2007 in British radio

none September 2020 May 2013 2007 British radio British television British music This is a list of events in British radio during 2007. Events January 2 January – Central Tonight sports presenter Sarah-Jane Mee joins 100.7 Heart FM as a breakfast show presenter alongside Ed James. She had briefly presented the show in Summer 2006 while James's then co-host Helen Kennedy was on maternity leave.http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2006/12/05/sarah-jane-returns-to-heart-fm-for-breakfast-97319-18211644/ Sarah-Jane returns to Heart FM for breakfast Birmingham Mail 5 December 2006 6 January 2012 21 January – Your Hundred Best Tunes is broadcast on BBC Radio 2 for the final time after 47 years on air. 28 January – Alan Titchmarsh joins BBC Radio 2 to present Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You on Sunday evenings, replacing Your Hundred Best Tunes.http://radiotoday.co.uk/2007/01/titchmarsh-gets-weekly-r2-show/ Titchmarsh gets weekly R2 show Radio Today 10 January 2007 11 February 2012 Undated in January – The Channel 4 Radio brand is launched by Channel 4 as an online service.Channel 4 to challenge the BBC in digital radio https://web.archive.org/web/20110613145711/http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=1717 13 June 2011 , DTG News, 7 June 2006 It lasts until October 2008. February Undated in February – North Yorkshire station Fresh Radio begins broadcasting on FM in the more populated parts of its broadcast area. Fresh begins broadcasting on FM in Richmond on 11 February 2007 and to the Wharfedale area a week later. 17 February – BBC Radio 3 makes major changes to its schedule. These include Rob Cowan replacing Penny Gore as breakfast presenter and an extended weekday afternoon show which will run from 2pm until the start of In Tune at 5pm. The programmes previously broadcast at 4pm will be axed with one of those – Choral Evensong – moving to Sunday afternoons. The changes also see a reduction in the number of live concerts with live broadcasts replaced by pre-recorded concerts.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/dec/21/radio.musicnews Radio 3 gets schedule shakeup Ben Dowell 21 December 2006 The Guardian 19 September 2018 March 5 March – The Coventry University students union radio station Source Radio launches to Coventry on 1431AM.http://www.coventry.ac.uk/cu/d/631/#3221 Source Radio AM Launch in Coventry University's FOCUS newsletter 1 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110615201208/http://www.coventry.ac.uk/cu/d/631/#3221 15 June 2011 dead Lucy Lynch Student radio will reach more ears http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_method=full%26objectid=18722619%26siteid=50003-name_page.html Coventry Evening Telegraph 7 March 2007 1 April 2010 The station, under the management of Kat Page, celebrates the occasion with a special programme presented live from the Student's Union nightclub, FiftyFour. Source was launched on AM to fill the gap left by youth station Kix 96 after it was rebranded as Touch Radio and adopted an adult contemporary format. 21 March – It is confirmed that former Radio 2 presenter Lynn Parsons and ex-Capital host Mike Allen will join 102.2 Smooth Radio which launches on 26 March. The line-up will also include Graham Dene, Mark Goodier, Kevin Greening, Martin Collins and Nick Barraclough.http://radiotoday.co.uk/2007/03/parsons-and-allen-join-smooth/ Parsons and Allen join Smooth Radio Today 21 March 2007 26 January 2012 Mark Goodier will present his first daily radio show for more than a decade on the station. 26 March – All Smooth Radio and Saga Radio are relaunched as the Smooth Network. 29 March – BBC Radio WM presenter Tony Butler apologises to listeners following comments he made on air the previous day about women and the armed forces. Speaking about the Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel, which included a female officer, he said women should not be in war zones and, that were she decapitated, "it would serve her right". http://www.thefreelibrary.com/If+she+gets+her+head+chopped+off,+it+will+serve+her+right%3B+EXCLUSIVE...-a0161338376 If she gets her head chopped off, it will serve her right; what BBC presenter said about mum Faye Anuji Varma The Sunday Mercury Trinity Mirror 1 May 2007 18 October 2013 April 4 April – Broadcaster Bob Harris announces he will take a break from his Radio 2 shows while he receives treatment for prostate cancer. 10 April – Les Ross takes over the weekday afternoon show on BBC Radio WM. 16 April – The first Radcliffe and Maconie Show presented by Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie is aired on Radio 2. April – Fresh Radio switches off two of its three AM frequencies following the start of broadcasts on FM. The MW transmitter based in Hawes, which covers the sparsely populated areas of the Yorkshire Dales, remains on air. May 20 May – Time 107.3 is relaunched as South London Radio. June 25 June – It is announced that the Heart Network along with its sister stations The Arrow, LBC and Galaxy are to be sold for £170 million to Global Radio from Chrysalis Radio. