1982 in British radio

none October 2023 1982 British radio British television British music This is a list of events in British radio during 1982. Events January 2 January – Sue Townsend's comic character Adrian Mole is introduced to a national audience in a radio play, The Diary of Nigel Mole Aged 13¾ [sic.], in BBC Radio 4's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand.Contemporary Dramatists https://books.google.com/books?id=rkkOAQAAMAAJ 1993 St. James Press 978-1-55862-185-5 659 10 January – Tommy Vance replaces Tony Blackburn as host of Radio 1's Top 40 show. 18 January – Gloria Hunniford joins BBC Radio 2 to host the lunchtime show.BBC programme Index – BBC Radio 2 listings 18 January 1982 February 27 February – BBC Radio 1 broadcasts the final editions of Junior Choice and Playground. March 1 March – Chiltern Radio's broadcast area expands when it begins broadcasting to the Bedford area. 6 March – Following the ending of Junior Choice, the BBC Radio 1 weekend breakfast show is renamed The Saturday Show/The Sunday Show. Children's requests continue to be a mainstay of the renamed show and Maggie Philbin and Keith Chegwin join Tony Blackburn as co-presenters. April April – At the start of the Falklands War, Portsmouth-based Radio Victory begins 24-hour broadcasting. 9–10 April – BBC Radio 1 broadcasts a non-stop Marathon Music Quiz. Featuring two teams, Radio 1 and the Music Industry, it is scheduled to run continuously for 26 hours and 385 minutes, with Mike Read as quizmaster for the entire quiz. The overnight portion is broadcast live.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_one/1982-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20221217102900/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_one/1982-04-09 dead 17 December 2022 BBC Radio 1 listings 9 April 1982 BBC Programme Index 2022-12-17 May 25 May – BBC Radio Carlisle expands to cover all of Cumbria and is renamed accordingly. As part of the expansion, BBC Radio Furness launches as an opt-out service. 30–31 May – BBC Radio York is permitted to provide a temporary service to cover Pope John Paul II's visit to York. The service, which runs for just over 24 hours, operates on what will become BBC Radio York's MW frequency when the station launches in July 1983, and is simulcast on BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio Cleveland, BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Radio Sheffield.https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/20236139.harry-gration-day-pope-visited-york/ Harry Gration and the day the Pope visited York Megi Rychlikova The Press York 2022-06-25 2022-06-25 June to August No events. September 20 September – Former BRMB presenter Ed Doolan joins the lineup at BBC Radio WM.https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/best-friend-les-ross-reveals-14165896 Best friend Les Ross reveals fellow radio star Ed Doolan's final wish Graham Young 17 January 2018 Trinity Mirror 17 January 2018 Birmingham Mail 28 September – The BBC World Service becomes available to UK listeners for the first time, albeit only in southeast England, following the move of transmissions of the World Service from Crowborough to Orfordness.Crowborough – a History October 1 October – After 32 years on air, Listen with Mother is broadcast for the final time. It is replaced by a shorter five-minute lunchtime programme called Listening Corner. November 6 November – Saxon Radio begins broadcasting to the Bury St. Edmunds area. This is the first station to network most of its output from another, in this case, Radio Orwell in Ipswich. Undated in November – Christa Ackroyd becomes the UK's first female radio news editor when she takes over the news editor role at Radio Aire.Radio Aire archiveJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot Archived Look North profile, BBC December 3 December – BBC Radio 1 and 2 simulcast for the final time. 4 December – The transmission time that BBC Radio 1 lost in March 1980 is regained. Programmes once again begin at 6am with Mike Smith returning to the station – he had been a presenter and producer in the mid 1970s – to present the new weekday early show. Weekend early shows are introduced, and the station also recommences Saturday evening broadcasting with Janice Long and Gary Davies joining to present the new shows. Programming is also extended by two hours on Sunday evenings with Annie Nightingale's request show returning to the airwaves after a nine-year hiatus. Thus, Radio 1 is now on air daily from 6am until midnight.BBC Genome Project – Radio 1 listings 6 December 1982 31 December – Regional programming on BBC Radio 4 ends with the final edition of Morning Sou'West, which broadcasts ahead of the launch of BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radio Cornwall. Station debuts 23 February – Moray Firth Radio 15 March – BBC Radio Guernsey 16 March – BBC Radio Jersey 1 May – BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 25 May – BBC Radio Furness 4 October – Radio Wyvern 5 October – Red Rose Radio 12 October – Wiltshire Radio 6 November – Saxon Radio Programme debuts C'mon Midffîld! on BBC Radio Cymru (transfers to television 1988) The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket on BBC Radio 2 (1982–1989)Programme Index The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=The+Random+Jottings+of+Hinge+and+Bracket#top https://web.archive.org/web/20220129110114/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=The+Random+Jottings+of+Hinge+and+Bracket#top dead 29 January 2022 BBC Genome Project BBC 2024-10-28 December – Paddington Bear on BBC Radio 4 (1982) 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) Ending this year 27 February – Junior Choice (launched as Children's Favourites in 1954) 1 October – Listen with Mother (1950–1982) Births 4 May – John Robins, comedian and radio presenter 25 September – Matt Chorley, political journalist and broadcaster Unknown – Susanne Courtney, singer and radio personality Deaths 26 June – Sandy Powell, comedian (born 1900) 16 November – Arthur Askey, comedian (born 1900) See also 1982 in British music 1982 in British television 1982 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1982 References Radio British Radio, 1982 In Category:Years in British radio