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Radio 1 was launched at 7:00 ... making it the largest free ticketed music festival in Europe. [103] BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend was replaced by a larger festival in ...
20 August – Greg James becomes the 16th person to present Radio 1 Breakfast. [113] [114] 3 September – Nick Grimshaw takes over as host of the drivetime show. Jack Saunders hosts a new show called Radio 1's Indie Show. 9 September – Huw Stephens' BBC Introducing show moves to Sunday nights as part of a shake-up of the Sunday schedule. [115]
1 May – BBC Radio 1 begins 24-hour transmission, but only on FM – Radio 1's MW transmitters still close down overnight, between 12 midnight and 6 am. 31 July – The BBC's Lime Grove Studios close. 31 August – BBC television starts officially broadcasting in stereo using the NICAM system. (Some transmitters had been broadcasting in stereo ...
In March 2024, BBC Radio 1 launched a spin-off event called Europe's Biggest Soundsystem Party alongside partner stations 1LIVE and Mouv'; this was followed in February 2025 by Europe’s Biggest Gig, with contributions from RTÉ 2FM, Studio Brussel, 1LIVE and, for the first time, Rás 2.
Radio Review/Radio Listeners Guide (1925–1929), Broadcasting Yearbook (1935–2010), World Radio TV Handbook (1947–) Berg, Jerome S. The early shortwave stations: a broadcasting history through 1945 (2013) radioheritage.net; worldradiomap.com (Europe, Americas, Asia, Oceania) Europe: Broadcasting abroad (1934); The media in Europe at Google ...
1 January – A station named The Hits, carrying the audio of the Box Plus Network television channel of the same name, appears on DAB in London. 14 February – BBC Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4 FM start broadcasting on Freeview. They broadcast on multiplex A as there is not enough room for them on multiplex B, on which the other BBC ...
BBC Radio is an operational business division [1] and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927.
On the same day EMAP Radio (now owned by Bauer Radio) launched three radio stations, Smash Hits, Kerrang! and Kiss. Two other commercial radio stations also launched, oneword and Jazz FM. [55] The BBC later launched BBC Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4 FM on multiplex A on 14 February 2003. [56]