2022 in British radio

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This is a list of events taking place in 2022 relating to radio in the United Kingdom.

Events[]

January[]

  • 1 January – Moira Stuart, Kate Garraway and Margherita Taylor are among those from the world of broadcasting to be recognised in the 2022 New Year Honours.[1]
  • 3 January – Jazz FM presenter Anne Frankenstein announces she will change her on air name to her actual name, which is Deb Grant.[2]
  • 4 January –
    • Launch of GB News Radio on the Digital One platform; the station is a simulcast of the GB News TV channel.[3][4]
    • Former BBC Asian Network presenter Yasser Ranjha joins Capital Xtra as the station's new drivetime host.[5]
    • Absolute Radio launches its "Absolute Radio You" competition which will see it name a radio station after one of its listeners.[6]
  • 5 January –
    • The UK government gives the regulator Ofcom power to renew licences for the two national DAB multiplexes, Digital One and Sound Digital, until December 2035.[7]
    • Hits Radio announces a new weekday schedule that will see Tom Green present the mid morning show, replacing Mike Toolan, while Hattie Pearson will replace Greg Burns on afternoons. Mike Toolan will co-present drivetime alongside Gemma Atkinson, replacing Wes Butterfield.[8]
    • The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore thank Milton Keynes station MKFM for being the first media organisation to get behind his 2020 fundraising campaign for the NHS.[9]
  • 6 January – KISS announces plans for an overhaul of its weekend schedule that will include Sam Darlaston and Omah Howard be moving to weekend mornings, and Tatum McGreal presenting an afternoon show.[10]
  • 7 January – LBC announce that presenter Maajid Nawaz has left the station with immediate effect. No reason is given for his departure.[11]
  • 9 January – Bob Harris joins Boom Radio to present a Sunday evening programme.[12]
  • 10 January –
    • Numi Gildent takes over as presenter of the KMFM evening show The Hit List.[13][14]
    • Radio Exe celebrates its tenth birthday with a message of congratulations from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[15]
  • 11 January –
    • Singer Elvis Costello asks radio stations to stop playing his 1979 song "Oliver's Army". Costello had announced he would stop performing the song live due to a racial slur in the lyrics.[16]
    • Times Radio appoints Daily Telegraph Deputy Political Editor Lucy Fisher as its Chief Political Commentator.[17]
  • 12 January –
    • BBC Radio 4 presenter Joe Lynam announces he will leave the station to join Irish radio station Newstalk as its business editor.[18]
    • Gaydio breakfast presenter reveals to his co-host Dave Cooper and listeners that he is transmasculine non-binary.[19]
  • 13 January – Clare McDonnell is announced as the new co-presenter of BBC Radio 5 Live's Drivetime programme, replacing Anna Foster. She will take up the role from 14 February.[20]
  • 14 January – Bauer has signed a deal to syndicate American country presenter 's evening show, Nights with Elaina, on Absolute Radio Country.[21]
  • 16 January – UK Youth Mental Health Ambassador Alex George joins Classic FM to present Inner Harmony. The series will focus on the effect listening to classical music can have on mental health and wellbeing.[22]
  • 17 January –
    • BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 have commissioned a series of programmes to mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's novel Ulysses, which was published in February 1922.[23]
    • Terry Christian returns to BBC Radio Derby to present a week of editions of Barbed Wireless, the youth programme he launched in 1982 to mark the show's 40th anniversary.[24]
    • talkSPORT have won exclusive broadcasting rights to the England tour of the West Indies, which begins later in January.[25]
  • 18 January –
    • At 5.59am GB News Radio begins a daily broadcast of the national anthem before the start of its live programming.[26]
    • Northampton's Shire Sound Radio launches a training academy for teenagers aged 13–18 interested in following a career in broadcasting.[27]
  • 19 January – Launch of the "Doctor Next Door" podcast presented by Absolute Radio's Dave Berry.[28]
  • 23 January –
  • 24 January –
    • BBC Radio 3 begins a week of live and pre-recorded concerts celebrating the music of Manchester.[32]
    • BBC Asian Network announces that twelve new presenters will join the network as part of its search for up and coming talent.[33]
    • Sam Lavery joins Capital North East to prevent the weekday drivetime show.[34]
    • Tom Green begins presenting the mid-morning show on Hits Radio.[35]
    • Following talks between the BBC and Department of Culture, Media and Sport it is announced that the Audio Content Fund will not continue beyond its pilot phase, ending in March.[36]
  • 25 January – Ofcom announces the fourth round of small-scale radio multiplex licensing.[37]
  • 28 January –
  • 29 January – Capital Breakfast launches a television advertising campaign featuring Roman Kemp, Sonny Jay and Siân Welby as a panel of judges auditioning famous music artists including Ed Sheeran and Olly Murs.[40]
  • 30 January – BBC Radio 2 airs highlights of The Big Night of Musicals by The National Lottery, recorded at Manchester's AO Arena. Shown in full on BBC One, the show is presented by comedian Jason Manford and is a thank you from the National Lottery to players who have supported it during the COVID-19 pandemic.[41]
  • 31 January –

