1964 in British radio

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This is a list of events from British radio in 1964.

Events[]

January[]

• 5 January – Alan Freeman returns as host of Pick of the Pops.

February[]

• No events

March[]

• 27 March – Children's Hour (renamed For the Young) is broadcast for the last time, on the BBC Home Service.
• 28 March – Radio Caroline, a "pirate" radio station set up by Ronan O'Rahilly based on a ship anchored in international waters off Felixstowe, debuts as Europe's first all-day English-language pop music station.^[1]

April[]

• 3 April – The radio comedy series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again makes its debut, on the BBC Home Service.

May[]

• 12 May – "Pirate" radio station Radio Atlanta begins broadcasting from MV Mi Amigo anchored off Frinton; in July its operations are merged with Radio Caroline.
• 27 May – Screaming Lord Sutch begins broadcasting from "pirate" station Radio Sutch on Shivering Sands Army Fort offshore in the Thames Estuary; he soon sells the operation to his manager Reginald Calvert who renames it Radio City.^[2]

June[]

• 29 June – Launch of Manx Radio, the Isle of Man's national radio station.^[3]

July[]

• No events

August[]

• 31 August – Farming Today moves from Network Three to the BBC Home Service.

September[]

• No events

October[]

• 6 October – The variety programme Workers' Playtime is aired for the last time, on the Light Programme.

November[]

• No events

December[]

• 1 December – Radio Caroline publicity officer David Block contacts the BBC to request a copy of the Queen's Christmas Message with the intention of broadcasting it on Christmas Day, but is turned down because Radio Caroline is not an authorised broadcaster.^[4]
• 23 December – The "pirate" station Wonderful Radio London goes on air broadcasting from MV Galaxy anchored off Frinton with a Fab 40 playlist of popular records.

Station debuts[]

• 28 March – Radio Caroline (1964–Present)
• 29 June – Manx Radio (1964–Present)
• 23 December – Wonderful Radio London (1964–1967)

Programme debuts[]

• 17 March – Many a Slip on the BBC Home Service (1964–1979)
• 3 April – I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again on the BBC Home Service (1964–1973)
• 26 July – Play it Cool on the BBC Light Programme (1964)

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)

Births[]

• 11 January – Tony Livesey, journalist and radio presenter
• 24 February – Andy Crane, television and radio presenter
• 1 April – Jez Nelson, jazz presenter and media producer
• 16 May – Rebecca Front, comic actress and scriptwriter
• 23 June – Jane Garvey, radio presenter
• 27 June – Lynn Parsons, radio and television presenter
• 5 August – Rory Morrison, radio newsreader and continuity announcer (died 2013)
• 19 September – Patrick Marber, comedy performer and writer
• 27 September – Gilles Peterson, disc jockey
• 21 November – Liza Tarbuck, actress and radio and television presenter
• 28 November – Sian Williams, journalist and current affairs presenter
• Unknown – Peter Kerry, writer of drama for radio and television

Deaths[]

• 28 September – Sir George Dyson, radio's "voice of music" (born 1883)^[5]
• 10 December – Charles Samuel Franklin, radio pioneer (born 1879)^[6]

See also[]

• 1964 in British music
• 1964 in British television
• 1964 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1964

References[]