2005 in British radio

none October 2023 2005 British radio British television British music This is a list of events in British radio during 2005. Events January 17 January – 268 radio stations, including national stations Classic FM and Virgin Radio, join together to broadcast UK Radio Aid, a twelve-hour event to raise money for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. February to April No events May 23 May – As BBC staff stage a one-day strike over announced job cuts, Terry Wogan crosses the picket line to present his show.O'Carroll, Lisa Deans, Jason Day, Julia amp TV stars: why we crossed BBC picket line Guardian Unlimited 23 May 2005 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/23/broadcasting.bbc2 31 December 2009 June 5–10 June – BBC Radio 3 clears its airwaves for almost an entire week to broadcast the music of a single composer – Ludwig van Beethoven.Radio 3 clears the air for Beethoven. This is followed up at the end of the year with ten days of non-stop Johann Sebastian Bach which is broadcast in the run-up to Christmas.Christmas with Bach 2005-12-12 The Guardian London https://web.archive.org/web/20220817135030/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/dec/12/classicalmusicandopera.jsbach1 2022-08-17 live https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/dec/12/classicalmusicandopera.jsbach1 21 June – Emap buys Scottish Radio Holdings.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jun/21/emap.citynews Emap snaps up Scottish Radio Holdings Stephen Brook The Guardian 21 June 2005 28 December 2014 July 7 July – 7 July 2005 London bombings: Four terrorist suicide bombings strike London's public transport system during the morning rush hour (killing 56), receiving extensive media coverage. The BBC sticks with initial reports of a power surge on the London Underground until actual events can be corroborated.Some of our competitors talked immediately of 90 dead. They talked about three bus bombs. That was off a range of various wire services and it was complete speculation and we wouldn't go with that. We would be careful – we would try to check things out. Matt Wells https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/sep/12/mondaymediasection.tvnews Interview with Helen Boaden The Guardian London 2005-09-12 2014-04-23 25 July – London's 102.2 Smooth FM signs a three-year deal with Chelsea F.C. to provide exclusive match coverage of the club's games until the end of the 2007–08 season.https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/chelsea-smooth-fm-broadcast-deal/511320 Chelsea in Smooth FM broadcast deal Campaign Live 25 July 2005 19 May 2018 August No events September 8–12 September – BBC Radio 5 Live devotes its daytime schedule to broadcast extensive live coverage of the deciding Ashes cricket match.Cricket mania sweeps 5 Live 2005-09-02 The Guardian https://web.archive.org/web/20230405110035/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/sep/02/bbc.radio 2023-04-05 live https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/sep/02/bbc.radio October c. 18 October – Pirate radio stations broadcasting to the Handsworth and Lozells districts of Birmingham, most notably Hot 92, discuss an alleged rape, a contributory factor in the 2005 Birmingham riots.Hugh Muir Riazat Butt https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/24/race.ukcrime A rumour, outrage and then a riot. How tension in a Birmingham suburb erupted The Guardian London 2005-10-24 2023-04-17 31 October – Actress Mary Wimbush dies, aged 81, at The Mailbox studios of BBC Birmingham shortly after completing work on a recording session for The Archers.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1853540,00.html https://archive.today/20110604015201/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1853540,00.html dead 4 June 2011 Mary Wimbush obituary The Times London 2 November 2005 2015-12-21 November 25 November – The UK's first Islamic radio station, Islam Radio, is established in Bradford, West Yorkshire. http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=10244 Islamic radio to be launched Muslim News Mark Casci 24 November 2005 19 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110927212823/http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=10244 27 September 2011 dead dmy-all December No events Station debuts 21 February – Chill 7 June – 102.2 Smooth Radio 3 October – KMFM Ashford 1 November – Aston FM 25 November – Islam Radio 5 December – 102.6 & 106.8 Durham FM Programme debuts 7 January – Ed Reardon's Week on BBC Radio 4 (2005–Present) 4 August – The Ape That Got Lucky on BBC Radio 4 (4–25 August 2005) 15 September – Another Case of Milton Jones on BBC Radio 4 (2005–2010) 3 October – The Dream Ticket with Nemone on BBC 6 Music (2005–2006) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) Big John @ Breakfast (2000–Present) Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (2001–2007) 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) The Day the Music Died (2003–2007) Fighting Talk (2003–Present) Jeremy Vine (2003–Present) Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (2004–2006) Trevor's World of Sport (2004–2007) The Chris Moyles Show (2004–2012) Annie Mac (2004–2021) Elaine Paige on Sunday (2004–Present) Ending this year 18 May – Puzzle Panel (1998–2005) 29 September – Jane Gazzo's Dream Ticket (2004–2005) October – Westway (1997–2005) 18 October – Think the Unthinkable (2001–2005) 9 November – Whispers (2003–2005) Closing this year Date Station Debut27 May 102.2 Jazz FM1990http://www.radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.216 Goodbye 102.2 JAZZ FM 18 December 2009 28 May 2005 Radio Today dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092729/http://www.radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.216 29 September 2007 Deaths 2 January – Cyril Fletcher, 91, comic monologuist 6 March – Tommy Vance, 63, disc jockeyhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4323345.stm DJ Tommy Vance dies after stroke BBC News 6 March 2005 15 January 2010 19 March – John Ebdon, 81, radio broadcaster, Graecophile, author and director of the London Planetarium 7 November – Harry Thompson, 45, comedy producer, lung cancer 19 November – John Timpson, 77, news presenter (Today (BBC Radio 4))https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4452358.stm Broadcaster Timpson dies aged 77 BBC 19 November 2005 2 November 2019 20 November – Jonathan James-Moore, 59, former BBC Radio head of light entertainment, cancer 21 December – Hallam Tennyson, 85, radio producer (great-grandson of Alfred, Lord Tennyson), suspected murder References Radio British Radio, 2005 In Category:Years in British radio