2005 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 2005.

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Events

January

February

  • 6 February – Les Ross returns to BBC Radio WM to present a weekly Sunday morning show. He had last worked at the station in the early 1970s.

March

April

  • No events

May

  • 23 May – As BBC staff stage a one-day strike over announced job cuts, Terry Wogan crosses the picket line to present his show.[1] Reportedly, he gave them a smile and wished them all well. He explained on air that the reason for doing so was that he was contracted to host Wake up to Wogan and hence was not directly employed by the BBC, and so could not legally strike with their employees.

June

July

  • 23 July – Les Ross takes over the Saturday breakfast show on BBC WM.
  • 25 July – London's 102.2 Smooth FM signs a three year deal with Chelsea F.C. to provide exclusive match coverage of the club's games until the end of the 2007–08 season.[5]

August

September

  • September – A year after BBC Radio 2 stopped broadcasting a weekly edition of Pick of the Pops, the programme returns as a Sunday afternoon show.
  • 8–12 September – BBC Radio 5 Live devotes its daytime schedule to broadcast extensive live coverage of the deciding Ashes cricket match.[6] Normally, the station provides reports into its regular programmes.

October

  • 13 October – BBC Radio 1 hosts the first John Peel Day, a year after John presented his final show for the station which was two weeks before his death.

November

December

  • No events

Unknown

  • After being acquired by the CN Group, Kix 96 and its other sister stations in the south Midlands are rebranded as Touch FM.

Station debuts

Closing this year

DateStationDebut
27 May 102.2 Jazz FM 1990[8]

Programme debuts

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References

  1. O'Carroll, Lisa; Deans, Jason & Day, Julia (23 May 2005). "TV stars: why we crossed BBC picket line". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  2. Radio 3 clears the air for Beethoven.
  3. Christmas with Bach
  4. Brook, Stephen (21 June 2005). "Emap snaps up Scottish Radio Holdings". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. "Chelsea in Smooth FM broadcast deal". Campaign Live. 25 July 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. Cricket mania sweeps 5 Live
  7. Casci, Mark (24 November 2005). "Islamic radio to be launched". Muslim News. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  8. "Goodbye 102.2 JAZZ FM". Radio Today. 28 May 2005. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  9. "DJ Tommy Vance dies after stroke". BBC News. 6 March 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  10. "Broadcaster Timpson dies aged 77". BBC. 19 November 2005. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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