1973 in British radio
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This is a list of events in British radio during 1973.
Events
January
- No events
February
- No events
March
- No events
April
- 9 April - The first edition of Kaleidoscope is broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
May
- No events
June
- 1 June – Tony Blackburn presents his final Breakfast Show for Radio 1, having fronted the show since the station went on air in 1967.
- 4 June – Noel Edmonds succeeds Tony Blackburn as host of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
July
- 23 July – The very first Radio 1 Roadshow takes place. It comes from Newquay, Cornwall and is hosted by Alan Freeman.
August
- No events
September
- 10 September – Newsbeat bulletins air on BBC Radio 1 for the first time.
October
- 8 October –
- LBC (later London News 97.3 and News Direct 97.3FM, now LBC 97.3), the first legal Independent Local Radio station in the United Kingdom, begins broadcasting talk radio to the London area.[1]
- At 6am, the very first Independent Radio News bulletin is broadcast.
- 16 October – Capital Radio (later Capital FM, now Capital 95.8) begins broadcasting to the London area.[1][2]
November
- No events
December
- 23 December – I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again airs its last episode.[3]
- 31 December –
- Radio Clyde (later Clyde 1, now 102.5 Clyde 1), the first independent local radio station outside London, and the first in Scotland, begins broadcasting to the Glasgow area.[1]
- The first edition of Good Morning Scotland is broadcast. It replaced ‘’Today in Scotland’’ which had been aired as an opt-out of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
Station debuts
- 8 October – LBC
- 16 October – Capital Radio
- 24 November – BBC Radio Carlisle
- 31 December – Radio Clyde
Births
- 24 April – Gabby Logan, radio and television presenter
- 14 May – Clare Teal, jazz singer and radio presenter
- 24 May – Matthew Rudd, radio presenter
- 11 October – Mark Chapman, broadcaster and newsreader
See also
- 1973 in British music
- 1973 in British television
- 1973 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1973
References
- 1 2 3 TBS Editors. "Launch Dates: Independent Local Radio". Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
- ↑ "Isn’t it good to know…. Capital Radio". Radio Today. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ↑ Lavalie, John (2011-02-27). "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)". epguides. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
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