1962 in British radio
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1962.
Events
January - May
- No events
June
- 27 June – The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting publishes its report. The Report recommended that the BBC should extend its activities to the creation of local radio stations in order to prevent the introduction of commercial radio.
July
- No events
August
- 28 August – The BBC begins experimental stereo radio broadcasts.
September
- No events
October
- 30 October – The BBC Radio comedy The Men from the Ministry is first aired.
November
- No events
December
- 23 December – David Jacobs presents Pick of the Pops for the final time.
Programme debuts
- October – The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
Continuing programmes
1940s
- Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
- Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
- Down Your Way (1946–1992)
- Letter from America (1946–2004)
- Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
- A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)
1950s
- The Archers (1950–Present)
- The Today Programme (1957–Present)
- The Navy Lark (1959–1977)
- Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
- Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)
1960s
- Farming Today (1960–Present)
- Easy Beat (1960–1967)
Births
- 27 January – Adrian Allen, radio personality
- 21 February – Vanessa Feltz, television personality, broadcaster and journalist
- 18 March – Bob Shennan, radio executive, appointed Controller of BBC Radio 2 in 2009
- 26 March – Richard Coles, musician, journalist and Church of England priest
- May – Terry Christian, radio and television presenter
- 6 June – Sarah Parkinson, producer and writer of radio and television programmes (died 2003)
- 27 June – Michael Ball, actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter
- 12 November – Mark Porter, television and radio presenter, and GP
- 16 December – Ian Payne, radio and television sports broadcaster
- 30 December – Kevin Greening, radio presenter who hosted the Radio 1 breakfast show from 1997 to 1998 (died 2007)
- Unknown – Adjoa Andoh, film, television, stage and radio actress
- Unknown – Jack Docherty, comedian
- Unknown – Torquil Silvanus Matthew Septimus Riley-Smith, founder of the British radio station LBH, Britain's first gay radio station
See also
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