February[]

  • 1 February – The BBC confirms that some radio content from BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live will be made exclusive to the BBC Sounds app for 28 days before becoming more widely available.[46]
  • 2 February –
  • 3 February – RAJAR releases its figures for the fourth quarter of 2021, indicating that one billion hours of radio were listened to during that time by roughly 49.5 million adults who listened for an average of 20.3 hours per week.[49]
  • 4 February –
  • 6 February – Scala Radio launches The Classic Comedy Club, a four-part series in which comedians Isy Suttie, Sindhu Vee, Maisie Adam and Andy Parsons each present their own show, curating a playlist of music that makes them happy.[53]
  • 7 February –
    • BBC Radio 2 launches 21st Century Folk in partnership with local BBC radio stations, an initiative to capture the essence of life in the North East of England in 2022.[54]
    • It is confirmed that a limited number of commercial will shortly begin airing on Virgin Radio's The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, which has been ad-free since its launch in 2019. Times Radio also plans to introduce commercials for the first time since its launch.[55]
    • Radio Today reports on Shaun Keaveny's return to radio, with the launch of Shaun Keaveny's Creative Cul-de-sac, a podcast on his Patreon page beginning on this date; Keaveny has also launched his own radio station, Community Garden Radio, through the page.[56]
  • 9 February –
    • Figures released by industry body Radiocentre reveal commercial radio took £718.7 million in advertising revenue during 2021, the highest annual revenue to date.[57]
    • Launch of The Radio Academy Podcast, a weekly podcast presented by Roisin Hastie that will look at radio and audio projects.[58]
  • 10 February –
    • Greatest Hits Radio have signed Richard Allinson and Kate Thornton to present Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening shows respectively.[59]
    • Former LBC presenter Maajid Nawaz has signed a deal with social media platform Gettr to produce content for them.[60]
    • Radiocentre Client Director Lucy Barrett is appointed inaugural President of the new World Radio Alliance.[61]
  • 12 February – A new study by radio manufacturer Pure highlights the increase of people tuning into radio, which they regard as a trusted source of breaking news and instant information.[62]
  • 13 February –
    • Reality television star Sam Thompson joins Hits Radio to present Sunday morning breakfast.[63]
    • The Community Media Association launches "Radiole", an online word game to celebrate World Radio Day 2022.[64]
  • 14 February – Fun Kids hosts a live event from London's Royal Greenwich Observatory during which a love letter from Earth is broadcast both nationwide and into space.[65] The event earns the station the Guinness World Record title for the First Radio Programme Beamed into Deep Space.[66]
  • 15 February – Sixteen-year-old Josh Holmes-Bright, a presenter on Caroline Community Radio, joins Radio Caroline after being approached by station bosses who heard him presenting on the community station.[67]
  • 16 February – The online output of Bauer Radio's stations goes down for around half an hour just before 8am because of an internal update to their streaming service.[68]
  • 17 February – Ofcom awards grants totalling £390,689 to 26 community radio stations for projects.[69]
  • 18 February –
    • Nation Radio gains nearly half a million listeners for the fourth quarter of 2021 after RAJAR reattributes some of the listening figures for that period from national to local services.[70]
    • Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson joins Times Radio to present the Friday afternoon show.[71]
    • Chris Moyse, Managing Director and Station Manager at since 2010, announces his intention to step down from the roles in order to concentrate on new projects.[72]
  • 19 February – talkSPORT exclusively broadcasts the boxing match between Amir Khan and Kell Brook, held in Manchester.[73]
  • 20 February –
    • David Jensen's Jazz returns to Jazz FM for a second series.[74]
    • Moray Firth Radio celebrates its 40th anniversary on air with a three hour programme featuring some past presenters, including Gary Spence, who returns to the station to present the show.[75]
  • 21 February – Ofcom finds Leicester-based community radio station Takeover Radio in breach of its key commitments for failing to provide enough original content.[76]
  • 22 February –
    • Ellara Wakely, who leads the BBC Ten Pieces scheme, is appointed as a Commissioning Executive at BBC Radio 3.[77]
    • Global Radio have hired Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis to present a programme together on LBC, as well as a daily podcast exclusively for Global Player.[78]
  • 24 February – Union JACK Radio, Union JACK Dance and Union JACK Rock disappear from the national SDL DAB multiplex at midnight. No explanation is given for their disappearance and Ofcom says it has not revoked their licences. The stations continue to be available online.[79]
  • 25–27 February – BBC Radio 5 Live drop some non-news and sport shows, such as Kermode and Mayo's Film Review, to provide extended coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The shows are instead released as podcasts on BBC Sounds.[80]
  • 27 February – and broadcast a special ten hour programme featuring the 100 Greatest Bollywood Love Songs as voted for by their listeners.[81]
  • 28 February –
    • Radio 1 presenter Jordan North begins a challenge to row 100 miles of canals between London and Burnley to raise money for Comic Relief.[82]
    • AIR 107.2, the community station for Weymouth and Portland, increases its output to 100 watts with the switch on of a new transmitter that was funded by ; its previous output had been 25 watts.[83]

