1977 in British radio

none October 2023 1977 British radio British television British music This is a list of events in British radio during 1977. Events January 3 January – At 6.45am, BBC Radio Cymru launches, and becomes the first broadcasting outlet dedicated wholly to programmes in Welsh. The service is part-time and restricted to breakfast shows, extended news bulletins at breakfast, lunchtime & early evening and a number of off-peak opt-outs from a sustaining Radio 4 Wales English-language feed. February 14 February – The Annan Committee makes its recommendations and its principle recommendation for radio is for the privatisation of BBC local radio;Annan Committee Report of the Committee on the Future of Broadcasting 1977 HMSO this is not implemented. March No events. April 30 April – The first edition of the Saturday morning magazine programme Sport on Four is broadcast on BBC Radio 4; it will run until 1998. BBC Radio 4 FM – 30 April 1977 http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1977-04-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20141017215359/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1977-04-30 dead 17 October 2014 BBC Genome 2016-02-03 May 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. This arrangement lasts for just over a year before Today reverts to a continuous broadcast. This summer, Today starts to carry a daily horse racing tip, which will continue until 2024.Caroline Davies BBC Radio 4 scraps daily horse-racing tips from Today programme https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/24/bbc-radio-4-scraps-daily-horse-racing-tips-from-today-programme The Guardian London 2024-06-24 2024-06-24 June No events. July 1 July – BBC Radio 4 extends the 6pm news on weekdays from 15 to 30 minutes and renames the bulletin to The Six O’Clock News. The weekend 6pm news bulletin remains as a 15-minute broadcast and continues to be listed as News. This is the flagship change to a number of schedule alterations, which include The Archers moving from 6.45pm to 7.05 pm. 16 July – William Alwyn's opera Miss Julie receives its world premiere as a BBC Radio 3 broadcast (from a studio recording made on 17 February in Brent Town Hall) with the BBC Concert Orchestra, and Jill Gomez in the title role.Dressler John C. William Alwyn: A Research and Information Guide Routledge London 978-0-415-88605-5 170-171 August 22 August – The BBC Radio comedy The Men from the Ministry airs its final episode after fifteen years on air. September No events. October 2 October – The first edition of personal financial advice magazine programme Money Box is broadcast on BBC Radio 4; it will still be running into the 2020s. 11 October – Bing Crosby makes his last ever recordings, three days before his death, at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios.Barnes Ken The Crosby Years Saint Martins Press New York 1980 57–60 978-0-312-17663-1 https://archive.org/details/crosbyyears00barn/page/57 November 28 November – BBC Radio 1 launches a weekday afternoon programme presented by Tony Blackburn. Previously, the station has simulcasted BBC Radio 2's afternoon show. Tony is replaced on mid-mornings by Simon Bates. Consequently Radio 1 now has its own all-day schedule on weekdays although the station continues to simulcast Radio 2 each night from 7pm, apart from the weekday late night John Peel programme. December 25 December – BBC Radio 4 first broadcasts Brian Sibley's comedy near-monologue ...And Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree performed by Penelope Keith.22 December 1977 ... and yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/47396f59e4ba48d28c021e64c036013d Radio Times 2824 31 Station debuts 3 January – BBC Radio Cymru 9 May – BBC Radio Orkney, BBC Radio Shetland Programme debuts 2 May – Up to the Hour on BBC Radio 4 (1977–1978) 6 September – The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 (1977–Present) 2 October – Money Box on BBC Radio 4 (1977–Present) 26 October – File on 4 on BBC Radio 4 (1977–Present) 5 November – Albert and Me on BBC Radio 2 (1977–1983) The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket on BBC Radio 4 (1977–1979) 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) Sing Something Simple (1959–2001) Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007) 1960s Farming Today (1960–Present) In Touch (1961–Present) 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) The News Huddlines (1975–2001) The Burkiss Way (1976–1980) Ending this year 16 July – The Navy Lark (1959–1977) 22 August – The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977) Births 30 March – Hugo Rifkind, newspaper columnist and radio presenter 31 May – Joel Ross, radio and television presenter 22 August – Sarah Champion, radio and television presenter 28 September – John Finnemore, comedy writer-performer 25 October – Anita Rani, radio and television presenter Deaths 5 September – Elsie Carlisle, "Radio Sweetheart Number One", singer (born 1896)Elsie Carlisle Biography http://www.allmusic.com/artist/elsie-carlisle-mn0000146912/biography 2014-01-06 AllMusic 8 November – Ted Ray, comedian (born 1905) See also 1977 in British music 1977 in British television 1977 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1977 References Radio British Radio, 1977 In Category:Years in British radio