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It was later annuned that the station will be called Radio 3 Unwind. [45] 1 April – Major changes take place to Radio 3's weekday schedule, including extended editions of Breakfast and Mornings. This Week's Composer moves to the later time of 4pm. [46] A new weeknight jazz programme launches on BBC Radio 3.
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).
Timeline of BBC Radio 3; Timeline of BBC Radio 4; Timeline of BBC Radio 5 Live; W. Timeline of the BBC World Service
In December 1964 it was transferred to the BBC Third Programme, beginning at 9.04am on weekdays. [4] The title was quietly changed to Composer of the Week on 18 January 1988. [3] [5] From 9 October 1995 Composer of the Week was moved from its long-standing 9am slot to 12 noon, making way for a new morning schedule at Radio 3.
17 January–2 March – Radio 4 News FM, the first rolling BBC Radio news service is on air during the first Gulf War. It broadcasts on BBC Radio 4’s FM frequencies with the regular scheduled service continuing on long wave. [11] [12] 1992. late March-7 April – For the first time, Radio 4 long wave opts out of the main Radio 4 schedule.
2005 in British radio – BBC Radio 3 twice clears its schedule to devote several days to the music of a single composer, with Ludwig van Beethoven and Johan Sebastian Bach; London's 102.2 Jazz FM closes after fifteen years on air and is replaced by 102.2 Smooth FM; The UK's first Islamic radio station, Islam Radio, is established in Bradford ...
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.
24 June – BBC Radio Leeds launches. 3 July – BBC Radio Durham launches. 1969. 10 July – The BBC publishes a report called "Broadcasting in the Seventies" proposing replacing regional broadcasting on BBC Radio 4 with BBC Local Radio. BBC Local Radio is made permanent after the two-year experiment is judged to have been a success.