2003 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 2003.

Events

January - Neptune Radio and CTFM are rebranded KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country and KMFM Canterbury respectively.
5 January - 'Doctor' Neil Fox presents the first Hit40UK, the successor of the Pepsi Chart Show.
6 January - Jeremy Vine takes over Jimmy Young's old lunchtime show on BBC Radio 2.^[1]
6 January - Les Ross takes over from David Hamilton as breakfast show presenter on Birmingham's Saga 105.7FM.
11 February - John Peters presents the first programme (the breakfast show) on Saga 106.6 FM in Nottingham, making it his third station launch. He launched Radio Trent in 1975 and GEM-AM in 1988.^[2]
5 June - Radio 2 presenter Johnnie Walker announces that he will be taking time off air to undergo treatment after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma.^[3] During his time away the show is presented by Stuart Maconie and Noel Edmonds (who made a brief return to radio).
10 October - Lesley Douglas is presented Controller of BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music.
19 December - Sara Cox presents her final breakfast show on BBC Radio 1. She is succeeded by Chris Moyles in the new year.

17 March - Alan Keith, 94, actor, disc jockey and radio presenter, noted for being the longest serving and oldest presenter on British radio.^[5]
July - Kerry Juby, 55, disc jockey