• Source: Timeline of BBC Radio 3

A 3/info/timeline" target="_blank">timeline of notable events relating to 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3, a British national 3/info/radio" target="_blank">radio station which began broadcasting in September 1967.




1960s


1967
30 September – 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 launches at 8am, replacing the 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC Third Programme.
1968
No events.
1969
No events.




1970s


1970
4 April – 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio's sports coverage transfers from 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 to 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 2, although cricket commentary continues to be broadcast on 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3. Also transferring away from 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 is other factual programming, moving mostly to 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 4. Consequently, the station now focuses on classical music, the performing arts and adult education.
8 April – Choral Evensong is broadcast on 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 for the first time. It had previously been aired on 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 4. Initially, it is only broadcast once a month but following the receipt of 2,500 letters of complaint, weekly transmissions resume on 1 July.
1971
August – Pied Piper, a programme aimed at primary school children, is broadcast for the first time.
1972
1 January – Stephen Hearst replaces Howard Newby as Controller.
19 July – Homeward Bound, a new 20-minute teatime programme, is launched.
21 July – The station extends its broadcasting hours by 25 minutes, closing down at midnight instead of 11:35pm.
1973
1 January – Homeward Bound is doubled in length and now broadcasts in two 20-minute segments with a five-minute break for the teatime news bulletin.
1974
From this year, cricket commentary is broadcast only on MW, thereby allowing 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3's usual music schedule to continue on VHF.
1975
29 September – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3's weeknight teatime adult education slot Study on 3 is renamed Lifelines.
1976
May – The final edition of Pied Piper is broadcast due to the death of the programme's presenter David Munrow.
1977
No events.
1978
29 September – Adult education slot Lifelines is broadcast for the final time, bringing to an end of 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3's non-Open University adult educational output.
2 October – For the first time, 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 broadcasts a music programme on weeknights at 6:30pm when it launches At Home. However, the programme is only broadcast on MW as the station continues to broadcast Open University programmes on VHF.
23 November – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 moves from 464m (647kHz) to 247m (1215kHz) medium wave as part of a plan to improve national AM reception and to conform with the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975.
22 December – Industrial action at the 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC by the ABS union which started the previous day, extends to 3/info/radio" target="_blank">radio when the 3/info/radio" target="_blank">radio unions join their television counterparts by going on strike, forcing the 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC to merge its four national 3/info/radio" target="_blank">radio networks into one national 3/info/radio" target="_blank">radio station from 4pm and called it the 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC All Network 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio Service. The strike is settled shortly before 10pm on Friday 22 December 1978 with the unions and 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC management reaching an agreement at the British government's industrial disputes arbitration service ACAS.
1979
Ian McIntyre replaces Stephen Hearst as Controller.




1980s


1980
2 January – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 launches a new, extended teatime programme Mainly for Pleasure. The two-hour long programme replaces the much shorter Homeward Bound.
3 May – Financial cutbacks at 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 result in the station closing down 45 minutes earlier, at 11:15pm instead of midnight.
15 October – Open University programmes are broadcast on weekday teatimes for the final time. Consequently, from the following day, Mainly for Pleasure and the full 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 schedule, is heard on VHF all the year round for the first time.
1981
February – The new Open University year sees OU transmissions on 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 moved to late at night and early in the morning and are broadcast prior to and after the end of the stations' daily output. The programmes continue to be broadcast only on VHF.
24 September – John Lade presents Record Review for the final time. His last broadcast is the programme's 1,000th edition. Paul Vaughan takes over the programme the following week.
1982
No events.
1983
No events.
1984
13 October – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3's broadcast hours are extended. The station regains the 45 minutes of late night broadcasting time that it lost in 1980, closing down at midnight instead of just after 11:15pm and weekend broadcasts begin an hour earlier, at 6:55am rather than 7:55am. Consequently, the station is now on air from 6:55am until midnight seven days a week.
1985
No events.
1986
No events.
1987
John Drummond replaces Ian McIntyre as Controller.
9 February – The 9am and 5pm news bulletins are replaced by a ten-minute bulletin from the 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC World Service. The bulletins are titled World Service News.
1988
15 January – The final World Service News bulletins are broadcast.
16 January
Record Review is relaunched as Saturday Review. Instead of a one-hour programme, the expanded programme, which now incorporates Record Review, is broadcast throughout the morning, between 9:30am and 1pm.
The weekend morning news bulletins are rescheduled and instead of three on the air bulletins, the station now broadcasts two bulletins, at 7:30am and 8:30am.
A new 15-minute preview programme, The Week on 3, is broadcast for the first time.
18 January – This Week's Composer is renamed Composer of the Week.
1989
No events.




