Timeline of independent radio in the United Kingdom

This is a timeline of the development of independent radio in the UK.

1970s

1980s
  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1982
    • 23 February – Moray Firth Radio begins broadcasting to Inverness and the surrounding area of north east Scotland.
    • 1 March – Chiltern Radio's broadcast area expands when it begins broadcasting to the Bedford area.
    • April – At the start of the Falklands War, Radio Victory begins 24-hour broadcasting.
    • 4 October – Radio Wyvern begins broadcasting across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
    • 5 October – Red Rose Radio begins broadcasting to the Preston and Blackpool areas of west Lancashire.
    • 12 October – Wiltshire Radio begins broadcasting.
    • 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.
  • 1983
    • 4 April – County Sound begins broadcasting to the Guildford area.
    • 13 June – Gwent Broadcasting becomes the first station in the UK to occupy the newly released 102.2 to 104.5Mhz part of the VHF/FM waveband.[3]
    • 29 August – Southern Sound begins broadcasting to the Brighton area.
    • 5 September – Signal Radio begins broadcasting to the Stoke-on-Trent area at 6am and Marcher Sound begins broadcasting to the Wrexham area at 6.30am.
    • 6 October – Centre Radio stops broadcasting after running into financial difficulties. A take-over bid was rejected by the IBA and the station went off air at 5.30pm.[4][5]
  • 1984
  • 1985
    • 13 February – Financial difficulties force South Wales station Gwent Broadcasting to close down after less than two years on air.[6]
    • September – Wiltshire Radio buys struggling Radio West and on 1 October a merged station, GWR, launches.
    • 1 October – Radio Hallam's broadcast area is expanded when the Sheffield-based station starts broadcasting across all of South Yorkshire.
    • 14 October – CBC is relaunched as Red Dragon Radio. The station also covers the Newport area, offering a replacement service to Gwent Broadcasting and provides separate breakfast shows for Cardiff and Newport until the early 1990s.[7]
    • October – Plymouth Sound launches an opt-out service for Tavistock. The service operates on weekday breakfast and drive time and weekend mid-mornings.
  • 1986
    • The Home Office sanctions six experiments of split programming on Independent Local Radio. Up to ten hours a week of split programming was allowed. These include Welsh language programmes on Marcher Sound, Asian programming on Leicester Sound and rugby league commentary on Viking Radio.
    • 28 June – Portsmouth station Radio Victory goes off air. It was the first commercial radio station to loose its licence.
    • 12 October – Ocean Sound begins broadcasting. Replacing Radio Victory in East Hampshire, it introducing commercial radio to Southampton, Winchester and the Isle of Wight. The station transmits with split frequencies; Ocean Sound West on 103.2FM and 1557AM and Ocean Sound East on 97.5FM (former 95FM transmitter for Radio Victory) and 1170AM, the former AM transmitter of the former ILR station.
    • 30 November – Following its purchase of Northants 96, Chiltern Radio launches a networked service called ’’The Hot FM’’. The service is broadcast on three ILR licenses including the newly launched Northants 96. Only the mid-morning show is broadcast locally.
  • 1987
    • 1 January – A new transmitter for Radio 210 is switched on, allowing the Reading-based station to broadcast across Berkshire and north Hampshire.
    • 3 March – Radio Trent's broadcast area expands when it starts broadcasting to the Derby area.
    • 18 May – The Yorkshire Radio Network launches. It is a networked service of evening and overnight programming, broadcast on three commercial radio stations in Yorkshire – Pennine Radio in Bradford, Viking Radio in Hull and Radio Hallam in Sheffield – providing programming every night between 8 pm, starting slightly earlier at weekends, and 6 am.
    • 22 May – GWR's broadcast area expands when it launches in Bath.
    • 14 July – Beacon Radio's broadcast area expands when it launches in Shropshire.
    • 6 December – Ocean Sound launches a third station Ocean Sound North. It covers Winchester and the north of its region. It shares much of its programming with Ocean Sound West, except for a local breakfast show.
  • 1988
    • January – Radio Tees is relaunched as TFM.
    • 1 June – County Sound becomes the first station to introduce full-time split programming on FM and AM. Premier Radio and County Sound Gold
    • 1 July – The Superstation launches an overnight sustaining service on a number of ILR stations around the country at 10pm. The service would run until 6am each morning, later expanding to start at 7pm.
    • 2 July – Capital Gold starts broadcasting, initially as a weekend only service.
    • 3 September – Key 103 and Piccadilly Gold launch in Manchester, replacing Piccadilly Radio.
    • 20 September – The Radio Data System (RDS) launches, allowing car radios to automatically retune, display station identifiers and switch to local travel news.
    • 4 October – Launch of GEM-AM, the result of a split between Radio Trent and Leicester Sound's FM and medium wave frequencies.
    • 31 October – Viking Radio is replaced on FM by Viking FM and on MW by Viking Gold.
    • 15 November – Brunel Classic Gold launches on MW across the west of England.
    • 1 November – Capital Gold begins broadcasting full-time on MW across London and the FM service is renamed as 95.8 Capital FM.
    • November – Supergold begins broadcasting on MW across Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.
    • 4 December – Ocean Sound creates two new radio stations as part of the relaxing of ILR licensing rules. Power FM launches in Southampton and becomes the UK's first 24-hour non-stop chart hit music station and The Gold AM replaces Ocean Sound on medium-wave. Ocean Sound continues its full service operation on the 96.7 FM and 97.5 FM frequencies.
  • 1989
    • 15 January – Wolverhampton station Beacon Radio is replaced on FM by Beacon FM and on MW by WABC.
    • 27 March – Kent station Invicta Radio is replaced on FM by Invicta FM and on MW by Coast AM.
    • 31 March –
    • 4 April – Xtra AM begins broadcasting on the MW frequencies of BRMB and Mercia Sound.
    • 8 April – Great North Radio begins broadcasting on MW to north east England.
    • 1 May – Classic Gold begins broadcasting on MW across west, south and east Yorkshire, replacing individual stations Pennine AM, Hallam AM and Viking Gold.
    • 4 July – A new transmitter for DevonAir is switched on allowing the station to expand its transmission area to East Devon, West Dorset and South Somerset. The relay broadcasts under the name of South West 103.
    • 16 July – The Breeze begins broadcasting on MW across Essex and Surrey.
    • 15 September – Fox FM starts broadcasting to Oxford and Banbury. It becomes the first UK commercial station to be licensed to broadcast on a single waveband.
    • 2 October – LBC ends and is replaced on FM by news and comment station LBC Crown FM
    • 15 October – Horizon Radio starts broadcasting to Milton Keynes.
    • 22 October – The first of the Independent Broadcasting Authority’s series of incremental radio stations launches when Sunset 102 begins broadcasting to Manchester. More than 20 licenses were issued, which allowed new stations to start broadcasting in areas already served by independent local radio. The stations came on air in 1989 and 1990.
    • 5 November – Sunrise Radio begins broadcasting to west London’s Asian community on MW.
    • 13 November – London Greek Radio and WNK begin broadcasting. The become the first stations to share a frequency and they alternate every four hours.
    • 26 November – Orchard FM begins broadcasting to Yeovil, Taunton and the surrounding area.
    • 2 December – CNFM begins broadcasting to Cambridge and Newmarket.
