1986 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1986.

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Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Station debuts

Changes of station frequency

StationMoved fromMoved to
Radio Hallam 95.9 (Rotherham), 95.2 (Sheffield)96.1 (Rotherham), 97.5 (Sheffield)
Signal Radio 104.3102.6
Pennine Radio 95.297.4
BBC Radio Cleveland 96.6FM95.0FM
Radio Tees 95.0FM96.6FM
BBC Radio Humberside 96.9FM95.9FM
Viking Radio 102.7FM96.9FM
BRMB 94.8FM96.4FM
Leicester Sound 97.1FM103.2FM
Severn Sound 95.0FM102.4FM
Southern Sound 103.5FM103.4FM

Programme debuts

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Ending this year

Closing this year

Births

Deaths

See also

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