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BBC Radio 4 celebrates the 75th anniversary of The Archers with a day of programmes and drama dedicated to the rural soap.[1] It includes a re-enactment of the opening scene of the first episode broadcast on 1 January 1951, the original episode having been lost.[2]
Radio X listeners have voted the Wolf Alice single "The Sofa" as their Record of the Year for 2025 in the station's annual poll of music for the year.[3]
12 January – Comedian Josh James joins Fix Radio as drivetime presenter. Previous hosts Rich and Trev move to Saturdays as part of changes to the weekend schedule.[9]
17 January – Daryl Robinson joins Fix Radio to present a Saturday morning programme.[11]
19 January – Magic Radio hires Claire Sturgess to present the breakfast show on Mellow Magic, and announces that current presenter Jen Thomas will move to afternoons on Magic Musicals.[12]
23 January – Cheshire's Mix 56 partners with Cadent Gas Distribution Network to promote its programme of community engagement across Cheshire.[13]
24 January – Jazz FM presenter Helen Mayhew announces her retirement from broadcasting, with her final show airing on 30 January.[14]
4 February – Times Radio confirms a schedule refresh beginning later in February, which includes the addition of Jane Mulkerrins on Saturday afternoons and Ryan Tubridy on Sunday afternoons. They will replace Chloe Tilley and Alexis Conran.[21]
5 February – Release of the RAJAR figures for the final quarter of 2025, which indicate that 50 million people in the UK are listening to radio on a weekly basis.[22]
9 February –
Ofcom finds LBC in breach of its rules after broadcaster James O'Brien failed to properly contextualise an email from a listener during a discussion about the Gaza war in July 2025.[23]
Ofcom finds talkRADIO in breach of its regulations after a caller used the C-word during a mid-morning programme in September 2025.[24]
BBC Radio Cymru 2 launches Diwrnod Gorau Erioed, four weeks of competitions with a different prize available each week, ranging from live events to sporting fixtures and television finals. It is the station's biggest ever competition.[30]
Ofcom finds KCC Live in breach of its licence after being continuously off-air since December 2024.[32]
Pierre Petrou steps down as operations manager of Radio Maria England after a three-year expansion which has seen the station broadcasting in 17 areas of the UK.[33]
25 February – Ofcom confirms plans for new mandatory regulations to require local analogue stations to produce a certain amount of local news coverage on weekdays.[34]
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