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Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Station debuts


Programme debuts

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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

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References

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  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.
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  12. "TLRC sells six more stations". Radio Today. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
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  24. "Farewell, Focal Radio". Radio Today. 28 May 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
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  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. Retrieved 18 December 2009.(subscription required)
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