1983 in British radio

none October 2023 1983 British radio British television British music This is a list of events in British radio during 1983. Events January 4 January – BBC Radio 2 revives Music While You Work. 17 January – BBC Local Radio comes to south west England with the launches of BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radio Cornwall. February 12 February – Sounds of the 60s is broadcast for the first time on BBC Radio 2. March No events. April 18 April – Prior to the launch of a commercial station covering Gwent, the BBC launches BBC Radio Gwent. It broadcasts at peak time, opting out of BBC Radio Wales. The station broadcasts on VHF/FM and therefore becomes the only part of Wales where English-language radio programming for Wales can be heard on VHF/FM.BBC Radio Timeline 1990s to date May Undated in May – The first Birmingham Walkathon is staged by Birmingham's BRMB to raise money for charity, and takes place around the city's Outer Circle bus route.https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/birminghams-walkathon-brought-festival-atmosphere-24016110 Birmingham's Walkathon brought festival atmosphere in the 80s Thomas Fair 29 May 2022 Birmingham Mail 2 April 2023 June 13 June – Gwent Broadcasting becomes the first station in the UK to occupy the newly released 102.2 to 104.5Mhz part of the VHF/FM waveband.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRd-RWiSvxQ IBA Engineering Announcements – 24 May 1983 'First show on C4 & S4C' Apr 2, 2023 www.youtube.com July 2 July – BBC Radio Medway is expanded to cover all of the county of Kent and is renamed accordingly. August 19 August – "Pirate" radio station Radio Caroline resumes broadcasting to Britain in an album-oriented rock format from Ross Revenge anchored in the Knock Deep outside UK territorial waters off the Thames Estuary.http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/CAR/car04.shtml The wet and wild history of Radio Caroline (4) Icce.rug.nl 2011-11-04 18 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230418161318/https://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/CAR/car04.shtml dead September No events. October 3 October – The first of five trial stations, each operating for approximately two months in various parts of the Manchester area, and opting out of BBC Radio Manchester on weekday mornings, launches when BBC Radio Oldham makes its first broadcast.The experimental BBC Radio stations that took over a cityBBC Radio Timeline 1990s to date The trials operate in turn with only one on air at any time, meaning that the same frequency – 1296 kHz MW – can be used for each station. 6 October – Centre Radio stops broadcasting after running into financial difficulties. A take-over bid is rejected by the IBA and the station goes off air at 5.30pm.http://www.radio-now.co.uk/stations_off_air.htm A Guide to stations off the air Why do commercial radio stations stop broadcasting? 2010-05-18 2010-02-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20100212220633/http://www.radio-now.co.uk/stations_off_air.htm deadTransdiffusion Parry Simon https://www.transdiffusion.org/2001/08/15/centre Off Centre 2016-09-06 22 October – BBC Radio Brighton is expanded to cover all of the county of Sussex and is accordingly renamed BBC Radio Sussex. November No events. December 12 December – BBC Radio Bury becomes the second trial community station.BBC Radio Timeline 1990s to date and uses the 1296 kHz AM frequency in turn.The experimental BBC Radio stations that took over a city 18 December – Sounds of Jazz is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 for the final time. The show is transferred to Radio 2 in the new year. Undated in December – Kenny Everett leaves BBC Radio 2 a couple of weeks after he made a risqué on-air joke about Margaret Thatcher.Hogg James Hello Darlings! The Authorized Biography of Kenny Everett Sellers Robert 2013 Bantam Press 9780593072110 1st UK 284 Station debuts 17 January – BBC Radio Devon BBC Radio Cornwall 4 April – County Sound 11 April – BBC Radio Tweed 16 April – BBC Radio Solway 18 April – BBC Radio Gwent 13 June – Gwent Broadcasting 4 July – BBC Radio York 29 August – Southern Sound RadioCollins Steve https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/08/40th-anniversary-reunion-to-be-held-for-southern-sound-radio/ 40th anniversary reunion to be held for Southern Sound Radio Radio Today 1 August 2023 1 August 2023 5 September – Signal 1Collins Steve https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/08/signal-radio-stars-to-attend-40th-anniversary-celebration/ Signal Radio stars to attend 40th anniversary celebration Radio Today 31 August 2023 31 August 2023 Marcher Sound Unknown – Bridgend Hospital RadioCollins Steve https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/08/bridgends-hospital-radio-celebrates-40-years-of-broadcasting/ Bridgend’s Hospital Radio celebrates 40 years of broadcasting Radio Today 31 August 2023 31 August 2023 Programme debuts 1 February – In Business on BBC Radio 4 (1983–Present) 12 February – Sounds of the 60s on BBC Radio 2 (1983–Present) 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) 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) Kaleidoscope (1973–1998) Newsbeat (1973–Present) The News Huddlines (1975–2001) File on 4 (1977–Present) Money Box (1977–Present) The News Quiz (1977–Present) Breakaway (1979–1998) Feedback (1979–Present) The Food Programme (1979–Present) Science in Action (1979–Present) 1980s Radio Active (1980–1987) Closing this year 6 October – Centre Radio (1981–1983) Births 19 January – MistaJam, born Peter Dalton, DJ 19 July – Helen Skelton, broadcast presenter 6 August Kayper, DJ Lloyd Langford, Welsh comedian 16 August – Colin Griffiths, TV presenter and DJ Deaths 22 February – Sir Adrian Boult, orchestral conductor, BBC director of music (born 1889) 11 September – Brian Lawrance, Australian-born bandleader (born 1909)1983-09-13 Obituary for Brian Vinrance LAWRANCE https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-obituary-for-b/175108001/ 2025-06-23 The Sydney Morning Herald 19 22 October – Sir Harold Bishop, broadcasting engineer (born 1900) 24 December – Alan Melville, scriptwriter and war reporter (born 1910) See also 1983 in British music 1983 in British television 1983 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1983 References Radio British Radio, 1983 In Category:Years in British radio