This is a list of events taking place in 2025 relating to radio in the United Kingdom.
Events January 1 January BBC Radio 2 counts down listeners' 40 top Elvis Presley songs in Your Ultimate Elvis Song, with "Suspicious Minds" voted as their favourite. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Shipping Forecast, BBC Radio 4 recreates old versions of the broadcast read by a number of famous people, including Ruth Jones (in character as Nessa from Gavin and Stacey), Dame Ellen MacArthur and Eddie Grundy. Jazz FM airs a day of programmes dedicated to bandleader Quincy Jones under the title Q Year's Day. 3 January – Technical problems disrupt Jo Good's Late Night Jo programme on BBC Local Radio, preventing the majority of the show from being networked. The show is broadcast for 20 minutes throughout the network before the problems lead to dead air being heard on the majority of stations. While BBC Radio London, albeit with some further minor interruptions, continues to take the show, the rest of the network switches to BBC Radio 5 Live. 4 January Ian Shepherd joins Central Radio to present weekend breakfast. Former Key 103 presenter Jonathan Miles joins Happy Radio UK to present a weekly show on Saturday evenings. 4–5 January – Adil Ray presents the second and third of his three festive programmes for Smooth Radio. 6 January Aaron Paul begins presenting breakfast on BBC Radio London from Mondays to Thursdays; Riz Lateef continues with the show on Fridays. Kirsty Gallacher joins the Gold network to present Gold Radio Drive on weekdays. 7 January – A power outage at Frisk Radio forces the breakfast show presenters Andy and Steph to present their content using a mobile phone. 9 January Lauren Laverne announces she is stepping down as presenter of BBC Radio 6 Music's breakfast show; Nick Grimshaw will take over the show, while Laverne will move to presenting mid-mornings. Global Radio announces that local and regional programming on Smooth Radio, Capital and Heart in England will end, with all three channels airing a nationwide schedule for England. Bauer Media Audio UK announces it is acquiring Clear Channel Europe. 10 January – Bauer Media Audio UK reaches a deal to acquire Star Radio in Cambridgeshire and rebrand the station as Hits Radio. 11 January – Rod Liddle joins Times Radio to present Saturday mornings. 12 January – Mel Giedroyc joins Magic Radio to present a Sunday morning show. 13 January – Nemone temporarily takes over as presenter of BBC 6 Music Breakfast until Nick Grimshaw begins presenting the show in February. 17 January – Happy Radio UK becomes the official radio partner of Manchester's AO Arena. Appearing on Heart Breakfast, presenter Jamie Theakston announces that he is "cancer free" and will return to the programme from Monday 20 January. 18 January – Pianist and educator Nikki Yeoh joins Jazz FM to present a Saturday evening show from 10pm–12am, while regular presenter Chris Phillips moves to the earlier shot of 6pm–9pm, replacing Sarah Ward who retired from broadcasting at the end of 2024. 21 January – Ofcom finds Big City Radio CIC in breach of its Key Commitments over the music policy at BRMB, which it says does not represent the area's community sufficiently. In response, Big City Radio CIC says it has broadened BRMB's music output, but hopes to launch another service on DAB when it has the funds to do so. 25 January – Gaby Roslin joins Magic Radio to present a Saturday mid-morning show. 27 January – The Scott Mills Breakfast Show debuts on BBC Radio 2, while Trevor Nelson begins presenting weekday mid-afternoons. Gok Wan joins Magic Breakfast to co-present alongside Harriet Scott. BBC Radio Wales confirms that Wynne Evans will be taking a break from his show following controversy over a remark he made during the Strictly Come Dancing tour earlier in the month. 29 January – The BBC World Service announces it is cutting 130 jobs as part of £6m of cost-cutting measures during the next financial year. Frisk Radio announces plans to expand its coverage from north east England to north west England from April.
