1983 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1983.

Events[]

January[]

• 4 January – BBC Radio 2 revives Music While You Work.
• 17 January – BBC Local Radio comes to south west England with the launches of BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radio Cornwall.

February[]

• 12 February – Sounds of the 60s is broadcast for the first time on BBC Radio 2.

March[]

• No events.

April[]

• 18 April – Prior to the launch of a commercial station covering Gwent, the BBC launches . It broadcasts at peak time, opting out of BBC Radio Wales. The station broadcasts on VHF/FM and therefore becomes the only part of Wales where English-language radio programming for Wales can be heard on VHF/FM.

May[]

• No events.

June[]

• 13 June – Gwent Broadcasting becomes the first station in the UK to occupy the newly released 102.2 to 104.5Mhz part of the VHF/FM waveband.^[1]

July[]

• 2 July – BBC Radio Medway is expanded to cover all of the county of Kent and is renamed accordingly.

August[]

• No events.

September[]

• No events.

October[]

• 6 October – Centre Radio stops broadcasting after running into financial difficulties. A take-over bid is rejected by the IBA and the station goes off air at 5.30pm.^[2][3]
• 22 October – BBC Radio Brighton is expanded to cover all of the county of Sussex and is accordingly renamed BBC Radio Sussex.

November[]

• No events.

December[]

• 18 December – Sounds of Jazz is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 for the final time. The show is transferred to Radio 2 in the new year.

Station debuts[]

• 17 January –
  • BBC Radio Devon
  • BBC Radio Cornwall
• 4 April – County Sound
• 18 April –
• 13 June – Gwent Broadcasting
• 4 July – BBC Radio York
• 29 August – Southern Sound Radio
• 5 September –
  • Signal 1
  • Marcher Sound

Closing this year[]

• 6 October – Centre Radio (1981–1983)

Programme debuts[]

• 1 February – In Business on BBC Radio 4 (1983–Present)
• 12 February – Sounds of the 60s on BBC Radio 2 (1983–Present)

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)
• Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
• Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)

1960s[]

• Farming Today (1960–Present)
• In Touch (1961–Present)
• 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)
• Kaleidoscope (1973–1998)
• Newsbeat (1973–Present)
• The News Huddlines (1975–2001)
• File on 4 (1977–Present)
• Money Box (1977–Present)
• The News Quiz (1977–Present)
• Breakaway (1979–1998)
• Feedback (1979–Present)
• The Food Programme (1979–Present)
• Science in Action (1979–Present)

1980s[]

• Radio Active (1980–1987)

Births[]

• 19 January – MistaJam, born Peter Dalton, DJ
• 6 August – Lloyd Langford, Welsh comedian
• 16 August – Colin Griffiths, TV presenter and DJ

Deaths[]

• 22 February – Sir Adrian Boult, orchestral conductor, BBC director of music (born 1889)

See also[]

• 1983 in British music
• 1983 in British television
• 1983 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1983

References[]