1996 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1996.

Events[]

January[]

  • No events.

February[]

  • 4 February – Trevor Nelson joins BBC Radio 1 to present the UK's first national r&b show Rhythm Nation.
  • 5 February – Radio Wyvern becomes the last commercial radio station in England to end simulcasting on FM and AM.

March[]

April[]

May[]

  • 4 May – BBC Radio 3 commences 24-hour transmission.[3]
  • May – Viva 963 is sold to Mohammed Al Fayed, owner of Harrods and chairman of Fulham Football Club, who renames the station as Liberty Radio.[4]

June[]

  • June – Radio 1 starts live streaming on the internet.[5]
  • June – Schools programmes are broadcast during the day for the final time. Schools programmes continued to be broadcast overnight until 2003.

July[]

  • 1 July – The LBC name returns to London's airwaves following a rebrand of London News Radio's MW station News Talk 1152.
  • 9 July – The Radio Authority receives 25 bids for the final FM citywide London licence. In November the Authority announces that XFM has been awarded the licence which will broadcast on 104.9.

August[]

September[]

October[]

November[]

  • 4 November – The Asian Network expands into a full-time station when it increases the number of hours on air from 80 hours a week to 126 hours a week (18 hours a day). The station, which broadcasts on the MW frequencies of BBC Radio Leicester and BBC WM, is renamed BBC Asian Network.
  • 14 November – London News relaunches its rolling news service as News Direct 97.3.

December[]

Unknown[]

Station debuts[]

Closing this year[]

Programme debuts[]

Continuing radio programmes[]

1940s[]

1950s[]

1960s[]

1970s[]

1980s[]

  • In Business (1983–Present)
  • Sounds of the 60s (1983–Present)
  • Loose Ends (1986–Present)

1990s[]

Ending this year[]

Deaths[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Independent Radio Group, UK Business Park(Page No Longer Available, Retrieved from the Internet Archive).
  2. ^ "The BBC Radio Oxford 40 year timeline". BBC News. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
  3. ^ "Schedule - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved Mar 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "Viva sex appeal". The Independent. Nov 19, 1996. Retrieved Mar 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "BBC Internet Services – History". BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Joan Thirkettle dies aged 48". The Independent. London. 14 May 1996. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
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