1998 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1998.

Events

March - Andy Parfitt replaces Matthew Bannister as controller of Radio 1.^[1]
1 April - By way of an April Fool's stunt, Kix 96 breakfast show presenter Nic Tuff calls the then South African president Nelson Mandela pretending to be British prime minister Tony Blair.
September - Kevin Greening leaves the Radio 1 breakfast show, leaving Zoe Ball as sole presenter. She continued to host the show until March 2000.
2 October - John Dunn presents his final drivetime show on Radio 2 after 22 years.
5 October - A major overhaul of the Radio 2 schedule sees many new faces joining the network, including the singer Katrina Leskanich and former Radio 1 presenter Lynn Parsons, who present overnight shows on weekdays and weekends respectively. Johnnie Walker also joins Radio 2 as a regular presenter hosting the afternoon drivetime show (Monday to Thursday). Sally Boazman becomes the station's first official traffic presenter.
9 October - Des Lynam joins Radio 2 to present a weekly drivetime programme on Fridays.

^ Bannister's time as controller of Radio 1 is documented in Simon Garfield's book The Nation's Favourite