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The former transmitters of the National Programme continued to broadcast the Home Service until 1940, when the lack of choice and lighter programming for people serving in the [[British Armed Forces]] was noted. At that point, some frequencies were given to a new entertainment network, the [[BBC Forces Programme]].
The BBC Forces Programme was replaced when the influx of American soldiers, used to a different style of entertainment programming, had to be catered for in the run up to '[[Normandy landings|D-Day]]'. The replacement service was named the BBC General Forces Programme and was also broadcast on [[shortwave radio|shortwave]] on the frequencies of the [[BBC Overseas Service]].
===Programming===
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===Legacy===
The Light Programme – as a general entertainment network featuring programming and a style of presentation that had not existed in the United Kingdom before the war – was far more a child of the General Forces Programme than of the pre-war [[BBC National Programme]] whose frequencies and transmitters it inherited.
==See also==
{{Portal|BBC}}
* [[BBC Radio]]
* [[Timeline of the BBC]]
* [[List of BBC radio stations]]
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