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This is a list of events in 2024 relating to radio in the United Kingdom.

Events

January

• 1 January –
  • Launch of Bournemouth One. ^[1] The station begins with a welcome message from Tobias Ellwood, the MP for Bournemouth East. ^[2]
  • Josh Tate, believed to be the UK's youngest newsreader, presents his own New Year's Day show on Radio Exe. ^[3]
  • Former Radio 2 presenter Steve Madden joins Portsmouth's Victory Radio to present a late night weekend show. ^[4]
  • Alex Hall presents her final show for BBC Radio Tees after 35 years in local radio, 18 of them with Radio Tees. ^[5]
• 2 January –
  • Audible Always, producers of the internationally syndicated programme Selector Radio, confirms that Radio 1 presenter Sian Eleri will take over as presenter of the weekly show. ^[6]
  • Bauer Radio begins experimenting with a mixed Salisbury/Hampshire local news service for Greatest Hits Radio Salisbury, which it later says was done because it felt a city specific bulletin for Salisbury "sounded jarring and parochial against industry-leading shows such as Ken Bruce and Simon Mayo". Local news is restored to Salisbury in March after a review following a bulletin containing a story about Portsmouth, an hour's drive from Salisbury. ^[7]
• 3 January – Pete Black announces he is leaving the role of Bauer Media Audio UK's Director of Music after 18 years with the company. ^[8]
• 4 January – Paddy Power and Virgin Radio UK sign a 12-month deal to sponsor The Ryan Tubridy Show. ^[9]
• 5 January –
  • Jason Rosam presents his final edition of BBC Radio London early breakfast show. ^[10]
  • Speaking to the At Home with Vick and Jordan podcast, Ant & Dec discuss how they almost became presenters of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show after being asked to record a pilot. The show was eventually presented by Sara Cox. ^[11]
• 6 January – Danielle Perry succeeds Angellica Bell as presenter of the Saturday mid-morning show on Scala Radio. ^[12]
• 7 January –
  • Stephen Mangan joins Classic FM to present a Sunday afternoon show. ^[13]
  • Boom Radio announces plans to launch a sister station named Boom Rock in February. The station will become the third in the Boom family. ^[14]
• 8 January –
  • Dan Walker replaces Tim Lihoreau as presenter of Classic FM's breakfast show. The change sees the programme move from its previous slot of 6am to 9am to a new slot of 6.30am to 10am. ^[15] Lihoreau, who had hosted the programme for the previous 12 years, becomes the new presenter of the station's weekend breakfast show as part of wider changes to the weekend schedule. ^[16]
  • Preston-based Beat Radio is rebranded as Juice Radio, and appears on 103.2FM. ^[17]
  • Happy Radio have hired Fiona Sadler and Alex Roland to present a weekday evening and overnight show respectively. ^[18]
• 10 January –
  • Bauer announces that Free Radio, Gem Radio, Hallam FM, Lincs FM, Metro Radio, Pulse 1, Radio City, Rock FM, Signal 1, TFM, Viking FM and Wave Swansea will all be rebranding to Hits Radio from April. The stations will continue to have local breakfast output, but will have networked programming at other times. Local news, advertising and traffic updates will also continue to air. ^[19]
  • BBC Radio Scotland confirms that Martin Geissler will present the Monday to Wednesday editions of its Drivetime programme following the departure of John Beattie. ^[20]
• 11 January – HSBC UK have extended their sponsorship of Global's The News Agents podcast for a further 12 months. ^[21]
• 14 January –
  • Comedian Tom Allen joins Virgin Radio to present a weekly Sunday afternoon show. ^[22]
  • Carol Vorderman joins LBC to present a Sunday afternoon show from 4pm to 7pm, having previously provided cover for other LBC presenters. ^[23]
  • Debut of Smooth Radio's new television advertising campaign featuring famous UK landmarks and its new strapline, "Always the best music". ^[24]
• 15 January – The Intellectual Properties Office launches a consultation on how record labels and artists from overseas should received royalties for material broadcast in the UK. ^[25]
• 17 January – Kiss have signed a 12-month deal with Costa Coffee to sponsor their breakfast shows on Kiss, Kisstory and Kiss Fresh. ^[26]
