5IT

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5IT was a radio station broadcast by the BBC from Birmingham, England between 1922 and 1927. It was the BBC's second station, going live at 17:20 on November 15, 1922, the day after 2LO started daily BBC broadcasting from London and one hour forty minutes before 2ZY launched BBC broadcasting in Manchester.[1]

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  1. ^ Upton, Chris. "When radio went live ; Chris Upton looks back 80 years to the first radio broadcast in Birmingham", Birmingham Post, Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd, 2002-11-16. 
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