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1 October – BBC Radio nan Gàidheal launches as the BBC's first full-time Gaelic language station. 1986. No events. 1987. No events. 1988. 12 August – Radio Clyde launches a weekend-only chart music on FM, with the full Radio Clyde service continuing on MW. 1 September – Radio 1 begins broadcasting on FM across central Scotland. 1989
19 December – BBC Radio 1 starts transmitting on FM across the whole of south-east England (replacing the temporary London transmitter), in East Anglia, [35] in north Cumbria and south Scotland [36] and in the Cardigan Bay area. 30 December – BBC Radio 1 broadcasts on BBC Radio 2's FM frequencies on Saturday afternoons for the final time.
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.
BBC Radio Scotland is a Scottish national radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same name from 23 November 1978. [1]
1 May – BBC Radio 1 begins 24-hour transmission, but only on FM – Radio 1's MW transmitters still close down overnight, between 12 midnight and 6 am. 31 July – The BBC's Lime Grove Studios close. 31 August – BBC television starts officially broadcasting in stereo using the NICAM system. (Some transmitters had been broadcasting in stereo ...
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 ...
On 4 August 1962, when Radio Times was again revamped, the masthead was replaced with one incorporating the words in the Clarendon typeface; while the main change was the reduction of BBC radio schedules for three stations to a double-page spread brought down into size, the magazine now generally had between 60 and 68 pages, as compared to the ...
1 March – Mark Goodier ends his first stint as presenter of BBC Radio 1's Complete UK Top 40. 8 March – Tommy Vance presents this edition of Radio 1's Top 40 programme. This is also the final time that the Radio 1 chart show runs for 2 and a half hours. 15 March – Bruno Brookes begins his second stint as host of the UK Top 40 programme.