2010 in British radio

none October 2023 2010 British radio British television British music This is a list of events in British radio during 2010. Events January 7 January – Jonathan Ross announces he will leave the BBC when his contract expires in July.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8445581.stm Jonathan Ross is Leaving the BBC BBC News 2010-01-07 2010-01-15 11 January – Chris Evans takes over as presenter of the Radio 2 breakfast show. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8241101.stm Sir Terry to leave breakfast show BBC News 7 September 2009 31 December 2009 The programme's launch also sees the return of newsreader Moira Stuart to the BBC after two years. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6941385/Moira-Stuart-returns-to-the-BBC-on-Chris-Evans-radio-show.html Moira Stuart returns to the BBC on Chris Evans' radio show Telegraph.co.uk Urmee Khan 7 January 2010 14 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100110235940/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6941385/Moira-Stuart-returns-to-the-BBC-on-Chris-Evans-radio-show.html 10 January 2010 live http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/seealso/2010/01/what_the_critics_say_chris_eva.html What the critics say: Chris Evans' Radio 2 breakfast show debut BBC News Mark Savage 11 January 2010 14 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100114054858/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/seealso/2010/01/what_the_critics_say_chris_eva.html 14 January 2010 live Simon Mayo takes over the drivetime show. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/news/a195527/mayo-bbc-is-marginalising-religion.html Mayo: 'BBC is marginalising religion' Andrew Laughlin Digital Spy 11 January 2010 14 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100114031558/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/news/a195527/mayo-bbc-is-marginalising-religion.html 14 January 2010 live Gaby Roslin takes over as host of the breakfast show alongside Paul Ross on BBC London 94.9. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/gaby-roslins-big-breakfast-radio-clash-with-chris-evans-6719179.html Gaby Roslin's big breakfast radio clash with Chris Evans This is London 4 January 2010 14 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100423135126/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23790968-gaby-roslins-big-breakfast-radio-clash-with-chris-evans.do 23 April 2010 live dmy-all 13 January – The BBC admits that it gave undue prominence to the band U2 in February 2009 after it repeatedly broadcast a “U2 = BBC” graphic and allowed presenters to claim the corporation was “part of launching” the group's latest album. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6987090.ece BBC admits it went too far with U2 support Times Online 14 January 2010 14 January 2010 Patrick FosterSeptember 2024 medicmedic 15 January – N-Dubz singer Dappy and the BBC are forced to apologise after the rapper sent abusive text messages, which included death threats, to a woman who complained about him during an appearance on Radio 1's Chris Moyles Show on 12 January.https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jan/15/ndubz-dappy-death-threats N-Dubz's Dappy sent death threats to BBC Radio 1 listener The Guardian Rosie Swash 15 January 2010 16 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100118104716/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/15/ndubz-dappy-death-threats 18 January 2010 live 17 January – Lynn Parsons returns to Radio 2 as a regular presenter with an early Sunday morning breakfast show. The show airs until April when the Radio 2 schedule is overhauled. February 12 February – Carrie Prideaux leaves BBC Radio 1 after hosting her last Newsbeat sports bulletins for The Chris Moyles Show. 14 February – Sir Terry Wogan begins his weekly Sunday morning show on Radio 2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/radio/2009/wk50/fri.shtml#fri_wogan Wake Up to Wogan: Programme copy BBC Press Office 17 December 2009 31 December 2009 Weekend Wogan is hosted in front of a live audience in the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House with an initial run of three months.May 2020 17 February – It is announced that the newspaper review show What the Papers Say, which was on television for many years, will be revived on BBC Radio 4, airing for 12 episodes in the run up to the 2010 general election and then returning on a permanent basis if it proves to be popular. