1969 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1969.

List of years in British radio (table)
In British television
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
In British music
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
In British film
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972

Events

January

  • No events

February

  • No events

March

  • No events

April

  • 25 April – The last edition of daily soap opera The Dales is broadcast on BBC Radio 2 after 5,531 episodes.
  • 28 April – The first edition of daily soap opera Waggoners' Walk is broadcast on BBC Radio 2, replacing The Dales.[1]

May

  • No events

June

July

  • 10 July – The BBC publishes a report called "Broadcasting in the Seventies" proposing the reorganisation of programmes on the national networks and replacing regional broadcasting on BBC Radio 4 with BBC Local Radio. The report begins to be implemented the following year and the former BBC Home Service regions gradually disappear although regional programming on Radio 4 does not end fully until the end of 1982.
  • 20–21 July – BBC Radios 1 and 2 stay on air all night to provide live coverage of the landing on the Moon and of Neil Armstrong's first steps onto the Moon's surface.[2]

August

  • No events

September

  • No events

October

  • No Events.

November

  • No events

December

  • No events

Programme debuts

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

1950s

1960s

Births

Deaths

See also

References


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