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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.
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.
The BBC also syndicates radio and podcast content to radio stations and other broadcasting services around the globe, through its BBC Radio International business, which is part of BBC Studios. Programmes regularly syndicated by BBC Radio International include: In Concert (live rock music recordings from BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, including ...
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 14 million weekly listeners. [ 1 ] Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content.
2 May – BBC Radio 4 launches a new breakfast programme Up to the Hour. Consequently, The Today Programme is reduced from a continuous two-hour programme to two 25-minute slots. 2 October – The first edition of personal finance programme Money Box is broadcast. 1978. 3 April – Permanent radio broadcasts of proceedings in the House of ...
5 July – The final Sunday broadcast of BBC Radio 1's The Official Chart. [12] 10 July – The first Friday broadcast of BBC Radio 1's The Official Chart. [13] The programme is broadcast on Fridays as part of the drive time show, hosted by Greg James. The programme's airtime is almost halved, to just 1 hour 45 minutes with only the top 10 now ...
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. 20 December – Derek Jameson leaves The Radio 2 Breakfast Show after presenting it for five years. [9] 1992. 6 January – Brian Hayes takes over as host of The Radio 2 ...
2 February – BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra is launched. It is the first of five digital only radio stations that the BBC will launch in 2002. 11 March – BBC 6 Music is launched. 16 August – BBC Radio 1Xtra launches. 28 October – BBC Asian Network launches on DAB as a national station.