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8520496.stm What The Papers say set for radio revival BBC News 17 February 2010 22 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100218040436/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8520496.stm 18 February 2010 live 18 February – Talksport obtains more Premier League football in the latest radio bidding wars. Whilst relinquishing their 15:00 package to football newcomers Absolute Radio, they win two packages from BBC Radio 5 Live and will take over the national radio rights to broadcast the late kick-off every Saturday evening from the Premier League (usually kicking off at 17:30), and the early Sunday games (before 15:00). This agreement covers the 2010–11 to 2012–13 Premier League seasonsBBC radio loses third of live Premier League matches guardian.co.uk, 18 February 2010 27 February – The six stations in the Smooth Radio network stage a "Starlight Supper", en event aimed at raising money for a number of charities: Breast Cancer Care in London, Macmillan Cancer Support in the Northwest, North East and West Midlands, the Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People in the East Midlands and Marie Curie's Big Build in Glasgow.http://radiotoday.co.uk/2010/01/smooth-does-starlight-supper/ Smooth does Starlight Supper Radio Today 11 January 2010 14 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130327230942/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2010/01/smooth-does-starlight-supper/ 2013-03-27 dead http://radiotoday.co.uk/2010/02/gino-supports-smooth-supper/ Gino supports Smooth Supper Radio Today 2 February 2010 14 February 2012 March 2 March – BBC Director General Mark Thompson confirms plans to close BBC 6 Music and the BBC Asian Network as part of a cost-cutting drive. The proposals will also see BBC Radio 7 rebranded as BBC Radio 4 Extra and cutbacks to the BBC website.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/02/bbc-6-music-asian-network BBC confirms plans to axe 6 Music and Asian Network The Guardian 2 March 2010 2 March 2010 John Plunkett https://web.archive.org/web/20100408145035/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/02/bbc-6-music-asian-network 8 April 2010 live 10 March – The Official Chart Update is launched to give a midweek insight into the Official Singles Chart is shaping up. http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-chart-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-week-ahead__9971/ Official Charts Everything you need to know about the new Official Chart 4 July 2015 Talbot Martin and is broadcast as a 30 minute mid-afternoon programme on Wednesdays. 11 March – BBC Radio 2 confirms plans to overhaul its schedule from April. This will include moving two of its longest-running shows, Big Band Special and The Organist Entertains to different timeslots, and switching its comedy hour from Thursday to Saturday evenings – the second time it has done this in 12 months.John Plunkett https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/11/radio-2-schedule Long-running shows move in Radio 2 reshuffle guardian.co.uk The Guardian 11 March 2010 1 February 2012 24 March – The five radio stations owned by YMC Ltd (3TR FM, Bath FM, Brunel FM, Quay West 102.4/100.8 and Quay West 107.4) are closed by administrators after multiple refusals on the part of regulator Ofcom to transfer the licenses, following a number of financial issues at the stations after TLRC's sale. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/25/bath-brunel-radio-stations-close Bath FM and Brunel FM among five radio stations to close John Plunkett Guardian Media Group The Guardian 25 March 2010 6 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100403232717/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/25/bath-brunel-radio-stations-close 3 April 2010 live 26 March – Les Ross presents his final breakfast show for Birmingham's Big City Radio. April 4 April – The timeslot for Bob Harris's Saturday evening/Sunday morning show on Radio 2 is moved forward an hour, meaning it airs from 12am until 3am instead of 11pm2am. 5 April – Huddersfield station Pennine FM closes down at 6pm, having been on air in various guises since 1998 and the licence is handed back to Ofcom.http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.5786 RadioToday report on 2010 station closure Jan 11, 2023June 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes 15 April – Under new guidelines from Ofcom, from May commercial radio rivals will be allowed to co-locate to cut costs, and to slash local programming. The guidelines are a result of the recently passed Digital Economy Act. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/apr/15/commercial-radion-ofcom-local-programming Ofcom: commercial radio can slash local programming Guardian Media Group The Guardian Mark Sweney 15 April 2010 3 September 2010 19 April – Amanda Bowman becomes presenter of a late night show syndicated across BBC Local Radio in the Midlands.http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/stoke/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_8628000/8628987.stm BBC Radio Stoke programmes BBC News 19 April 2010 31 December 2011 30 April – It is reported that Emma Forbes has quit as co-host of BBC Radio 2's Saturday night show Going Out with Alan Carr. It is reported that Smooth and Real Radio have become the official broadcasters of the switch-on ceremony for the Blackpool Illuminations, after securing the broadcast rights from BBC Radio 2 which had aired it since 1997.http://www.thedrum.com/news/2010/04/30/gmg-radio-kicks-bbc-radio-2-out-blackpool-switch GMG Radio kicks BBC Radio 2 out of Blackpool for switch on The Drum 30 April 2010 29 September 2012 May 12 May – Jeremy Hunt is appointed as Culture Secretary by new Prime Minister David Cameron.