2000 in British radio
This is a list of events in British radio during 2000.
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Events
January
- No events.
February
- 9 February – Mike Harding presents highlights of the first annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, which were awarded at London's Waldorf Hotel.[1]
- 14 February – BBC Thames Valley FM closes because the station was not popular with listeners, resulting in the return of BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC Radio Oxford.[2] Their programme schedules remain unchanged and most output continues to be shared.
- 17 February – Talk Radio UK is rebranded as talkSPORT.
March
- 10 March – Zoë Ball presents the Radio 1 Breakfast Show for the final time.[3] Scott Mills begins a three-week stint as the show's temporary presenter.[4]
- 14 March – Chris Evans sells his Ginger Media Group to SMG plc for £225m.[5] The sale makes Evans the highest paid entertainer in the UK in 2000, estimated by the Sunday Times Rich List to have been paid around £35.5million.[6]
- 25 March – BBC GLR changes its name to BBC London Live.
- 31 March – Katrina Leskanich presents her last night time show on BBC Radio 2.
- March – Helen Boaden is appointed as controller of BBC Radio 4.
April
- 3 April –
- Sara Cox takes over as presenter of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show.[7]
- Janice Long begins presenting the night time show on Radio 2.
May
- May –
- Virgin Radio is fined £75,000 (the largest penalty imposed by the Radio Authority at this time) for breakfast show presenter Chris Evans's repeated on-air endorsement of Ken Livingstone in the London mayoral elections.[8]
- Capital Radio buys Border Radio Holdings, thereby acquiring the three Century radio stations.[9]
June
- No events.
July
- 10 July – Ten 17 changes its name to Ten 17 Mercury.
- July –
- Bob Shennan replaces Roger Mosey as Controller of BBC Radio 5 Live.[10]
- BBC Radio 3 hires Andy Kershaw to host a world music programme,[11] two months after BBC Radio 1 axed his world music show.[12]
August
- 1 August – ITN launches ITN News Radio. It broadcasts nationally on the recently launched Digital One multiplex.
- 4 August – Radio 1 breakfast show presenter Sara Cox is reprimanded after saying live on air that Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother "smelt of wee".[13]
September
- No events.
October
- 2 October – LBH Radio launches. Broadcasting on MW and Sky Digital, LBH is Britain's first radio station targeting the LGBT community.[14]
- 21 October – The comedian Jack Docherty joins Radio 2 to host Saturday Night Jack, a 13-part series featuring music, reviews and interviews.[15]
November
- No events.
December
- 4 December – FLR 107.3 changes its name to Fusion 107.3FM.
- 20 December – Following the death of singer Kirsty MacColl, Radio 2 have postponed a series she recorded about Cuban music that was due to begin airing on this day.[16] The eight-part series, Kirsty MacColl's Cuba is instead broadcast from 31 January 2001.[17]
- 26 December – Radio 4 clears its Boxing Day schedule in order to broadcast an eight-hour reading of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, read by Stephen Fry.[18]
Station debuts
- 26 January – Q97.2
- 1 May – 106.3 Bridge FM
- 2 May – Oneword[19]
- 3 May – Choice 107.1
- 29 May – Kick FM
- 26 June – The Groove
- 10 July – Argyll FM
- 25 July – 2BR
- 2 October – LBH Radio
- 3 October – Real Radio Wales
- 16 October – PrimeTime Radio
- Unknown – Source FM
Closing this year
- 14 February – BBC Thames Valley FM (1996–2000)
- 28 September – Channel Travel Radio
Programme debuts
- January – The Big Booth on BBC Radio 4 (2000–2001)
- 7 January – Dead Ringers on BBC Radio 4 (2000–2007, 2014–Present)
- February – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards on BBC Radio 2 (2000–Present)
- May – The Human Zoo on talkSPORT (2000–2002)
- 11 July – Ectoplasm on BBC Radio 4 (2000)
- 3 August – Little Britain on BBC Radio 4 (2000–2002)
- 31 August – Big John @ Breakfast on Hallam FM (2000–Present)
