1966 in British radio

none October 2023 1966 British radio British television British music This is a list of events from British radio in 1966. Events January 20 January – Radio Caroline ship Mi Amigo loses its anchor in a storm, drifts and runs aground on the beach at Frinton-on-Sea. February No events March No events April 17 April – The first regular stereo radio transmissions begin, on FM from the Wrotham transmitter and initially for the BBC Third Programme.Jonathan Hill Old Radio Sets Princes Risborough Shire Publications 1993 0-7478-0219-X Shire Album 295 31 May 3 May – Pirate radio stations Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio commence broadcasting on AM, with a combined potential 100,000 watts, from the same ship (MV Olga Patricia) anchored off the south coast of England in international waters. June 20 June – Radio City affair: Major Oliver Smedley and a team board Shivering Sands Army Fort off the Kent coast, home of Radio City (pirate radio station) (run by Reginald Calvert), to repossess a transmitter supplied but not paid for. The next day, Calvert visits Smedley's home in Saffron Walden over the issue and is shot dead in a struggle.Pirate Radio: Then and Now Mike von Joel Stuart Henry Blandford Press Poole 1984 0-7137-1497-2 July No events August No events September 27 September – Irish radio personality Terry Wogan makes his debut on the BBC, broadcasting on the Light Programme. October 27 October – Welsh writer and broadcaster Gwyn Thomas makes a notable tribute to the children of Aberfan following the Aberfan disaster of 21 October, broadcast across the UK on the BBC Home Service's Today morning programme.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gmpcf Gwyn Thomas on Aberfan, 1966 BBC 2020-05-06 November No events December No events Unknown Britain's first student radio station, the University of Kent's UKC Radio is founded, initially as an audio feed through the radiator system. It airs until 2006. Station debuts 3 May Swinging Radio England (1966) Britain Radio (1966–1967) 4 June – Radio 270 (1966–1967) Autumn – UKC Radio (1966–Present) Programme debuts 7 January (pilot); 23 April (series run) – Listen to This Space on the BBC Home Service (1966–1967)Andy Walmsley That Was the Week – Part 1 Random radio jottings http://andywalmsley.blogspot.com/2015/03/that-was-week-part-1.html 2015-03-17 2023-12-24Nicholas Parsons: With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation: My Life in Comedy Nicholas Parsons Nicholas Parsons Random House 2010 978-1-907-19522-8 25 March –The Embassy Lark on the BBC Light Programme (1966–1968) Continuing radio programmes 1940s Music While You Work (1940–1967)Music While You Work https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/june/music-while-you-work/ www.bbc.com 1 November 2024 Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018) Desert Island Discs (1942–Present) Family Favourites (1945–1980) Down Your Way (1946–1992) Have A Go (1946–1967) Housewives' Choice (1946–1967) Letter from America (1946–2004) Woman's Hour (1946–Present) Twenty Questions (1947–1976) Any Questions? (1948–Present) The Dales (1948–1969) Billy Cotton Band Show (1949–1968) A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present) 1950s The Archers (1950–Present) Listen with Mother (1950–1982) From Our Own Correspondent (1955–Present) Pick of the Pops (1955–Present) The Clitheroe Kid (1957–1972) My Word! (1957–1988) Test Match Special (1957–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) Easy Beat (1960–1967) In Touch (1961–Present) The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977) I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1964–1973) Petticoat Line (1965–1979) Round the Horne (1965–1968) The World at One (1965–Present) Births 19 January – Henry Naylor, comedy writer-performer and director 8 February – Sarah Montague, journalist and broadcast presenter 11 March – Paddy O'Connell, broadcast presenter 1 April – Chris Evans, disc jockey and television presenter 12 July – Tamsin Greig, actress 2 August – Jamie Crick, radio music presenter (died 2023) 25 August – Tracy-Ann Oberman, actress 31 August – Alice Oswald, BBC Radio 4 poet in residence 9 September – Nikki Bedi, née Moolgaoker, broadcast presenter 15 September – Claire Sturgess, disc jockey and voiceover artist 26 October – Judge Jules (Julius O'Riordan), dance music disc jockey and producer 30 November – Andy Parsons, comedy writer-performer 31 December – Carlos (Carl Emms), disc jockey Daljit Nagra, BBC Radio 4 poet in residence Alan Smith, radio news presenter Deaths 11 April – A. B. Campbell, naval officer and broadcaster (born 1881) 2 June – Stephen King-Hall, naval officer, politician and broadcaster (born 1893) 21 July – A. G. Street, broadcaster on country matters (born 1892) 2 December – Giles Cooper, broadcast dramatist (born 1918) See also 1966 in British music 1966 in British television 1966 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1966 References Radio Category:Years in British radio