    • 9 December – Asian radio station Sunrise Radio Yorkshire begins broadcasting in Bradford.
    • Unknown – Liverpool station City Talk 1548 AM becomes the UK's first all-talk radio station outside of London.[8] This was unusual as most stations launched 'golden oldie' stations on their AM frequencies.

1990s
  • 1990
    • 3 January – Glasgow station Radio Clyde is replaced by Clyde 1 on FM and Clyde 2 on MW in Glasgow.
    • 22 January – Radio Borders begins broadcasting across the Scottish Border region.
    • 7 February – Cool FM begins broadcasting to Belfast on FM. Downtown Radio continues on MW in Belfast and on FM across Northern Ireland.
    • 17 February – KFM begins broadcasting to Stockport.
    • 4 March – London's Jazz FM, a station playing mainly soul and jazz music, launches with an Ella Fitzgerald concert at the Royal Albert Hall.[9][10]
    • 18 March – Radio Thamesmead begins broadcasting to the Thamesmead area of London.
    • 31 March – Choice FM begins broadcasting to the Brixton area of London.
    • 6 April –
    • 15 April – Isle of Wight Radio begins broadcasting.
    • 21 April – FTP begins broadcasting to Bristol.
    • 14 May – Buzz FM begins broadcasting to Birmingham.
    • 21 May – South West Sound begins broadcasting across Dumfries and Galloway.
    • 1 June – Red Rose Radio is split into two stations – Red Rose Rock FM using the FM frequency and Red Rose Gold on the medium wave frequency.
    • 4 June –
    • 24 June – Chiltern Supergold begins broadcasting on the MW frequencies of Chiltern Radio.
    • 25 June –
      • Airport Information Radio begins broadcasting, providing a travel news service to Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
      • Spectrum Radio begins broadcasting. The station provides airtime to various ethnic communities across London.
    • 9 July – Melody 105.4 FM begins broadcasting an easy listening melodic music service across London.
    • 15 July –
      • Edinburgh station Radio Forth is replaced on FM by Forth Fm and on MW by Max AM
      • Touch AM begins broadcasting in South Wales.
    • 17 July – Leeds station Radio Aire is replaced on FM by Aire FM and on MW by Magic 828.
    • 28 August – Radio Harmony begins broadcasting in Coventry.
    • 1 September – Official launch of dance music station Kiss FM. The station had previously operated as a pirate broadcaster but now broadcasts legally across London..
    • 6 October – The Superstation closes after 2 years 3 months on air at 6am after going into liquidation.
    • 7 October – Mellow 1557 begins broadcasting to the Tendring area of Essex.
    • 8 October – Severn Sound splits into two services, with Severn Sound continuing on FM with 3 Counties Radio launching on MW.
    • October – Echo 96 begins broadcasting to South Cheshire and Staffordshire.
    • 5 November – Wear FM begins broadcasting to Sunderland.
    • 30 December – WABC begins broadcasting to Shropshire.
  • 1991
    • 1 January – The Radio Authority comes into being, replacing the Independent Broadcasting Authority as the UK’s radio regulator.
    • 27 January – Galaxy Radio replaces FTP in Bristol. This station would be part of Chiltern Radio's Hot FM network, with separate programmes during the day and taking the main network output from Milton Keynes between 2200-0600 overnight.
    • 10 March – South Coast Radio launches on MW along the Sussex and Hampshire coast.
    • March – After two years on air, Radio City closes its MW talk station City Talk 1548 AM and replaces it with Radio City Gold.
    • June – Airport Information Radio closes after just a year on air.
    • 5 July – Chiltern Radio launches Network News.
    • July – The Radio Authority awards the first Independent National Radio licence to Showtime Radio, which proposes a 'songs from the shows' format. The rules, as set out by the Broadcasting Act 1990, stated that the authority had to give the licence to the highest cash bidder, providing that the applicant met criteria set down in the Broadcasting Act[11] and Showtime offered the highest amount out of the three applicants.
    • August – The Radio Authority re-awards the first Independent National Radio licence to Classic FM because Showtime has been unable to secure the required funding within the required time as stipulated by the Authority.
    • 31 August – The Pulse of West Yorkshire replaces Pennine FM in Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield.
    • 19 October – SIBC begins broadcasting to the Shetland Islands.
    • Unknown – Signal buys neighbouring KFM and merges the station with Echo 96 resulting in the launch of Signal Cheshire.
  • 1992
  • 1993
    • 18 January – Signal Gold launches as a full-time station on Signal Radio's MW frequency although a limited split service had been operating for the past year in the form of a separate MW-only Golden Breakfast Show.
    • 1 March – The Bay begins broadcasting to southern Cumbria and north Lancashire.
    • 14 April – CFM begins broadcasting to Carlisle.
    • 30 April – Virgin 1215, Britain's second national commercial radio station broadcasting on Radio 3's old mediumwave frequency, is launched by owner Richard Branson at 12.15pm.
    • 1 May – Ten 17 begins broadcasting to Harlow in Essex.
    • 21 May – Star FM begins broadcasting to the Berkshire towns of Slough, Maidenhead and Windsor.
    • May – Country Music Radio begins broadcasting a country music service on satellite and cable.
    • 1 July – Radio Maldwyn begins broadcasting on AM to the Montgomeryshire area of Wales.
    • 25 July – The last Network Chart Show goes out on Independent Local Radio.
    • July – Midland Radio Plc, which owns several stations, including BRMB, is acquired by GWR Group.
    • 1 August – 'Doctor' Neil Fox introduces the first Pepsi Chart, a Sunday afternoon Top 40 Countdown show for commercial radio, and based on single sales and airplay.
    • 27 August – Marcher Coast begins broadcasting. The station covers the north Wales coastal area from Llandudno eastwards.
    • September – The Radio Authority announces that it will not be renewing LBC's licence. The new licensee is to be London News Radio, a consortium led by former LBC staff and backed by Guinness Mahon.[13]
    • 4 September – Wessex FM begins broadcasting across central and western Dorset.
    • 7 October – Yorkshire Coast Radio begins broadcasting to the North Yorkshire coastal towns of Scarborough and Whitby.
    • 17 October – SGR Colchester begins broadcasting to the Colchester area.
    • 21 October – Q102.9 begins broadcasting to the Derry area of Northern Ireland.
    • October – Manchester station Sunset 102 goes into liquidation.
    • Unknown – London station WNK closes.[14] WNK's closure allows London Greek Radio, with whom it had shared a frequency, to begin full-time broadcasts.
    • Unknown – Sunrise Radio starts to broadcast across London when it begins transmission on the MW frequency previously occupied by BBC GLR.
  • 1994
    • 5 March – Following the purchase by GWR of Mercia FM, Trent FM and Leicester Sound, Radio Trent's Derbyshire service is renamed Ram FM and two days later Xtra AM in Coventry is replaced by a Mercia-branded relay of Classic Gold.
    • 7 March – Manchester United launches its own radio station Manchester United Radio.[15] The station operates on home match days.
    • 5 April – News Direct 97.3FM and London News Talk 1152AM begin broadcasting. They replace LBC Newstalk and London Talkback Radio. The change occurs following last year's decision by the Radio Authority not renew LBC's licence, instead giving it to London News Radio, a consortium led by former LBC staff and backed by Guinness Mahon.[16]
    • 15 April – Mix 96 begins broadcasting to Aylesbury.
