2003 in British radio
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This is a list of events in British radio during 2003.
Events
January
- 3 January – Galaxy 101 is renamed Vibe 101.
- 3 January – Hirsty's Daily Dose launches on Galaxy 105
- 5 January – 'Doctor' Neil Fox presents the first Hit40UK, the successor of the Pepsi Chart Show.
- 6 January –
- Jeremy Vine takes over Jimmy Young's old lunchtime show on BBC Radio 2.[1]
- Les Ross takes over from David Hamilton as breakfast show presenter on Birmingham's Saga 105.7FM.
- The LBC services swap wavebands. The rolling news service News Direct 97.3 moves to AM and is renamed LBC News 1152 and LBC News 1152 transfers to FM and is renamed LBC 97.3. The change takes place following the purchase of the two stations by Chrysalis Radio.
- January – Neptune Radio and CTFM are rebranded KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country and KMFM Canterbury respectively.
- January – Just over a year after EMAP decided to simulcast London station Magic 105.4 on its eight medium wave Magic stations in northern England, and following a sharp decline in listening, the station ends the networking of Magic 105.4. It replaces the simulcast with a regional northern network.
February
- 9 February – Wes Butters becomes the presenter of The Official Chart.
- 11 February – John Peters presents the first programme (the breakfast show) on Saga 106.6 FM in Nottingham, making it his third station launch. He launched Radio Trent in 1975 and GEM-AM in 1988.[2]
- 17 February – A breakfast presenter who was sacked from Century 106 after playing a spoof song about the Taleban in the wake of the September 11 attacks has settled his case for unfair dismissal, it is reported.[3]
March
- No events.
April
- 8 April – The Radio Academy Hall of Fame is established to honour those who have made an "outstanding contribution" to British broadcasting. Among those inducted into the Hall of Fame at the inaugural ceremony include Richard Dimbleby, Tony Hancock, Arthur Askey, John Humphrys, Alistair Cooke, Alan Freeman, Tony Blackburn and Noel Edmonds.[4]
May
- 3 May – BBC Radio 1 cancels the first day of its One Big Weekend at Heaton Park, Manchester due to poor weather. However, the second day of the event goes ahead as scheduled.[5]
June
- 5 June – Radio 2 presenter Johnnie Walker announces that he will be taking time off air to undergo treatment after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma.[6] During his time away the show is presented by Stuart Maconie and Noel Edmonds (who made a brief return to radio).
July
- July – Simon Bates replaces Henry Kelly as the station’s weekday breakfast show presenter.
August
- No events.
September
- 13 and 14 September – BBC Radio 1 second One Big Weekend festival takes place at Cardiff.[7]
October
- 10 October – Lesley Douglas is appointed Controller of BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music.
- 19 October – More than three decades after it first began broadcasting as a pirate station, and 18 years since its last broadcast, Radio Jackie goes on air as a legal station.[8] It broadcasts to south west London, replacing Thames Radio which had fallen into financial difficulty.
November
- 28 November – Some of the BBC's radio and television services, including BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Five Live and BBC News 24, are blacked out by a power cut and a fire alert.
December
- 4 December – Broadcasters John Peel, Chris Tarrant, John Dunn, Sue MacGregor and Douglas Cameron are inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame.[9]
- 19 December – Sara Cox presents her final breakfast show on BBC Radio 1. She is succeeded by Chris Moyles in the new year.
