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This is a list of events in British radio during 1970.

Events

January

23 January – Radio North Sea International begins test broadcasts.

February

8 February – DJ Annie Nightingale presents her first show on BBC Radio 1; she will still be broadcasting on the channel until shortly before her death in 2024.
11 February – "Pirate" radio station Radio North Sea International begins regular broadcasts to the UK from MV Mebo II off the Dutch coast.^[1]

March

24 March – RNSI's ship Mebo II anchors in international waters off Clacton.^[2]

April

3 April – Any Questions is broadcast on Radio 2 for the final time. Previously, BBC Radio 4 has carried only the Saturday lunchtime repeat; now both the Friday evening and Saturday lunchtime airings of the programme will be heard on Radio 4.
4 April
- BBC Radio’s sports coverage (other than Test cricket) transfers from BBC Radio 3 to BBC Radio 2 and the first edition of Sport on 2 is broadcast. The former Third Programme and Music Programme elements of Radio 3 are fully integrated under its banner.
- BBC Radio 4 begins broadcasting satirical radio current affairs sketch show Week Ending , which becomes a "training ground" for comedy writers and producers.^[3]
5 April – Your Hundred Best Tunes moves from BBC Radio 4 to BBC Radio 2.
6 April – On BBC Radio 4, programmes which will still be running more than 50 years later are introduced:
- The first edition of PM , the early evening news and current affairs programme, airs.
- The first Thought for the Day is broadcast, replacing ‘’Ten to Eight’’.
- The first edition of Start the Week is broadcast, with Richard Baker as presenter.
10 April – First broadcast of Radio 4's current affairs programme Analysis , another programme which will still be running more than 50 years later.
15 April – The UK government begins jamming Radio North Sea International.^[2]

May

No events

June

13–20 June – Radio North Sea International rebrands as Radio Caroline International during the general election campaign, during which it supports the victorious Conservative Party which it considers to be supportive of commercial broadcasting.^[1]

July

July – Kenny Everett is dismissed by BBC Radio 1 after making cheeky remarks about the Transport Minister's wife following a news item.
23 July – Radio North Sea International's Mebo II returns to broadcasting from off the Dutch coast.

August

No events.

September

1 September – United Biscuits launches its own radio station United Biscuits Network which is broadcast round the clock to the company's four factories.^[4]
6 September – BBC Radio 4 begins broadcasting the Sunday morning religious magazine programme, which will still be running more than 50 years later.^[5]

October

5 October – The daily consumer affairs programme You and Yours debuts on Radio 4; it will still be running more than 50 years later.
9 October – Round Table, a weekly programme discussions the week’s new releases, is broadcast for the first time on Radio 1. Emperor Rosko is the programme’s host.
October – The In Concert brand begins to be used on BBC Radio 1.

November

No events.

December

No events.

Station debuts

2 January – BBC Radio Newcastle
10 September – BBC Radio Manchester
1 September – United Biscuits Network (1970–1979)
4 September – BBC Radio Bristol
6 October – BBC Radio London (1970–1988)
29 October – BBC Radio Oxford
9 November – BBC Radio Birmingham
18 December – BBC Radio Medway
31 December – BBC Radio Solent, Radio Teesside

Programme debuts

4 April – Week Ending on BBC Radio 4 (1970–1998)
6 April – Start the Week on BBC Radio 4 (1970–Present)
6 April – PM on BBC Radio 4 (1970–Present)
6 September – Sunday on BBC Radio 4 (1970–Present)^[6]
5 October – You and Yours on BBC Radio 4 (1970–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)
The Navy Lark (1959–1977)
Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)

1960s

Farming Today (1960–Present)
In Touch (1961–Present)
The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1964–1973)
Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
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)

Births

2 January – Bam Bam (Peter Jarrod Poulton), radio presenter
14 February – Simon Pegg, comedian, film and television actor and writer, radio personality
15 February – Jonny Dymond, journalist and presenter
28 May – Paul Sinha, comedian, quizzer and radio presenter
18 June – Katie Derham, radio presenter
23 November – Zoe Ball, television and radio presenter
25 November – Emma B, radio presenter
2 December – Jo Russell, radio presenter
Verity Sharp, music presenter

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References

1 2 Lamb, Derek (March 2022). "Confrontation and Coincidence". Best of British: 60–1.
1 2 "The Radio Northsea Story". Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
↑ Greaves, Ian; Lewis, Justin (2008). Prime Minister, You Wanted To See Me? – A History of Week Ending. Dudley: Kaleidoscope Publishing. ISBN 1900203294.
↑ "Cracker factory records: the surprising story of United Biscuits' radio station". Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
↑ "BBC Programme Index". Sunday. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
↑ "BBC Programme Index". Sunday. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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[Lamb-1] 1 2 Lamb, Derek (March 2022). "Confrontation and Coincidence". Best of British: 60–1.

[RNI-2] 1 2 "The Radio Northsea Story". Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

[3] Greaves, Ian; Lewis, Justin (2008). Prime Minister, You Wanted To See Me? – A History of Week Ending. Dudley: Kaleidoscope Publishing. ISBN 1900203294.

[4] "Cracker factory records: the surprising story of United Biscuits' radio station". Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[5] "BBC Programme Index". Sunday. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

[6] "BBC Programme Index". Sunday. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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