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/06/25/bcnchrys125.xml https://web.archive.org/web/20080108152234/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fmoney%2F2007%2F06%2F25%2Fbcnchrys125.xml dead 8 January 2008 Chrysalis sells three radio stations The Daily Telegraph 25 June 2007 18 December 2009 Emma Thelwell London 30 June – Journalist Stephanie Flanders presents an edition of BBC Radio 4's Archive Hour about her father's career, titled Flanders on Flanders. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6253824.stm BBC Re-discovering my father 29 June 2007 23 March 2011 July No events August 3 August – All stations in the Classic Gold and Capital Gold networks are replaced by a new network called simply Gold, the result of the merger of the Classic Gold and Capital Gold networks under one owner, GCap Media. 11 August – BBC Radio Cleveland is rebranded as BBC Tees due to its broadcasting area no longer being associated with the name Cleveland. 13 August – Concern is expressed for Radio 2 presenter Sarah Kennedy following her slurred speech throughout the day's edition of her Dawn Patrol programme. Blaming a sore throat, she presents the following day's show as normal, before taking a month-long break, leaving the show to be presented by colleagues Pete Mitchell, Alex Lester, Aled Jones and Richard Allinson.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6944878.stm Entertainment | Slurring presenter blames illness BBC BBC News 13 August 2007 14 February 2012 It is later reported that Kennedy was recovering from pneumonia, http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2309436.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20110617005917/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2309436.ece dead 17 June 2011 Foot in mouth Times Online Paul Donovan 26 August 2007 14 February 2012 London and she returns to work on 10 September. 23 August – GMG Radio confirms that Mark Goodier's mid-morning show on 102.2 Smooth Radio will be syndicated across other Smooth stations in the network from September.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/aug/23/radio Goodier Smooth show will be networked Plunkett John 23 August 2007 Media Guardian The Guardian 24 January 2012 31 August – In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live's Simon Mayo, television writer Jimmy McGovern describes the BBC as "one of the most racist institutions in England" because of the lack of ethnic people in prominent positions. The BBC responds by saying it is "actively seeking and nurturing ethnic talents both on and off the air."http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6973335.stm TV's McGovern calls BBC 'racist' BBC BBC News 31 August 2007 19 March 2014 August Following a complaint from the Royal Household about the misrepresentation of the Queen in a BBC documentary, Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC, in a public purging exercise, singles out DJ Liz Kershaw's BBC Radio 6 Music show as one in which some broadcasts aired as live were in fact pre-recorded and that members of the production team had passed themselves off as listeners texting and emailing into competitions.Pierce Andrew BBC staff suspended over phone-in scandal The Daily Telegraph London 2007-07-23 Pirate BBC Essex makes its second broadcast, to mark the 40th anniversary of the closing of the pirate stations by the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967. It once again broadcasts on the MW frequencies of BBC Essex. September 12 September – CTR 105.6 is rebranded as KMFM Maidstone. 17 September – BBC Radio 3's breakfast programme is renamed from Mornings on 3 to Breakfast. 25 September – Heat Radio re-launches with presenters and showbiz news throughout the day, having previously been a music only service.Exciting news: Heat Radio has JUST launched! http://www.heatworld.com/Fun-Stuff/2007/09/Exciting-news-heat-radio-has-JUST-launched/ Heatworld 25 September 2007 2 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120226052933/http://www.heatworld.com/Fun-Stuff/2007/09/Exciting-news-heat-radio-has-JUST-launched/ 26 February 2012 dead dmy-all 30 September – BBC Radio 1 celebrates its 40th birthday.