    • 6 June – NECR begins broadcasting to Inverurie and the surrounding areas of Aberdeenshire.
    • 20 June – Fortune 1458 launches in Manchester. The station uses BBC Radio Manchester's old MW frequency.
    • June – Following the purchase of Cambridge station CNFM by GWR, the station is relaunched as Q103.
    • 4 July – 97.2 Stray FM begins broadcasting to the Harrogate and Ripon areas of North Yorkshire.
    • 1 August – Nevis Radio begins broadcasting to the Fort William area.
    • 1–16 September – The UK's first five regional commercial stations start broadcasting. They are 100.4 Jazz FM (north west England), 100–102 Century Radio (north east England), Galaxy 101 which launches a dance music service on the 4th to the Severn estuary area, 100.7 Heart FM which launches on the 6th and covers the West Midlands and Scot FM which broadcasts music and speech to the Scottish central belt.
    • 1 September – Country 1035 begins broadcasting a country music service on MW to London.
    • 16 October – Kiss 102 begins broadcasting a dance music service to Manchester.
    • 22 October – Oasis Radio begins broadcasting to Watford.
    • 31 December – This is the final day on air for DevonAir and Buzz FM. The stations lost their licenses to Gemini Radio[17] and Choice FM respectively.
  • 1995
    • 1 January – Gemini Radio and Choice FM’s first day on air.
    • 9 January –
    • 14 February – Talk Radio UK becomes the last of three national commercial radio stations to go on air. It broadcasts on the old Radio 1 mediumwave frequency.
    • 10 April – Virgin Radio starts broadcasting on FM in London. The station is a full simulcast of the national service apart from a 45-minute weekday early evening programme.
    • 30 May – Radio XL begins broadcasting to the Asian community of the West Midlands. The frequency was previously used by BBC WM.
    • 10 June – Premier Christian Radio becomes the UK’s first Christian radio station when it launches on AM across London.
    • 25 June – Vale FM begins broadcasting to the Shaftesbury area of Dorset.
    • 3 July – Viva 963 becomes the UK’s first female-orientated radio station when it starts broadcasting on AM across London.
    • 8 July – KFM begins broadcasting to the towns of Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Dartford, Gravesend and the surrounding areas of South East of England.
    • 17 August – London Turkish Radio begins broadcasting.
    • 5 September – Heart 106.2 begins broadcasting an adult contemporary music service across London.
    • 9 September – Sabras Sound begins broadcasting to Leicester’s Asian community on AM. It replaces Sunrise East Midlands.
    • 24 September – Amber Radio launches on MW across East Anglia.
    • 30 September –
    • 30 November – 103.2 Alpha Radio begins broadcasting to the Darlington area.
    • Unknown – Coventry station Radio Harmony is rebranded as Kix 96 and changes frequency.
  • 1996
    • 5 February – Radio Wyvern becomes the last commercial station in England to end simulcasting on FM and AM.
    • 1 April – Network News closes.
    • 4 April – Guildford station 96.4 The Eagle replaces Mercury 96.4.
    • 21 April – Spirit FM begins broadcasting to the Sussex coastal towns of Chichester, Bognor Regis and Llittlehampton.
    • 24 May – FM102 The Bear begins broadcasting to Stratford-upon-Avon.
    • 3 June – Asian Sound Radio begins broadcasting on MW across East Lancashire.
    • 1 July – The LBC name returns to London's airwaves following a rebrand of London News Radio's MW station News Talk 1152.
    • July – The Radio Authority receives 25 bids for the final FM citywide London licence. XFM is chosen as the winner.
    • 15 July – Oban FM begins broadcasting to the Oban area of west Scotland.
    • 2 September – Supergold closes after eight years on air, replaced by Classic Gold at 7am. Classic Gold was based at Chiltern Radio studios in Dunstable from this point.
    • 9 September – Following a change in ownership, Manchester station Fortune 1458 is renamed Lite AM.
    • September – The Radio Authority awards a full-time commercial licence to a student radio station for the first time when it awards the Oxford licence to Oxygen FM.
    • 29 September – The Beach begins broadcasting to the Norfolk coastal towns of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
    • 23 November – Valleys Radio begins broadcasting on MW to the South Wales valleys.
    • Unknown – Hallam FM switches off its transmitter covering Rotherham as part of its licence agreement.
  • 1997
    • January – Leicester Sound moves frequency (from 103.2 to 105.4) and increases transmitter power to allow the station to cover the county of Leicestershire.
    • 6 January – West FM begins broadcasting on FM to Ayr and the surrounding areas. West Sound Radio continues on MW.
    • February – Emap launches a network of Magic stations on its MW frequencies across the north of England. The Yorkshire stations launch on 12 February, replacing and Great Yorkshire Gold and a week later Magic 1152 and Magic 1170 replace Great North Radio.
    • 14 February – At 1.05pm, Kiss 105 begins broadcasting a dance music service across East, West and South Yorkshire.
    • 17 March –
      • The roll-out of the Magic brand concludes when the north west Magic stations – Magic 1152 and Magic Magic 1548 launch.
      • After broadcasting a one-month temporary service called 1278 and 1530 AM West Yorkshire, Classic Gold launches in Bradford and Halifax/Huddersfield. The station is a simulcast of the Classic Gold network heard on MW in central and southern England with a local breakfast show supplemented by local news and information throughout the day.
    • 1 April – Wish FM begins broadcasting to Wigan.
    • 4 May – Yorkshire Dales Radio begins broadcasting on MW across the Yorkshire Dales.
    • 23 May – Lochbroom FM begins broadcasting to the Scottish town of Ullapool.
    • 31 August – Regular programming across UK radio is interrupted to provide ongoing news coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
    • 1 September –
      • XFM London begins broadcasting an indie music service across London. It becomes the final London-wide station on FM.
      • KMFM Medway begins broadcasting to the Medway Towns area of Kent.
    • 6 September – Many UK radio stations broadcast live coverage of the Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.
    • 21 September – KMFM Canterbury begins broadcasting.
    • 23 September – Century 106 begins broadcasting a regional service across the East Midlands.
    • 29 September –
    • 7 October – 107.7 The Wolf begins broadcasting to Wolverhampton.
    • 12 October – Dune FM begins broadcasting to Southport.
    • 20 October – European Klassik Rock begins broadcasting a classic rock service via satellite. The station also operates 28-day RSLs in various cities and counties.
    • 23 October – Star 107.7 begins broadcasting to Weston-super-Mare.
    • 1 November – Fosseway Radio begins broadcasting to the Hinckley area of Leicestershire.
    • 17 November – Sovereign FM begins broadcasting to Eastbourne and Hailsham.
    • 22 November – Vibe 105–108 begins broadcasting a dance music service across East Anglia.
    • 28 November – Star FM 107.2 begins broadcasting to Bristol.
    • 6 December – Waves Radio begins broadcasting to the Peterhead area of Aberdeenshire.
    • 9 December – Chris Evans's media production company, Ginger Media Group buys Virgin Radio from Richard Branson for £85m. Branson had planned to sell the station to Capital Radio, but Evans, who had not wanted to work for the station, launched a rival bid.