February 3 February – Kate McCann becomes weekday co-presenter of the breakfast show on Times Radio, alongside Stig Abell. Joe McGrath takes over as BBC Radio Manchester's breakfast presenter, succeeding Anna Jameson. Radio News Hub launches a worldwide hourly news service, delivering news to radio stations in their native languages. Greatest Hits Radio Scotland's breakfast show, Ewen and Cat at Breakfast, is given a breach from Ofcom over a live interview with comedian Ford Kiernan on 10 September 2024 in which he used offensive words. 4 February – Talksport is announced as the official partner of the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia. 6 February – RAJAR listening figures for the final quarter of 2024 indicate a 23% increase in the number of listeners to Times Radio compared to the same period in 2023, with 604,000 average weekly listeners, while GB News Radio, the simulcast of the television channel, saw a 23% decline over the same period, with 468,000 weekly listeners. Talk Radio saw a 13% decline to 504,000. 7 February – Dan Draper, Alice Hopkins and Cloe Lee are confirmed as the next three presenters to present Radio 1's Friday Early Breakfast on a monthly basis, with Draper fronting the show in February, Hopkins in March and Lee in April. 8 February – Jermaine Jenas returns to radio as a football commentator for Talksport; it is his first radio appearance since he was sacked by the BBC over complaints about his workplace conduct. 10 February – BBC Local Radio's The Late Show begins a week of live broadcasts from pubs around the UK named The Queen Victoria. The national Hits Radio breakfast show airs on stations in the north east while the local breakfast presenters take a week's break. 11 February – BBC Asian Network confirms some schedule changes as it prepares to move operations to Birmingham, with Bobby Friction moving from weekdays to weekends, and Amber Sandhu heaving the station. Wise Buddah Productions produce a new jingles package for BBC Radio 2, including for The Scott Mills Breakfast Show featuring the House Gospel Choir. 12 February – Bauer Media announces it is selling its stake in media platform Octave to News UK, ending the two companies' year-long joint venture. 14 February – DH One rebrands as 100% Whatever Westcountry. 15 February – Kay Wright is appointed Head of BBC Midlands, overseeing radio, television and online content in the East and West Midlands areas. Anne Marie McAleese presents her final edition of BBC Radio Ulster's Your Place And Mine, which she has presented since 1991. 17 February – Ofcom grants Talksport permission to switch off seven of its 18 mediumwave transmitters, reducing its AM coverage from 92% to 88% of the UK population. Lyca Gold confirms that Sarita Sabharwal is to present a regular weekend show starting later in February. BBC Radio Scotland presenter Janice Forsyth announces she is stepping down from presenting after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. 18 February – BBC Radio 2 announces a new spring schedule, which includes a new Saturday afternoon show for Zoe Ball from May and moving Pick of the Pops from Saturday afternoons to early Sunday evenings, also in May. Rob Beckett will also leave his Sunday afternoon show in April, while Richie Anderson will present a new Sunday overnight show from April. Erewash Sound has improved its signal output after securing a £5,500 grant for new transmitting equipment. 19 February – Absolute Radio Country hires Nashville radio presenter Kelly Sutton to present The Nashville Show, airing from Sunday to Thursday evenings. 21 February – Heart and Capital stations in England broadcast local and regional programming for the final time.Global introduces new 'nations strategy' and drops local and regional shows in England, Roy Martin, Radio Today, 9 January 2025 23 February – Musician Darius Rucker joins Absolute Radio Country to present the first of four two-hour programmes in which he shares his favourite music, as well as stories from his career. 24 February – Heart, Capital and Smooth go entirely national throughout England after losing their final regional programmes. JK and Kelly Brook present a national Heart Drive on weekdays, while Will Manning presents a national Capital Drive and Jenni Falconer presents a national Smooth Breakfast. The current level of local opt-outs will be retained. Scotland and Wales will retain their non-networked programming. Smooth Radio makes a few schedule changes, which includes Darren Parks presenting The Smooth Sanctuary on weekday evenings. XS Manchester relaunches as Radio X 90s. Rob Ellis joins Radio X 90s to present weekday mid mornings. Capital and Capital Dance launch their spring schedules for 2025. Stephanie Hirst joins Greatest Hits Radio 60s to present a weekday lunchtime show. BBC Local Radio launches its 2025 Make a Difference Awards, with the awards covering the whole of the UK for the first time. 25 February – A new BBC audio website and app will replace BBC Sounds for users outside the UK later in 2025, with listeners overseas only able to access the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4 once the changes take place. The BBC Board apologises for what it describes as "missed opportunities" to tackle "bullying and misogynistic behaviour" by former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood. BBC Radio 1 joins forces with radio stations from four other countries in Europe for Europe's Biggest Gig. 27 February – Charlotte Moore announces her departure as BBC Chief Content Officer; she will leave the post later in the year. 28 February – At 1pm, Global completes its withdrawal from broadcasting on AM when it switches off its last remaining MW transmitter, in North Wales and Cheshire which had carried Smooth Radio North Wales and Cheshire.
March 1 March – Adil Ray joins Smooth Radio to present Saturday mid mornings following his guest appearance over the New Year. His show is followed by Tina Hobley, who adds Saturday afternoons to her Sunday afternoon slot. Olly Murs co-presents a Saturday morning show for Heart alongside Mark Wright as part of the station's new spring schedule; the schedule changes also see Vicky Pattinson join Heart to present a Saturday afternoon show. 2 March – Dave Lee Travis joins Heritage Chart Radio to present a show on Sunday mornings. 3 March – Bauer Media Audio UK rebrands Star Radio in Cambridgeshire as Hits Radio. 5 March – Ellie Davis is appointed as Deputy Content Manager at Virgin Radio. 7 March – House Party Radio is added to DAB in north Birmingham. 8 March – Nation Radio South becomes available on DAB in Sussex. 10 March – The BBC announces that Anna Foster will join Radio 4's Today programme from April. Sky News signs a new deal with Independent Radio News to continue providing news and sport content to commercial radio in the UK. 14 March – BBC Radio 5 Live has agreed a deal to provide exclusive coverage of Formula 1 during 2025, 2026 and 2027. 17 March – Summaya Mughal takes over as breakfast presenter at BBC Radio Nottingham while regular presenter Verity Crowley is on maternity leave. 18 March – Tindle Group announces is intention to acquire South East Radio in Ireland. 19 March – The Rayo app's Skip Track feature, allowing premium subscribers to skip up to six tracks an hour on live radio, is to be discontinued, its owners have confirmed. 20 March – Bauer announces plans to network a single breakfast show across its Hits Radio network from 9 June, with further details to follow. 21 March – BBC Radio 1 presenter Jamie Laing raises more than £2m for Comic Relief after completing his Comic Relief Ultra Marathon Man challenge of running five marathons in five days.