1983 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1983.

Events

January

• 4 January – BBC Radio 2 revives Music While You Work.

February

• 12 February – Sounds of the 60s is broadcast for the first time on BBC Radio 2.

March

• No events

April

• No events

May

• No events

June

• No events

July

• 2 July – BBC Radio Medway is expanded to cover all of the county of Kent and is renamed accordingly.

August

• No events

September

• No events

October

• 22 October – BBC Radio Brighton is expanded to cover all of the county of Sussex and is renamed accordingly.

November

• No events

December

• No events

Station debuts

• 17 January –
  • BBC Radio Devon
  • BBC Radio Cornwall
• 4 April – County Sound
• 18 April – BBC Radio Gwent
• 13 June – Gwent Broadcasting
• 4 July – BBC Radio York
• 29 August – Southern Sound Radio
• 5 September –
  • Signal 1
  • Marcher Sound

Closing this year

• 6 September – Centre Radio

Births

• 16 August – Colin Griffiths, TV presenter and DJ

See also

• 1983 in British music
• 1983 in British television
• 1983 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1983