  • 1998
  • 1999
    • January –
      • Choice FM is taken over by the Chrysalis Group, which later renames Choice FM Birmingham Galaxy 102.2.
      • London's dance/urban station Kiss 100 is rebranded by EMAP Radio with a new logo and mainstream pop music is introduced to the playlist, this leads to criticism from some DJ's and listeners.
    • 1 February – Mansfield 103.2 begins broadcasting.
    • 8 February – FLR 107.3 begins broadcasting to the Lewisham area of south London.
    • 20 March – Tower FM begins broadcasting to Bolton and Bury.
    • 3 May – Telford FM begins broadcasting.
    • 22 May – Northern Ireland stations Goldbeat and Heartbeat 1521 close down.
    • 18 June – Launch of Sky News Radio, a service providing bespoke bulletins for Talk Radio.
    • 26 June – Fire 107.6 begins broadcasting to Bournemouth and Poole.
    • 24 July – 106.8 Lite FM begins broadcasting to Peterborough.
    • 30 August –
    • 5 September – SouthCity FM
    • 19 September – 107.4 The Quay begins broadcasting to Portsmouth.
    • 3 October –
    • 7 November – Yorkshire Coast Radio Bridlington begins broadcasting to Bridlington and Filey. It operates as an opt-out service from the nearby Scarborough station.
    • 15 November –
      • Britain's first national commercial DAB digital radio multiplex, Digital One, goes on air to England, and parts of Scotland and Wales. The stations carried at launch include the three national commercial AM/FM services – Classic FM, Virgin Radio (now Absolute) and Talk Radio UK (now talkSPORT) – along with two new digital-first stations – fresh pop service Core and adult classic rock station Planet Rock, both then under the ownership of Classic FM's then parent (and Digital One shareholder) GWR Group. Digital One would extend its station lineup and transmission area over subsequent years, and became available to Northern Ireland from 2013 (following the completion of digital television switchover in the UK and Republic of Ireland the prior autumn).
      • Bath FM begins broadcasting.
    • 19 November –
      • Beat 106 begins broadcasting across a new music service across the Scottish central belt.
      • 107 The Edge begins broadcasting across Lanarkshire.
    • 1 December – South Hams Radio begins broadcasting to the South Hams area of Devon.

2000s
  • 2000
    • 26 January – Q97.2, fully known as Q97.2 Causeway Radio, begins broadcasting to the Coleraine area of Northern Ireland.
    • 17 February – Talk Radio UK is rebranded as talkSPORT.
    • 14 March – Chris Evans sells his Ginger Media Group to SMG plc for £225m.[23] The sale made Evans the highest paid entertainer in the UK in 2000, estimated by the Sunday Times Rich List to have been paid around £35.5million.[24]
    • 1 May – 106.3 Bridge FM begins broadcasting to the Bridgend area of South Wales.
    • 2 May – Oneword begins broadcasting on Digital One.[25]
    • 3 May – Choice 107.1 begins broadcasting to north London.
    • 29 May – Kick FM begins broadcasting to the Newbury area of Berkshire.
    • May – Capital Radio buys Border Radio Holdings, thereby acquiring the three Century radio stations.[26]
    • 26 June – The Groove begins broadcasting.
    • 10 July –
      • Ten 17 changes its name to Ten 17 Mercury.
      • Argyll FM begins broadcasting to the Campbelltown, Kintyre, Islay and Jura areas of Scotland.
    • 25 July – 2BR begins broadcasting to the Burnley area of east Lancashire.
    • 28 September – Channel Travel Radio closes.
    • 3 October – South Wales regional station Real Radio Wales begins broadcasting.
    • 16 October – PrimeTime Radio begins broadcasting on Digital One. It provides a music service aimed at the over 50s.
    • 4 December – FLR 107.3 changes its name to Fusion 107.3FM.
    • Unknown – Coventry student station Source FM begins broadcasting.
  • 2001
    • 1 March – 107.8 Radio Jackie begins broadcasting to the Kingston-upon-Thames area.
    • 3 March – Hertbeat FM begins broadcasting to Hertford.
    • 31 March – Bright 106.4 begins broadcasting to the Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath areas of West Sussex.
    • 30 May – Castle Rock FM begins broadcasting to the Dumbarton area.
    • 3 June – Compass FM begins broadcasting to Grimsby and Cleethorpes.
    • 16 June – KCR 106.7 begins broadcasting to the Knowsley area of Merseyside.
    • 4 July – Quay West 107.4 begins broadcasting to the Somerset coast.
    • August – The KM Group take full control of Neptune Radio and CTFM.
    • 11 September – Following a terrorist attack on the United States, and the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York City, live on television, most broadcasters abandon regular programming in order to provide up to date coverage of unfolding events.
    • September – the KM Group rebrands its newly acquired Mercury FM stations as KMFM West Kent and KMFM Medway.
    • 16 October – Saga 105.7 FM, the UK’s first radio station dedicated to the over-50s, begins broadcasting in Birmingham.
    • October – The Sky News Radio service is expanded to provide hourly news bulletins, audio and scripts for a number of clients in the commercial radio sector.
    • 23 October – Lakeland Radio begins broadcasting to the Cumbrian towns of Keswick, Windermere and Kendal.
    • 31 October – Mix 107 begins broadcasting to Aylesbury.
    • 5 November – 3TR FM begins broadcasting to the Warminster area of Wiltshire.
    • December – The eight medium wave Magic stations in northern England begin networking 10 am – 2 pm and 7 pm – 6 am with the London station Magic 105.4 providing the programmes.
    • Unknown – Garrison FM begins broadcasting. The station serves military bases across the UK.
  • 2002
    • 8 January – Scot FM becomes part of the Real Radio network when it is purchased by GMG Radio and is renamed Real Radio Scotland.
    • mid February – 107.7 Chelmer FM is renamed Dream 107.7.
    • 28 February–1 March – The first three community radio stations – Bradford Community Broadcasting, Cross Rhythms in Stoke and Angel Community Radio (Havant) – start broadcasting as part of a trial of community radio which sees 15 stations go on air during 2002. The trial, under the title of “Access Radio”, saw each station originally licensed for one year. All three stations are still on air today.
    • 11 March – TEAMtalk 252 launches. It is intended as a rival for talkSPORT and BBC Radio 5 Live.
    • 19 March – Q101.2 begins broadcasting to Omagh and Enniskillen.
    • 25 March – Real Radio Yorkshire begins broadcasting a music and speech service to West and South Yorkshire.
    • 14 July – 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire begins broadcasting.
    • 31 July – TeamTalk 252 closes after four months on air.
    • 31 August – Rugby FM begins broadcasting.
    • September – The KM Group rebrands its newly acquired Mercury FM stations as KMFM West Kent and KMFM Medway.
    • 22 October – Reading 107 begins broadcasting.
    • 8 November – The Radio Authority relieves London station Liberty Radio of its licence to broadcast. The station had repeatedly only obtained a 0.1% share of listening. The Authority awarded the licence to Club Asia, which had previously been broadcasting for several hours each day on Spectrum Radio. This had been the first time in several years that the incumbent broadcaster's licence had not been renewed.
    • Unknown – Smash Hits Radio begins broadcasting.
  • 2003
    • 3 January – Severn Estuary regional station Galaxy 101 is renamed Vibe 101.
    • 6 January – 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.
