1974 in British radio

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

Events

January

No events.

February

19 February – BRMB begins broadcasting to the Birmingham area.[1][2]

March

17 March – Solid Gold Sixty is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 for the final time. It is replaced the following week by a one-hour programme which just features the top 20.

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

30/31 August – Radio North Sea International ceases broadcasting to the UK at midnight.[3]

September

American-born music presenter 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 in the UK for the black community, Black Londoners, launches on BBC Radio London, presented by Alex Pascall.[4] The programme is initially launched as a trial run of six programmes before becoming a weekly, and from 1978, a weeknight, fixture in the schedules.

December

No events.

Unknown

BBC Radio Leicester launches a weekly programme for the Asian community.[5]

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

Programme debuts

20 April – The Betty Witherspoon Show on BBC Radio 2 (1974)[6]
22 November – Black Londoners on BBC Radio London (1974–1988)[7]

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)
In Touch (1961–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
- David Vitty (Comedy Dave), radio presenter
26 April – Adil Ray, broadcaster and comic actor
28 April – Vernon Kay, broadcast presenter
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
2 August – Phil Williams, radio news presenter
6 October – Andy Zaltzman, satirical and cricket broadcaster
24 November – Stephen Merchant, comedy writer-performer and radio presenter
13 December – Sara Cox, disc jockey
Ros Atkins, broadcast journalist
Natalie Haynes, broadcaster, classicist, comedian and writer

Deaths

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

References

Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors) Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 18 February 2010
Young, Graham (21 February 2014). "How BRMB bravely took to the airwaves". Business Live. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
"The Radio Northsea Story". Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
"Alex Pascal MBE – Writer, broadcaster and musician" Archived 18 January 2013 at archive.today, Black in Britain.
Asian Sound.
"The Betty Witherspoon Show". The British Comedy & Drama Website. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
Scafe, Suzanne (2002). "Black Londoners". In Alison Donnell (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. p. 46. ISBN 9781134700257.

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[transdiffusion.org-1] Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors) Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 18 February 2010

[2] Young, Graham (21 February 2014). "How BRMB bravely took to the airwaves". Business Live. Retrieved 19 August 2023.

[3] "The Radio Northsea Story". Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[4] "Alex Pascal MBE – Writer, broadcaster and musician" Archived 18 January 2013 at archive.today, Black in Britain.

[5] Asian Sound.

[6] "The Betty Witherspoon Show". The British Comedy & Drama Website. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[7] Scafe, Suzanne (2002). "Black Londoners". In Alison Donnell (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. p. 46. ISBN 9781134700257.