• 18 January – Following a consultation, Ofcom gives approval for BBC Radio Cymru 2 to become a fully fledged radio station. ^[27]
• 19 January – Sunshine 855 switches off its mediumwave frequency on 855KHz, having been granted permission to do so by Ofcom due to the expensive cost of maintaining the transmitters and the small number of listeners who listen on mediumwave. ^[28]
• 20 January – DJ Ace presents his final R&B show on BBC 1Xtra after 21 years with the network; Chuckie is lined up to replace him. ^[29]
• 22 January –
  • BBC 1Xtra launches a second show produced from Birmingham, with DJ Day Day presenting weekday mid-mornings, also in place of DJ Ace. ^[30]
  • The relaunched version of Laser 558 becomes available on Freeview on Channel 277 via the radio portal. ^[31]
  • Scarborough's Coast and County Radio is found to be in breach of Ofcom's rules following a showbiz news report about the health of Barry Humphries in which it was reported he was being treated in hospital three days after his death. ^[32]
• 25 January – Times Radio announces a 12 month deal with Nationwide Building Society to sponsor their breakfast show. ^[33]
• 27 January – British band No Guidnce begin a four-week residence guest presenting the R&B show on BBC 1Xtra. ^[29]
• 29 January – BBC Radio 2 launches the 2024 series of its Radio 2 Piano Room feature, with Bruce Hornsby as the first guest. ^[34]
• 30 January – The Media Bill, which proposes changes to radio in the United Kingdom such as reducing regulations for commercial radio and improving access through smart devices, passes its third reading in the House of Commons. ^[35]
• 31 January –
  • The rock band Nothing but Thieves play an exclusive gig for Radio X listeners at London's O2 Forum Kentish Town. ^[36]
  • BBC Radio Solent is scheduled to air the final edition of its indie and alternative music show, Stereo Underground, but drops it from the schedule at the last minute without explanation. ^[37] The programme will continue to air after moving to the Mixcloud app. ^[38]

February

• 1 February – RAJAR figures are published for the final quarter of 2023, and indicate that there were 39.1 million weekly listeners to radio, an increase from 38.1 during the previous quarter. GB News Radio increases its average listener base to 430,000, while listeners to Boom Radio are down slightly on the previous quarter to 627,000. ^[39]
• 2 February – Ofcom revokes the small-scale DAB licence award for Warminster, Devizes & Trowbridge after the bidder awarded the licence said they could not launch a service within the 18 month timeframe specified by the award. ^[40]
• 6 February –
  • talkSPORT has secured a two-year deal with Rugby League Commercial for broadcast rights for men's and women's Super League rugby matches. ^[41]
  • Times Radio rebrands itself as The Election Station ahead of a general election, expected some time in 2024. ^[42]
• 7 February –
  • The BBC announces plans to launch four new radio stations on DAB+, including a Radio 2 spin-off playing music from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and a Radio 1 spin-off playing music from the past two decades. ^[43] The plans are objected to by the commercial radio sector, which describes the new stations as unnecessary. ^[44]
  • Global announces plans to launch The Sports Agents, a sister programme to its The News Agents podcast, which will be presented by Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman on Tuesdays and Thursdays. ^[45]
• 8 February –
  • LBC and Classic FM are launched on DAB+ in the Channel Islands. ^[46]
  • Winchester DAB Ltd relaunches the Winchester small-scale DAB network after the previous operator went into receivership in November 2023. ^[47]
• 11 February – BBC Radio 6 Music airs its final programme to be broadcast from Wogan House. ^[48]
• 12 February –
  • Suzie McGuire joins Nation Radio Scotland to present weekday evenings as Nation Broadcasting expands its Scottish content. ^[49]
  • Anna Sedgley announces she is leaving her post as Group Chief Financial Officer at Bauer Media after three years in the role. ^[50]
• 13 February – At 5.00pm BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live break the news of the death of radio presenter Steve Wright, who died on 12 February. The announcement is followed by on-air tributes from colleagues throughout the radio industry. ^[51]
• 14 February –