    • 1 February – Mid 106 FM begins broadcasting across mid Ulster.
    • 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.[27]
    • 1 March – Dee 106.3 begins broadcasting to Chester.
    • 5 May – 107 Splash FM begins broadcasting to Worthing.
    • 1 July – The rolling news service on Digital One, provided by ITN, stops broadcasting.
    • 3 July – Having lost its licence, Liberty Radio closes down after eight years on air. It is immediately replaced by Club Asia.
    • 3 September – River FM begins broadcasting to the Livingston area of West Lothian.
    • 5 October – Dearne FM begins broadcasting to Barnsley and the surrounding area.
    • 18 October – CTR 105.6 begins broadcasting to Maidstone in Kent.
    • 26 October – Ivel FM begins broadcasting to the Yeovil area of south Somerset.
    • 10 November – North Norfolk Radio begins broadcasting.
    • 22 November – Two Lochs Radio begins broadcasting to the Loch Ewe area of Scotland.
    • 6 December – Bloomberg stops broadcasting on Digital One.
    • Unknown – Heat Radio and The Hits Radio begin broadcasting.
    • Unknown – Insight Radio begins broadcasting.
  • 2004
    • 1 January – Ofcom replaces The Radio Authority.
    • 13 February – North west regional station 100.4 Jazz FM closes down after nearly ten years on air. It is replaced on 1 March by 100.4 Smooth FM.[28]
    • 4 April – High Peak Radio begins broadcasting to the High Peak area of Derbyshire.
    • 1 May – KMFM Extra begins broadcasting across Kent.
    • 10 June – Kerrang! 105.2 begins broadcasting an indie-rock service across the West Midlands.
    • 13 June – 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire begins broadcasting.
    • 14 July – 97.5 Scarlet FM begins broadcasting to the Llanelli area.
    • 7 September – Saga 105.2 FM begins broadcasting, becoming the third station to broadcast to Scotland’s central belt.
  • 2005
  • 2006
    • 14 February – Talk 107 begins broadcasting a speech-based service across Edinburgh.
    • 25 February – Touch FM (Banbury) begins broadcasting.
    • 2 June – Primetime Radio closes after six years on air.
    • 29 June – 99.9 Radio Norwich begins broadcasting.
    • 10 July – Yorkshire Radio begins broadcasting.
    • 15 August – Gaydio becomes the UK’s first analogue radio station aimed at the LGBT community when it begins broadcasting in central Manchester.
    • 29 August – Heart 106 replaces Century 106 in the East Midlands.
    • 2 September – Brunel FM begins broadcasting to Swindon.
    • 6 September – Kiss 100 is relaunched after a decline in listening figures, dance stations Vibe 101 and Vibe 105-108 are also rebranded to Kiss.
    • November – CTR 105.6 in Maidstone, Kent, is purchased by the KM Group, taking the number of KM-owned stations in Kent to 7.
    • December – GMG Radio purchases the Saga Radio Group.[32]
    • 29 September – Cambridge station Star 107.9 closes after eight years on air.
    • 16 October – 107.3 Abbey FM begins broadcasting to Barrow-in-Furness and the surrounding area..
    • 18 December – Radio Music Shop begins broadcasting. The station, which claims to be the world’s first retail radio station, lasted less than a year, closing on 5 October 2007.
    • 25 December – theJazz begins broadcasting on Digital One.[33][34]
    • Unknown – Galaxy 102.2 is renamed Galaxy Birmingham in line with other Galaxy radio stations.
  • 2007
  • 2008
    • 8 January – 97.5 Smooth Radio becomes north east England’s third regional station when it begins broadcasting. The licence had been awarded to Saga Radio but Smooth’s owners GMG Group took over Saga in 2007, replacing the saga stations with Smooth Radio.
    • 11 January –
      • Birdsong Radio launches on the Digital One platform following the closure of Oneword.[41] The station features recording of birdsong, a device first employed in 1992 as a test transmission for Classic FM.[42][43]
      • Another of the original Digital One stations, Core Radio, stops broadcasting.
    • 12 January – The Forces Station BFBS begins a trial period of broadcasting nationwide across the UK on DAB from midnight. The trial ran until 23:59 on 31 March 2008, and audience research carried out during this time concluded that it was successful. BFBS subsequently returned to DAB Digital Radio on a permanent basis.[44]
    • 28 January – City Talk 105.9 begins broadcasting, returning speech radio to Liverpool after 17 years.
    • 29 January – Bauer completes its purchase of Emap's radio, television and consumer media businesses, purchasing the assets for £1.14bn.[45]
    • 15 February – Exeter-based community station Phonic FM begins broadcasting.
    • 18 February – Exeter FM begins broadcasting.
    • 15 March – Swindon 105.5 begins broadcasting.
    • 26 March – Leicestershire stations Fosseway Radio and Oak 107 FM close down. Both had been on air since the late 1990s.
    • 31 March – Following its decision to exit digital broadcasting, GCap closes theJazz and Capital Life.[46] To compensate, two hours of jazz music are broadcast each night on Classic FM.
    • 1 April – Rock Radio (North East) begins broadcasting.
    • 4 April –
    • 28 April – The Heart Network begins simulcasting some of its programmes from Heart 106.2 in London. There are now only ten hours of local programming from 100.7 Heart FM in Birmingham and Heart 106 in the East Midlands during weekdays and four hours on Saturday and Sunday.
    • May – Andover Sound begins broadcasting.
    • 3 May – After 14 years on air, Manchester United Radio closes.
    • 5 May – 106.1 Rock Radio begins broadcasting to Manchester.
    • 2 June – Q Radio begins broadcasting.
    • 16 June – Nation Radio begins broadcasting across South Wales.
    • 24 June – NME Radio begins broadcasting.
    • 1 July – Grooveradio begins broadcasting.
    • 31 July – Fen Radio 107.5 closes after nine years on air.
    • 8 August – Thomas Quirk, the former managing director of Saga 105.2 FM (the predecessor to 105.2 Smooth Radio in Glasgow) criticises parent company GMG Radio's decision to sack six local Scottish presenters in favour of increased networking of shows from Smooth stations in London and Manchester. The station had operated a 24-hour schedule of local programming until August 2008.[47]
    • 9 August – South Birmingham Community Radio begins broadcasting.[48]
    • 29 September – Virgin Radio changes its name to Absolute Radio.
    • 8 October – Jazz FM returns to the airwaves.
    • 11 October – The closure of Channel 4 Radio is announced.[49]
    • 14 October – Radio Hartlepool begins broadcasting.
    • 30 October – Original 106 is renamed The Coast following the sale of the station two months earlier to Celador.
    • 5 November – Focal Radio (2008–2009)[50]
    • 8 November – Poole-based community station The Bay 102.8 begins broadcasting.
    • 7 December – 106.5 Central Radio begins broadcasting to Preston, Leyland and Chorlely.
    • 23 December – Edinburgh station Talk 107 closes after two years on air.
    • Unknown – Celtic Music Radio begins broadcasting a Celtic music service in Glasgow.
  • 2009
    • 5 January – Chiltern Radio, Hereward FM, Radio Broadland, Q103, Northants 96, SGR Colchester, SGR Ipswich, and Horizon Radio are all rebranded as Heart after earlier being acquired by Global Radio.[51]
    • 10 January – Vixen 101 begins broadcasting a community service to the Market Weighton area of East Yorkshire.
