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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).
30 September – Mark Goodier replaces Bruno Brookes as host of BBC Radio 1's Top 40 show. 1991. 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 ...
BBC Radio Derby 29 April 1971 Derbyshire East Staffordshire: Derby: 1116 104.5 95.3 96.0 10B 735 — BBC Radio Leicester 8 November 1967 Leicestershire Rutland: Leicester — 104.9 11B 721 MW 837 kHz (1976–1996) [note 5] BBC Radio Nottingham 31 January 1968 Nottinghamshire: Nottingham — 103.8 95.5 95.1 12C 720 MW 1584 kHz (1984–10 Jan 2018)
BBC Radio 3 announces that Elle Osili-Wood is to become the new presenter of its Sound of Gaming, replacing Louise Blain. [427] BBC Radio Nottingham presenter Andy Whittaker announces he is leaving the station after three decades with the BBC. [428] Global switches off of its 1548KHz London frequency used by Gold. Consequently, the only ...
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1990. 24 September – Radio 3's Night School opens. It airs repeats of the 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, results in the morning broadcast now being heard on the inferior MW waveband.
Changes to the BBC Radio 4 weekly schedule begin. The Daily Service is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra for the first time and Shipping Forecasts are reduced from four bulletins each day to two on weekdays and three at the weekend. [129] A new weeknight jazz programme launches on BBC Radio 3.
29 March – BBC Radio 3’s Sunday breakfast programme Sacred and Profane is broadcast for the final time. [16] 4 April – Breakfast programme On Air extends to weekends. [17] 6 April – As part of an earlier start to BBC Radio 4’s day, the weekday editions of The Today programme are extended by 30 minutes to three hours. [18]