1957 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1957.

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Events

  • 2 September – The BBC Light Programme starts broadcasting at breakfast and now goes on-air each day, apart from Sunday, at 7am.
  • 30 September –
    • Network Three launches, providing a service of adult educational programmes. It broadcasts on the frequencies of the Third programme, and is on air for 75 minutes each day, resulting in the Third Programme coming on air a little later in the evening.
    • The BBC Home Service's lighter content transfers to the Light Programme.
  • September – For the first time, a chart rundown with the format of running through the charts of the week, playing the top tens from various music papers plus entries to top 20s, is introduced as part of Pick of the Pops.
  • 28 October – The Today programme launches on the BBC Home Service as a programme of "topical talks" to give listeners an alternative to listening to light music which the Home Service had previously broadcast at breakfast.[1]

Programme debuts

Continuing radio programmes

1930s

1940s

1950s

Station debuts

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. BBC Genome Project - Home Service listings 28 October 1957
  2. Martin-Jenkins, Christopher (1990). Ball by Ball: The Story of Cricket Broadcasting. London: Grafton Books. p. 91. ISBN 0-246-13568-9.
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