1978 in British radio
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This is a list of events in British radio during 1978.
Events
- 8 March – The first episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - the radio series later to be turned into a book, a television programme, a game, and a film - is broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
- 3 April –- Permanent radio broadcasts of proceedings in the House of Commons begin.[1]
- 29 April - Noel Edmonds presents his final Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
- 2 May - Dave Lee Travis succeeds Noel Edmonds as presenter of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
- 23 November –- Radio 1's transmission wavelength is moved from 247m (1214 kHz) to 275 & 285m (1053 & 1089 kHz) as part of a plan for BBC AM broadcasting in order to improve national AM reception, and to conform with the 1975 Geneva Conference on radio wavelengths.[2] The Radio 4 UK Theme is also used for the first time.
Station debuts
- 23 November - BBC Radio Scotland
Births
- 28 April - Lauren Laverne, radio and television presenter
Deaths
- 15 January - Jack Jackson, 71, trumpeter, bandleader and disc jockey
References
- ↑ "Significant events of 1978". The National Archives. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "Radio 1 History - Transmitters". Radio Rewind. Retrieved 18 February 2010.