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1994 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1994.

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January edit

February edit

March edit

  • 5 March – Radio Trent's Derbyshire service is renamed Ram FM.
  • 7 March – Following the purchase by GWR of Mercia FM, Xtra AM is replaced by a Mercia-branded relay of Classic Gold and at around the same time, GWR replaces The World's Greatest Music Station in Peterborough with Classic Gold 1332, whose only Peterborough-based show is the breakfast show.
  • 18 March – BBC Radio Kent stops broadcasting on 1035 kHz MW. The frequency is reallocated to commercial radio to allow a new London-wide station to start broadcasting.
  • 27 March – The original BBC Radio 5 signs off after three and a half years on air.
  • 28 March – BBC Radio 5 Live launches at 5 am, with the educational and children's elements of Radio 5's programming replaced by rolling news. Jane Garvey is the first voice on air. At 2 am the following morning 5 Live broadcasts the first edition of its overnight Up All Night show.

April edit

  • 2 April
    • Out This Week, Britain's first national news programme for lesbians and gay men, launches on BBC Radio 5 Live.[2]
    • The first edition of Classic Gardening Forum is broadcast on Classic FM. The programme launches following the transfer of the production of BBC Radio 4's long-running gardening programme Gardeners' Question Time to an independent company upon which the entire previous panel is dismissed. They consequently move to Classic FM on a short-term contract to present Classic Gardening Forum, which runs for 60 minutes as a mixture of gardening tips and music.
  • 3 April – The closure of BBC Radio 5 sees children's programmes return to Radio 4. However, instead of daily programmes, just one weekly 30-minute programme is broadcast, airing on Sunday evenings.[3]
  • 8 April – Following the closure of BBC Radio 5, Test Match Special is broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s long wave frequency for the first time.
  • 10 April – Radio 5's closure sees adult education and Open University programmes return to Radio 4. They are broadcast on long wave only as a two-hour block on Sunday evenings. Open University programmes are broadcast between February and September with language courses aired from October until January.
  • April – Pick of the Pops returns, on Capital Gold.

May edit

  • 8 May – (Sunday) In the early hours, Annie Nightingale launches her career as a club music DJ, presenting the first edition of The Chill Out Zone on BBC Radio 1.

June edit

  • June – BBC Radio 1 begins broadcasting announcements on its medium wave frequency voiced by Nicky Campbell telling listeners to retune to FM because it will no longer be broadcasting on medium wave from 1 July.[4]
  • 20 June – Fortune 1458 launches in Manchester, headed by former Piccadilly Radio boss Colin Walters. The station uses BBC Radio Manchester's old MW frequency.
  • 29 June – The Radio Authority receives 41 applications for six London-wide licenses.[5]
  • June – Following the purchase of Cambridge station CNFM by GWR, the station is relaunched as Q103.
  • June – The name Victory, as a radio station for the Portsmouth area, is re-invented eight years after Radio Victory had stopped broadcasting. The name is resurrected to broadcast a 28-day Restricted Service Licence (RSL) to mark the city's 800th birthday and the 50th anniversary of D-Day. The station returns for a second RSL over the Christmas period of 1994 and again in 1995 to mark VE Day's 50th anniversary.

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September edit

  • 1–16 September – The UK's first five regional commercial stations start broadcasting.

October edit

  • 5 October – News Direct 97.3FM and London News Talk 1152AM begin broadcasting. They replace LBC Newstalk and London Talkback Radio. The change occurs following last year's decision by the Radio Authority not to renew LBC's licence, instead giving it to London News Radio, a consortium led by former LBC staff and backed by Guinness Mahon[8] which has subsequently bought out the LBC business.[9]
  • 8 October – Virgin 1215 is awarded one of the new FM licences advertised in London.[10] The station applied for a London licence after attempts to persuade authorities to allow it to broadcast nationally on FM[11][12] had failed. The other three newly licensed stations are Heart 106.2, Premier Christian Radio and Viva 963.

