1981 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1981.

List of years in British radio (table)
In British television
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
In British music
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
In British film
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984

Events

January

February

March

  • No events.

April

  • No events.

May

  • No events.

June

  • No events.

July

August

  • No events.

September

October

  • October – BBC Radio Deeside is expanded to cover all of north east Wales and is renamed BBC Radio Clwyd
  • 4 October – The first edition of All Time Greats, presented by Desmond Carrington, is broadcast on BBC Radio 2.[2] The programme, broadcast on Sunday lunchtimes, remains on air until the late 2000s.

November

December

Station debuts

Programme debuts

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Births

Deaths

  • 7 January – Alvar Liddell, 72, BBC Radio announcer and newsreader
  • 10 February – Leonard Plugge, 91, commercial radio promoter and politician
  • 13 April – Gwyn Thomas, 67, Welsh writer and broadcaster
  • 23 September – Sam Costa, 71, crooner, voice actor and disc jockey
  • 30 November – Val Gielgud, 81, pioneer director of broadcast drama

See also

References

  1. "BBC Radio 3 – 24 October 1981 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. "Desmond Carrington – BBC Radio 2 – 4 October 1981 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2018.


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