8 February – DJ
Annie Nightingale presents her first show on
BBC Radio 1; she will still be broadcasting on the channel until shortly before her death in 2024.
24 March – RNSI's ship Mebo II anchors in international waters off
Clacton.[2]
April
3 April – Any Questions is broadcast on Radio 2 for the final time. Previously,
BBC Radio 4 has carried only the Saturday lunchtime repeat; now both the Friday evening and Saturday lunchtime airings of the programme will be heard on Radio 4.
4 April
BBC Radio’s sports coverage (other than Test cricket) transfers from
BBC Radio 3 to
BBC Radio 2 and the first edition of Sport on 2 is broadcast. The former
Third Programme and Music Programme elements of Radio 3 are fully integrated under its banner.
BBC Radio 4 begins broadcasting satirical radio current affairs sketch show Week Ending, which becomes a "training ground" for comedy writers and producers.[3]
September –
BBC Radio 4 begins broadcasting the Sunday morning religious magazine programme, which will still be running more than 50 years later.
October
5 October – The daily consumer affairs programme You and Yours debuts on Radio 4; it will still be running more than 50 years later.
9 October – Round Table, a weekly programme discussions the week’s new releases, is broadcast for the first time on
Radio 1.
Emperor Rosko is the programme’s host.
October – The In Concert brand begins to be used on
BBC Radio 1.
^Greaves, Ian; Lewis, Justin (2008). Prime Minister, You Wanted To See Me? – A History of Week Ending. Dudley: Kaleidoscope Publishing.
ISBN1900203294.
8 February – DJ
Annie Nightingale presents her first show on
BBC Radio 1; she will still be broadcasting on the channel until shortly before her death in 2024.
24 March – RNSI's ship Mebo II anchors in international waters off
Clacton.[2]
April
3 April – Any Questions is broadcast on Radio 2 for the final time. Previously,
BBC Radio 4 has carried only the Saturday lunchtime repeat; now both the Friday evening and Saturday lunchtime airings of the programme will be heard on Radio 4.
4 April
BBC Radio’s sports coverage (other than Test cricket) transfers from
BBC Radio 3 to
BBC Radio 2 and the first edition of Sport on 2 is broadcast. The former
Third Programme and Music Programme elements of Radio 3 are fully integrated under its banner.
BBC Radio 4 begins broadcasting satirical radio current affairs sketch show Week Ending, which becomes a "training ground" for comedy writers and producers.[3]
September –
BBC Radio 4 begins broadcasting the Sunday morning religious magazine programme, which will still be running more than 50 years later.
October
5 October – The daily consumer affairs programme You and Yours debuts on Radio 4; it will still be running more than 50 years later.
9 October – Round Table, a weekly programme discussions the week’s new releases, is broadcast for the first time on
Radio 1.
Emperor Rosko is the programme’s host.
October – The In Concert brand begins to be used on
BBC Radio 1.
^Greaves, Ian; Lewis, Justin (2008). Prime Minister, You Wanted To See Me? – A History of Week Ending. Dudley: Kaleidoscope Publishing.
ISBN1900203294.