November edit

  • No events.

December edit

Station debuts edit

Closing this year edit

Programme debuts edit

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Births edit

Deaths edit

  • 5 January – Brian Johnston, 81, cricket commentator and radio presenter
  • 2 February – Anona Winn, 90, broadcasting personality
  • 23 January – Brian Redhead, 64, author, journalist and broadcaster

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "BBC Radio 1 England – 10 January 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ^ BBC Genome Project – BBC Radio Five Live listings 2 April 1994
  3. ^ "BBC Radio 4 FM – 3 April 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Radio Rewind – Radio 1 History – Transmitters". www.radiorewind.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  5. ^ Culf, Andrew (29 June 1994). "41 fight for London radio licences". The Guardian. London. p. 5. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Radio 1 History – Transmitters". Radio Rewind. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  7. ^ Sterling, C. (2004). Encyclopedia of Radio. Fitzroy Dearbon. ISBN 9780203484289.
  8. ^ LBC To Appeal Over Licence Decision, AM/FM News, September 1993.
  9. ^ Eaton, Lynn (5 October 1994). "LBC signs off after 21 years". The Independent. London.
  10. ^ Williams, Rhys (8 October 1994). "Virgin wins one of six new slots on London's airwaves". The Independent. London. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  11. ^ Culf, Andrew (29 April 1993). "Virgin pushes for Radio 4's FM slot". The Guardian. London. p. 7. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  12. ^ Culf, Andrew (9 February 1994). "Branson begins crusade to gain FM frequency for Virgin Radio". The Guardian. London. p. 8. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  13. ^ . www.devonairfm.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1994 List of years in British radio table 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 In British television 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 In British music 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science Contents 1 Events 1 1 January 1 2 February 1 3 March 1 4 April 1 5 May 1 6 June 1 7 July 1 8 August 1 9 September 1 10 October 1 11 November 1 12 December 2 Station debuts 3 Closing this year 4 Programme debuts 5 Continuing radio programmes 5 1 1940s 5 2 1950s 5 3 1960s 5 4 1970s 5 5 1980s 5 6 1990s 6 Ending this year 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also 10 ReferencesEvents editJanuary edit 7 January BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Radio Surrey are merged and the new station is temporarily named BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey prior to a full relaunch as BBC Southern Counties Radio 10 January Steve Wright becomes Radio 1 s new breakfast show presenter 1 Also on Radio 1 the teatime edition of Newsbeat returns after four years The bulletin airs in its old slot of 5 30 pm to 5 45 pm Essex Radio relaunches as Essex FM February edit 1 February A radio station at HM Prison Feltham in London begins broadcasting and is the origin of National Prison Radio 21 February BBC Radio 4 launches a new weekday afternoon magazine show Anderson Country presented by Gerry Anderson The programme proves divisive amongst the station s listenership and is replaced after a year by The Afternoon Shift March edit 5 March Radio Trent s Derbyshire service is renamed Ram FM 7 March Following the purchase by GWR of Mercia FM Xtra AM is replaced by a Mercia branded relay of Classic Gold and at around the same time GWR replaces The World s Greatest Music Station in Peterborough with Classic Gold 1332 whose only Peterborough based show is the breakfast show 18 March BBC Radio Kent stops broadcasting on 1035 kHz MW The frequency is reallocated to commercial radio to allow a new London wide station to start broadcasting 27 March The original BBC Radio 5 signs off after three and a half years on air 28 March BBC Radio 5 Live launches at 5 am with the educational and children s elements of Radio 5 s programming replaced by rolling news Jane Garvey is the first voice on air At 2 am the