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1990. 24 September – Radio 3's Night School opens. It airs repeats of schools programmes broadcast the previous morning on BBC Radio 5.This allows schools to record an FM-quality transmission of the programmes which, following their transfer from Radio 4 to Radio 5, resulting in the morning broadcast now being heard on the inferior MW waveband.
Radio 4 airs a special programme from BBC Radio News which is also carried on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 5 Live. [15] 6 September – Live coverage of the funeral of Princess Diana is broadcast on all of the BBC national radio networks, as well as on all BBC Local and National radio stations. 1998
1992 in British radio – The UK's first national commercial radio station, Classic FM, starts broadcasting, BBC Radio 3 stops broadcasting on MW; First broadcast of No Commitments, Room 101, The Mark Steel Solution and Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge and Last broadcast of Down Your Way, Flying the Flag, Flywheel, Shyster, and ...
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Radio 3 is the successor station to the Third Programme which began broadcasting on 29 September 1946. [8] The name Radio 3 was adopted on 30 September 1967 when the BBC launched its first pop music station, Radio 1 [9]: 247 and rebranded its national radio channels as Radio 1, Radio 2 (formerly the Light Programme), Radio 3, and Radio 4 (formerly the Home Service).
4 April – BBC Radio's sports coverage transfers from BBC Radio 3 to BBC Radio 2. 14 September – Robert Dougall presents the first edition of the BBC Nine O'Clock News. The programme, launched in response to ITN's News at Ten, was controversially moved to 10 pm in 2000. 1971. The BBC logo's boxes rounds off the corners and increases the spaces.
2 February – BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra is launched. It is the first of five digital only radio stations that the BBC will launch in 2002. 11 March – BBC 6 Music is launched. 16 August – BBC Radio 1Xtra launches. 28 October – BBC Asian Network launches on DAB as a national station.
The BBC also syndicates radio and podcast content to radio stations and other broadcasting services around the globe, through its BBC Radio International business, which is part of BBC Studios. Programmes regularly syndicated by BBC Radio International include: In Concert (live rock music recordings from BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, including ...