    • 30 January – South Cumbria station 107.3 Abbey FM closes after less than three years on air.
    • 1 February – Wight FM begins broadcasting.
    • 23 March – Fox FM, GWR FM Bath, GWR Bristol, GWR FM Wiltshire, Champion 103, 2CR, Essex FM, Gemini FM, Severn Sound, Ocean FM, Lantern FM, Coast 96.3, Plymouth Sound, Orchard FM, South Hams Radio, Wirral's Buzz and 2-Ten FM are all rebranded as Heart.
    • 1 April –
      • Ownership of Touch FM (Banbury) is transferred to Banbury Broadcasting Company Ltd. The station was subsequently renamed Banbury Sound on 1 June.[52]
      • Mersey 106.7 closes after six years on air.
    • 3 April – London stations Time 107.3 and Time 106.8 close. The latter station had launched as Radio Thamesmead in 1990.
    • 30 April – Welsh station Valleys Radio closes after thirteen years on air.
    • May – Orion Media purchases BRMB, Mercia, Wyvern, Beacon in the West Midlands and Heart 106 in the East Midlands from Global Radio for a sale price worth £37.5 million.[53]
    • 28 May – Focal Radio closes after just a year on air.[50]
    • 1 June –
    • 20 June – 96.5 Bolton FM begins broadcasting.
    • 14 June – Launch of The Big Top 40 Show, a chart show broadcast on commercial radio stations in the UK, and based on a combination of airplay and music download figures provided by iTunes.
    • 18 June – It is announced that the media executive Steve Orchard has bought the CN Group of Midland radio stations, having established the Quidem group. The stations involved in the purchase are: 107.3 Touch FM, 102 Touch FM, 96.2 Touch FM, 101.6 & 102.4 Touch FM and 107.1 Rugby FM.
    • 22 June – Invicta FM, Southern FM and 103.4 Marcher Sound are rebranded as Heart.
    • 1 July – After eight years on air, Mix 107 closes down.[55]
    • 14 September – All programmes, apart from weekday/Saturday breakfast and Sunday afternoons, are networked across the KMFM network.
    • 2 November – Alpha 103.2, Minster Northallerton and Durham FM are merged into a single station called Star Radio North East.
    • 10 November – Thirteen stations owned by GMG Radio take part in an eighteen-hour on-air appeal to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity. The event raises almost £200,000.[56]
    • 1 December – Touch Radio is rebranded to Touch FM.
    • 4 December – Absolute 80s launches.
    • Aston FM changes its name to Big City Radio.

2010s
  • 2010
  • 2011
    • 1 January – East Midlands station Heart 106 closes. It is replaced by Gem 106.
    • 3 January – 95.8 Capital FM London launches nationally and becomes a part of The Capital FM Network following the merger of Global Radio's Hit Music and Galaxy networks to form the nine-station 'Capital Network'.[61] Other than daily breakfast and weekday drivetime shows, the majority of Capital's London-based output is now networked.[62]
    • 11 January – KMFM West Kent and KMFM Maidstone merge their breakfast shows, meaning all programming is shared across both stations.[63]
    • 17 February – Perth FM closes.
    • 28 March – Celador Radio files a format change request for The Coast to air classic and contemporary rock instead of adult alternative.[64]
    • 31 March – Academy FM (Folkestone) begins broadcasting.
    • 28 July – GMG Radio announces that the Manchester-based station 106.1 Rock Radio will be re-branded as 106.1 Real Radio XS, and that Glasgow-based 96.3 Rock Radio will be sold.[65]
    • 5 September – Manchester station 106.1 Rock Radio is replaced by Real Radio XS.
    • 1 November – GMG Radio launches a dedicated station playing nothing but Christmas music, under the brand "Smooth Christmas". The station had no news or advertisements but did promote Smooth Radio and broadcast until 27 December 2011.[66]
    • 22 November – Absolute Radio 60s launches, followed one week later by the launch of Absolute Radio 70s
    • 23 December – GMG Radio confirms plans to launch a station dedicated to music from the 1970s on trial basis and four days later Smooth 70s replaces Smooth Christmas on the Digital One platform.[67]
  • 2012
    • 6 January – Following its sale to UKRD, Fresh Radio which broadcast on MW across the Yorkshire Dales, closes after fifteen years on air.[68] The more populous parts of the area are later served by Stray FM which is expanded to cover areas such as Skipton and Wharfedale and the Richmond area is served to Star Radio North East.
    • 21 January – Under new guidelines to come into force from 30 April clinics which charge for pregnancy services including abortions will be able to advertise on radio and television after the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice ruled there was no justification for barring such clinics from advertising their services.[69]
    • 23 January – GMG Radio announces it is conducting a "full review" of its news staff. Currently the broadcaster employs 39 journalists, nine of whom are based in Scotland.[70]
    • 26 January – The UK-based British Army radio station, Garrison FM switches on two more transmitters in Inverness, making the city the second in Scotland to receive the service after Edinburgh.[71][72]
    • 3 February – UTV Media acquires the licences for The Wyre and The Severn from MNA Broadcasting.[73]
    • 7 February – UTV Media unveils plans to merge The Wolf, The Wyre and The Sever and rebrand them as Signal 107.[74] The rebrand happens on 26 March.
    • 14 February – Poole community radio station The Bay 102.8 is re-branded as Hot Radio.[75]
    • 16 February – Ofcom gives the KMFM n e t w o r k permission to network the breakfast show, meaning programming will be identical across all seven stations at all times.[76]
    • 5 March – Community station Rossendale Radio closes after just two years on air.[77]
    • 7 March – Guildford based County Sound is given approval by Ofcom to change its classic hits format to a community-based information station under the name Eagle Extra.[78]
    • 14 March – The owners of Jack FM announce the launch of a new consultancy firm, OXIS Media, which will represent the brand throughout the UK and Europe.[79]
    • 16 March – Quidem, owners of the Touch FM brand agrees a deal with the Lincs FM Group to buy Oak FM in Loughborough and Hinckley, thus increasing its number of stations to eight.[80]
    • 26 March – Orion Media rebrands BRMB, Beacon, Mercia and Wyvern as Free Radio.[81]
    • 2 April – From today, talkSPORT dedicates its entire programming schedule to sport output, having previously offered a variety of sport and general news-related topics.[82]
    • April –
      • Celador rebrands Andover Sound and Newbury Sound as The Breeze, bringing to nine the number of stations with that name.[83]
      • The weekend breakfast show on the north of England Magic stops being a local show in favour of a networked programme. Only the weekday breakfast show remains locally produced.
    • 1 May – Ofcom approves a co-location request from Touch Radio Staffordshire to move from Tamworth to Oak FM's headquarters in Coalville. Touch will share some of Oak's programming, but must retain its local Staffordshire-based breakfast show.[84]
    • 7 May – Launch of Heart Cornwall, replacing Atlantic FM.[85]
    • 15 May – Amazing Radio leaves the DAB multiplex after a contractual dispute with Digital One owners Arqiva, but continues to broadcast online.[86]
    • 1 June – Swansea's 102.1 Bay Radio is relaunched as Nation 80s, becoming the first FM station in the UK to play nothing but 80s music.[87]
    • 12 June – It is reported that GMG has received multiple offers for its radio business which value it at £50 million, as the company seeks to reshape itself to stem losses being made by The Guardian and The Observer.[88]
    • 25 June –
      • GMG Radio is sold to Global Radio for an undisclosed amount, thought to be around £50m. However, no structural changes will be made to either organisations until the deal has been investigated by Ofcom.[89] Several rival radio groups express their concerns over the takeover and the effect it could have on commercial radio in the UK.[90]
      • KMFM Extra closes and is replaced on DAB by the new-countywide KMFM.