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8676607.stm David Cameron and Nick Clegg pledge 'united' coalition BBC BBC News 12 May 2010 9 April 2014Elgot Jessica http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/31686/camerons-cabinet-who-are-they https://web.archive.org/web/20100514121119/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/31686/camerons-cabinet-who-are-they dead 14 May 2010 Cameron's Cabinet: Who are they? The Jewish Chronicle 12 May 2010 9 April 2014 13 May – The BBC confirms that comedian Graham Norton will take over Jonathan Ross's show on Radio 2 when Ross leaves the network later in the year.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10116004 Graham Norton to replace Jonathan Ross on BBC Radio 2 BBC BBC News 13 May 2010 9 January 2012 18 May – The BBC apologises after BBC Radio WM presenter Danny Kelly joked on air the previous afternoon that The Queen had died. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8688799.stm BBC 'sorry' for WM presenter Queen death joke BBC BBC News 18 May 2010 23 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100521071412/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8688799.stm 21 May 2010 live 31 May – BBC Radio 1 teams up with forces broadcaster BFBS for a ten-hour takeover show from Camp Bastion. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a219937/radio-1-bfbs-partner-for-afghanistan-day.html Radio 1, BFBS partner for Afghanistan day Digital Spy Andrew Laughlin 14 May 2010 8 April 2012 June 21 June – Global Radio announces plans to reduce the number of its local Heart stations from 33 to 15 so-called "super stations" in a reorganisation that will lead to the loss of up to 200 full-time and freelance posts. The stations will have their own breakfast and drivetime shows, and local news bulletins, but all other output will come from London. A further two stations owned by Global will also be subsumed into the Heart network. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jun/21/global-radio-restructure Global Radio to halve number of local Heart stations Guardian Media Group The Guardian John Plunkett 21 June 2010 3 September 2010 25 June – BBC Radio 1 is criticised by the commercial radio trade body RadioCentre following a Harry Potter Day in which the station gave what RadioCentre calls “undue prominence” to the release of the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/25062010/5/bbc-hot-water-potter-coverage-0.html BBC in hot water over Potter coverage Yahoo News 25 June 2010 25 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100628023712/http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/25062010/5/bbc-hot-water-potter-coverage-0.html 28 June 2010 dead dmy-all 29 June – Smooth Radio announces plans to merge its five stations based in England, creating a national network. The new station will be based in Manchester and will see the loss of 60 jobs at Smooth's other bases. A phased launch will begin on 4 October. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jun/29/smooth-radio-merge-regional-stations Smooth Radio to merge regional stations, with loss of up to 60 jobs Guardian Media Group The Guardian John Plunkett 29 June 2010 3 September 2010 30 June – Heart Solent replaces Heart Hampshire and Heart Dorset & New Forest. July 2 July – Heart Cambridgeshire replaces Heart Peterborough and Heart Cambridge. Heart North Wales and West replaces Heart North Wales Coast, Heart Cheshire and North East Wales and Heart Wirral. 5 July – The BBC Trust rejects BBC plans to close the digital station 6 Music saying there is not a strong enough case for closure. However, plans to axe the Asian Network, reduce the BBC online services by 25% and close the teenage service Blast! are given the go-ahead. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10507286.stm BBC Trust rejects 6 Music closure plan BBC BBC News 5 July 2010 5 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706183545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10507286.stm 6 July 2010 live 9 July – Heart Thames Valley replaces Heart Oxfordshire and Heart Berkshire. 15 July – Senior BBC World Service executive Gwyneth Williams is appointed the next Controller of BBC Radio 4. She will succeed Mark Damazer in the autumn.John Plunkett Jane Martinson https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jul/15/gwyneth-williams-bbc-radio-4-controller Gwyneth Williams appointed BBC Radio 4 controller The Guardian Guardian Media Group 15 July 2010 8 June 2012 16 July – Heart Four Counties replaces Heart Northants, Heart Milton Keynes, Heart Dunstable and Heart Bedford || Dunstable, later Milton Keynes. Heart West Country replaces Heart Bristol, Heart Bath and Heart Somerset. 