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.Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors) ; accessed 18 February 2010
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.
May to June No events.
July 15 July – Metro Radio begins broadcasting to the Newcastle upon Tyne area.
August 30/31 August – Radio North Sea International ceases broadcasting to the UK at midnight.
September American-born music presenter Paul Gambaccini makes his 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.
October 1 October – Radio Hallam begins broadcasting to the Sheffield area. 21 October – Radio City begins broadcasting to the Liverpool area.
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., Black in Britain. 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.
Station debuts
19 February – BRMB 2 April – Piccadilly Radio 17 April – Hospital Radio Lynn 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) 22 November – Black Londoners on BBC Radio London (1974–1988)
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, Scottish 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 23 February – Raymond Glendenning, radio sports commentator (born 1907) 4 May – Ludwig Koch, German-born British natural sound recordist (born 1881)
See also 1974 in British music 1974 in British television 1974 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1974
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