18 April – Prior to the launch of a commercial station covering
Gwent, the BBC launches
BBC Radio Gwent. It broadcasts at peak time, opting out of
BBC Radio Wales. The station broadcasts on VHF/FM and therefore becomes the only part of Wales where English-language radio programming for Wales can be heard on VHF/FM.
May
May – The first Birmingham Walkathon is staged by Birmingham's
BRMB to raise money for charity, and takes place around the city's
Outer Circle bus route.[1]
June
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.[2]
July
2 July –
BBC Radio Medway is expanded to cover all of the county of
Kent and is renamed accordingly.
6 October –
Centre Radio stops broadcasting after running into financial difficulties. A take-over bid is rejected by the
IBA and the station goes off air at 5.30pm.[4][5]
22 October –
BBC Radio Brighton is expanded to cover all of the county of Sussex and is accordingly renamed BBC Radio Sussex.
November
No events.
December
18 December – Sounds of Jazz is broadcast on
BBC Radio 1 for the final time. The show is transferred to
Radio 2 in the new year.
^Parry, Simon.
"Off Centre". Transdiffusion. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^Hogg, James; Sellers, Robert (2013). Hello Darlings! The Authorized Biography of Kenny Everett (1st ed.). UK: Bantam Press. p. 284.
ISBN9780593072110.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (
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18 April – Prior to the launch of a commercial station covering
Gwent, the BBC launches
BBC Radio Gwent. It broadcasts at peak time, opting out of
BBC Radio Wales. The station broadcasts on VHF/FM and therefore becomes the only part of Wales where English-language radio programming for Wales can be heard on VHF/FM.
May
May – The first Birmingham Walkathon is staged by Birmingham's
BRMB to raise money for charity, and takes place around the city's
Outer Circle bus route.[1]
June
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.[2]
July
2 July –
BBC Radio Medway is expanded to cover all of the county of
Kent and is renamed accordingly.
6 October –
Centre Radio stops broadcasting after running into financial difficulties. A take-over bid is rejected by the
IBA and the station goes off air at 5.30pm.[4][5]
22 October –
BBC Radio Brighton is expanded to cover all of the county of Sussex and is accordingly renamed BBC Radio Sussex.
November
No events.
December
18 December – Sounds of Jazz is broadcast on
BBC Radio 1 for the final time. The show is transferred to
Radio 2 in the new year.
^Parry, Simon.
"Off Centre". Transdiffusion. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^Hogg, James; Sellers, Robert (2013). Hello Darlings! The Authorized Biography of Kenny Everett (1st ed.). UK: Bantam Press. p. 284.
ISBN9780593072110.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (
link)