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This is a list of events in British radio during 1991.
Events
January
- 1 January – The Radio Authority comes into being, replacing the Independent Broadcasting Authority as the UK’s radio regulator.
- 6 January – For the first time, BBC Radio 1’s Sunday chart show plays all 40 tracks and the show is renamed as ‘’The Complete Top 40’’.[1] This becomes possible due to an extension of the programme’s duration – starting half an hour earlier at 4.30pm.
- 11 January – The Essential Selection, presented by Pete Tong, debuts on BBC Radio 1. It replaces Jeff Young’s Big Beat.
- 17 January-2 March – Radio 4 News FM, the first rolling BBC radio news service is on air during the first Gulf War. It uses BBC Radio 4's FM frequencies, whilst their regular scheduled service continues on long wave.[2][3] This service was also broadcast on BBC World Service. Some journalists chose to give it the nickname Scud FM from the Scud missiles used by Iraqi forces in the war.[4]
February
- No events
March
- No events
April
- No events
May
- 1 May – BBC Radio 1 commences 24-hour transmission, but only on FM – the station’s MW frequencies are switched off each night between midnight and 6am.
June
- No events
July
- 5 July – Chiltern Radio launches Network News.
- 25 July - The final episode of soap opera Citizens is broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
August
- No events
September
- 16 September –
- From today The Daily Service is broadcast only on Radio 4s long wave frequency.
- Woman’s Hour moves from early afternoons to a mid-morning slot.[5][6]
- September – Atlantic 252 commences 24-hour transmission.
October
- 5 October – Football phone-in 6-0-6 is broadcast for the first time on BBC Radio 5. Danny Baker is the programme’s host.
November
- No events
December
- 20 December – Derek Jameson leaves the Radio 2 breakfast show after presenting for five years. [7]Along with his wife, Ellen he presented a late night chat show for the network between 1992 and 1997.
- 29 December – Listeners to Birmingham's BRMB station hear presenters Andy Hollins and Brendan Kearney storm out of the studio following an on-air row. The disagreement erupted during a live review of the year of the pair's regular Sunday morning show.[8]
- 30 December – Radio Luxembourg ends MW transmissions. The stations continues to broadcast via satellite.
Station debuts
- 10 March – South Coast Radio
- 31 August – The Pulse of West Yorkshire
- 19 October – SIBC
- 14 November – BBC Radio Surrey
Closing this year
- 2 March – Radio 4 News FM (1991)
- March – BBC Radio Gwent
- June – Airport Information Radio
- August – Pennine FM
- 30 December – Radio Luxembourg (1933), closed on medium wave
See also
- 1991 in British music
- 1991 in British television
- 1991 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1991
References
- ↑ – BBC Genome Project BBC Radio 1 listings 6 January 1991
- ↑ "Dictionary definition of 'stunt up'". Retrieved 2009-12-30. refers Sheena McDonald, "Scud-FM goes critical—BBC gears up for round-the-clock news service", page 25, The Guardian 17 August 1992
- ↑ Franklin, Bob (31 March 2005). Key Concepts in Journalism Studies. Sage. ISBN 0-7619-4482-6.
- ↑ Elmes, Simon (2007). And Now On Radio 4. Random House. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-905211-53-1.
- ↑ BBC Genome Project – BBC Radio 4 listings 16 September 1991
- ↑ David Hendy Life on Air: A History of Radio Four, 2007, OUP, p. 332.
- ↑ BBC Genome Project – BBC Radio 2 listings 20 December 1991
- ↑ Lewis, Jason (30 December 1991). "BRMB pair storm out after studio row". The Birmingham Post. Central Independent Newspapers.
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