    • 3 July – Global Radio announces plans to branch into television with the launch of two non-stop music channels; Heart TV and Capital TV, which will go on air from September.[91]
    • 24 August – An Ofcom survey of radio listeners reveals many believe there are too many adverts on commercial radio.[92]
    • 30 August – West Midlands based Sanjhi Awaz Radio ceases broadcasting after two years on air due to financial problems.[93]
    • 4 September – Gold is replaced by Free Radio 80s in the West Midlands on MW and DAB.[94]
    • 8 August – Southport station Dune FM closes after fifteen years on air.
    • 11 October – The Office of Fair Trading agrees to fast-track the investigation into Global Radio's purchase of GMG Radio after Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Maria Miller says the deal will not be investigated for media plurality. The matter is also forwarded onto the Competition Commission, which oversees business mergers and takeovers.[95] The Competition Commission later announces 27 March 2013 as the date on which it will publish its findings into the takeover.[96]
    • 30 October – Smooth Radio confirms that Smooth Christmas will return, airing on the Digital One multiplex in the lead up to the festive season, giving the brand three stations on the platform.[97] It launches two days later.
    • 5 November –
      • Real Radio begins networking its daytime schedule.[98]
      • Solid Gold Gem launches. The internet station is based on 1990s Midlands oldies station GEM-AM.[99]
    • 15 December – Celador rebrands its recently acquired Kestrel FM stations as The Breeze.[100]
  • 2013
    • 3 January – It is reported that Gaydar Radio owner QSoft Consulting will leave the radio business and hand its DAB licences to Manchester community station Gaydio.[101]
    • 10 January – Radio Today reports that test transmissions for DAB+ are under way in the Brighton area.[102]
    • 11 January – Radio Today reports that Ofcom is inviting applications for community radio licences to operate on medium wave, a move that will keep the waveband in use until at least 2020.[103]
    • 21 January – Radio Today reports the name change of Nation 80s to Nation Hits, a move allowing the station to air a broader range of music. It is the station's third rebranding since 2009.[104]
    • 6 February – Bauer Media buys the digital station Planet Rock for a sum estimated to be between £1m and £2m.[105]
    • 14 February – The Competition Commission publish their preliminary findings into the Global Radio takeover of GMG Radio, recommending a full or partial sale of the now renamed Real and Smooth Radio Ltd.[106]
    • 25 March – NME Radio closes after five years on air.[107]
    • 31 March – Garrison FM is merged with BFBS, resulting in BFBS taking over the six Garrison stations currently on air.
    • 23 April – The Radio Today website reports that Absolute Radio 60s and Absolute Classic Rock have been removed from several DAB platforms in England and Wales, but the stations continue to broadcast in London and online.[108]
    • 27 April – Country music station Chris Country launches.[109]
    • 7 May – Kisstory and KissFresh begin broadcasting and sister station Q Radio closes down after five years on air.
    • 14 June – Kerrang! 105.2's final day of broadcasting on FM in the West Midlands. The 105.2 frequency is taken over by Planet Rock simulcasting from London. Kerrang! continues on DAB, but with content aired from London from 17 June.[110]
    • 26 July – Digital radio is switched on in Northern Ireland allowing a further 1.4 million listeners to hear stations such as Smooth 70s, Absolute Radio 90s and Jazz FM.[111]
    • 30 July – Yorkshire Radio closes after seven years on air.
    • August – Smash Hits Radio closes after eleven years on air.
    • 27 August – The MXR regional digital radio multiplex for the West Midlands is switched off after 12 years on air.[112]
    • 3 October – Global Radio announces that Smooth 70s will close in three days time after 21 months on air.[113]
    • 6 October – Smooth 70s stops broadcasting to make way for the launch on Digital One of Capital Xtra.
    • 7 October – Choice FM is rebranded as Capital Xtra.[114]
  • 2014
    • 1 January – Jazz FM stops broadcasting on the national Digital One multiplex, but continues to be available on DAB in London, online and through satellite television.[115] Its Digital One slot is temporarily taken over by the return of Birdsong Radio, with plans for a permanent replacement in February.[116]
    • 6 January – It had been reported on 30 December 2013 that Hot Radio would close at 18:00,[117] but the station remains on air after the deadline had passed.[118]
    • 14 January – talkSPORT secures a deal with the Daily Mail to produce content featuring sports journalists and writers from the newspaper.[119]
    • 20 January – Global Radio is found to be in breach of their license remit for Heart Cornwall after a listener complained to OfCom that there was not enough local news and speech to make it a fully local station.[120]
    • 4 February – The Radio Today website reports that Ofcom have given Global Radio permission to remove Smooth Radio from the Digital One platform, and replace it with a new national station. Under the agreement, Smooth will continue to air on its regional FM frequencies, but with a greater local output.[121]
    • 6 February – Global Radio sells eight of its regional stations to Irish media holdings firm Communicorp.[122]
    • 11 February – LBC 97.3 launches nationally on the Digital One platform, taking over the slot formerly occupied by Jazz FM. The station also secures a sponsorship deal with the Financial Times.[123][124]
    • 14 March – Global Radio announces that Gold will become a non-stop music service, with the exception of the breakfast show and Saturday's Vinyl Heaven.[125]
    • 24 March –
      • Smooth Radio returns to airing local output on its regional frequencies, with local programming for Breakfast and Drivetime, and a raft of new presenters joining the network.[126]
      • Smooth Radio replaces Gold on MW across southern England.[127]
    • 31 March – Radio Caroline North returns for a month to celebrate its 50th birthday, broadcasting from a lightship in Liverpool's Albert Dock.[128]
    • 1 April – Insight Radio launches on Freeview channel 730.[129]
    • 4 April – Real XS Glasgow closes at midnight, and is rebranded as Xfm Scotland from 7 April.[130]
    • 6 May –
    • 29 September – Sky Sports News Radio stops broadcasting, it is reported, its content having been subsumed into Sky Sports.[133]
    • 15 November – Smooth Christmas returns to DAB in preparation for the launch of a new station with the Smooth brand.[134]
    • 30 November – The online classic hits station Solid Gold Gem ceases broadcasting after two years on air.[135]
    • 15 December – Solid Gold Gem is relaunched with Len Groat as its new manager. No reason is given for the hiatus.[136]
    • 27 December – Launch of Smooth Extra on DAB.[137]
  • 2015
    • 5 January –
      • Magic launches nationally on Digital One, while all Magic Network AM stations in the north of England are rebranded as Bauer City 2.
