1972 in British radio
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This is a list of events in British radio during 1972.
Events
January
- No events
February
- No events
March
- 31 March – BBC Radio 2 airs its final Breakfast Special.
April
- 2 April – First edition of the comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 3 April – Terry Wogan joins Radio 2 to present the new weekday breakfast show.
May
- No events
June
- No events
July
- 12 July – Following the enabling of The Sound Broadcasting Act 1972, The Independent Broadcasting Authority is formed, paving the way for the launch of Independent Local Radio.
August
- 25 August – Following a decision by the government to restrict the BBC to twenty local radio stations, the corporation responds by closing BBC Radio Durham. Its resources were transferred to Carlisle where BBC Radio Carlisle, now BBC Radio Cumbria, was formed.
September
- No events
October
- No events
November
- 4 November – Radios 2 and 4 begin broadcasting in stereo in South East England. Stereo was rolled out to the rest of the country over subsequent years.[1]
December
- No events
Station debuts
- Hereford Hospital Radio
Closing this year
- 25 August – BBC Radio Durham (1968–1972)
Programme debuts
- 11 April – I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on BBC Radio 4 (1972–Present)
- Unknown – Milligna (or Your Favourite Spike) on BBC Radio 4 (1972)
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)
1970s
- PM (1970–Present)
- Start the Week (1970–Present)
- Week Ending (1970–1998)
- You and Yours (1970–Present)
Ending this year
- Unknown – Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead (1971–1972)
Births
- 23 January – Harriet Scott, radio presenter
- 28 April – Anita Anand, journalist, and ratio and television presenter
- 14 December – Miranda Hart, comedian
See also
References
- ↑ Brown, Ron "Steam radio comes up to date", New Scientist 2 November 1972, p. 264
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