1985 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1985.

Events

January

• 7 January – Ken Bruce takes over the Radio 2 breakfast show from Terry Wogan.^[1]

February

• No events

March

• No events

April

• April – South Wales station Gwent Broadcasting closes down after two years on air. After a short period as a relay of nearby CBC, the two stations formally merge to become Red Dragon Radio.^[2]

May

• No events

June

• No events

July

• 13 July – BBC Radio 1 broadcasts full, live coverage of the Live Aid pop concerts. This gives people the ability to hear the concerts in stereo.

August

• No events

September

• September – Wiltshire Radio buys struggling Radio West and on 1 October a merged station, GWR, launches.

October

• 1 October – Radio Hallam's broadcast area is expanded when the Sheffield-based station starts broadcasting across all of South Yorkshire.
• October – Plymouth Sound launches an opt-out service for Tavistock. The service operates on weekday breakfast and drive time and weekend mid-mornings.

November

• No events

December

• No events

Station debuts

• 23 April – BBC Radio Shropshire
• 24 June – BBC Radio Bedfordshire
• 1 October –
  • BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
  • GWR

Closing this year

• April – Gwent Broadcasting
• 9 September – Radio West
• September – Wiltshire Radio

Births

• 19 March – Gemma Cairney, radio presenter and fashion stylist
• 5 November – Dan Richards, radio presenter and producer

Deaths

• 28 May - Roy Plomley, 71, creator and presenter of Desert Island Discs

See also

• 1985 in British music
• 1985 in British television
• 1985 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1985

References