1972 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1972.

Events

January

• No events

February

• No events

March

• No events

April

• 2 April – First edition of the comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is aired on BBC Radio 4.
• 3 April – Terry Wogan joins Radio 2 to present the breakfast show.

May

• No events

June

• No events

July

• No events

August

• 25 August - When the government restricted the BBC to twenty local radio stations, the corporation responded by closing BBC Radio Durham. Its resources were transferred to Carlisle where BBC Radio Carlisle, now BBC Radio Cumbria, was formed.

September

• No events

October

• No events

November

• 4 November – Radios 2 and 4 begin broadcasting in stereo in South East England. Stereo was rolled out to the rest of the country over subsequent years.^[1]

December

• No events

Station debuts

• Hereford Hospital Radio began broadcasting www.hhr.org.uk

Closing this year

• 25 August – BBC Radio Durham

Births

• 23 January – Harriet Scott, radio presenter
• 28 April – Anita Anand, journalist, and ratio and television presenter
• 14 December – Miranda Hart, comedian

See also

• 1972 in British music
• 1972 in British television
• 1972 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1972

References