1970 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1970.

Events

January

February

March

  • 24 March – RNSI's ship Mebo II anchors in international waters off Clacton.[2]

April

  • 3 April – Any Questions is broadcast on Radio 2 for the final time. Previously, BBC Radio 4 has carried only the Saturday lunchtime repeat; now both the Friday evening and Saturday lunchtime airings of the programme will be heard on Radio 4.
  • 4 April
    • BBC Radio’s sports coverage (other than Test cricket) transfers from BBC Radio 3 to BBC Radio 2 and the first edition of Sport on 2 is broadcast. The former Third Programme and Music Programme elements of Radio 3 are fully integrated under its banner.
    • BBC Radio 4 begins broadcasting satirical radio current affairs sketch show Week Ending, which becomes a "training ground" for comedy writers and producers.[3]
  • 5 April – Your Hundred Best Tunes moves from BBC Radio 4 to BBC Radio 2.
  • 6 April – On BBC Radio 4, programmes which will still be running more than 50 years later are introduced:
    • The first edition of PM, the early evening news and current affairs programme, airs.
    • The first Thought for the Day is broadcast, replacing ‘’Ten to Eight’’.
    • The first edition of Start the Week is broadcast, with Richard Baker as presenter.
  • 10 April – First broadcast of Radio 4's current affairs programme Analysis, another programme which will still be running more than 50 years later.
  • 15 April – The UK government begins jamming Radio North Sea International.[2]

May

  • No events

June

July

  • July – Kenny Everett is dismissed by BBC Radio 1 after making cheeky remarks about the Transport Minister's wife following a news item.
  • 23 July – Radio North Sea International's Mebo II returns to broadcasting from off the Dutch coast.

August

  • No events.

September

  • 1 September – United Biscuits launches its own radio station United Biscuits Network which is broadcast round the clock to the company's four factories.[4]
  • 6 September – BBC Radio 4 begins broadcasting the Sunday morning religious magazine programme, which will still be running more than 50 years later.[5]

October

  • 5 October – The daily consumer affairs programme You and Yours debuts on Radio 4; it will still be running more than 50 years later.
  • 9 October – Round Table, a weekly programme discussions the week’s new releases, is broadcast for the first time on Radio 1. Emperor Rosko is the programme’s host.
  • October – The In Concert brand begins to be used on BBC Radio 1.

November

  • No events.

December

  • No events.

Station debuts

Programme debuts

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

1950s

1960s

Births

  • 2 January – Bam Bam (Peter Jarrod Poulton), radio presenter
  • 14 February – Simon Pegg, comedian, film and television actor and writer, radio personality
  • 15 February – Jonny Dymond, journalist and presenter
  • 28 May – Paul Sinha, comedian, quizzer and radio presenter
  • 18 June – Katie Derham, radio presenter
  • 23 November – Zoe Ball, television and radio presenter
  • 25 November – Emma B, radio presenter
  • 2 December – Jo Russell, radio presenter
  • Verity Sharp, music presenter

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Lamb, Derek (March 2022). "Confrontation and Coincidence". Best of British: 60–1.
  2. ^ a b "The Radio Northsea Story". Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. ^ Greaves, Ian; Lewis, Justin (2008). Prime Minister, You Wanted To See Me? – A History of Week Ending. Dudley: Kaleidoscope Publishing. ISBN 1900203294.
  4. ^ "Cracker factory records: the surprising story of United Biscuits' radio station". Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. ^ "BBC Programme Index". Sunday. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  6. ^ "BBC Programme Index". Sunday. Retrieved 11 December 2023.