Station debuts
- 1 February – Mid 106 FM
- 11 February – Saga 106.6 FM[10]
- 1 March – Dee 106.3
- 5 May – 107 Splash FM
- 3 July – Club Asia
- 3 September – River FM
- 5 October – Dearne FM
- 18 October – CTR 105.6
- 26 October – Ivel FM
- 10 November – North Norfolk Radio
- 22 November – Two Lochs Radio
- 5 December – Dearne FM
- Unknown – Heat Radio
- Unknown – The Hits Radio
- Unknown – Insight Radio
Closing this year
- 3 July – Liberty Radio (1995–2003)
Programme debuts
- 6 January – Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2 (2003–Present)
- 12 February – Elephants to Catch Eels on BBC Radio 4 (2003–2004)
- 8 August – Ring Around the Bath on BBC Radio 4 (2003–2004)
- 4 October – Fighting Talk on BBC Radio 5 Live (2003–Present)
- 8 November – The Day the Music Died on BBC Radio 2 (2003–2007)
- Unknown – Whispers on BBC Radio 4 (2003–2005)
Continuing programmes
1940s
- Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
- Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
- 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)
- 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)
- You and Yours (1970–Present)
- I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972–Present)
- Good Morning Scotland (1973–Present)
- Newsbeat (1973–Present)
- File on 4 (1977–Present)
- Money Box (1977–Present)
- The News Quiz (1977–Present)
- Feedback (1979–Present)
- The Food Programme (1979–Present)
- Science in Action (1979–Present)
1980s
- In Business (1983–Present)
- Sounds of the 60s (1983–Present)
- Loose Ends (1986–Present)
1990s
- The Moral Maze (1990–Present)
- Essential Selection (1991–Present)
- No Commitments (1992–2007)
- Wake Up to Wogan (1993–2009)
- Essential Mix (1993–Present)
- Up All Night (1994–Present)
- Wake Up to Money (1994–Present)
- Private Passions (1995–Present)
- Parkinson's Sunday Supplement (1996–2007)
- The David Jacobs Collection (1996–2013)
- Westway (1997–2005)
- The 99p Challenge (1998–2004)
- Puzzle Panel (1998–2005)
- Drivetime with Johnnie Walker (1998–2006)
- Sunday Night at 10 (1998–2013)
- In Our Time (1998–Present)
- Material World (1998–Present)
- Scott Mills (1998–Present)
- The Now Show (1998–Present)
- It's Been a Bad Week (1999–2006)
- Jonathan Ross (1999–2010)
- Steve Wright in the Afternoon (1981–1993, 1999–Present)
2000s
- Dead Ringers (2000–2007, 2014–Present)
- BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (2000–Present)
- Big John @ Breakfast (2000–Present)
- Think the Unthinkable (2001–2005)
- Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (2001–2007)
- Jammin' (2001–2008)
- Go4It (2001–2009)
- The Jo Whiley Show (2001–2009)
- Kermode and Mayo's Film Review (2001–Present)
- Concrete Cow (2002–2004)
- The Dream Ticket with Janice Long (2002–2004)
- The Big Toe Radio Show (2002–2011)
- A Kist o Wurds (2002–Present)
Ending this year
- July – Comedy Album Heroes (2001–2003)
Deaths
- 17 March – Alan Keith, 94, actor, disc jockey and radio presenter, noted for being the longest serving and oldest presenter on British radio.[11]
- July – Kerry Juby, 55, disc jockey
- 23 September – Sarah Parkinson, 41, producer and writer of radio and television programmes
References
- ↑ "Vine on critics' wavelength". BBC News. 7 January 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ↑ "Biography of John Peters". Aircheck UK. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ↑ Day, Julia (17 February 2003). "Sacked DJ settles case". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ↑ "Radio stars launch Hall of Fame". BBC News. BBC. 8 April 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ↑ "Radio 1 – One Big Weekend". BBC. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ↑ "DJ Johnnie Walker in cancer battle". BBC News. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ↑ "Press Office – One Big Weekend Cardiff". BBC. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
- ↑ Aircheck UK - Surrey
- ↑ "Veteran DJs in radio hall of fame". BBC News. BBC. 4 December 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ↑ "Saga 106.6 FM goes for February launch". RadioNow.co.uk. 7 January 2003. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ↑ "Veteran DJ Alan Keith dies". BBC News. 18 March 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
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