  • KISS announces that DJ Ace will join to present a Sunday evening R&B show. ^[52]
  • Boom Rock is launched, with a station ID featuring the voice of Tommy Vance, who died in 2005, but whose voice has been recreated using artificial intelligence with permission from his family. ^[53]
• 16 February –
  • Jordan North confirms he will be leaving Radio 1 after ten years; Jamie Laing will succeed him as co-presenter of the weekday drivetime show alongside Vick Hope. ^[54]
  • The Radio Today website reports that Oxis Media, which owns the Jack FM brand, plans to relaunch the station in the UK at a time of its choosing. ^[55]
  • Smart Outdoor Media takes an equity stake in north east DAB station Frisk Radio. ^[56]
• 17 February –
  • Gary Davies presents a special edition of Pick of the Pops paying tribute to Steve Wright, with charts from 1980 and 1996, the years Wright joined Radios 1 and 2 respectively. ^[57]
  • JLS band member Aston Merrygold stands in for Ashley Roberts on Heart 00s while Roberts is on holiday. ^[58]
• 18 February –
  • Liza Tarbuck presents a special edition of Sunday Love Songs on Radio 2 in tribute to Steve Wright. ^{[59] [60]}
  • Gavin Wallace joins Nation Radio Scotland to present a Sunday show. ^[49]
  • Paul Gambaccini presents the final BBC Radio 2 programme to be broadcast live from Wogan House. ^[48]
• 19 February –
  • Elizabeth Clark is appointed director of the newly-created BBC radio production hub for Scotland and Northern Ireland. ^[61]
  • Roman Kemp announces he is leaving Capital Breakfast after a decade presenting on the Capital network. ^[62]
• 20 February –
  • The team behind the relaunched Laser 558 have obtained a licence to broadcast on DAB, and will launch on DAB in Wiltshire and Basingstoke. ^[63]
  • Heart announces a sponsorship deal with the National Lottery to sponsor its "Make Me a Millionaire" competition. ^[64]
  • Greatest Hits Radio announces its first Greatest Hits Radio cruise in association with Ambassador Cruises, which will take passengers on a cruise from London to Hamburg along the River Elbe in October, and feature regular presenters Ken Bruce, Martin Kemp, Jenny Powell and Kate Thornton. ^[65]
  • GB News announces it has ended its radio advertising and sponsorship contract with Bauer Media, and that it is launching its own advertising sales operation. ^[66]
• 21 February –
  • Capital confirms that Jordan North will replace Roman Kemp on Capital Breakfast from April. ^[67]
  • Community stations Blackburn's 102.2 and Takeover Radio 106.9 are found to have breached Ofcom's key commitments over output. ^[68]
• 22 February – Lyca Radio is announced as the official partner of the 22nd Asian Achievers Awards, replacing Sunrise Radio. ^[69]
• 23 February – BBC Radio 2 broadcasts the final edition of the 2024 series of Radio 2 Piano Room. ^[34]
• 24 February – Graham Norton announces he is leaving his weekend shows at Virgin Radio with effect from the following day; Virgin boss Mike Cass confirms Norton will still present on the station. ^[70]
• 25 February –
  • At 8am, Erewash Sound presenter Richard Dawson begins a sponsored broadcast marathon that is scheduled to end at midday on 27 February. ^{[71] [72]}
  • Noreen Khan presents her final regular programme for BBC Asian Network. ^[73]
• 26 February –
  • Martha Kearney announces she will leave Radio 4's Today programme later in the year. ^[74]
  • Virgin Radio announces that the Kim Wilde 80s Show will be broadcast on Virgin Radio 80s Plus on Sundays from 10am–2pm. ^[75]
• 27 February –
  • Bauer announces plans to rebrand Wave 105 as Greatest Hits Radio South Coast and Pirate FM as Greatest Hits Radio Cornwall. ^[76]
  • Ofcom approves 14 applications for funds from the Community Radio Fund, with community stations receiving a share of £250,000. ^[77]
  • Stephen Miron announces he is standing down as Global's Group Chief Executive in March 2025. ^[78]
• 28 February –
  • Radio 1 announces schedule changes, which include moving Matt Edmondson and Mollie King to early afternoons (Monday to Thursday) from July. ^[79]
  • Radio 2 is forced to switch to a back-up service after a technical glitch takes the station off air during Vernon Kay's mid-morning show. ^[80]
  • Former BBC Radio London presenter Jason Rosam is to present the breakfast show on Battersea's Riverside Radio. ^[81]