following morning 5 Live broadcasts the first edition of its overnight Up All Night show April edit 2 April Out This Week Britain s first national news programme for lesbians and gay men launches on BBC Radio 5 Live 2 The first edition of Classic Gardening Forum is broadcast on Classic FM The programme launches following the transfer of the production of BBC Radio 4 s long running gardening programme Gardeners Question Time to an independent company upon which the entire previous panel is dismissed They consequently move to Classic FM on a short term contract to present Classic Gardening Forum which runs for 60 minutes as a mixture of gardening tips and music 3 April The closure of BBC Radio 5 sees children s programmes return to Radio 4 However instead of daily programmes just one weekly 30 minute programme is broadcast airing on Sunday evenings 3 8 April Following the closure of BBC Radio 5 Test Match Special is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 s long wave frequency for the first time 10 April Radio 5 s closure sees adult education and Open University programmes return to Radio 4 They are broadcast on long wave only as a two hour block on Sunday evenings Open University programmes are broadcast between February and September with language courses aired from October until January April Pick of the Pops returns on Capital Gold May edit 8 May Sunday In the early hours Annie Nightingale launches her career as a club music DJ presenting the first edition of The Chill Out Zone on BBC Radio 1 June edit June BBC Radio 1 begins broadcasting announcements on its medium wave frequency voiced by Nicky Campbell telling listeners to retune to FM because it will no longer be broadcasting on medium wave from 1 July 4 20 June Fortune 1458 launches in Manchester headed by former Piccadilly Radio boss Colin Walters The station uses BBC Radio Manchester s old MW frequency 29 June The Radio Authority receives 41 applications for six London wide licenses 5 June Following the purchase of Cambridge station CNFM by GWR the station is relaunched as Q103 June The name Victory as a radio station for the Portsmouth area is re invented eight years after Radio Victory had stopped broadcasting The name is resurrected to broadcast a 28 day Restricted Service Licence RSL to mark the city s 800th birthday and the 50th anniversary of D Day The station returns for a second RSL over the Christmas period of 1994 and again in 1995 to mark VE Day s 50th anniversary July edit 1 July BBC Radio 1 s stops broadcasting on mediumwave Stephen Duffy s Kiss Me is the last record played on MW just before 9 am 6 15 July BFBS ceases broadcasts in Berlin following the end of the Cold War German reunification and the withdrawal of British forces from the city after 33 years 7 August edit 1 August BBC Southern Counties Radio is launched as the first BBC Local Radio station to adopt an all talk format 28 August London jungle music pirate station Don FM commences a Restricted Service Licence the first of its genre to do so September edit 1 16 September The UK s first five regional commercial stations start broadcasting October edit 5 October News Direct 97 3FM and London News Talk 1152AM begin broadcasting They replace LBC Newstalk and London Talkback Radio The change occurs following last year s decision by the Radio Authority not to renew LBC s licence instead giving it to London News Radio a consortium led by former LBC staff and backed by Guinness Mahon 8 which has subsequently bought out the LBC business 9 8 October Virgin 1215 is awarded one of the new FM licences advertised in London 10 The station applied for a London licence after attempts to persuade authorities to allow it to broadcast nationally on FM 11 12 had failed The other three newly licensed stations are Heart 106 2 Premier Christian Radio and Viva 963 November edit No events December edit 31 December This is the final day on air for DevonAir and Buzz FM The stations have lost their licenses to Gemini Radio 13 and Choice FM respectively Station debuts edit7 March Manchester United Radio 28 March BBC Radio 5 Live 15 April Mix 96 6 June NECR 20 June Fortune 1458 4 July 97 2 Stray FM 1 August BBC Southern