|[[Downtown Radio]]
| Bauer
|-
| 12 April 1976
| [[Wolverhampton]]
| [[Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire|Beacon Radio]]
| [[Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire]]
| Bauer
|-
|}