March[]

  • 1 March – BBC Radio 2 begins a month of programming dedicated to country music to tie in with the C2C: Country to Country festival.[84]
  • 3 March – JACK Media National Ltd., the parent company of Union JACK Radio, enters administration and makes several staff members redundant. Its three stations, Union JACK Radio, Union JACK Rock and Union JACK Dance, had disappeared from the national SDL DAB multiplex on 24 February.[85]
  • 4 March –
    • Commercial and community stations begin airing the Disasters Emergency Committee's latest appeal in support of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.[86]
    • Deborah Meaden joins BBC Radio 5 Live to present The Big Green Money Show, a ten-part programme looking at business and climate change which is also available through BBC Sounds.[87]
    • Exeter-based Radio Exe joins DAB in Plymouth allowing it to expand its coverage to encompass the whole of West Devon.[88]
    • KISS reorganises its Friday and Saturday night schedule.[89]
  • 6 March –
    • Comedian Jennifer Saunders joins Classic FM to present From Couch to Opera House (in 7 weeks), in partnership with the English National Opera.[90]
    • Bauer Media launches Menopause Month on Magic Radio with a series of programmes to raise awareness of the issue.[91]
  • 7 March –
    • Andrew Marr joins LBC to present Tonight with Andrew Marr from Mondays to Thursdays; the hour-long show is also available as a telecast through .[92]
    • Country music radio station Chris Country rebrands as CountryLine Radio.[93]
  • 8 March –
  • 9 March –
    • , a station aimed at the UK's 2.2 million builders, confirms it will be joining the Sound Digital Ltd DAB multiplex, meaning it will air nationally.[97]
    • Nation Broadcasting takes a 10% stake in ahead of plans to expand internationally.[98]
    • Former BBC Radio 1 presenter Mark Page is found guilty of trying to arrange the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines following a trial at .[99]
  • 11 March –
    • BBC Radio 6 Music celebrates 20 years on air.[100][101]
    • Sheffield-based Muslim station Link FM is fined £2,000 by Ofcom for broadcasting a piece of music that incited listeners to join a violent jihad.[102]
    • London community station Rinse FM is sanctioned by Ofcom for playing a track, " by Jay Electronica without providing sufficient contextualisation; the track has been described as containing anti-Semitic lyrics.[103]
  • 13 March – Nicole Appleton joins Magic Radio to present the first of three programmes celebrating women in music.[104]
  • 14 March – Nottingham Trent University's student radio station, Fly Live, celebrates 25 years on air with a marathon 25-hour show.[105]
  • 15 March – Sky News Radio renews its deal with Independent Radio News to provide news bulletins for commercial radio stations. The length of the new agreement has not been disclosed but is reported to be "multi-year".[106]
  • 16 March – Global Radio is named as the official partner of Concert for Ukraine, a fundraising event being organised by ITV, and the Disasters Emergency Committee for 29 March.[107]
  • 21 March – Former Inside Business presenter Richard Morgan joins Tara Mills and Declan Harvey on Evening Extra on BBC Radio Ulster.[108]
  • 23 March – The BBC World Service receives £4.1 million in emergency funding from the UK Government to support its services in Russia and Ukraine.[109]
  • 24 March –
    • Former BBC chairman Lord Michael Grade is appointed as the next chairman of Ofcom.[110]
    • LBC presenter Eddie Mair announces he is to leave the station in August.[111]
    • Overnight programming on BBC Radio 5 Live is temporarily suspended due to Covid-related staff shortages at the station's MediaCityUK studios. The station will instead simulcast the BBC World Service between 01:00 and 05:00 daily until at least 4 April.[112]
  • 28 March –
  • 30 March – Virgin Radio presenter Kate Lawler presents her last show on the station, after announcing she was to leave the station to spend more time with her family.[115]

