1984 in British radio
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This is a list of events in British radio during 1984.
Events
- During the first half of 1984, the BBC conducts five trials of community stations in Greater Manchester. Each trial, which covers a specific area of Greater Manchester, lasts for a few weeks, broadcasts only on MW and operated for a few hours each day, opting out of BBC Radio Manchester.
January
- 8 January – Simon Bates begins his second stint as host of BBC Radio 1's Sunday teatime Top 40 programme.
- 20 January – Ahead of changes to BBC Radio 2's lunchtime/afternoon schedule following the decision not to renew the contract of long standing presenter Ed Stewart,[1] the year-long revival of Music While You Work ends.
February
- No events
March
- No events
April
- 5 April – BBC Radio 4 begins what is described in the Radio Times as "a new three-hour sequence – a six-month broadcast experiment in which you are invited to participate." The programme is called Rollercoaster and is presented by Richard Baker. [2] The "Grand Finale of Radio 4's rollicking rolling experiment" takes place on 27 September [3] and was not repeated.
May
- No events
June
- 22 June – Princess Margaret makes a guest appearance as herself in an episode of BBC Radio 4's The Archers, becoming the first member of the Royal Family to do so. The storyline involves her making a surprise guest appearance at a charity fashion show.[4]
July
- 27 July – David Jacobs chairs Any Questions? for the final time.
August
- No events
September
- 7 September – Commercial radio returns to Leicester, eleven months after Centre Radio went off air. The new service is provided by Leicester Sound.
- 14 September – John Timpson chairs Any Questions? for the first time.
- 23 September – Tony Blackburn – the first voice heard on Radio 1 – presents his final show for the station.[5]
- 29 September –
- BBC Radio 4 starts broadcasting 30 minutes earlier at the weekend when it launches a 20-minute Prelude, described as “musical start to your weekend listening”.[6] Consequently, the station is now on air every day from just before 6 am until 12:30 am.
- The Radio 4 UK branding is dropped and the station is now officially simply known as Radio 4.
- 30 September – The first edition of The Network Chart Show is broadcast. Aired on almost all of the UK's Independent Local Radio network, the programme is presented from the studios of Capital Radio by David Jensen. On the same day, Richard Skinner takes over from Simon Bates as host of BBC Radio 1's chart show.
October
- 13 October – BBC Radio 3’s broadcast hours are extended. The station closes 40 minutes later – at midnight instead of 11.20pm, and weekend broadcasts begin an hour earlier, at 6.55am rather than 7.55am. Consequently, the station is now on air from 6.55am until midnight seven days a week.
November
- No events
December
- 4 December – Pennine Radio's broadcast area is expanded when the Bradford-based station starts broadcasting to Huddersfield and Halifax.
- 28 December – Terry Wogan ends his first run as presenter of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show. He returned to present the show again in January 1993 before leaving for a second time in December 2009.[7]
Station debuts
- 17 April – Viking Radio
- 7 September – Leicester Sound
- 1 October –
- 20 October – Radio Mercury
Programme debuts
- 3 August – Delve Special on BBC Radio 4 (1984–1987)
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)
- Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
- Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)
1960s
- Farming Today (1960–Present)
- 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)
- I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972–Present)
- Good Morning Scotland (1973–Present)
- Kaleidoscope (1973–1998)
- Newsbeat (1973–Present)
- The News Huddlines (1975–2001)
- File on 4 (1977–Present)
- Money Box (1977–Present)
- The News Quiz (1977–Present)
- Breakaway (1979–1998)
- Feedback (1979–Present)
- The Food Programme (1979–Present)
- Science in Action (1979–Present)
1980s
- Radio Active (1980–1987)
- In Business (1983–Present)
- Sounds of the 60s (1983–Present)
Births
- 18 June – Kissy Sell Out, DJ, producer and graphic designer
See also
References
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
- ↑ BBC Genome Project – BBC Radio 4 listings 5 April 1984
- ↑ BBC Genome Project – BBC Radio 4 listings 27 September 1984
- ↑ "Princess Margaret makes a guest appearance on The Archers 22 June 1984, History of the BBC". BBC. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 1 England – 23 September 1984 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ↑ BBC Genome Project – BBC Radio 4 listings 29 September 1984
- ↑ "BBC Radio 2 – 28 December 1984 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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