1986 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1986.

List of years in British radio (table)
In British television
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
In British music
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
In British film
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989

Events

January

February

  • No events

March

  • No events

April

May

  • 5 May – Mike Smith takes over the Radio 1 breakfast show.[2] The same day also sees Radio 1 begin broadcasting on weekdays 30 minutes earlier, at 5:30 am.

June

  • 28 June – Radio Victory goes off air around midday after more than ten years on air in the Portsmouth area. The previous year the Independent Broadcasting Authority had announced that it would not renew the station's licence, the first time that the Authority has decided not to renew the licence of an incumbent broadcaster.

July

  • 24 July – Pirate Radio 4 returns for a second run of three more editions and is again broadcast on the VHF/FM frequencies of BBC Radio 4 with the usual Radio 4 schedule continuing on long wave. The programme is shorter in length than last year, being on air from 9:05 am until 10:45 am.

August

  • 25 August – An early evening service of specialist music programmes launches on the BBC's four local radio stations in Yorkshire. The programmes are broadcast on weeknights between 6 pm and 7:30 pm.

September

  • 30 September – BBC Radio Jersey begins experimental broadcasting of States of Jersey proceedings. The broadcasts are made a permanent feature from 25 November.

October

  • 1 October – Downtown Radio's broadcast area is expanded when it begins broadcasting to the north western area of Northern Ireland.
  • 12 October – After three months of non-stop music, Ocean Sound begins broadcasting. Replacing Radio Victory in East Hampshire, but also introducing commercial radio to Southampton, Winchester and the Isle of Wight, the station transmits with split frequencies; Ocean Sound West on 103.2FM and 1557AM and Ocean Sound East on 97.5FM (former 95FM transmitter for Radio Victory) and 1170AM, the former AM transmitter of the former ILR station.

November

  • November – Following its purchase of Northants 96, Chiltern Radio launches a networked service called ’’The Hot FM’’. The service is broadcast on three ILR licenses with local programming restricted to mid-mornings..
  • 30 November – Northants 96 launches at 10am and becomes part of ’’The Hot FM’’.

December

Station debuts

Changes of station frequency

Station Moved from Moved to
Viking Radio 102.7FM 96.9FM
BBC Radio Humberside 96.9FM 95.9FM
Radio Tees 95.0FM 96.6FM
BBC Radio Cleveland 96.6FM 95.0FM
Leicester Sound 97.1FM 103.2FM
BRMB 94.8FM 96.4FM

Closing this year

Programme debuts

Continuing radio programmes

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1970s

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Ending this year

Births

  • 25 February – Jameela Jamil, model and broadcast presenter
  • 8 July – Alice Levine, broadcast presenter and style guru
  • 9 September – Nikki Bedi née Vijaykar, broadcast presenter

Deaths

See also

References

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