18 July – After 64 years of Woman's Hour, the BBC begins broadcasting a full series called Men's Hour on BBC Radio 5 Live, presented by Tim Samuels. 26 July – Hertfordshire station Mercury 96.6 becomes part of the Heart network and is relaunched as Heart Hertfordshire. Heart Essex replaces Heart Essex (Chelmsford & Southend), Heart Colchester and Ten 17. Heart Sussex and Surrey replaces Heart Sussex and Mercury FM. 30 July – At midday, Quay Radio stops broadcasting after owners Portsmouth F.C. went into administration. The station is sold to Celador Radio Broadcasting, who replaces Quay Radio with Breeze 107. August 15 August – Frank Wappat presents his last show for BBC Radio Newcastle after 40 years at the stationhttp://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/veteran-broadcaster-frank-wappat-bows-1418611 Veteran broadcaster Frank Wappat bows out Evening Chronicle 17 August 2010 17 February 2014 A programme celebrating Frank's career is broadcast the following Sunday.BBC Programme Index – BBC radio Newcastle 15 August 2010 17 August – It is announced that Simon Bates will leave Classic FM after 13 years to join Smooth Radio as its new national breakfast presenter from January 2011. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/aug/17/simon-bates-classic-fm-smooth Simon Bates to leave Classic FM for Smooth Radio Mark Sweney Guardian Media Group The Guardian 17 August 2010 28 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101026054234/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/aug/17/simon-bates-classic-fm-smooth 26 October 2010 live 20 August – BBC Hereford & Worcester announces that former TV-am weather girl Wincey Willis will join the station to present a Saturday morning show titled The Big Day Out that will give listeners ideas for days out in the Herefordshire and Worcestershire area.http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/herefordandworcester/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8927000/8927465.stm New radio show for Wincey Willis BBC BBC News 20 August 2010 20 October 2018 27 August – Heart Devon replaces Heart Exeter and Heart Torbay, Heart Plymouth, Heart North Devon and Heart South Devon. September 3 September – BBC Radio 2 announces that Dawn Patrol presenter Sarah Kennedy is leaving the network after 17 years. By this time she has been absent from the show for several weeks, and will not return to the programme before the schedules are reorganised in October. Lynn Parsons acts as the show's stand-in presenter for its remaining time on air. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/sep/03/sarah-kennedy-radio-2 Sarah Kennedy to leave BBC Radio 2 Guardian Media Group The Guardian James Robinson 3 September 2010 3 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100905064003/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/03/sarah-kennedy-radio-2 5 September 2010 live Heart East Anglia replaces Heart Norwich and Heart Ipswich. 13 September – Global announce plans to scrap the Galaxy Network in order to create a nationwide Capital FM. The plans will also include the closure of four further stations, with the new network going live in early 2011.Maisie McCabe https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/global-radio-takes-capital-national/1028137 Global Radio takes Capital national Campaign Live 13 September 2010 11 May 2018 October 2 October – Comedian Graham Norton takes over the Saturday morning show on Radio 2 (10am1pm) formerly hosted by Jonathan Ross.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11135947 Graham Norton show to replace Friday Night with Ross BBC BBC News 31 August 2010 9 January 2012 4 October – Smooth Radio launches its new national station. 31 October – Tony Blackburn presents his final Weekend Breakfast Show for Smooth Radio. November 5 November – Members of the National Union of Journalists at the BBC begin a 48-hour strike in a dispute over proposed changes to the corporation's pension scheme. Programmes affected include the Today programme on Radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11696026 BBC News staff strike over pensions BBC BBC News 5 November 2010 13 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101112181139/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11696026 12 November 2010 live 6 November – Tony Blackburn joins Radio 2 replacing Dale Winton as the regular host of Pick of the Pops. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/sep/24/tony-blackburn-pick-pops Tony Blackburn to present Pick of the Pops Guardian Media Group The Guardian John Plunkett 24 September 2010 13 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101026054226/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/24/tony-blackburn-pick-pops 26 October 2010 live 23 November – It is announced that Vanessa Feltz will join Radio 2 from 17 January 2011, taking over Sarah Kennedy's old early morning show. