1993 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1993.

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Events

January

February
  • No events.

March

April
  • 3 April – Shortly after midnight BBC Radio 2 airs the final edition of its weeknight jazz programme, Jazz Parade. The programme is presented by Digby Fairweather and features the BBC Big Band conducted by Barry Forgie.[2]
  • 5 April – BBC Radio Bedfordshire expands to cover the counties of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and is renamed BBC Three Counties Radio.
  • 18 April – The Official 1 FM Album Chart show is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 for the first time. Presented by Lynn Parsons, the 60-minute programme is broadcast on Sunday evenings, straight after the Top 40 singles chart.
  • 26 April – BBC Dorset FM launches as an opt-out station from BBC Radio Devon. The station broadcasts to the west and centre of the county – east Dorset was already covered by BBC Radio Solent. This is the last BBC local radio station to launch in an area previously not covered by a BBC local station.
  • 30 April – Launch of Virgin 1215, Britain's second national commercial radio station, on Radio 3's old mediumwave frequency.[3][4][5]

May

June
  • No events.

July

August
  • 1 August – 'Doctor' Neil Fox introduces the first Pepsi Chart, a Sunday afternoon Top 40 Countdown show for commercial radio, and based on single sales and airplay. The programme was aired until December 2002.
  • 8 August – Dave Lee Travis resigns on air from BBC Radio 1, stating that he could not agree with changes that were being made to the station. Travis told his audience that changes were afoot that he could not tolerate "and I really want to put the record straight at this point and I thought you ought to know – changes are being made here which go against my principles and I just cannot agree with them".[6]
  • 16 August – Les Ross returns to the BRMB breakfast show following a shake up of scheduling at BRMB and its sister station Xtra AM.
  • 16 August – 20 September – Loud'n'proud, a series presented by DJ Paulette on BBC Radio 1, is the UK's first national radio series aimed at a gay audience.
  • 23 August – Cricket is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 for the final time.

September

October
  • October – Matthew Bannister takes over from Johnny Beerling as controller of Radio 1 and immediately makes major changes to the station's output in order to attract a younger audience. Major changes are made to the presenter line-up with long standing DJs, including Simon Bates, Gary Davies, Bob Harris and Alan Freeman, replaced with a raft of new younger presenters.
  • October – BBC Radio Clwyd closes although local news opt-outs for north east Wales continue until 2002.
  • October – Sunset 102 goes into liquidation.
  • 25 October – John Inverdale joins BBC Radio 5 to present a new sports drivetime show. It replaces Five Aside which had been on air since the station launched.[8]
  • 30 October –
    • As part of the roll-out of the new Radio 1 schedule, Andy Kershaw and John Peel move from nighttime to Saturday afternoons, Danny Baker takes over the weekend morning show and the first Essential Mix is broadcast.
    • Radio Rovers launches, and therefore becomes the first dedicated football club radio station in the United Kingdom. The station provides matchday coverage for all of Blackburn Rovers FC's home games.

November
  • 1 November – Liz Kershaw presents the first edition of a new BBC Radio 5 lunchtime show called The Crunch.[9] Consequently, BFBS Worldwide moves to the mid-afternoon slot.
  • November – Michele Stevens replaces Danny Baker as the presenter of BBC Radio 5's breakfast programme Morning Edition.

December

Unknown
  • BBC GMR stops broadcasting on MW.
  • London station WNK closes.[11] It had shared a frequency with London Greek Radio. WNK's closure allows London Greek Radio to begin full time broadcasts.

Station debuts

Closing this year
  • August – Sunset 102 (1989–1993)
  • October – BBC Radio Clwyd (1980–1993)
  • Unknown – WNK (1989–1993)[11]

Programme debuts

Continuing radio programmes

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Ending this year

Births

Deaths
  • 9 February – Richard Imison, 56, script editor for BBC Radio Drama (1963–1991)
  • 29 November – Jack Longland, 88, radio broadcaster, educationalist and mountaineer

See also

References
  1. "Wake Up to Wogan". January 4, 1993. p. 114 – via BBC Genome.
  2. "Jazz Parade". 25 March 1993. p. 122. Retrieved 5 January 2019 – via BBC Genome.
  3. Hosking, Patrick (29 April 1993). "Branson takes to the airwaves: Hopes are high as Virgin radio begins broadcasting. Patrick Hosking reports". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. Wroe, Martin (1 May 1993). "'Classic' Virgin takes on Radio 1: National commercial pop station launched". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. "Virgin 1215 – The Radio Ark". Radioark.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  6. "Profile: Dave Lee Travis". Aircheck Tracker. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
  7. LBC To Appeal Over Licence Decision, AM/FM News, September 1993
  8. "Radio 5 – 25 October 1993 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  9. "Radio 5 – 1 November 1993 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  10. BBC Genome - BBC2 listings 18 December 1993
  11. "WNK". www.amfm.org.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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