1972 in British radio
This is a list of events in British radio during 1972.
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Events
January
- 19 January – The government announces the lifting of all restrictions on broadcasting hours on television and radio.
February
- No events.
March
- 31 March – BBC Radio 2 airs its final Breakfast Special.
April
- 2 April – First edition of the comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is aired on BBC Radio 4. In 2020 (when it will still be running) the programme will be voted the greatest radio comedy of all time by a panel convened by Radio Times.[1]
- 3 April – Terry Wogan joins Radio 2 to present the new weekday breakfast show.
May
- No events.
June
- No events.
July
- 12 July – Following the enabling of The Sound Broadcasting Act 1972, The Independent Broadcasting Authority is formed, paving the way for the launch of Independent Local Radio.
August
- 25 August – Following a decision by the government to restrict the BBC to twenty local radio stations, the corporation responds by closing BBC Radio Durham. Its resources are transferred to Carlisle where BBC Radio Carlisle, later BBC Radio Cumbria, is launched.
September
- No events.
October
- No events.
November
- 4 November – Radios 2 and 4 begin broadcasting in stereo in South East England. Stereo is rolled out to the rest of the country over subsequent years.[2]
December
- No events.
Station debuts
- Hereford Hospital Radio
Closing this year
- 25 August – BBC Radio Durham (1968–1972)
Programme debuts
- 11 April – I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on BBC Radio 4 (1972–Present)
- Unknown – Milligna (or Your Favourite Spike) on BBC Radio 4 (1972)
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)
1970s
- PM (1970–Present)
- Start the Week (1970–Present)
- Week Ending (1970–1998)
- You and Yours (1970–Present)
Ending this year
- Unknown – Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead (1971–1972)
Births
- 23 January – Harriet Scott, radio presenter
- 28 April – Anita Anand, journalist and broadcast presenter
- 3 May – Katya Adler, broadcast journalist
- 3 November – Nemone (Metaxas), DJ
- 16 November – Daniel P. Carter, rock guitarist and radio DJ
- 14 December – Miranda Hart, comic actress
- Stephen Clements, DJ (died 2020)
Deaths
- 2 March – Franklin Engelmann, presenter (b. 1908)
- 15 October – Douglas Smith, announcer (b. 1924)
- 15 November – Freddie Grisewood, presenter (b. 1888)
See also
References
- Davies, Caroline (2020-11-17). "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is greatest radio comedy, says panel". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- Brown, Ron "Steam radio comes up to date", New Scientist 2 November 1972, p. 264
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