1966 in British radio
Events
January
- 20 January – Radio Caroline ship MV Mi Amigo loses its anchor in a storm, drifts and runs aground on the beach at Frinton-on-Sea.
February
- No events
March
- No events
April
- 17 April – The first regular stereo radio transmissions begin, from the Wrotham transmitter.
May
- 3 May – Pirate radio stations Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio commence broadcasting on AM, with a combined potential 100,000 watts, from the same ship (MV Olga Patricia) anchored off the south coast of England in international waters.
June
- No events
July
- No events
August
- No events
September
- 27 September – Irish radio personality Terry Wogan makes his debut on the BBC, broadcasting on the Light Programme.
October
- 27 October – Welsh writer and broadcaster Gwyn Thomas makes a notable tribute to the children of Aberfan following the Aberfan disaster of 21 October, broadcast across the UK on the BBC Home Service's Today morning programme.[1]
November
- No events
December
- No events
Unknown
- Britain's first student radio station, the University of Kent's UKC Radio is founded, initially as an audio feed through the radiator system. It airs until 2006.
Station debuts
- 3 May – Swinging Radio England
- 3 May – Britain Radio
- 4 June – Radio 270
- Unknown – UKC Radio
Programme debuts
- March –The Embassy Lark (1966–1968)
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)
- The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
- I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1964–1973)
- Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
- Round the Horne (1965–1968)
- The World at One (1965–Present)
Births
- 8 February – Sarah Montague, journalist and Today presenter
- 11 March– Paddy O'Connell, broadcast presenter
- 1 April – Chris Evans, disc jockey and television presenter
- 15 September – Claire Sturgess, disc jockey and voiceover artist
- 9 October – Phil Upton, radio presenter
- 26 October – Judge Jules (Julius O'Riordan), dance music DJ and producer
- 31 December – Carlos (Carl Emms), disc jockey
Deaths
- 11 April – A. B. Campbell, naval officer and broadcaster (born 1881)
- 2 December – Giles Cooper, broadcast dramatist (born 1918)
See also
References
- "Gwyn Thomas on Aberfan, 1966". BBC. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
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