1975 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1975.

Events

January

• 22 January – Radio Forth begins broadcasting to the Edinburgh area^[1]

February

• No events

March

• No events

April

• No events

May

• 19 May – Plymouth Sound begins broadcasting to the Plymouth area^[1]

June

• 24 June – Radio Tees (now TFM Radio) begins broadcasting to the Stockton-on-Tees area^[1]

July

• 3 July – Radio Trent (later Trent FM and 96 Trent FM, now reverted to Trent FM) beings broadcasting to the Nottingham area^[1]

August

• No events

September

• 16 September – Pennine Radio (now The Pulse) begins broadcasting to the Bradford area; the station extends its coverage to Huddersfield in 1984^[1]

October

• 14 October – Radio Victory begins broadcasting to the Portsmouth area^[1]
• 28 October – Radio Orwell (later merged with Saxon Radio to form SGR FM) begins broadcasting to the Ipswich area^[1]

November

• No events

December

• No events

Station debuts

• 1 January – BBC Radio Ulster
• 22 January – Radio Forth
• 19 May – Plymouth Sound
• 24 June – Radio Tees
• 3 July – Radio Trent
• 16 September – Pennine Radio
• 14 October – Radio Victory
• 28 October – Radio Orwell

Programme debuts

• The News Huddlines (BBC Radio 2; continues to 2001)

Births

• 31 March – Jonny Saunders, radio sports reporter, presenter and commentator
• 31 July – Simon Hirst, radio presenter
• 23 September – Chris Hawkins, radio presenter
• 20 November – Jason Mohammad, radio and television presenter

See also

• 1975 in British music
• 1975 in British television
• 1975 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1975

References