2000 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 2000.

List of years in British radio (table)
In British television
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
In British music
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
In British film
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003

Events

January

  • No events.

February

March

  • 10 March – Zoë Ball presents the Radio 1 Breakfast Show for the final time.[3] Scott Mills begins a three-week stint as the show's temporary presenter.[4]
  • 14 March – Chris Evans sells his Ginger Media Group to SMG plc for £225m.[5] The sale made Evans the highest paid entertainer in the UK in 2000, estimated by the Sunday Times Rich List to have been paid around £35.5million.[6]
  • 25 March – BBC GLR changes its name to BBC London Live.
  • 31 March – Katrina Leskanich presents her last night time show on BBC Radio 2.
  • March – Helen Boaden is appointed as controller of BBC Radio 4.

April

  • 3 April –
    • Sara Cox takes over as presenter of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show.[7]
    • Janice Long begins presenting the night time show on Radio 2.

May

  • May –
    • Virgin Radio is fined £75,000 (then the largest penalty imposed by the Radio Authority) for breakfast show presenter Chris Evans's repeated on-air endorsement of Ken Livingstone in the London mayoral elections.[8]
    • Capital Radio buys Border Radio Holdings, thereby acquiring the three Century radio stations.[9]

June

  • No events.

July

August

September

  • No events.

October

  • 2 October – LBH Radio launches. Broadcasting on MW and Sky Digital, LBH is Britain's first radio station targeting the LGBT community.[14]
  • 21 October – The comedian Jack Docherty joins Radio 2 to host Saturday Night Jack, a 13-part series featuring music, reviews and interviews.[15]

November

  • No events.

December

  • 4 December – FLR 107.3 changes its name to Fusion 107.3FM.
  • 20 December – Following the death of singer Kirsty MacColl, Radio 2 have postponed a series she recorded about Cuban music that was due to begin airing on this day.[16] The eight-part series, Kirsty MacColl's Cuba is instead broadcast from 31 January 2001.[17]
  • 26 December – Radio 4 clears its Boxing Day schedule in order to broadcast an eight-hour reading of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, read by Stephen Fry.[18]

Station debuts

Closing this year

Programme debuts

Continuing radio programmes

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Ending this year

Deaths

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See also

References

  1. "Mike Harding- BBCFolk Awards 2000 – BBC Radio 2 – 9 February 2000 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  2. "BBC News – BBC hopes for capital gains". 31 August 1999. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
  3. BBC Genome Project – Radio 1 listings 10 March 200
  4. BBC Genome Project – Radio 1 listings 13 March 2000
  5. "Evans sells up". BBC News. 2000-01-13. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  6. "Evans tops UK showbiz earners". BBC News. 2000-11-18. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
  7. BBC Genome Project – Radio 1 listings 3 April 2000
  8. Moyes, Jojo (2000-05-17). "Evans counts the cost of supporting Ken: £100,000 (plus a £75,000 fine)". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  9. "Capital Radio bags Border TV". BBC News. 13 April 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  10. New boss for BBC's Radio 5 Live
  11. Radio 3 snaps up Kershaw
  12. BBC under fire for teen bias after DJ is axed
  13. "DJ Cox's Queen Mother gaffe". BBC News Online. August 4, 2000.
  14. Born, Matt (14 December 2001). "Gay radio's future is in the pink". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  15. "Saturday Night Jack – BBC Radio 2 – 21 October 2000 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  16. Laville, Sandra (2000-12-20). "Kirsty MacColl killed in boating accident". Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  17. "ENTERTAINMENT | Postponed MacColl series airs". BBC News. 2001-02-01. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  18. Hodgson, Jessica (29 November 2000). "Radio 4 to broadcast eight-hour Harry Potter Boxing Day special". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  19. "Oneword Radio unveils launch schedule". Broadcast Now. 18 April 2000. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
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