1994 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1994.

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Events

January

February

March

  • 5 March – Radio Trent's Derbyshire service is renamed Ram FM.
  • 7 March – Following the purchase by GWR of Mercia FM, Xtra AM is replaced by a Mercia-branded relay of Classic Gold and at around the same time, GWR replaces The Worlds Greatest Music Station in Peterborough is replaced by Classic Gold 1332, whose only Peterborough-based show is the breakfast show.
  • 18 March – BBC Radio Kent stops broadcasting on 1035khz MW. The frequency is reallocated to commercial radio to allow a new London-wide station to start broadcasting.
  • 27 March – The original BBC Radio 5 signs off after three and a half years on air.
  • 28 March – BBC Radio 5 Live launches at 5 am, and at 2 am the following morning 5 Live broadcasts the first edition of its overnight Up All Night show.

April

  • 2 April – Out This Week, Britain's first national news programme for lesbians and gay men, launches on BBC Radio 5 Live.[2]
  • 8 April – Test Match Special is transferred from BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 5 to BBC Radio 4’s long wave frequency.
  • April – The closure of BBC Radio 5 sees adult education and Open University programmes return to Radio 4. They are broadcast on long wave only as a two-hour block on Sunday evenings. Open University programmes are broadcast between February and September with language courses aired from October until January. Children’s programmes also return to Radio 4. However, instead of daily programmes, just one weekly 30-minute programme is broadcast.
  • April – Pick of the Pops returns, on Capital Gold.

May

  • 8 May – In the early hours of Sunday 8 May, Annie Nightingale launches her career as a club music DJ, presenting the first edition of The Chill Out Zone on BBC Radio 1.

June

  • June – BBC Radio 1 begins broadcasting announcements on its medium wave frequency voiced by Nicky Campbell telling listeners to retune to FM because it will no longer be broadcasting on medium wave from 1 July.[3]
  • 20 June – Fortune 1458 launches in Manchester, headed by former Piccadilly Radio boss Colin Walters. The station uses BBC Radio Manchester's old MW frequency.
  • 29 June – The Radio Authority receives 41 applications for six London-wide licenses.[4]
  • June – Following the purchase of Cambridge station CNFM by GWR, the station is relaunched as Q103.

July

August

September

  • 1–16 September – The UK's first five regional commercial stations start broadcasting.

October

  • 8 October – Virgin 1215 is awarded one of the new FM licences advertised in London.[7] The station applied for a London licence after attempts to persuade authorities to allow it to broadcast nationally on FM[8][9] had failed. The other three newly licensed stations are Heart 106.2, Premier Christian Radio and Viva 963.

November

  • No events.

December

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Deaths

  • 5 January – Brian Johnston, 81, cricket commentator and radio presenter
  • 2 February – Anona Winn, 90, broadcasting personality
  • 23 January – Brian Redhead, 64, author, journalist and broadcaster

See also

References

  1. "BBC Radio 1 England – 10 January 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. BBC Genome Project - BBC Radio Five Live listings 2 April 1994
  3. "Radio Rewind – Radio 1 History – Transmitters". www.radiorewind.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. Culf, Andrew (29 June 1994). "41 fight for London radio licences". The Guardian. London. p. 5. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  5. "Radio 1 History – Transmitters". Radio Rewind. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  6. Sterling, C. (2004). Encyclopedia of Radio. Fitzroy Dearbon. ISBN 9780203484289.
  7. Williams, Rhys (8 October 1994). "Virgin wins one of six new slots on London's airwaves". The Independent. London. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  8. Culf, Andrew (29 April 1993). "Virgin pushes for Radio 4's FM slot". The Guardian. London. p. 7. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  9. Culf, Andrew (9 February 1994). "Branson begins crusade to gain FM frequency for Virgin Radio". The Guardian. London. p. 8. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  10. "DevonAir Radio – An unofficial tribute – Devon Air". www.devonairfm.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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