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Landbased Address

33 Avenue Road, Southend on Sea, Essex

Broadcasting Hours

Initially 7.00am to 9.00pm

Radio Essex later became Britain's first 24 hours a day radio station.

(The 24 hours schedule continued six days a week with a six hour closedown early on Monday mornings to enable transmitter maintenance work to be carried out)

Knock John Fort

Format

Middle of the road music during the day and Top 40 at night

Wavelength/

Frequency

222m (1351kHz)

 (later moving to 1353kHz, but still being announced on air as 222m)

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