17 April – The first regular stereo radio transmissions begin, from the Wrotham transmitter.
May
3 May – Pirate radio stations Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio commence broadcasting on AM, with a combined potential 100,000 watts, from the same ship (MV Olga Patricia) anchored off the south coast of England in international waters.
Britain's first student radio station, the University of Kent's UKC Radio is founded, initially as an audio feed through the radiator system. It airs until 2006.
↑ Parsons, Nicholas (2010). Nicholas Parsons: With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation: My Life in Comedy. Random House. p.25. ISBN978-1-907-19522-8.
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