• 29 February – Noreen Khan presents the BBC Asian Network Comedy Gala from Glasgow before leaving the station. ^[73]

March

• 1 March –
  • East Devon Radio is rebranded as DevonAIR Radio, the third time it has changed its name since launching as Bay FM Radio in 2006. ^[82]
  • Easy Radio is rebranded as Swansea Bay Radio, the third time the station has broadcast with that name. ^[83]
  • Launch of Angel Radio +1 on DAB in Portsmouth, the UK's first timeshift radio service. ^[84]
  • Thea Taylor joins Radio 1 to present Friday's early breakfast show during March as part of a monthly rotation of presenters on the show. ^[85]
• 2 March – Scala Radio begins introducing more presenter-free programming, leading to the departures of presenters Mark Forrest, Mark Kermode, Luci Holland, Richard Allinson and Sam Hughes. ^[86]
• 3 March – Radio News Hub offers a free programme presented by Gaby Roslin to coincide with the UK's Day of Reflection. ^[87]
• 4 March –
  • Jamie Laing succeeds Jordan North as co-presenter of Radio 1's weekday drivetime show alongside Vick Hope. ^[88]
  • BBC Radio Cymru 2 extends its broadcasting hours, going from four to nine hours on Mondays to Thursdays, four to six hours on Fridays and from three to 14 hours on Sundays. ^[89]
• 5 March – Blackpool's Coastal DAB is found in breach of Ofcom's Broadcasting Code for mentioning ticket sales for an event during a news bulletin. ^[90]
• 6 March –
  • BBC Radio 4 confirms that the next series of The Now Show , due to air in Spring 2024, will be its last. ^[91]
  • Simon Pitts is appointed Group Chief Executive of Global Media from early 2025. ^[92]
• 7 March –
  • Howard Hughes joins Radio News Hub to present news bulletins for a day to mark the company's ninth anniversary. ^[93]
  • Radio 1 announces that Lauren Layfield and Shanequa Paris are to present Radio 1's Life Hacks , replacing Katie Thistleton and Vick Hope. ^[94]
  • Bauer Media Audio UK announces a partnership deal to be the official radio partner of Manchester's new Co-op Live arena. ^[95]
• 11 March –
  • Launch of the 50th small-scale DAB multiplex as the multiplex in Shropshire goes on air. ^[96]
  • Scott Hughes, formerly of Radio City, joins Merseyside's In Demand Radio to present weekday drivetime. ^[97]
• 12 March –
  • The Radio Today website reports that Bauer plans to remove its radio stations from Freeview in the coming months. ^[98]
  • BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra are to broadcast a season of radio plays that have been returned to the BBC Archives after 1,000 plays were donated by the Radio Circle. ^[99]
  • Bauer is to increase the area coverage of Hits Radio Pride as heritage stations are rebranded, with areas where Hits Radio already broadcasts having their heritage frequencies taken over by Hits Radio Pride. ^[100]
• 13 March – Sam Sax, a DJ who mixes saxophone with house music, is named Kiss's Chosen One as the station's search for a new DJ concludes. ^[101]
• 14 March – Chris Sawyer, co-producer of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show , announces he is leaving his role after fifteen years. ^[102]
• 15 March –
  • The BBC confirms that Emma Barnett will leave her role presenting Woman's Hour in April to become a presenter on the Today programme. ^[103]
  • BBC Radio Wales appoints Lucy Owen of Wales Today as the permanent presenter of its Saturday lunchtime slot, which Owen has presented since the departure of Carol Vorderman. ^[104]
  • Christopher Jones is appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Bauer Media Audio UK. ^[105]
• 18 March –
  • Radioplayer announces the launch of new apps and a deal with Google for voice-activated devices. ^[106]
  • BBC Radio 2 announces a series of programmes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ABBA's Eurovision 1974 win. ^[107]
• 19 March –
  • The BBC confirms plans to sell adverts on some of its podcasts when streamed through platforms such as Apple and Spotify. ^[108]
  • Plans are announced for HGV Radio, an online radio station for truckers. ^[109]
  • Greatest Hits Radio confirms that Scott Temple and Holly Day will present weekday afternoons on Greatest Hits Radio Cornwall from April. ^[110]
• 20 March –
