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This is a list of events from British radio in 1960. Events ... 10 April – Katrina Leskanich, singer and musician, presenter on BBC Radio 2 (1998–2000) 13 May ...
BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, [13] [14] broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays and simulcast on Radio 4 from 01:00-05:20 BST and Radio Cymru from 00:00-05:30 BST. It is politically independent ...
The first issue (28 September 1923) The Radio Times was first issued on 28 September 1923 [9] for the price of 2d, carrying details of programmes for six BBC wireless stations (2LO, 5IT, 2ZY, 5NO, 5WA and 5SC); newspapers at the time boycotted radio listings fearing that increased listenership might decrease their sales. [10]
6 January – For the first time, BBC Radio 1's Sunday chart show plays all 40 tracks and the show is renamed as The Complete Top 40. [3] This becomes possible due to an extension of the programme's duration – starting half an hour earlier at 4:30 pm. 1992. 1 March – Mark Goodier ends his first stint as presenter of BBC Radio 1's Complete ...
Your Hundred Best Tunes was a BBC radio music programme, always broadcast on Sunday evenings, which presented popular works which were mostly classical excerpts, choral works, opera and ballads. The hundred tunes which made up the playlist were initially selected by the creator and presenter, Alan Keith. Subsequently, tunes were suggested by ...
1994 in British radio – BBC Radio 5 is relaunched as BBC Radio Five Live, the first regional commercial stations start broadcasting; Radio 1 stops broadcasting on mediumwave; First broadcast of Wake Up to Money, Up All Night, Collins and Maconie's Hit Parade, Julie Enfield Investigates, Lee and Herring and Alan's Big One and Last broadcast of ...
In Town Tonight is a BBC radio programme that was broadcast on Saturday evening from 1933 to 1960 (except for a period of 26 weeks in 1937 when The BBC presents the ABC was broadcast instead). It was an early example of a chat show, originally presented by Eric Maschwitz. Its theme music was "Knightsbridge March" by Eric Coates
16 January – Radio 4 News FM starts Gulf War broadcasts on BBC Radio 4 FM frequencies. 16 February – BBC1 and BBC2 receive new idents generated from laserdisc, BBC1 with a '1' encased in a swirling globe, and BBC2 with eleven idents based around the numeral '2'. 2 March – Radio 4 News FM closes and BBC Radio 4 returns to FM.