1974 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1974.

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Events

January

• No events.

February

• 19 February – BRMB 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 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

• Paul Gambaccini first broadcasts on British radio, initially on BBC Radio 1.
• 30 September – Swansea Sound, the first Independent Local Radio station in Wales, begins broadcasting to the Swansea area.[1]

October

• 1 October – Radio Hallam begins broadcasting to the Sheffield area.[1]
• 21 October – Radio City begins broadcasting to the Liverpool area.[1]

November

• 22 November – The first regular programme for the black community, Black Londoners, launches on BBC Radio London.[2] The programme was initially launched as a trial run of six programmes before becoming a weekly, and from 1978, weeknight, fixture in the schedules.

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

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

• Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
• Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
• Down Your Way (1946–1992)
• Letter from America (1946–2004)
• Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
• A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)

1950s

• The Archers (1950–Present)
• The Today Programme (1957–Present)
• The Navy Lark (1959–1977)
• Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
• Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)

1960s

• Farming Today (1960–Present)
• The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
• Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
• The World at One (1965–Present)
• The Official Chart (1967–Present)
• Just a Minute (1967–Present)
• The Living World (1968–Present)
• The Organist Entertains (1969–2018)

1970s

• PM (1970–Present)
• Start the Week (1970–Present)
• Week Ending (1970–1998)
• You and Yours (1970–Present)
• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972–Present)
• Good Morning Scotland (1973–Present)
• Hello Cheeky (1973–1979)
• Kaleidoscope (1973–1998)
• Newsbeat (1973–Present)

Births

• 15 January – Edith Bowman, music critic, radio disc jockey and television presenter
• 22 February – Chris Moyles, disc jockey
• 28 March – Scott Mills, disc jockey
• 24 April – Jon Holmes, writer, comedian and broadcaster
• 21 June – Natasha Desborough, radio presenter
• 24 June – Rob da Bank, disc jockey
• 2 July – Dan Tetsell, comedy writer-performer
• 14 July – David Mitchell, comedy writer-performer
• 24 July – Lisa Francesca Nand, journalist and broadcaster
• 24 November – Stephen Merchant, comedy writer-performer and radio presenter
• 13 December – Sara Cox, disc jockey

Deaths

• 4 May – Ludwig Koch, German-born British natural sound recordist (born 1881)

See also

• 1974 in British music
• 1974 in British television
• 1974 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1974

References

1. Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors) Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 18 February 2010
2. "Alex Pascal MBE – Writer, broadcaster and musician" Archived 18 January 2013 at Archive.today, Black in Britain.