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BBC Radio 2. BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 14 million weekly listeners. [1] Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content.
24 March – Martin Kelner leaves for a while. 25 March – At 7pm BBC Radio 2 becomes available on FM 24/7 for the first time after the final ever 'borrow' of its FM frequencies by BBC Radio 1. 29 March – Ahead of major changes to BBC Radio 2 's output, Brian Matthew goes Round Midnight for the final time. 31 March.
BBC Radio Northampton 16 June 1982 Northamptonshire: Northampton — 104.2 103.6 10C 734 MW 1107 kHz (until 1992) BBC Radio Suffolk 12 April 1990 Suffolk: Ipswich — 95.9 103.9 104.6 95.5 10C 720 — BBC Three Counties Radio 24 June 1985 (as BBC Radio Bedfordshire) Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Buckinghamshire: Dunstable — 90.4 92.1 94.7 95.5 ...
BBC Radio 1 – youth-orientated music, including talk, comedy and alternative music, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. Available on 97–99 FM and on digital platforms. Slogan: The biggest new pop and all day vibes.
Previously, Radio 1 had 'borrowed' BBC Radio 2's FM frequencies for approximately 24 hours each week, gradually reducing at the end of the 1980s until the final 'borrow' took place in March 1990, five months before Radio 2 became the BBC's first FM-only service when on 27 August 1990, BBC Radio 5 began broadcasting on Radio 2's MW frequencies.
The Radio 2 Breakfast Show refers to a range of programming on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2 since the station's inception on 30 September 1967. The show's longest serving host to date was Sir Terry Wogan, who worked on the programme for over 29 years in two separate stints, from 3 April 1972 until 28 December 1984, and again from 4 January 1993 until 18 December 2009.
Wrotham was the first station in the UK to broadcast on VHF/FM, with three services beginning officially on 2 May 1955. It broadcast the Home Service (now Radio 4), the Third Programme (now Radio 3) and the Light Programme (now Radio 2). The frequencies it used for these programmes on FM in 1955 are still in use today.
14 November – The very first UK Singles Chart is compiled, by New Musical Express. 1955. 4 October – Pick of the Pops is broadcast on the BBC Light Programme for the first time [1] 1957. September – For the first time, a chart rundown is broadcast on the radio when the format of running through the charts of the week, playing the top tens ...