1920 in British radio – January - The first informal and spasmodic broadcasts in the United Kingdom are made by the Marconi Company from Chelmsford in England. These broadcasts include both speech and music.[1]
1927 in British radio – The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation, when it is granted a Royal Charter; First live sports broadcast on the BBC, a rugby union international. The first football commentary takes place a week later.
1928 in British radio – The first edition of The Daily Service is broadcast. It was originally called A Short Religious Service but was renamed The Daily Service later in the year
1984 in British radio – The BBC conducts five trials of community stations in Greater Manchester. Each trial, which covers a specific area of Greater Manchester, lasts for a few weeks; First broadcast of Delve Special.
2001 in British radio – Compass FM launches, Chris Evans is sacked by Virgin Radio for poor timekeeping; Saga 105.7 FM, the first radio station aimed at an over-50 listening audience, is launched in Birmingham.
2014 in British radio – Jazz FM stops broadcasting nationally on DAB from New Year's Day, but continues to air in London; London's LBC is launched as a national talk station on DAB; Smooth Radio is relaunched as a number of local stations; Simon Bates leaves Smooth after three years; London One Radio is launched to cater for London's Italian community.
2021 in British radio – Woman's Hour celebrates its 75th year with a special message from The Queen; Boom Radio is launched to target baby boomers; UK radio stations enter obituary mode following the death of Prince Philip on 9 April; The first DAB multiplex for the Channel Islands begins broadcasting; Nick Grimshaw leaves BBC Radio 1 after 14 years with the station; RAJAR publishes its first set of post-COVID audience figures following an 18-month hiatus; Comedian Iain Lee launches the online station Radio Anywhere; Janice Long dies aged 66; The recording and release of many radio programmes are expected to be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023 in British radio – Figures released by BBC Sounds show there were 57.7 million listens to its content between 20 December 2022 and 2 January 2023; Absolute Radio stops broadcasting on MW;[7]BRMB is relaunched in Birmingham; Broadcaster Paul O'Grady dies suddenly, aged 67; Changes are implemented in BBC Local Radio leading to greater networking of shows and the departure of many long-standing and well-known presenters; Commercial radio in the UK marks its 50th anniversary.
2024 in British radio – Launch of Boom Rock, which recreates the voice of Tommy Vance using artificial intelligence; the BBC announces the launch of four new national DAB stations and draws criticism from the commercial sector; BBC Radio 4's long wave opt-outs will end ahead of the switching-off of the station's long wave signal; Steve Wright dies suddenly two days before Valentines Day, aged 69; Johnnie Walker dies suddenly on New Years Eve, aged 79.
2025 in British radio – First broadcasts of Together with Gareth Malone and Next Level with DanTDM on Classic FM and Sunday Roast on KISS, and Final broadcasts of Your Place And Mine after 34 years and Trevor Nelson's Rhythm Nation after 6 years; Andy Ball dies suddenly on 28 January.
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