1970 in British radio
This is a list of events in British radio during 1970.
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Events
January
- No events.
February
- 8 February – Annie Nightingale presents her first show on BBC Radio 1.
March
- No events.
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 transfers from BBC Radio 3 to BBC Radio 2 and the first edition of Sport on 2 is broadcast.
- 5 April – Your Hundred Best Tunes moves from BBC Radio 4 to BBC Radio 2.
- 6 April – On BBC Radio 4, programmes which will still be running 50 years later are introduced:
- The first edition of PM, the early evening news and current affairs programme, airs.
- The first Thought for the Day is broadcast, replacing ‘’Ten to Eight’’.
- The first edition of Start the Week is broadcast with Richard Baker as presenter.
- 10 April – First broadcast of Radio 4's news and current affairs programme Analysis.
May
- No events
June
- No events.
July
- July – Kenny Everett is dismissed by BBC Radio 1 after making cheeky remarks about the Transport Minister's wife following a news item.
August
- No events.
September
- 1 September – United Biscuits launches its own radio station United Biscuits Network which is broadcast round the clock to the company's four factories.[1]
October
- 5 October – The consumer affairs programme You and Yours debuts on Radio 4.
- 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.
November
- No events.
December
- No events.
Station debuts
- 2 January – BBC Radio Newcastle
- 10 September – BBC Radio Manchester
- 1 September – United Biscuits Network
- 4 September – BBC Radio Bristol
- 6 October – BBC Radio London (1970–1988)
- 29 October – BBC Radio Oxford
- 9 November – BBC Radio Birmingham
- 18 December – BBC Radio Medway
- 31 December – BBC Radio Solent, Radio Teesside
Programme debuts
- 4 April – Week Ending on BBC Radio 4 (1970–1998)
- 6 April – Start the Week on BBC Radio 4 (1970–Present)
- 6 April – PM on BBC Radio 4 (1970–Present)
- September – Sunday on BBC Radio 4 (1970–Present)
- 5 October – You and Yours on BBC Radio 4 (1970–Present)
Continuing radio 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)
- The Navy Lark (1959–1977)
- Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
- Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)
1960s
- Farming Today (1960–Present)
- The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
- I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1964–1973)
- Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
- 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)
Births
- 14 February – Simon Pegg, comedian, film and television actor and writer, radio personality
- 15 February – Jonny Dymond, journalist and presenter
- 27 February – Fi Glover, journalist and presenter
- 18 June – Katie Derham, radio presenter
- 23 November – Zoe Ball, television and radio presenter
- 25 November – Emma B, radio presenter
- 2 December – Jo Russell, radio presenter
- Verity Sharp, music presenter
See also
References
- "Cracker factory records: the surprising story of United Biscuits' radio station". Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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