2005 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 2005.

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Unknown

Station debuts

Programme debuts

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Ending this year

Closing this year

DateStationDebut
27 May 102.2 Jazz FM 1990 [11]

Deaths

References

  1. O'Carroll, Lisa; Deans, Jason & Day, Julia (23 May 2005). "TV stars: why we crossed BBC picket line". Guardian Unlimited . Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  2. Radio 3 clears the air for Beethoven.
  3. "Christmas with Bach". The Guardian . London. 12 December 2005. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022.
  4. Brook, Stephen (21 June 2005). "Emap snaps up Scottish Radio Holdings". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. Wells, Matt (12 September 2005). "Interview with Helen Boaden". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 April 2014. Some of our competitors talked immediately of 90 dead. They talked about three bus bombs. That was off a range of various wire services and it was complete speculation and we wouldn't go with that. We would be careful – we would try to check things out.
  6. "Chelsea in Smooth FM broadcast deal". Campaign Live. 25 July 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  7. "Cricket mania sweeps 5 Live". The Guardian . 2 September 2005. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023.
  8. Muir, Hugh; Butt, Riazat (24 October 2005). "A rumour, outrage and then a riot. How tension in a Birmingham suburb erupted". The Guardian . London. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  9. "Mary Wimbush obituary". The Times . London. 2 November 2005. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  10. Casci, Mark (24 November 2005). "Islamic radio to be launched". Muslim News. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  11. "Goodbye 102.2 JAZZ FM". Radio Today. 28 May 2005. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  12. "DJ Tommy Vance dies after stroke". BBC News. 6 March 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  13. "Broadcaster Timpson dies aged 77". BBC. 19 November 2005. Retrieved 2 November 2019.