LBC Newstalk crept into existence in the Spring of 1990. LBC Crown FM clearly did not work and there was no money left for big launches, so the name was quietly changed and many of the idiosyncrasies of the old station (like the news writing rules) disappeared.

In order to stem the losses there were massive redundancies among the staff coupled with the employment of two high profile presenters, Angela Rippon and Michael Parkinson, to present at breakfast and mid-morning respectively. Andrew Neil joined for Sunday morning and Mike Carlton at drivetime after a while.

The LBC Newstalk news jingle
LBC Newstalk jingles
LBC Newstalk promos

The 1993 weekday programme schedule

0600 - 0900 Mike Carlton's Morning Report
Mike Carlton promo
Mike Carlton programme intro
Mike Carlton newspaper review
Paddy Ashdown interview
Ian Paisley interview
Ian Richter interview
Interview with a man who was eating a computer

0900 - 1200 Richard Littlejohn
Richard Littlejohn Promo

1200 - 1300 The Midday News with Martin Young
Midday News promo

1300 - 1600 Frank Bough
Frank Bough promo

1600 - 1900 Angela Rippon's Drivetime
Angela Rippon promo

1900 -2100 Richard Dallyn with First Edition First Edition promo 2100 - 0100 Robbie Vincent's Nightline Robbie Vincent promo Chris of Stratford

The 1993 weekend schedule

Saturday & Sunday 0700 - 1000 Steve Jones Steve Jones promo Saturday 1300 - 1800 Saturday Sport Saturday Sport promo Sunday 1000 - 1200 Andrew Neil Andrew Neil Promo

All of the recordings are in RealAudio format and denoted by the symbol .

A player can be downloaded from the Real Networks site.