  • Ofcom fines Big City Radio £1,200 after finding it in breach of its Kay Commitments for not broadcasting enough local content, including news, travel, weather, community information and sport. The findings follow an investigation after Ofcom received a complaint before the station's change to BRMB. ^[111]
  • Bauer Media Audio UK agrees a deal to acquire the software streaming company, SharpStream, subject to regulatory approval. ^[112]
• 21 March – The UK government appoints a panel of nine experts from the world of radio, television and business to advise on the future funding of the BBC. ^[113]
• 22 March –
  • Ofcom opens a three-month consultation process on whether to relax the Key Commitments criteria for community radio stations. ^[114]
  • The 2024 Global Awards are announced. Winners include Raye and Calvin Harris. ^[115]
• 23 March – Frank Skinner announces he is leaving Absolute Radio in May after 15 years, and after his contract was not renewed. ^[116]
• 24 March – Tony Blackburn presents the final edition of his syndicated programme on BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC Radio Oxford and BBC Radio Solent. ^{[117] [118]}
• 25 March – BBC Radio 1 confirms that its Friday Early Breakfast Show will be presented by Richie Driss in April and SMASHBengali in May as it continues a rotating presenter format for the programme. ^[119]
• 26 March – Global appoints Dena McCallum as the Chair of Trustees at its Make Some Noise charity, replacing Jo Kenrick. ^[120]
• 28 March –
  • BBC Radio 5 Live celebrates its 30th anniversary with a day of special programming. ^[121]
  • Boom Radio presents a day of programmes to mark the 60th anniversary of the launch of Radio Caroline. ^[122]
  • Tony Blackburn stages a takeover of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show to celebrate Radio Caroline's 60th birthday. ^[123]
  • Roman Kemp presents his final Capital Breakfast show on Capital after being with the network for 10 years. ^[124]
  • Mariella Frostrup announces she will step down from her lunchtime presenting role at Times Radio. ^[125]
  • Final day of broadcast for Wave 105 before it switches to Greatest Hits Radio, with Wave signing off at 10pm. ^[126]
• 29 March –
  • Huntingdon Community Radio holds a 12-hour marathon broadcast to raise awareness of autism. ^[127]
  • Radio Lomond, launched online in 2020, begins broadcasting on DAB in the Glasgow area. ^[128]
• 31 March – BBC Radio 4's long wave opt-outs end after the 12.01 Shipping Forecast. ^[129]

April

• 1 April –
  • Changes to the BBC Radio 4 weekly schedule begin.
  • The Daily Service is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra for the first time and Shipping Forecasts are reduced from four bulletins each day to two on weekdays and three at the weekend. ^[129]
  • A new weeknight jazz programme launches on BBC Radio 3. Titled Round Midnight, the show is presented by saxophonist, composer and MC Soweto Kinch. ^[130]
  • Boom Radio listeners vote Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale" their favourite track in the station's All Time Top 200. The chart is noted for including only one track by a female artist in its top 30 – "Goin' Back" by Dusty Springfield at number 30. ^[131]
• 2 April –
  • Radio 2 confirms that Michael Ball will take over as presenter of Sunday Love Songs from June. ^[132]
  • The BBC World Service confirms that Ella Al-Shamahi and Datshiane Navanayagam are the new hosts of its series The Conversation. ^[133]
  • Josh Curnow and Laura Mac launch a new weekday breakfast show on Rewind Radio. ^[134]
  • Sun FM is to be rebranded as Nation Radio North East from May. ^[135]
  • Bauer removes its radio stations from Freeview. ^{[98] [136]}
• 3 April –
  • Radio 1 announces its Radio 1 Residency Thursday late night presenters for April, May and June, with Fleur Shore presenting in April, Emerald in May and Ben Hemsley in June. ^[137]
  • West Hull FM 106.9FM announces a rebrand to Humber Wave Radio to coincide with its launch on DAB+ from mid-April. ^[138]
• 5 April –
  • It is announced that Garry Richardson will, in September, step down from presenting the sports news on Radio 4's Today programme, after 43 years in the role and 50 with the BBC. ^[139]
  • Free Thinking is first broadcast as a weekly programme on BBC Radio 4, having transferred from Radio 3; and Friday Night Is Music Night transfers to Radio 3, having run on Radio 2 (or predecessor) since 1953.
