1992 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1992.

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Events

January

February

  • 11 February – Airport Information Radio closes. The station had provided a travel news service for people using Heathrow and Gatwick airports since 1990.[2]
  • 15 February – Radio Orwell changes its name to SGR FM following the purchase of the station by East Anglian Radio.
  • 17 February – Danny Baker replaces Sarah Ward and Jon Briggs as presenter of Radio 5's weekday breakfast programme Morning Edition.[3]
  • 21 February – Ahead of a schedule revamp, Gary Davies presents his final 'bit in the middle' on BBC Radio 1. He had presented the weekday lunchtime show for the station since 1984. He is replaced on 24 February by Jakki Brambles. The new schedule sees Gary moving to the weekends, including presenting the weekend breakfast show.
  • 29 February – BBC Radio 3 stops broadcasting on MW. Its frequency is to be used by a national commercial station.

March

  • 1 March –
  • 6 March – Round Table is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 for the final time.
  • 9 March – BBC Radio 1 undergoes a schedule revamp, with most of the changes being to the weekend schedule, and a new jingles package is introduced based on the theme Closer to the Music.
  • 15 March –
  • 23 March – BBC Radio Nottingham ends transmissions on one of its MW transmitters. BBC Radio Cleveland and BBC GLR also stop broadcasting on MW at around the same time.
  • Late March–7 April – For the first time BBC Radio 4 on long wave opts out of the main Radio 4 schedule to provide extra news coverage. It does so to provide additional coverage of the latest developments in the general election campaign. Before now, these programmes would have been broadcast on the station's FM frequencies.

April

May

  • 20 May – Ball-by-ball cricket commentary moves to BBC Radio 3's FM frequencies for the summer following the switching-off of BBC Radio 3's MW frequency.

June

July

  • 4 July – Commercial radio comes to North Yorkshire, with the launch of Minster FM.
  • 13 July – In a bid to counter-act the forthcoming launch of Classic FM, BBC Radio 3 makes major changes to its programmes, including the launch of new weekday breakfast and drivetime programmes. On Air replaces the weekday editions of Morning Concert and In Tune replaces Mainly for Pleasure.
  • 17 July – As part of the Radio 3 changes, a new three-hour Sunday morning show of popular classics launches, introduced by Brian Kay.
  • 25 July – BBC Radio 4 stops the week for the final time, after having done so since 1974.
  • 26 July – 9 August – Radio 5 provides full live coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. Programmes run all day, from 6.30 am until 10 pm. This is the first time that BBC Radio has provided full coverage of the Games.
  • July – As Classic FM prepares to launch, test transmissions are carried out using a recording of birdsong originally made for a Raymond Briggs play about nuclear war in 1991. The recording proves popular with listeners and from 2003 to 2005 and again from 2008 until 2009 the recording becomes part of a full-time station called Birdsong Radio.[8]

August

September

  • 7 September – At 6 am, Britain's first national commercial radio station, Classic FM, is launched.

October

  • 15 October –
  • 18 October – After previously enjoying success as a pirate radio station, Sunshine 855 in Shropshire officially goes on air.

November

  • No events.

December

Unknown

Station debuts

Changes of station frequency

Closing this year

  • 11 February – Airport Information Radio
  • 30 December – Radio Luxembourg (1933–1992)

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See also

References

  1. "BBC Radio 2 – 6 January 1992 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  2. Two Radio Stations. Evening Standard. 11 February 1992, p.12.
  3. "Radio 5 – 17 February 1992 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  4. "BBC Radio 1 England – 15 March 1992 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  5. "The Freddie Mercury Tribute – BBC Two England – 20 April 1992". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  6. "The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert – BBC Radio 1 England – 20 April 1992". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  7. "National Music Day". 25 June 1992. p. 84. Retrieved 5 January 2019 via BBC Genome.
  8. "The Story of Radio Birdsong". RadioBirdsong.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  9. "BBC Radio 1 England – 30 August 1992 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  10. "Radio Rewind – Radio 1 Shows – Roadshow; the later years". www.radiorewind.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  11. Rolling News, Radio Style
  12. "Brian Hayes". 23 December 1992. p. 182 via BBC Genome.
  13. "Wake Up to Wogan". 4 January 1993. p. 114 via BBC Genome.
  14. "Pick of the Pops". 27 December 1992. p. 190 via BBC Genome.
  15. Ward, Stephen (27 December 1992). "Radio Luxembourg signs off". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  16. "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
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