1974 in British radio
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
This is a list of events in British radio during 1974.
Events
January
- No events
February
- 19 February – BRMB (now Free Radio Birmingham) begins broadcasting to the Birmingham area[1]
March
- No events
April
- 1 April – BBC Radio Teesside is renamed BBC Radio Cleveland.
- 2 April – Piccadilly Radio (now Key 103 on FM and Piccadilly Magic 1152 (was Piccadilly Gold and Piccadilly 1152 on MW) begins broadcasting to the Manchester area[1]
May
- No events
June
- No events
July
- 15 July – Metro Radio begins broadcasting to the Newcastle upon Tyne area[1]
August
- No events
September
- 30 September – Swansea Sound (now The Wave on FM), the first Independent Local Radio station in Wales, begins broadcasting to the Swansea area[1]
October
- 1 October – Radio Hallam (now Hallam FM) begins broadcasting to the Sheffield area[1]
- 21 October – Radio City (later City FM, now Radio City 96.7) begins broadcasting to the Liverpool area[1]
November
- No events
December
- No events
Station debuts
- 19 February – BRMB
- 2 April – Piccadilly Radio
- 15 July – Metro Radio
- 30 September – Swansea Sound
- 1 October – Radio Hallam
- 21 October – Radio City
Births
- 15 January – Edith Bowman, music critic, radio DJ and television presenter
- 22 February – Chris Moyles, disc jockey
- 28 March – Scott Mills, disc jockey
- 24 April – Jon Holmes, writer, comedian and broadcaster
- 24 June – Rob da Bank, disc jockey
- 24 July – Lisa Francesca Nand, journalist and broadcaster
- 13 December – Sara Cox, disc jockey
See also
- 1974 in British music
- 1974 in British television
- 1974 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1974
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors) Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine.; accessed 18 February 2010
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.