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Sounds of the 60s is a long-running Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio 2 that features recordings of popular music made in the 1960s. It was first broadcast on 12 February 1983 and introduced by Keith Fordyce, who had been the first presenter of the TV show Ready Steady Go! in 1963.
27 August – Sue Lawley presents her final edition of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs after eighteen years. Her last castaway is the actress Joan Plowright. [44] 16 September – Saturday Live begins. 2007. No events. 2008. 4 October – BBC7 is renamed BBC Radio 7 in an effort to bring it in line with other BBC Radio brands. [45]
28 August – The first edition of BBC Radio 5's weekday breakfast programme Morning Edition is broadcast. It is presented by Sarah Ward and Jon Briggs. 1991. 1 May – The launch of 24-hour broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 sees the Simon Mayo Breakfast Show starting and finishing 30 minutes earlier and airing between 6am and 9am.
The original Sounds of the Seventies was a Radio 1 programme broadcast on weekdays, initially 18:00–19:00, subsequently 22:00–00:00, on during the early 1970s. Among the DJs were Mike Harding, Alan Black, Pete Drummond, Annie Nightingale, John Peel (who alone had two shows per week), and Bob Harris (who started presenting the show on 19 August 1970 by playing Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl"). [1]
[60] 5 Live continues to simulcast BBC Radio London on Friday and Saturday overnights. 10 December – Emma Barnett leaves. [61] Question Time Extra Time is broadcast for the final time. 2021. 7 January – Adrian Chiles is confirmed as presenter of BBC Radio 5 Live's weekday mid-morning show on Thursdays and Fridays, replacing Emma Barnett.
10 April – Katrina Leskanich, singer and musician, presenter on BBC Radio 2 (1998–2000) 13 May – Sheila McClennon, presenter; 29 June – Charles Nove, presenter; 30 July – Pete Tong, disc jockey; 25 August – Dotun Adebayo, Nigerian-born broadcaster, writer and publisher; 12 September – Felicity Montagu, comedy actress
16 February – PopMaster quiz feature of Ken Bruce's mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2 is first broadcast. [32] 13 April – Dance Band Days is broadcast for the final time. 2 October – John Dunn presents his final drivetime show after 22 years, as he retires from radio broadcasting due to ill health. [33]
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop and indie, while its sister station 1Xtra plays black contemporary music, including hip hop and R&B.