- Source: 1966 in British radio
This is a list of events from British radio in 1966.
Events
= January
=20 January – Radio Caroline ship MV Mi Amigo loses its anchor in a storm, drifts and runs aground on the beach at Frinton-on-Sea.
= February
=No events
= March
=No events
= April
=17 April – The first regular stereo radio transmissions begin, from the Wrotham transmitter.
= May
=3 May – Pirate radio stations Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio commence broadcasting on AM, with a combined potential 100,000 watts, from the same ship (MV Olga Patricia) anchored off the south coast of England in international waters.
= June
=20 June – Radio City affair: Major Oliver Smedley and a team board Shivering Sands Army Fort off the Kent coast, home of Radio City (pirate radio station) (run by Reginald Calvert), to reposses a transmitter supplied but not paid for. The next day, Calvert visits Smedley's home in Saffron Walden over the issue and is shot dead in a struggle.
= July
=No events
= August
=No events
= September
=27 September – Irish radio personality Terry Wogan makes his debut on the BBC, broadcasting on the Light Programme.
= October
=27 October – Welsh writer and broadcaster Gwyn Thomas makes a notable tribute to the children of Aberfan following the Aberfan disaster of 21 October, broadcast across the UK on the BBC Home Service's Today morning programme.
= November
=No events
= December
=No events
= Unknown
=Britain's first student radio station, the University of Kent's UKC Radio is founded, initially as an audio feed through the radiator system. It airs until 2006.
Station debuts
3 May
Swinging Radio England (1966)
Britain Radio (1966–1967)
4 June – Radio 270 (1966–1967)
Autumn – UKC Radio (1966–Present)
Programme debuts
7 January (pilot); 23 April (series run) – Listen to This Space on the BBC Home Service (1966–1967)
March –The Embassy Lark on the BBC Light Programme (1966–1968)
Continuing radio programmes
= 1940s
=Music While You Work (1940–1967)
Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
Family Favourites (1945–1980)
Down Your Way (1946–1992)
Have A Go (1946–1967)
Housewives' Choice (1946–1967)
Letter from America (1946–2004)
Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
Twenty Questions (1947–1976)
Any Questions? (1948–Present)
The Dales (1948–1969)
Billy Cotton Band Show (1949–1968)
A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)
= 1950s
=The Archers (1950–Present)
Listen with Mother (1950–1982)
From Our Own Correspondent (1955–Present)
Pick of the Pops (1955–Present)
The Clitheroe Kid (1957–1972)
My Word! (1957–1988)
Test Match Special (1957–Present)
The Today Programme (1957–Present)
The Navy Lark (1959–1977)
Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)
= 1960s
=Farming Today (1960–Present)
Easy Beat (1960–1967)
In Touch (1961–Present)
The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1964–1973)
Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
Round the Horne (1965–1968)
The World at One (1965–Present)
Births
19 January – Henry Naylor, comedy writer, director and performer
8 February – Sarah Montague, journalist and broadcast presenter
11 March – Paddy O'Connell, broadcast presenter
1 April – Chris Evans, disc jockey and television presenter
12 July – Tamsin Greig, actress
25 August – Tracy-Ann Oberman, actress
31 August – Alice Oswald, BBC Radio 4 poet in residence
9 September – Nikki Bedi, née Moolgaoker, broadcast presenter
15 September – Claire Sturgess, disc jockey and voiceover artist
26 October – Judge Jules (Julius O'Riordan), dance music DJ and producer
30 November – Andy Parsons, comedian
31 December – Carlos (Carl Emms), disc jockey
Jamie Crick, radio music presenter (died 2023)
Daljit Nagra, BBC Radio 4 poet in residence
Alan Smith, radio news presenter
Deaths
11 April – A. B. Campbell, naval officer and broadcaster (born 1881)
2 June – Stephen King-Hall, naval officer, politician and broadcaster (born 1893)
21 July – A. G. Street, broadcaster on country matters (born 1892)
2 December – Giles Cooper, broadcast dramatist (born 1918)
See also
1966 in British music
1966 in British television
1966 in the United Kingdom
List of British films of 1966
References
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