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/vanessa-feltz-to-take-over-sarah-kennedy-radio-2-show-2141680.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/vanessa-feltz-to-take-over-sarah-kennedy-radio-2-show-2141680.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Vanessa Feltz to take over Sarah Kennedy Radio 2 show Independent Print Limited The Independent 23 November 2010 27 November 2010 December 6 December – While presenting the Radio 4 Today programme, James Naughtie makes a slip of the tongue while referring to the British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt that turns his surname into what the BBC later describes as "an offensive four-letter word". A little later in the day Andrew Marr uses the same word on Start the Week while talking about the incident and after declaring "we won't repeat the mistake".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11925556 Today presenter James Naughtie slips up on air 1 June 2012 BBC News BBC 6 December 2010 11 December – It is reported that David "Kid" Jensen is leaving his mid morning show at Gold to join Smooth Radio as an afternoon presenter. He will make his debut on the network in 2011.http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.6551 Jensen leaves Gold for Smooth Radio Today 11 December 2010 27 March 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120504000034/http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.6551 4 May 2012 24 December – A Christmas message by Pope Benedict XVI is broadcast by BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day programme, the first time the Pontiff has addressed a Christmas message to one of the countries he has visited during the year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12072115 God often surprises us, says Pope in BBC broadcast BBC BBC News 24 December 2010 28 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101228050406/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12072115 28 December 2010 live Station debuts 28 February – Radio Plymouth 5 April – Academy FM (Thanet) 15 August – Sanjhi Awaz Radio (2010–2012) May – Rossendale Radio 21 June – Absolute Radio 90s 16 July – Absolute Radio Extra July – InverRadio 4 October – Smooth Radio (national) 4 December – Absolute 80s 10 December – Absolute Radio 00s Programme debuts 11 January – The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 (2010–2018) Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 (2010–2018) 18 January – A History of the World in 100 Objects on BBC Radio 4 (2010) 14 February – Weekend Wogan on BBC Radio 2 (2010–2015) 2 April – Meet David Sedaris on BBC Radio 4 (2010–present) 2 October – Graham Norton on BBC Radio 2 (2010–2020) 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) 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) 2000s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (2000–Present) Big John @ Breakfast (2000–Present) Sounds of the 70s (2000–2008, 2009–Present) 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) Fearne Cotton (2009–2015) Annie Mac (2004–2021) The Jo Whiley Show (2001–2011) Elaine Paige on Sunday (2004–Present) The Bottom Line (2006–Present) The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show (2006–Present) The Unbelievable Truth (2006–Present) The Radcliffe and Maconie Show (2007–Present) Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show (2008–2017) The Strand (2008–2013) The Media Show (2008–Present) Americana (2009–2011) Newsjack (2009–Present) Paul O'Grady on the Wireless (2009–2022) Alan and Mel's Summer Escape (2009–2020) Ending this year 23 February – Act Your Age (2008–2010) 17 July – Jonathan Ross (1999–2010) Unknown – Electric Ink (2009–2010) Closing this year Date Station Debut24 March3TR FM 2001Bath FM 1999Brunel FM 2006Quay West 102.4/100.8 1998Quay West 107.4 20015 AprilPennine FM19986 AprilSunshine 1530200729 AprilL1072005NovemberRadio Maldwynhttps://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/01/11/radio-maldwyn-reunion-planned-in-wales-to-mark-30th-anniversary/ Radio Maldwyn reunion planned in Wales to mark 30th anniversary Jan 11, 2023 Jan 11, 2023199331 DecemberHeart 1062005 Deaths 2 March – Judith Bumpus, 70, radio arts producerPlowright Piers Piers Plowright 2014-01-09 Bumpus [née Collison], Judith Harriet (1939–2010), radio producer and art historian https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-102556 2025-04-05 10.1093/ref:odnb/102556 17 March – Charlie Gillett, 68, writer, broadcaster and musicologist http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8573682.stm BBC Radio 3 and World Service DJ Charlie Gillett dies British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News 18 March 2010 6 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100325083115/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8573682.stm 25 March 2010 live References 2 Radio British Radio, 2010 In Category:Years in British radio