The combined station, called the " Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme " and operated by the BBC on behalf of the Allied forces, began broadcasting on 7 June 1944, the day after the Normandy landings, on 514 metres ( 583kHz ), providing a service dominated by cabaret and swing music.
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In harbor defense plans and other documents, such as survey data sheets prepared by the U . S . Coast and Geodetic Survey ( USCGS ), these combined stations were often labeled according to the tactical numbers of the gun batteries they were designed primarily to serve and their number in the series of stations serving that battery.
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The Jubilee line platforms and the refurbished Northern line platforms opened on 1 May 1979 from which date the combined station including " Trafalgar Square " was given its current name; simultaneously " Charing Cross Embankment " reverted to the original BS & WR name of " Embankment ", ending 109 years of association with the name " Charing Cross ".
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The Durham Herald-Sun had never separated the financial books of WDCG and WDNC . The combined stations had only been profitable in 2 of the 10 years prior to 1983-with a $ 10, 000 profit one year and a $ 59, 000 profit in 1979 . By 1984, WDCG alone was billing just under 4 million dollars ( inflation adjusted about $ 16, 000, 000 today ).