1990s


1990
24 September – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3's Night School opens. It airs a repeat of the schools programmes broadcast the previous morning on 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 5. This allows schools to record an FM-quality transmission of the programmes which, following their transfer from 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 4 to 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 5, resulting in the morning broadcast now being heard on the inferior MW waveband. Night School is broadcast on FM only.
1 October
3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 stays on air for an extra 30 minutes on weeknights, ending broadcasting at 12:35am. The station continues to close at midnight at the weekend.
Experimental music programme Mixing It is launched, initially broadcasting once a fortnight.
1991
No events.
1992
February – Nicholas Kenyon replaces John Drummond as Controller.
29 February – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 stops broadcasting on MW. Its frequency is to be used by a new national commercial station.
20 May – Ball-by-ball cricket commentary moves to 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3's FM frequencies following the switching-off of the station's MW frequency.
13 July – In a bid to counteract the forthcoming launch of Classic FM, 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 makes major changes to its programmes, including the launch of new weekday breakfast and drivetime programmes. On Air replaces Morning Concert on weekdays and In Tune replaces Mainly for Pleasure.
19 July – A three-hour Sunday morning show of popular classics, Brian Kay's Sunday Morning launches.
1993
Verity Sharp joins.
May – The broadcasting arrangements for Test Match Special are changed for the 1993 cricket season. The morning play is on 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 5, switching to 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 for the afternoon session.
23 August – Cricket is broadcast on 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 for the final time.
26 September – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 launches a new Sunday breakfast programme Sacred and Profane, presented by Penny Gore.
1994
19 September – 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC School 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio moves to 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 and is transmitted for one hour at 2pm.
1995
15 April – Weekly discussion programme Private Passions is broadcast for the first time.
27 September – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 begins to broadcast digitally following the commencement by the 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC of regular Digital Audio Broadcasting, from the Crystal Palace transmitting station.
9 October
3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 begins broadcasting an hour earlier on weekdays at 6am, when breakfast show On Air is extended from two to three hours.
Paul Gambaccini joins to present a new morning programme called Morning Collection. Consequently, This Week's Composer moves to the later time of 12pm.
1996
4 May – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 commences 24-hour transmissions.
June – Schools programmes are broadcast during the day for the final time although they continue to be broadcast overnight until 2003.
27 September – Paul Gambaccini leaves. He is replaced as presenter of Morning Collection by Catriona Young.
29 September – Open University programmes are broadcast on 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 for the final time.
1997
31 August – Regular programming on the 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC's 3/info/radio" target="_blank">radio and television stations is abandoned to provide ongoing news coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 simulcasts a special programme from 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio News which is also carried on 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 1, 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 2, 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 4, and 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 5 Live. 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 broadcasts live coverage of the funeral six days later.
1998
Roger Wright replaces Nicholas Kenyon as station Controller.
29 March – Sunday breakfast programme Sacred and Profane is broadcast for the final time.
4 April – Breakfast programme On Air extends to weekends.
12 September – Record Review is renamed CD Review.
1999
Donald Macleod becomes the regular presenter of Composer of the Week.
11 September – Breakfast programme On Air is renamed Morning on 3.
13 September – Experimental music programme Late Junction is broadcast for the first time.




2000s


2000
July – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 hires Andy Kershaw to host a world music programme, as Andy himself joins the station. two months after 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 1 axed his world music show.
Rob Cowan joins.
2001
3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3, along with other 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio stations, stop broadcasting via Sky's analogue satellite service.
2002
No events.
2003
No events.
2004
No events.
2005
5–10 June – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 clears its airwaves for almost an entire week to broadcast the music of a single composer – Ludwig van Beethoven. This is followed up at the end of the year with ten days of non-stop Johann Sebastian Bach which is broadcast in the run-up to Christmas.
2006
8 January – Aled Jones joins.
July – Brian Kay leaves.
3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 launches an annual Free Thinking Festival. Its aim is to create a platform for innovative thinking and debate on ideas relevant to contemporary society.
2007
9 February – Mixing It is broadcast on 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 for the final time. It is revived later in 2007 by community station Resonance FM.
17 February – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 makes major changes to its schedule. These include Rob Cowan replacing Penny Gore as breakfast presenter and an extended weekday afternoon show which will run from 2 pm until the start of In Tune at 5 pm. The programmes previously broadcast at 4 pm are axed with one of those – Choral Evensong – moving to Sunday afternoons. The changes also see a reduction in the number of live concerts with live broadcasts replaced by pre-recorded concerts.
17 September – 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3's breakfast programme is renamed from Mornings on 3 to Breakfast.
2008
September – Following protests, the live broadcast of Choral Evensong returns to Wednesdays with a recorded repeat broadcast at the same time of day – 4 pm – on Sundays.
2009
No events.




