- Source: 1975 in British radio
This is a list of events in British radio during 1975.
Events
= January
=1 January – BBC Radio Ulster launches as a full time station. It replaces what had been a Northern Ireland opt-out of BBC Radio 4.
6 January – BBC Radio 2's broadcasting hours are reduced due to budget cuts at the BBC. The former 5 am – 2 am schedule is reduced to a 6 am start up Mondays to Saturdays with a 6:55 am start up on Sundays. The station closes down at around 12:33 am each day. Another consequence on the cuts is that David Hamilton's afternoon show is broadcast on both Radio 1 and Radio 2.
22 January – Radio Forth begins broadcasting to the Edinburgh area.
= February
=No events.
= March
=No events.
= April
=No events.
= May
=19 May – Plymouth Sound begins broadcasting to the Plymouth area.
= June
=9 June – Proceedings in the Parliament of the United Kingdom are broadcast on radio for the first time.
24 June – Radio Tees begins broadcasting to the Teesside area.
= July
=3 July – Radio Trent beings broadcasting to the Nottingham area.
= August
=No events.
= September
=16 September – Pennine Radio begins broadcasting to the Bradford area.
29 September – BBC Radio 2's broadcasting hours are further reduced when the station closes slightly earlier, concluding its day at around 12:10 am Mondays to Fridays, and at 12:33 am on Saturdays and Sundays.
September – The first edition of The Sunday Request Show is broadcast on BBC Radio 1. Presented by Annie Nightingale, the show runs until the end of 1979 before being re-introduced as an evening programme in 1982.
= October
=14 October – Radio Victory begins broadcasting to the Portsmouth area.
28 October – Radio Orwell begins broadcasting to the Ipswich area.
= November
=No events.
= December
=No events.
Station debuts
1 January – BBC Radio Ulster
22 January – Radio Forth
19 May – Plymouth Sound
24 June – Radio Tees
3 July – Radio Trent
16 September – Pennine Radio
14 October – Radio Victory
28 October – Radio Orwell
Programme debuts
1 October – The News Huddlines on BBC Radio 2 (1975–2001)
Continuing radio programmes
= 1940s
=Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
Down Your Way (1946–1992)
Letter from America (1946–2004)
Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)
= 1950s
=The Archers (1950–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)
In Touch (1961–Present)
The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
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)
Week Ending (1970–1998)
You and Yours (1970–Present)
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972–Present)
Good Morning Scotland (1973–Present)
Hello Cheeky (1973–1979)
Kaleidoscope (1973–1998)
Newsbeat (1973–Present)
Births
January – Adam Rutherford, geneticist and science broadcaster
24 January – Lucy Montgomery, comedy actress
25 February – Naga Munchetty, broadcast news presenter
31 March – Jonny Saunders, radio sports reporter, presenter and commentator
1 April – Suzy Klein, arts broadcast presenter
25 July – Margaret Cabourn-Smith, comedy actress
31 July – Stephanie Hirst, radio presenter
23 September – Chris Hawkins, radio presenter
20 November – Jason Mohammad, radio and television presenter
30 November – Richard Bacon, broadcast presenter
15 December – Ayesha Hazarika, Scottish broadcast journalist, political adviser and comedian
Catherine Shepherd, comedy actress
Deaths
26 February – Denis Goodwin, comedy scriptwriter and radio presenter, suicide (born 1929)
3 March – Sandy MacPherson, theatre organist (born 1897)
4 March – Gillie Potter, comedian (born 1887)
3 April – Jacques Brown, radio comedy producer (born 1900)
10 November – William Hardcastle, radio news presenter (born 1918)
See also
1975 in British music
1975 in British television
1975 in the United Kingdom
List of British films of 1975
References
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