1980 in British radio

List of years in British radio

(table)

... 1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976 ...

... 1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990 ...

In British television: 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983

In British music: 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983

In British film: 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983

This is a list of events in British radio during 1980.

Events

19–20 March - MV Mi Amigo, the ship from which the pirate radio station Radio Caroline is broadcast, runs aground and sinks off the Thames Estuary.
21 July - Simon Bates presents the first Our Tune feature on Radio 1.
December - Dave Lee Travis presents his final edition of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show after two and a half years at the helm.

Station debuts

11 September - BBC Radio Norfolk
23 October - Severn Sound (now Heart Gloucestershire)

Births

7 May - Kate Lawler, reality TV personality, DJ, and model

Deaths

24 July - Peter Sellers, English actor, comedian and radio personality (born 1925)

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