Plaque commemorates site of Bournemouth's first BBC radio station

The plaque has been placed on the Ocean 80 building - an office block on Holdenhurst Road

A blue plaque has been unveiled to commemorate Bournemouth's first BBC radio station.

6BM started broadcasting 99 years ago above a pram and cycle shop at 72 Holdenhurst Road on 17 October 1923.

The station, which could be heard up to about 25 miles (40km) away, stopped transmitting in June 1939.

BBC Radio Solent broadcast its breakfast show from the site of the former station ahead of the plaque's unveiling by the town's deputy mayor.

Councillor David Kelsey unveiled the plaque during BBC Radio Solent's breakfast show

The plaque has been placed on the Ocean 80 building - an office block on Holdenhurst Road - as the station's original building was demolished a number of years ago.

Councillor David Kelsey said: "It's a great pleasure for me to unveil this plaque - it's really important to have this place recognised."

The station featured a children's hour and broadcast a wide range of live music including the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra - which later became the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

The Bournemouth station started broadcasting on 17 October 1923

It was the eighth wireless relay station set up by the BBC to enable it to cover the whole of the country.

The plaque has been paid for by the Bournemouth Civic Society.