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/established1967 Radio 1 Established 1967 bbc.co.uk 18 December 2009 October 8 October – BRMB is criticised by media watchdog Ofcom for running a competition "in a manner designed to obscure the true nature of the prize" after they had invited listeners to enter a contest to watch the 2007 UEFA Champions League final in Athens in May. The venue had turned out to be a Greek restaurant in Birmingham named Athens rather than the Greek capital, something Ofcom describes as a "serious breach" of its broadcasting regulations.Chris Tryhorn https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/oct/08/radio1 Radio prize was all Greek to listeners The Guardian 8 October 2007 27 August 2023 19 October – Michael Parkinson announces he will leave his Sunday morning Radio 2 show, Parkinson's Sunday Supplement after 11 years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7053090.stm Parkinson leaves his Radio 2 show BBC News 19 October 2007 18 December 2009 He presented his last show in December. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7163710.stm Parkinson bows out with honour BBC News 29 December 2007 18 December 2009 28 October – Original 106, the last new commercial FM licence to be issued by Ofcom launched, broadcasting to Aberdeen and north east Scotland. 31 October – The BBC issues an apology following comments made by Sarah Kennedy on her Dawn Patrol show the previous week. In a segment about the importance of wearing visible clothing in winter road conditions, she joked that she had almost run over a black pedestrian because she couldn't see him in the dark. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7071592.stm BBC apologises for 'racial slur' BBC News 31 October 2007 14 February 2012 November No events December 1 December – Having returned to Bob Harris Country in November, Bob Harris returns to his Saturday evening show. 3 December – BBC Somerset Sound is rebranded as BBC Somerset and becomes available on FM for the first time.BBC Somerset goes FM, 2007-11-20 17 December – Several Welsh radio stations owned by Town and Country Broadcasting say they will boycott The 2007 X Factor winner Leon Jackson's debut single, When You Believe amid suggestions that phone line issues resulted in Jackson's rival, Welshman Rhydian Roberts losing out to him in the final. The stations concerned are Bridge FM, Swansea Bay Radio, Radio Carmarthenshire, Radio Pembrokeshire and Scarlet FM.https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a81824/welsh-stations-ban-leons-debut-single.html Welsh stations ban Leon's debut single – X Factor News – TV Digital Spy 17 December 2007 12 February 2012 18 December – BBC Radio 1 is forced to backtrack on a decision to begin playing a censored version of The Pogues' 1987 Christmas hit Fairytale of New York. The song which sees Kirsty MacColl and Shane MacGowan trading insults has the words "faggot" and "slut" edited out to "avoid offence", but after a day of criticism from listeners, the band, and MacColl's mother, the decision is reversed and the original version played in full. The Daily Telegraph Telegraph Media Group 18 December 2007 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/18/npogues118.xml https://web.archive.org/web/20071218171238/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F12%2F18%2Fnpogues118.xml dead 18 December 2007 BBC censors The Pogues' Christmas classic 16 December 2012BBC News 18 December 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7150693.stm Radio 1 backs down in Pogues row] BBC 16 December 2012 21 December – Simon Mayo presents The Radio 2 Music Club Introduces Adele, a programme featuring recently recorded material from Adele, who releases her debut album in January 2008.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f9edb43f365041ada2bc654e60efbed7 The Radio 2 Music Club Introduces Adele – BBC Radio 2 – 21 December 2007 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 19 September 2018 23 December – The A List ends after less than two years. The chart, which had focussed on adult contemporary music, had been aired on Heart, Real Radio and Century FM. Station debuts February – Harborough FM 5 March – Source Radio (Coventry-wide on AM) 26 March – 100.4 Smooth Radio operates in North West England. 102.2 Smooth Radio operates in London 105.2 Smooth Radio – Glasgow 106.6 Smooth Radio – East Midlands 105.7 Smooth Radio airs in the West Midlands 16 April – Life FM (Harlesden) 20 May – Original 106.5 (Bristol) 8 June – NE1fm 11 June – Minster Northallerton 6 August – Future Radio 3 September – Radio Scilly 5 October – Seaside FM 8 October – Radio Cardiff 18 October – BRfm 28 October – Original 106 (Aberdeen) 10 December – Phoenix Radio 14 December – Sunshine Radio (FM) December – Chaine FM Unknown – Aberdeen Student Radio Unknown – Insight Radio Programme debuts 10 January – Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking on BBC Radio 4 (2007–2009) 2 April – The Dream Ticket with George Lamb on BBC 6 Music (2007) 16 April – The Radcliffe and Maconie Show on BBC Radio 2 (on BBC 6 Music from 