- 21 October – Saturday Night Jack on BBC Radio 2 (2000–2001)
- Unknown
- The Hudson and Pepperdine Show on BBC Radio 4 (2000–2005)
- Sounds of the Seventies on BBC Radio 2 (2000–2008, 2009–Present)
Continuing radio programmes
1940s
- Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
- Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
- 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)
- Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
- Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)
1960s
- Farming Today (1960–Present)
- 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)
- You and Yours (1970–Present)
- I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972–Present)
- Good Morning Scotland (1973–Present)
- Newsbeat (1973–Present)
- The News Huddlines (1975–2001)
- File on 4 (1977–Present)
- Money Box (1977–Present)
- The News Quiz (1977–Present)
- Feedback (1979–Present)
- The Food Programme (1979–Present)
- Science in Action (1979–Present)
1980s
- Steve Wright in the Afternoon (1981–1993, 1999–Present)
- In Business (1983–Present)
- Sounds of the 60s (1983–Present)
- Loose Ends (1986–Present)
1990s
- The Moral Maze (1990–Present)
- Essential Selection (1991–Present)
- No Commitments (1992–2007)
- The Pepsi Chart (1993–2002)
- Wake Up to Wogan (1993–2009)
- Essential Mix (1993–Present)
- Up All Night (1994–Present)
- Wake Up to Money (1994–Present)
- Private Passions (1995–Present)
- Parkinson's Sunday Supplement (1996–2007)
- The David Jacobs Collection (1996–2013)
- Westway (1997–2005)
- The 99p Challenge (1998–2004)
- Puzzle Panel (1998–2005)
- Drivetime with Johnnie Walker (1998–2006)
- Sunday Night at 10 (1998–2013)
- In Our Time (1998–Present)
- Material World (1998–Present)
- Scott Mills (1998–Present)
- The Now Show (1998–Present)
- The Attractive Young Rabbi (1999–2002)
- It's Been a Bad Week (1999–2006)
- Jonathan Ross (1999–2010)
Deaths
- January 28 – Jean Metcalfe, 76, radio broadcaster
- March 7 – Eileen Fowler, 93, fitness instructor
- April 10 – Peter Jones, 79, comic actor
- August 6 – Sir Robin Day, 76, political broadcaster
See also
References
- "Mike Harding- BBCFolk Awards 2000 – BBC Radio 2 – 9 February 2000 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
- "BBC News – BBC hopes for capital gains". 31 August 1999. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- BBC Genome Project – Radio 1 listings 10 March 200
- BBC Genome Project – Radio 1 listings 13 March 2000
- "Evans sells up". BBC News. 2000-01-13. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- "Evans tops UK showbiz earners". BBC News. 2000-11-18. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
- BBC Genome Project – Radio 1 listings 3 April 2000
- Moyes, Jojo (2000-05-17). "Evans counts the cost of supporting Ken: £100,000 (plus a £75,000 fine)". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- "Capital Radio bags Border TV". BBC News. 13 April 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
- "New boss for BBC's Radio 5 Live". The Guardian. London.
- "Radio 3 snaps up Kershaw". The Guardian. London.
- "BBC under fire for teen bias after DJ is axed". The Guardian. London.
- "DJ Cox's Queen Mother gaffe". BBC News Online. August 4, 2000.
- Born, Matt (14 December 2001). "Gay radio's future is in the pink". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
- "Saturday Night Jack – BBC Radio 2 – 21 October 2000 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
- Laville, Sandra (2000-12-20). "Kirsty MacColl killed in boating accident". Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
- "Entertainment – Postponed MacColl series airs". BBC News. 2001-02-01. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
- Hodgson, Jessica (29 November 2000). "Radio 4 to broadcast eight-hour Harry Potter Boxing Day special". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- "Oneword Radio unveils launch schedule". Broadcast Now. 18 April 2000. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
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