2010s


2010
No events.
2011
3 May – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 resumes the broadcasting of regular live concerts. This overturns the much criticised 2007 decision to replace almost all of its live broadcasts with pre-recorded concerts.
2012
16 May – Spending cuts approved by the 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC Trust will see 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 have "25 per cent fewer live and specially recorded lunchtime concerts".
2013
27 January – Aled Jones hosts The Choir for the final time and leaves the station to rejoin Classic FM and 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio Wales.
28 September – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 announces a raft of new weekend programmes. They include a new concert series Live in Concert, a new film music programme called Sound of Cinema, a chance to hear highlights of the weekday lunchtime concerts, consistent times for the station's jazz programming and a new Monday night slot for Opera on 3.
15 November – Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 Breakfast for the final time. She leaves the show to become presenter of 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3's Wigmore Hall lunchtime concerts and to present Sunday afternoon programme The Choir, replacing Aled Jones. She is replaced on 2 December by weekend breakfast presenter Clemency Burton-Hill.
2014
7 January – Arts discussion programme Night Waves is relaunched as Free Thinking.
2015
January – Alan Davey replaces Roger Wright as Controller.
5 April – Controller Alan Davey announces plans to revive Pied Piper, the 1970s series that introduced young listeners to classical music.
12–15 November – 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 joins with commercial station Jazz FM to operate a four-day pop-up station called 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC Music Jazz. The station returned a year later, running from Thursday 10 November 2016 at 10 am until Monday 14 November at 10 am.
2016
2 January – After 17 years as CD Review, the programme reverts to its original name of Record Review.
2017
2 October – Katie Derham joins the In Tune presenting team to replace Suzy Klein who moves to morning programme Essential Classics.
2018
January – Rob Cowan leaves the station to rejoin Classic FM after 17 years of broadcasting at the station. He is replaced as presenter of Essential Classics by Ian Skelly.
24 March – Controller Alan Davey announces a raft of new programmes, including a new world music show called Music Planet which will replace World on 3 and a new weeknight late show called After Dark.
24 October – FM coverage in Wales is reduced when 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3's frequency at more than 30 relay transmitters is reallocated to 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio Wales.
2019
Autumn – Late Junction's airtime is more than halved, from three 90-minute episodes a week to a single two-hour slot on Fridays.




2020s


2020
No events.
2021
5 April –
Georgia Mann becomes a presenter of Essential Classics.
3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 begins a week of programmes celebrating the life and work of Igor Stravinsky to mark the 50th anniversary of his death.
9–11 April – Following the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 abandons half its weekend scheduled programming in favour of simulcasting the 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio News special programme and from 5:10pm the station broadcasts a revised schedule for the rest of the day and over the weekend.
12 April – Ian Skelly joins the Afternoon Concert presenting team.
2022
8–11 September & 19 September – Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 abandons its regular scheduled programming in favour of simulcasting the 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio News special programme, and from Friday to Sunday as well as 19 September the station broadcasts a revised schedule for the end of the week and over 19 September on the day of the funeral.
2023
March – Sam Jackson replaces Alan Davey as Controller of 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3.
2024
7 February – The 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC announces plans to launch a new 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 spin-off station on DAB and online via 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC Sounds. The station will focus on calming classical music, aimed at helping listeners "unwind, de-stress and escape the pressures of daily life". It was later annuned that the station will be called 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 Unwind.
1 April –
Major changes take place to 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3's weekday schedule, including extended editions of Breakfast and Mornings. This Week's Composer moves to the later time of 4pm.
A new weeknight jazz programme launches on 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3. Titled Round Midnight, the show is presented by saxophonist, composer and MC Soweto Kinch.
5 April – Friday Night is Music Night returns when it makes its debut on 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3. The programme continues to act as a showcase for the 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC Concert Orchestra.
4 November - 3/info/bbc" target="_blank">BBC 3/info/radio" target="_blank">Radio 3 Unwind launches.




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