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26 August – Sport is aired on BBC Radio 2 for the final time when the final sports bulletin on Radio 2 is broadcast at 10:02pm. 27 August – At midnight, BBC Radio 2 stops broadcasting on MW, thereby becoming the first national radio station in the UK to broadcast only on FM. 16 September – The Sunday Hour is revamped.
Previously, the station had only broadcast the Saturday repeat as the Friday night debut broadcast had been on BBC Radio 2. 6 April – The first editions of PM and The World Tonight are broadcast on Radio 4. 10 April – The first broadcast of a new news and current affairs programme Analysis. 1971. No events. 1972. No events. 1973
In addition to extended news bulletins, a daytime news and analysis programme War in the Gulf is broadcast, presented by David Dimbleby although as the War progresses, War in the Gulf is scaled back to allow BBC1 to resume its regular daytime schedule. 2 March –NewsView is broadcast on BBC Two for the final time, bringing to an end the weekly ...
28 January – After nearly 78 years on air, The Sunday Hour is broadcast on BBC Radio 2 for the final time. [90] 29 January – BBC Radio Cymru 2 began broadcasting at 6:30 am on 29 January 2018. [91] It airs as an opt-out service from 7 to 9 am on Mondays–Saturdays and from 7 to 10 am on Sundays.
2 December – The BBC airs its 'Television Symbol' for the first time, the first animated television presentation symbol in the world. Known as the 'bat's wings' by logo enthusiasts, it would remain in use until 1960. Peter Scott presents the first BBC television natural history broadcast, from his home at Slimbridge. 1954
The Radio 2 Breakfast Show (also known as The BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show) refers to a range of programming on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2 since the station's inception on 30 September 1967. The show's longest serving host to date was Sir Terry Wogan , who worked on the programme for over 29 years in two separate stints, from 3 April 1972 ...
2 July - BBC Two airs the first half of the Live 8 pop concert from Hyde Park with the second half airing on BBC One. [222] 17 July – After 41 years broadcasting on BBC One, music show Top of the Pops is switched to BBC Two due to declining audiences. [223] This is not enough to save it and it is axed the following year. [224]
28 August – The first edition of BBC Radio 5's weekday breakfast programme Morning Edition is broadcast. It is presented by Sarah Ward and Jon Briggs. 1991. 1 May – The launch of 24-hour broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 sees the Simon Mayo Breakfast Show starting and finishing 30 minutes earlier and airing between 6am and 9am.