April[]

  • 1 April –
    • The three-day BBC Radio 6 Music Festival begins in Cardiff.[116]
    • The final edition of Kermode and Mayo's Film Review is broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live after 21 years on air. The show will be replaced by an extended 5 Live Drive.[117]
    • Uckfield FM rebrands as Ashdown Radio and extends its coverage area. A new relay on 94.7 FM will cover Crowborough.[118]
    • Portsmouth-based online station launches on DAB, with Gary Champion presenting the first show at 7am.[119]
  • 3 April –
    • Zoe Ball presents Wogan: In His Own Words, a Radio 2 documentary marking the 50th anniversary of Sir Terry Wogan's first breakfast show on the network. It includes excerpts of an in-depth television interview he recorded with a BBC South reporter in 1980 during which he spoke candidly about his life and career. Prior to its transmission on Radio 2 the documentary is also made available on BBC Sounds from 1 April.[120][121]
    • Talksport will broadcast the Manchester Remembers charity football match, held to mark the fifth anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing.[122]
  • 4 April – Broadcaster Huw Stephens and Cardiff singer-songwriter take over as presenters of the Evening Show on BBC Radio Wales, with Stephens presenting the programme from Mondays to Wednesdays and Scott presenting on Thursdays.[123]
  • 25 April – Launch of talkTV with a limited television output and a daytime schedule mostly simulcast from talkRADIO.[124]

Station debuts[]

Terrestrial[]

  • 4 January – GB News Radio
  • 14 February –
    • Radio Xtra (previously launched online)[125]
    • Alfred[125]
  • 5 March – Embrace 104.7[126]
  • 4 April – [127]

Online stations[]

Small-scale multiplex switch-ons[]

  • 28 March – Salisbury [132]

Closing this year[]

Date Station Debuted
29 March All Oldies Radio[133] 2016

Programme debuts[]

  • 9 January – Jazz Meets Classical, a six-part series exploring the relationship between jazz and classical music on Jazz FM and Scala Radio[134]

Continuing radio programmes[]

1940s[]

1950s[]

1960s[]

1970s[]

1980s[]

1990s[]

2000s[]

2010s[]

2020s[]

  • Newscast (2020–Present)
  • Sounds of the 90s (2020–present)

Ending this year[]

Deaths[]

See also[]

References[]

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