2008 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 2008.

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Station debuts

Programme debuts

Relaunching this year after a break of one month or more

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Ending this year

Closing this year

DateStationDebut
11 January Oneword 2000 [26]
11 January Core Radio 1999 [26]
26 March Fosseway Radio 1998
Oak 107 FM 1999
26 March theJazz 2006 [27]
Capital Life 1999
4 April Virgin Radio Groove 2000
3 May Manchester United Radio 1994
31 July Fen Radio 107.5 1999
23 December Talk 107 2006

Deaths

References

  1. "Birdsong proves popular on radio". The Daibly Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group. 5 February 2008. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. "Birdsong is back". ukdigitalradio. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  3. "icBirmingham – Stan to take over from Sarah-Jane". Birmingham Mail. Trinity Mirror. 12 January 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. "DAB re-armed with BFBS radio". 8 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  5. "Emap sells magazines and radio divisions to Bauer for £1.14bn". Campaign Live. 7 December 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  6. "Classic FM in major schedule overhaul". The Guardian. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  7. "Pennine FM back from the dead". Radio Today. 29 February 2008. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  8. "Humphrey Lyttelton retires from BBC Radio 2 jazz show after 40 years". The Guardian . 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022.
  9. Dorricott, Carmel. "Heart fm Press Centre " A New sound for Heart Breakfast". Heartfmpress.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  10. "Tony Blackburn goes national". Radio Today. 3 June 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  11. Sweney, Mark (30 June 2008). "Tarrant v Ross: let battle commence". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  12. "TLRC sells six more stations". Radio Today. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  13. Churchill, Carolyn (9 August 2008). "Criticism for radio station that axed Scots DJs". Glasgow Herald. Newsquest Media Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  14. Lewry, Fraser (18 September 2008). "When Hardeep met Les". The Word. Development Hell. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  15. Media Monkey (23 September 2008). "Take it away, Les: Hardeep Singh Kohli terminates BBC radio interview". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  16. "Audio of Hardeep Singh Kohli interview". YouTube. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.[ dead YouTube link ]
  17. Plunkett, John (14 October 2008). "The Guardian, News, Media, Radio, Tuesday October 14, 2008 16.52 BST – 4 Digital radio partners in crisis talks". London: Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  18. "The ups and downs of Ross' career". BBC News. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  19. "Ross suspended for three months". BBC News. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  20. "Birmingham – BBC WM – Joanne Malin joins BBC WM". BBC. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  21. John Plunkett and Tara Conlan (30 October 2008). "Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas resigns over Brand-Ross phone prank row | Media". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  22. Plunkett, John (21 November 2008). "TV and radio presenter Paul Coia is to replace Martin Collins as the drivetime host of London's Smooth Radio". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  23. 1 2 Blackaby, Anna (4 August 2008). "Birmingham sees launch of two new community radio stations". Birmingham Post . Trinity Mirror Midlands. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  24. "Farewell, Focal Radio". Radio Today. 28 May 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  25. "BBC Genome Project". The Comedy Hour. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  26. 1 2 Plunkett, John (10 January 2008). "Two digital radio stations to close". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  27. Sherwin, Adam (2 May 2008). "Jazz station wins record audience after scrapping DJs". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2009.(subscription required)
  28. "Peter Coke". The Daily Telegraph . London. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2012.