      • Absolute Radio changes from broadcasting in stereo to mono to make way for Magic on DAB.[138]
    • 9 January – UTV Media confirms that it is considering the sale of some of its UK radio stations.[139]
    • 3 February – Ofcom announces that two bids have been received for the second national digital multiplex.[140]
    • 10 February – Radio Today reports that the RNIB has removed Insight Radio from Sky and Freesat in order to concentrate on its Freeview service. Absolute Radio 70s has replaced Insight Radio on Sky Channel 0188.[141]
    • 11 February – Welsh station Radio Hafren closes after 22 years on air.
    • 27 March – The Sound Digital consortium, which includes UTV Media, wins the licence to launch the Digital Two network in 2016. UTV Media will launch four new stations on the platform.[142]
    • 5 June – UTV Media agrees a £10 million deal to sell Liverpool's Juice FM to Global Radio.[143]
    • 31 July – The first of the ten multiplexes trialling small-scale DAB multiplexes launches in Brighton.
    • 7 September –
    • 13 September – Ahead of the relaunch of XFM as Radio X, Global hands back the Paisley licence, on which it had broadcast XFM Scotland, to Ofcom when the regulator refused Global's request to network 24/7 from London.
    • 19 October – Time 106.6 closes after serving Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead since 1993.
    • 7 December – Liverpool stations Radio City 2 and Radio City Talk swap wavebands. City 2 moves from AM to FM with City Talk going in the opposite direction.[146]
    • December – The VIP Lounge launches.[147]
  • 2016
  • 2017
    • 17 January – Cross Counties Radio announce plans to launch an online radio station for the 9,000 workers based at the Magna Park distribution centre in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.[152]
    • 18 January – Absolute Radio presenters Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port announce their departure from the station.[153]
    • 19 January – The Armed Forces radio station BFBS announces it will cease broadcasting on the Digital One platform from March because of the cost of transmitting content through DAB.[154]
    • 14 March – Heart 80s begins broadcasting.
    • 29 March – UKRD Group announces that it is to hand back the licenses which are used to provide Star Radio North East to Ofcom apart from the Northallerton licence which it proposes to transfer back to Minster FM.[155] Ofcom confirmed the transfer of the Northallerton licence to Minster on 4 April 2017.[156]
    • 31 March – Star Radio is reprieved when UKRD announces that it has sold the station to View TV Group.[157]
    • 5 July – Jazz FM confirms its presenter Peter Young has stepped down from his presenting role after 27 years at the station due to ill health.[158]
    • 1 August – Star Radio North East is rebranded as Rathergood Radio.[159]
    • 20 November – Global announces that it has purchased Cumbrian stations The Bay and Lakeland Radio from CN Group.[160]
    • 22 December – The former pirate station Radio Caroline begins broadcasting on MW on a full-time basis to Suffolk and north Essex, having been granted a licence to do so by Ofcom.[161] The station uses a previously redundant BBC World Service transmitter mast at Orford Ness.[162][163]
  • 2018
    • 24 January – BFBS returns to semi-national DAB broadcasting when it launches on the Sound Digital multiplex.
    • 5 March – Cumbrian stations The Bay and Lakeland Radio are relaunched as Heart North Lancashire & Cumbria and Smooth Lake District respectively[164] following Global's purchase of the two stations from CN Group.[160]
    • 19 March – Love Sport Radio launches on MW across London. It uses the frequency previously occupied by Spectrum Radio.[165]
    • 3 April –
      • Aberdeen station Northsound 2 stops broadcasting on MW. The station continues to broadcast on DAB and online. It becomes the first commercial radio station in Scotland – and the first of Bauer's local stations – to cease analogue broadcasting.[166]
      • Jack 3 launches on the Sound Digital multiplex.
    • 15 May – Sound Digital announces that it will add 19 transmitters to its network. They will launch in the South West, East Anglia, Wales and North of Scotland and will increase Sound Digital’s coverage by nearly 4 million new listeners in more than 1.6m new households.[167]
    • 4 June –
    • 12 June – For the first time since its inception in 2004, Ofcom does not award a re-adversided licence to the incumbent licensee when it awards the Ipswich licence to Ipswich 102.[170] It will replace Town 102 on 18 October.
    • 1 August – Ahead of its launch on FM in October, Ipswich 102 goes on air on DAB.[171]
    • 15 August – Scottish station NECR closes after 28 years on air.[172]
    • 23 October – The first radio station to have a playlist made up entirely of female artists, JACK Radio, launches on DAB. Jack will also feature female sports and material from female stand-up comedians.[173]
    • 17 December – Absolute Radio stops broadcasting on FM in the West Midlands. The frequency is to be transferred to Greatest Hits Radio.[174]
    • 22 December – Virgin Radio launches two spin-off stations – Virgin Radio Anthems and Virgin Radio Chilled. Both stations launch on the Sound Digital multiplex.[175]
  • 2019
    • 7 January –
      • Greatest Hits Radio launches, replacing the Bauer City 2 branding. Individual station identities in Northern England are dropped and are rebranded to GHR with Scotland unaffected. The new network extends to the West Midlands although GHR West Midlands continues to air a weekday three-hour local show.[176][177]
      • West Midlands station Free Radio 80s closes. It is replaced by either Absolute Classic Rock or GHR West Midlands.
    • 26 February – Global Radio announces plans to replace the regional breakfast shows on Capital, Heart and Smooth with a single national breakfast show for each network. Also, the number of drivetime shows will be reduced with local shows replaced by regional programmes.[178]
    • 4 March – Launch of classical music station Scala Radio.[179]
    • 5 April – Country Hits Radio launches.
    • 8 April –
      • Lancashire station 2BR stops broadcasting and is replaced by a relay of Capital Manchester.[180] This comes nine months after Global had bought 2BR from UKRD.[181]
      • Capital London's breakfast show goes national, resulting in the scrapping of all other local breakfast shows apart from on Capital Cymru. The only 'local' output is at drivetime and the new regulations mean that Global is able to replace local shows with 10 regional programmes which will be networked across all stations in that region.[182]
    • 31 May – Radio Ceredigion ceases broadcasting after its owners, Nation Broadcasting, decided to close the station and replace it with a relay of Nation Radio Wales.[183][184]
    • 3 June – The local Heart breakfast shows are axed to make way for a single Heart breakfast show from London. Also, the number of drivetime shows are reduced with regional shows replacing local programmes.[185]
    • 21 June – Global launches another Heart spin-off station, Heart Dance.
    • 1 August – Panjab Radio and Love Sport Radio swap frequencies.[186]
    • 28 August-3 September – Global launches five more stations on DAB – Heart 90s (28 Aug),[187] Heart 70s (30 Aug),[188] Capital XTRA Reloaded (2 September),[189] Smooth Country[190] and Smooth Chill.[191] At the same time, Global closes two long-standing DAB stations, Arrow and Chill, after more than a decade on air.
    • 2 September –
      • Bauer begins to network its Hits Radio Manchester weekday Drivetime show on all but one of its Hits Radio stations in England, leaving only the weekday breakfast show as a local show[192] following the removal in July of the one remaining local weekend programme.[193]
      • Smooth Radio's networked Drivetime show launches.[194] At the same time, the number of breakfast shows drops to seven.
    • 28 October – Global relaunches LBC London News as a national 24-hour rolling news channel called LBC News.[195]
    • 2 December – Quidem's six local stations in the south east Midlands become part of the Capital network. They operate as Capital Mid-Counties, sharing all programmes with the Capital network apart from a local weekday drivetime show.[196]

2020s

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