Counties Radio Nevis Radio 1 September Country 1035 100 4 Jazz FM 100 102 Century Radio 4 September Galaxy 101 6 September 100 7 Heart FM 16 September Scot FM 5 October News Direct 97 3FM and London News Talk 1152AM 16 October Kiss 102 22 October Oasis RadioClosing this year edit7 January BBC Radio Surrey 1991 1994 and BBC Radio Sussex 1968 1994 27 March BBC Radio 5 1990 1994 5 October LBC 1973 1994 and London Newstalk Radio 1989 1994 31 December Buzz FM 1990 1994 DevonAir 1980 1994 Unknown The World s Greatest Music Station 1992 Programme debuts edit10 January Why Bother on BBC Radio 3 1994 28 March Wake Up to Money on BBC Radio 5 Live 1994 Present 29 March Up All Night on BBC Radio 5 Live 1994 Present 19 May Collins and Maconie s Hit Parade on BBC Radio 1 1994 1997 8 June Ballylenon on BBC Radio 4 1994 2011 22 June Julie Enfield Investigates on BBC Radio 4 1994 1999 19 July Lee and Herring on BBC Radio 1 1994 1995 Unknown Alan s Big One with Alan Davies on BBC Radio 1 1994 1995 Continuing radio programmes edit1940s edit Sunday Half Hour 1940 2018 Desert Island Discs 1942 Present Letter from America 1946 2004 Woman s Hour 1946 Present A Book at Bedtime 1949 Present 1950s edit The Archers 1950 Present The Today Programme 1957 Present Sing Something Simple 1959 2001 Your Hundred Best Tunes 1959 2007 1960s edit Farming Today 1960 Present In Touch 1961 Present The World at One 1965 Present The Official Chart 1967 Present Just a Minute 1967 Present The Living World 1968 Present The Organist Entertains 1969 2018 1970s edit PM 1970 Present Start the Week 1970 Present Week Ending 1970 1998 You and Yours 1970 Present I m Sorry I Haven t a Clue 1972 Present Good Morning Scotland 1973 Present Kaleidoscope 1973 1998 Newsbeat 1973 Present The News Huddlines 1975 2001 File on 4 1977 Present Money Box 1977 Present The News Quiz 1977 Present Breakaway 1979 1998 Feedback 1979 Present The Food Programme 1979 Present Science in Action 1979 Present 1980s edit In Business 1983 Present Sounds of the 60s 1983 Present Loose Ends 1986 Present 1990s edit The Moral Maze 1990 Present Essential Selection 1991 Present No Commitments 1992 2007 The Mark Steel Solution 1992 1996 The Masterson Inheritance 1993 1995 Harry Hill s Fruit Corner 1993 1997 The Pepsi Chart 1993 2002 Wake Up to Wogan 1993 2009 Essential Mix 1993 Present Ending this year edit25 March Room 101 1992 1994 Unknown Formula Five 1990 1994 Births edit14 August Maya Jama broadcast presenterDeaths edit5 January Brian Johnston 81 cricket commentator and radio presenter 2 February Anona Winn 90 broadcasting personality 23 January Brian Redhead 64 author journalist and broadcasterSee also edit1994 in British music 1994 in British television 1994 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1994References edit BBC Radio 1 England 10 January 1994 BBC Genome genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 14 July 2018 BBC Genome Project BBC Radio Five Live listings 2 April 1994 BBC Radio 4 FM 3 April 1994 BBC Genome genome ch bbc co uk Radio Rewind Radio 1 History Transmitters www radiorewind co uk Retrieved 14 July 2018 Culf Andrew 29 June 1994 41 fight for London radio licences The Guardian London p 5 Retrieved 8 May 2011 Radio 1 History Transmitters Radio Rewind Retrieved 30 December 2009 Sterling C 2004 Encyclopedia of Radio Fitzroy Dearbon ISBN 9780203484289 LBC To Appeal Over Licence Decision AM FM News September 1993 Eaton Lynn 5 October 1994 LBC signs off after 21 years The Independent London Williams Rhys 8 October 1994 Virgin wins one of six new slots on London s airwaves The Independent London Retrieved 8 May 2011 Culf Andrew 29 April 1993 Virgin pushes for Radio 4 s FM slot The Guardian London p 7 Retrieved 8 May 2011 Culf Andrew 9 February 1994 Branson begins crusade to gain FM frequency for Virgin Radio The Guardian London p 8 Retrieved 8 May 2011 DevonAir Radio An unofficial tribute Devon Air www devonairfm com Archived from the original on 3 October 2018 Retrieved 14 July 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1994 in British radio amp oldid 1217110569, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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