2011) (2007–Present) 23 April – The Unbelievable Truth on BBC Radio 4 (2007–Present) 25 June – Hut 33 on BBC Radio 4 (2007–2009) 5 September – The Lawrence Sweeney Mix on BBC Radio 4 (2007–2008) September – The Dream Ticket with Shaun Keaveny on BBC 6 Music (2007) 1 October – Fags, Mags and Bags on BBC Radio 4 (2007–2020) 22 October – The Dream Ticket with Gideon Coe on BBC 6 Music (2007) Continuing radio programmes 1940s Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018) Desert Island Discs (1942–Present) Woman's Hour (1946–Present) A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present) 1950s The Archers (1950–Present) The Today Programme (1957–Present) 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) You and Yours (1970–Present) I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972–Present) Good Morning Scotland (1973–Present) Newsbeat (1973–Present) File on 4 (1977–Present) Money Box (1977–Present) The News Quiz (1977–Present) Feedback (1979–Present) The Food Programme (1979–Present) Science in Action (1979–Present) 1980s Steve Wright in the Afternoon (1981–1993, 1999–2022) In Business (1983–Present) Sounds of the 60s (1983–Present) Loose Ends (1986–Present) 1990s The Moral Maze (1990–Present) Essential Selection (1991–Present) Wake Up to Wogan (1993–2009) Essential Mix (1993–Present) Up All Night (1994–Present) Wake Up to Money (1994–Present) Private Passions (1995–Present) The David Jacobs Collection (1996–2013) Sunday Night at 10 (1998–2013) In Our Time (1998–Present) Material World (1998–Present) Scott Mills (1998–2022) The Now Show (1998–Present) Jonathan Ross (1999–2010) 2000s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (2000–Present) Big John @ Breakfast (2000–Present) Sounds of the 70s (2000–2008, 2009–Present) Jammin' (2001–2008) Go4It (2001–2009) The Jo Whiley Show (2001–2011) Kermode and Mayo's Film Review (2001–2022) The Big Toe Radio Show (2002–2011) A Kist o Wurds (2002–Present) Fighting Talk (2003–Present) Jeremy Vine (2003–Present) The Chris Moyles Show (2004–2012) Annie Mac (2004–2021) Elaine Paige on Sunday (2004–Present) The Geoff Show (2006–2008) The Russell Brand Show (2006–2008, 2010, 2013, 2017) Chris Evans Drivetime (2006–2009) The Bottom Line (2006–Present) The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show (2006–Present) The Unbelievable Truth (2006–Present) Ending this year January – The Dream Ticket with Joe Mace (2006–2007) 21 January – Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007) 22 February – Trevor's World of Sport (2004–2007) 17 March – Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (2001–2007) April – The Dream Ticket with Shaun Keaveny (2007) 15 May – Dead Ringers (2000–2007, 2014–Present) 16 May – No Commitments (1992–2007) 9 August – The Personality Test (2006–2007) 18 August – The Day the Music Died (2003–2007) 18 October – The Dream Ticket with George Lamb (2007) 22 October – The Dream Ticket (2002–2007) 12 December – Parkinson's Sunday Supplement (1996–2007) Closing this year Date Station Debut29 January River FM200323 MarchSaga 105.2 FM 2005Saga 105.7 FM2001Saga 106.6 FM 2003102.2 Smooth FM2005100.4 Smooth FM200427 March 3C19985 October Radio Music Shop2006 Deaths 16 February – Sheridan Morley, 65, author, biographer, critic, director, actor and broadcaster http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1397577.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20070224133231/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1397577.ece dead 24 February 2007 Broadcaster and critic Sheridan Morley dies The Times 16 February 2007 18 December 2009 London Sam Knight 13 June – David Hatch, 68, radio executive and broadcaster 31 July – R. D. Wingfield, 79, radio dramatist and detective novelist 1 October – Ned Sherrin, 76, broadcaster, author and stage director https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/02/nsherrin102.xml&CMP=OTC-mostviewedrss Veteran broadcaster Ned Sherrin dies of cancer The Telegraph 2 October 2007 18 December 2009 London Gary ClelandAugust 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes 18 October – Mark Tavener, 53, scriptwriter 28 October – Anthony Clare, 64, psychiatrist and broadcasterhttp://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKL3059702520071030 https://web.archive.org/web/20071217213308/http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKL3059702520071030 dead 17 December 2007 Reuters Psychiatrist and broadcaster Anthony Clare dies 18 December 2009 30 October 2007 30 December – Kevin Greening, 44, radio presenter who co-hosted the Radio 1 breakfast show (1997–1998)Kevin Young http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7165356.stm Ex-BBC DJ Greening dies aged 44 30 December 2007 BBC News 18 December 2009 References Radio British Radio, 2007 In Category:Years in British radio