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From the following year, the event will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5. 15 August – BBC Radio 2 begins to wind down its transmissions on MW ahead of the launch of BBC Radio 5, which will occupy BBC Radio 2's MW frequencies, by broadcasting a daytime information service providing advice about how to listen to Radio 2 on FM.
10 December – BBC Radio 5 Live's Question Time Extra Time is broadcast for the final time. 2021. 9 April – All BBC radio networks interrupt normal schedules to announce the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, interrupting programming at 12:07PM. The programme airs on all networks until around 5pm. 2022
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
20 January – BBC Radio 2 makes changes to its schedule and following the decision not to renew the contract of long standing presenter Ed Stewart, [2] the year-long revival of Music While You Work ends. Gloria Hunniford takes over Ed's slot the following week and Steve Jones replaces Hunniford on the lunchtime show. 21 January – On Radio 2:
With the increased rollout of Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) between 1995 and 2002, BBC Radio launched several new digital-only stations BBC 1Xtra, BBC 6 Music and BBC 7 in 2002 on 16 August, 11 March and 15 December respectively – the first for "new black British music", the second as a source of performance-based "alternative" music, the ...