2001 in British radio

none October 2023 2001 British radio British television British music This is a list of events in British radio during 2001. Events January 31 January – BBC Radio 2 begins broadcasting the eight-part series, Kirsty MacColl's Cuba, which was postponed as a mark of respect following her death in December 2000.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1147046.stm ENTERTAINMENT | Postponed MacColl series airs BBC News 2001-02-01 2018-01-14 February 16 February – Simon Mayo hosts his final show on BBC Radio 1 having been with the station since 1986. 19 February – Jo Whiley begins presenting her weekday morning programme, The Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 1. March to April No events May 4 May – Talksport secures rights to broadcast Premier League games for the first time after the Radio Authority grants the station permission to broadcast games involving Chelsea, Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur on their London transmitters only.MEDIA BRIEFS: Premiership games live on Talksport https://web.archive.org/web/20120323125721/http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/109660/MEDIA-BRIEFS-Premiership-games-live-Talksport 2012-03-23 PR Week, 4 May 2001 Later, Talksport secures similar deals with Everton, Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City for their transmitters in Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire following approval from the Radio Authority. The station also has the ability to split their transmitters in the West Midlands for games involving Aston Villa but this never comes to fruition. 10 May – For the first time, BBC Radio 2 becomes the UK's most listened to radio station, overtaking BBC Radio 1.2001-05-10 Radio 2 is top UK radio station http://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/may/10/broadcasting.bbc 2022-11-15 The Guardian en It holds this position ever since. June 28 June – Chris Evans is dismissed by Virgin Radio for repeatedly failing to arrive at work. Evans is replaced by Steve Penk, whom Evans criticises for his age – 39 versus Evans's 35 at this time.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1418594.stm Penk replaces Evans at Virgin Radio BBC News 2001-07-02 2009-12-30 Evans subsequently attempts to sue Virgin Radio, claiming that he was unfairly dismissed and denied share options worth £8.6 millionhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1711049.stm Evans sues for lost Virgin shares BBC News 2001-12-14 2009-12-30 but in 2003 is found to have been fairly dismissed and not entitled to the share options.https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2003/1423.html Christopher Evans v SMG Television et al. Royal Courts of Justice 2003-06-23 2009-12-30 July No events August Undated in August – The KM Group take full control of Neptune Radio and CTFM. September 11 September – Following today's terrorist attacks on the United States, and the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York City live on television, most broadcasters abandon regular programming in order to provide up to date coverage of unfolding events. Undated in September – KM Group rebrands its newly acquired Mercury FM stations as KMFM West Kent and KMFM Medway. October 1 October – BBC Radio 2 starts broadcasting a weekly album chart show. The one-hour programme is broadcast on Monday evenings and is presented by Simon Mayo.2001-07-20 Simon Mayo to front R2 album chart http://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/jul/20/broadcasting.bbc 2022-11-15 the Guardian en 4 October – Premier Christian Radio receives an official warning from the Radio Authority for broadcasting "items that were offensive to people of other, non-Christian beliefs".Notes of Radio Authority Meeting, Radio Authority, 4 October 2001. 16 October – Saga 105.7 FM, the first radio station dedicated to the over-50s, is launched in Birmingham. Undated in October BBC London Live changes its name to BBC London 94.9. BBC Three Counties Radio launches opt-out programming for the county of Buckinghamshire. The Sky News Radio service is expanded to provide hourly news bulletins, audio and scripts for a number of clients in the commercial radio sector. November 2 November – It is reported that police are to examine an edition of BBC Radio 2's Jimmy Young Show broadcast on 31 October to decide whether comments made on the programme by Abdul Haq, a spokesman for the extremist Muslim group al-Muhajiroun amount to incitement. Haq said he and other Muslims would "continue to struggle and strive until we see the flag of Islam flying over 10 Downing Street". The show has drawn over 200 complaints. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1361251/Police-study-Jimmy-Young-Show-after-incitement-complaints.html Police study Jimmy Young Show after 'incitement' complaints Daily Telegraph 2 November 2001 18 December 2009 Tom LeonardNick Higham http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1633036.stm The media battles on BBC BBC News 1 November 2001 28 October 2018 24 November – On the tenth anniversary of Freddie Mercury's death, BBC Radio 2 airs The Mercury Tapes, a programme featuring recently discovered recordings made by David Wigg in which he talks to the Queen frontman about his life and music.