View Details For Each Episode Featuring Ma! (He’s Making Eyes At Me) By Lena Zavaroni
10 February 197417 February 197424 February 1974
3 March 197410 March 197417 March 1974
Tom Browne with The Top Twenty
24 March 1974 ✔
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RecordingBBC Radio 1BBC Radio 2Chart & DateAM - FM

As the BBC dropped the Top 60 it meant this was the last time we would hear Lena's single in their Sunday Charts show as while she would remain in the Top 60 for another 4 weeks her position in the charts would be outside of the Top 20.

Lena Zavaroni’s single Ma! (He’s Making Eyes At Me) moved down the charts from number 14 to number 17.

Recording of the Top 20 section of the broadcast
BBC Radio 1: Tom Browne with The Top Twenty starts at 16:00hrs
BBC Radio 1's first air date was on 30 September 1967 it was only transmitted on Medium Wave using amplitude modulation it would get an VHF channel that's rollout would start on 1 September 1988, starting with Central Scotland, the Midlands and the north of England.
BBC Radio 2: Tom Browne with The Top Twenty starts at 18:00hrs
BBC Radio 2's first air date was on 30 September 1967 it was a replacement for the Light Programme it was transmitter on VHF using frequency modulation in 1973 a subcarrier was added to the transmission which allowed the broadcasting of content in stereo.
UK Official Singles ChartDifferences In Dates

17 March 1974 - 23 March 1974

  1. Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
  2. Burn Baby Burn - Hudson-Ford
  3. Jambalaya - The Carpenters
  4. Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me) - Lena Zavaroni
  5. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
  6. Seven Seas Of Rhye - Queen
  7. Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro
  8. Wombling Song - Wombles
  9. School Love - Barry Blue
  10. Candle In The Wind - Elton John
  11. Emma - Hot Chocolate
  12. It's You - Freddie Starr
  13. Remember (Sha-La-La-La) - Bay City Rollers
  14. Jet - Paul McCartney And Wings
  15. I Get A Little Sentimental Over You Ft. Lyn Paul - The New Seekers
  16. Jealous Mind - Alvin Stardust
  17. You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr
  18. The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich
  19. The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
  20. Billy - Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace

As can be seen the BBC seems to broadcast a week behind the dates given by the UK Official Singles Charts.

I imagine that is because the programme is broadcast on a Sunday and they would not receive the data for the charts until sometime during the week.

Robcamstone
Medium Wave (AM) - VHF (FM)

At the time of broadcast Radio 1 was only available on Medium Wave so when the BBC broadcasted some of its music programmes it also broadcasted them on Radio 2 VHF so that listeners with a VHF Radio could enjoy a higher quality of sound and if the receiver was a stereo one than could enjoy tracks that were made in stereo as they should have been heard.

Robcamstone