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1979 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1979.

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January

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  • 27 January – BBC Radio 2's last closedown at 02:02. Sarah Kennedy is at the Newsdesk after Brian Matthew finishes "Round Midnight". From 02:00 to 05:00 the following night, listeners hear "You and the Night and the Music". Radio 2 has the longest period of continuous broadcasting of any national radio station in the UK.
  • 29 January – BBC Radio 1 begins its delayed weeknight mid-evening programme with Andy Peebles joining to host the new programme. It had originally been scheduled to launch on 13 November 1978 but was delayed as a result of trade union disputes.

February

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  • No events

March

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  • No events

April

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May

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June

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  • No events

July

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  • No events

August

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  • No events

September

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October

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  • 5 October – The Scottish Gaelic service BBC Radio nan Eilean launches, broadcasting to north west Scotland from Stornoway.

November

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  • November – A weekday mid-morning programme launches on BBC Radio Cymru, thereby extending its broadcasting hours to 65 hours each week. Previously, apart from extended news bulletins at lunchtime and early evening, and some off-peak opt-outs, the station had only been on air at breakfast time.

December

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  • 16 December – After a decade on air, United Biscuits closes down its internal radio station United Biscuits Network due to it being seen as no longer necessary to operate a radio station due to the rollout of independent commercial stations.[3]

Station debuts

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Programme debuts

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Continuing radio programmes

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1940s

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1950s

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1960s

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1970s

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Ending this year

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Closing this year

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ BBC Genome Project – BBC Radio 4 listings 1 April 1979
  2. ^ Revealed publicly in papers released by The National Archives at the end of 2014. "Margaret Thatcher considered advertising on BBC". BBC News. BBC. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Cracker factory records: the surprising story of United Biscuits' radio station". Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. ^ Colin Larkin (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Pub. p. 1443. ISBN 978-1-56159-176-3.
  5. ^ John A. Willis (1980). John Willis' Screen World. Crown. p. 236.
  6. ^ Joyce Grenfell; Reggie Grenfell; Richard Garnett (25 September 1980). Joyce. Macmillan. p. 13.