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/53b7f70279134e69bf644fe835530c4d The Mercury Tapes – BBC Radio 2 – 24 November 2001 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 14 October 2018 25 November – After 42 years on air, Sing Something Simple broadcasts for the final time. The programme ends partly because of Cliff Adams's death on 22 October and partly because of Radio 2's repositioning to appeal to the former Radio 1 audience. A tribute to Cliff Adams is broadcast five weeks later.BBC Genome Project – BBC Radio 2 listings 30 December 2001 December 17 December – Release of the Gordon Haskell song "How Wonderful You Are" which is issued as a single after mass promotion by BBC Radio 2 where it becomes a favourite of listeners after being played on the Johnnie Walker show. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1366185/And-then-they-go-and-spoil-it-all-for-Gordon-Haskell.html And then they go and spoil it all for Gordon Haskell Daily Telegraph 24 December 2001 19 December 2009 Richard Eden The song becomes the most requested song of all time at the station and the Christmas number-two in the UK charts. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1755394.stm Haskell's 'old school' rules BBC News 13 January 2002 19 December 2009 20 December – Enda Caldwell presents Atlantic 252's final live programme before the station goes off air after twelve years. It continues with an automated output for a few weeks before finally ending in January 2002. 25 December – Classic FM broadcasts its Nation's Favourite Christmas Carol countdown for the first time. Undated in December – The eight medium wave Magic stations in northern England begin networking 10am2pm and 7pm6am with the London station Magic 105.4 providing the programmes. Station debuts 1 March – 107.8 Radio Jackie 3 March – Hertbeat FM 31 March – Bright 106.4 30 May – Castle Rock FM 3 June – Compass FM 16 June – KCR 106.7 4 July – Quay West 107.4 (2001–2010) 27 July – Energy FM 16 October – Saga 105.7 FM (2001–2007) 23 October – Lakeland Radio 31 October – Mix 107 5 November – 3TR FM (2001–2010) Unknown Fusion FM Garrison FM Programme debuts 28 January – Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections on BBC Radio 2 (2001–2007) 31 January – Kirsty MacColl's Cuba on BBC Radio 2 (2001) 19 February – The Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 1 (2001–2009) 4 April – The Leopard in Autumn on BBC Radio 4 (2001–2002) 15 April – Go4It on BBC Radio 4 (2001–2009) 16 May – Dave Podmore's Cricket Fix on BBC Radio 4 (2001–2020) June – Comedy Album Heroes on BBC Radio 4 (2001–2003) 12 July – Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting on BBC Radio 4 (2001–2002) 28 July – Jammin' on BBC Radio 2 (2001–2008) 14 August – The Right Time on BBC Radio 4 (2001–2004)The Right Time British Comedy Guide https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/the_right_time/ 2023-07-04 24 August – Great Lives on BBC Radio 4 (2001–Present) 16 October The Boosh on BBC Radio 4 (2001) Think the Unthinkable on BBC Radio 4 (2001–2005) 17 October – Say the Word on BBC Radio 4 (2001) Unknown – Kermode and Mayo's Film Review on BBC Radio 5 Live (2001–2022) Continuing radio programmes 1940s Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018) Desert Island Discs (1942–Present) 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) 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) 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) No Commitments (1992–2007) The Pepsi Chart (1993–2002) 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) Parkinson's Sunday Supplement (1996–2007) The David Jacobs Collection (1996–2013) Westway (1997–2005) The 99p Challenge (1998–2004) Puzzle Panel (1998–2005) Drivetime with Johnnie Walker (1998–2006) Sunday Night at 10 (1998–2013) In Our Time (1998–Present) Material World (1998–Present) Scott Mills (1998–2022) The Now Show (1998–Present) The Attractive Young Rabbi (1999–2002) It's Been a Bad Week (1999–2006) Jonathan Ross (1999–2010) 2000s Dead Ringers (2000–2007, 2014–Present) BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (2000–Present) Sounds of the 70s (2000–2008, 2009–Present) The Human Zoo (2000–2002) Little Britain (2000–2002) Big John @ Breakfast (2000–Present) Ending this year 20 January – Saturday Night Jack (2000–2001) March – The Big Booth (2000–2001) 21 March – Kirsty MacColl's Cuba (2001) 8 November – The News Huddlines (1975–2001) 20 November – The Boosh (2001) 25 November – Sing Something Simple (1959–2001) Closing this year Oxygen FM Deaths 21 February – Ronnie Hilton, 75, radio presenter 27 March – Irene Thomas, 80, radio personality 26 April – Bryon Butler, 66, football correspondent 13 July – Eleanor Summerfield, 80, actress and radio panel show member 30 July – John Walters, 62, radio music producer and jazz trumpeter 1 September – Brian Moore, 69, football commentator 8 October – Laurie Macmillan, 54, Scottish-born radio newsreader and continuity announcer 22 October – Cliff Adams, 77, musician and bandleaderhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/nov/01/guardianobituaries Cliff Adams obituary The Guardian 1 November 2001 18 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091204171853/http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2001/nov/01/guardianobituaries 4 December 2009 live See also 2001 in British music 2001 in British television 2001 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 2001 References Radio British Radio, 2001 In Category:Years in British radio