1970 in British radio
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This is a list of events in British radio during 1970.
Events
January
- No events
February
- No events
March
- No events
April
- 3 April – Any Questions is broadcast on Radio 2 for the final time. Previously, BBC Radio 4 had only carried the Saturday lunchtime repeat. Consequently, both the Friday evening and Saturday lunchtime airings of the programme are now heard on Radio 4.
- 4 April – BBC Radio’s sports coverage transfers from BBC Radio 3 to BBC Radio 2 and the first edition of Sport on 2 is broadcast.
- 5 April – Your Hundred Best Tunes moves from BBC Radio 4 to BBC Radio 2.
- 6 April –
- Radio 4 airs the first edition of PM, its early evening news and current affairs programme.
- BBC Radio 4’s first Thought for the Day is broadcast, replacing ‘’Ten to Eight’’.
- The first edition of Start the Week is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 with Richard Baker as presenter.
- 10 April – First broadcast of Radio 4's news and current affairs programme Analysis.
May
- No events
June
- No events
July
- July – Kenny Everett is sacked by Radio 1 after making cheeky remarks about the Transport Minister's wife following a news item.
August
- No events
September
- No events
October
- 5 October – The consumer affairs programme You and Yours debuts on Radio 4.
- 9 October – Round Table, a weekly programme discussions the week’s new releases, is broadcast for the first time on Radio 1. Emperor Rosko is the programme’s host.
November
- No events
December
- No events
Station debuts
- 2 January – BBC Radio Newcastle
- 10 September – BBC Radio Manchester
- September – BBC Radio Bristol
- 6 October – BBC Radio London (1970–1988)
- 29 October – BBC Radio Oxford
- 9 November – BBC Radio Birmingham
- 18 December – BBC Radio Medway
- 31 December – BBC Radio Solent, Radio Teesside
- Unknown – United Biscuits Network
Programme debuts
- 4 April – Week Ending on BBC Radio 4 (1970–1998)
- 6 April – Start the Week on BBC Radio 4 (1970–Present)
- 6 April – PM on BBC Radio 4 (1970–Present)
- 5 October – You and Yours on BBC Radio 4 (1970–Present)
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)
- The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
- I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1964–1973)
- Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
- The World at One (1965–Present)
- The Official Chart (1967–Present)
- Just a Minute (1967–Present)
- The Living World (1968–Present)
- The Organist Entertains (1969–2018)
Births
- 14 February – Simon Pegg, British comedian, film and television actor, radio personality
- 27 February – Fi Glover, journalist and presenter
- 23 November – Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter
- 25 November – Emma B, radio presenter
- 2 December – Jo Russell, radio presenter
- Unknown – Charlie Jordan, British radio presenter
See also
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