1982 in British radio
This is a list of events in British radio during 1982.
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Events
January
- 10 January – Tommy Vance replaces Tony Blackburn as host of Radio 1's Top 40 show.
February
- 27 February – BBC Radio 1 broadcasts the final editions of Junior Choice and Playground.
March
- 1 March – Chiltern Radio's broadcast area expands when it begins broadcasting to the Bedford area.
- 6 March – Junior Choice disappears from the airwaves and the BBC Radio 1 weekend breakfast show is renamed The Saturday Show/The Sunday Show. Children's requests continue to be a mainstay of the renamed show and Maggie Philbin and Keith Chegwin join Tony Blackburn as co-presenters.
April
- April – At the start of the Falklands War, Radio Victory begins 24-hour broadcasting.
May
- 25 May – BBC Radio Carlisle expands to cover all of Cumbria and is renamed accordingly and as part of the expansion, BBC Radio Furness launches as an opt-out service.
- 30–31 May – BBC Radio York is given permission to provide a temporary service to cover Pope John Paul II's visit to York. The service, which runs for just over 24 hours, operates on what will become BBC Radio York's MW frequency when the station launches in July 1983, and is simulcast on BBC Radio Cleveland, BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Radio Sheffield.
June
- No events.
July
- No events.
August
- No events.
September
- 20 September – Former BRMB presenter Ed Doolan joins the lineup at BBC Radio WM.[1]
- September – The BBC World Service becomes available to UK listeners for the first time, albeit only in south east England.
October
- 1 October – After 32 years on air, Listen with Mother is broadcast for the final time. It is replaced by a shorter five minute lunchtime programme called Listening Corner.
November
- 6 November – Saxon Radio begins broadcasting to the Bury St. Edmunds area. This is the first station to network most of its output from another, in this case, Radio Orwell in Ipswich.
December
- 3 December – BBC Radios 1 and 2 simulcast for the final time.
- 4 December – The transmission time that BBC Radio 1 lost in March 1980 is regained. Programmes once again begin at 6 am with Mike Smith returning to the station – he had been a presenter and producer in the mid 1970s – to present the new weekday early show. Weekend early shows are introduced and the station also recommences Saturday evening broadcasting with Janice Long and Gary Davies joining to present the new shows. Programming is also extended by two hours on Sunday evenings with Annie Nightingale's request show returning to the airwaves after a nine year hiatus. Thus Radio 1 is now on air daily from 6 am until midnight.[2]
- 31 December – Regional programming on BBC Radio 4 ends when the final edition of Morning Sou'West is broadcast ahead of the launch of BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radio Cornwall.
Station debuts
- 23 February – Moray Firth Radio
- 15 March – BBC Radio Guernsey
- 16 March – BBC Radio Jersey
- 1 May – BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
- 25 May – BBC Radio Furness
- 4 October – Radio Wyvern
- 5 October – Red Rose Radio
- 12 October – Wiltshire Radio
- 6 November – Saxon Radio
Closing this year
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)
Ending this year
- 1 October – Listen with Mother (1950–1982)
Births
- 4 May – John Robins, comedian and radio presenter
- Unknown – Susanne Courtney, singer and radio personality
Deaths
- 16 November – Arthur Askey, comedian (born 1900)
See also
References
- Young, Graham (17 January 2018). "Best friend Les Ross reveals fellow radio star Ed Doolan's final wish". Birmingham Mail. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- BBC Genome Project – Radio 1 listings 6 December 1982
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