The sister station of LBC, it broadcasts rolling news 24 hours a day nationwide on DAB and Global Player.

By the time the licence was due to start in October 1994, London News Radio had been through several upheavals, first acquiring LBC and then itself being bought up by Reuters.

In the autumn, following a move to ITN's headquarters, the station was relaunched as News Direct 97.3FM and Chris Mann was appointed editor.

The daytime service became semi-automated, with much greater reliance on recorded audio from LBC's FM talk station and Sky News.

On 15 November 2010, LBC News 1152 was added to the Sky and Virgin Media EPGs, with the station using channel slots formerly occupied by Galaxy Yorkshire.

While it remained on 1152AM in the London area for a further five years, it has been available since that date on DAB+ via the D1 multiplex nationwide using the space vacated by Radio X switching to DAB+.

It has reverted to a 24-hour station dropping its simulcast of LBC but otherwise keeping the same format of 20 minute bulletins but with a UK wide focus.

Broadcasting of regular programmes on 1152 AM ceased on Wednesday 30 October 2024 at 10:00 a.m. and a closedown loop, being an edited version of the closedown announcement, was played out on the frequency, informing listeners that LBC News was no longer available on 1152 AM in London and redirecting them to digital platforms to continue listening.

Since Q1 2006, the station has shown consistent growth in terms of people listening, and roughly static total hours.