• 7 April –
  • Broadcaster, presenter and podcaster Zeze Millz joins Capital XTRA to present a Sunday morning show. ^[140]
  • V2 Radio announces it is launching on DAB in Hampshire, thus expanding beyond the Sussex area, and as a potential alternative to the now defunct Wave 105. ^[141]
• 8 April –
  • Ofcom launches an investigation into the 29 March edition of David Lammy's show on LBC to determine whether it broke the rules regarding politicians acting as newsreaders. ^[142]
  • Jordan North succeeds Roman Kemp as the new host of "Capital Breakfast" on Capital. ^[124]
  • Laura Anderson joins Fat Brestovci to co-present the Breakfast show on Capital Scotland. ^[143]
  • Bauer hires Marvin Humes to present daily shows on Kiss and Kisstory. ^[144]
• 9 April – Magic Radio announces a partnership with Wickes to sponsor their drivetime show. ^[145]
• 10 April – Academy FM in Thanet, Kent, is presented with The King's Award for Voluntary Service by Lord Lieutenant Lady Colgrain. ^[146]
• 13 April – Boom Radio announces the launch of a £500,000 advertising campaign on ITV1, its first on the channel. Jo Brand has also been hired to present a series of programmes in which she interviews prominent television personalities, including Michael Grade. ^[147]
• 15 April –
  • BBC Radio 2 announces that Mark Goodier will succeed Steve Wright as presenter of Pick of the Pops from July, with Gary Davies presenting until then. ^[148]
  • BBC Radio 4 turns off its medium wave frequencies. They had been used to provide reception on AM where the long wave signal was weak, such as in London, Northern Ireland and in south west England. ^[149]
• 16 April –
  • Yesterday in Parliament is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra for the first time. ^[129] The change of station sees the programme move to a new post-9am slot.
  • The BBC is named the 2024 Broadcaster of the Year at the New York Festivals Radio Awards. ^[150]
• 17 April –
  • Bauer stations Free Radio, Pirate FM, Gem Radio, Hallam FM, Lincs FM, Metro Radio, Pulse 1, Radio City, Rock FM, Signal 1, TFM, Viking FM and The Wave rebrand to Hits Radio. The stations continue to have local breakfast output, but will have networked programming at other times. Local news, advertising and traffic updates will also continue to air. ^[19] and to promote the change, Bauer launches a television advertising campaign for the Hits Radio network featuring presenters Sam Thompson, Fleur East and Gemma Atkinson. ^[151]
  • Virgin Radio announces schedule changes following the departure of Graham Norton that will include Angela Scanlon presenting weekend breakfast. ^[152]
• 18 April –
  • Bauer Media announce plans to rename Liverpool's Radio City Tower as the Hits Radio Tower. ^[153]
  • Capital Buzz is launched to replace the PopBuzz website. ^[154]
• 19 April –
  • Ofcom invites applications for the sixth round of the small-scale DAB process. ^[155]
  • Research carried out by economists at Compass Lexecon indicates BBC radio, and in particular BBC Local Radio, could not survive in its present format under a commercially funded BBC. ^[156]
• 22 April –
  • Asian Sound Radio is renamed Lyca Radio Greater Manchester following Lyca's acquisition of the station in 2023. ^[157]
  • Mike Read's Heritage Chart Radio breakfast show begins airing on Brighton's Regency Radio. ^[158]
  • Deezer and Global Radio sign a deal that makes Global its exclusive ad partner in the UK. ^[159]
  • Caroline Community Radio is rebranded as Caroline Coastal FM and given an extra FM frequency. ^[160]
• 23 April – Happy Radio hires Faye Bamford to co-present its weekday drivetime show alongside Ian Roberts. ^[161]
• 24 April –
  • Ofcom warns radio and television stations with programmes hosted by politicians that they could be fined if they break impartiality rules in the run up to the next general election. ^[162]
  • Milton Keynes station 1055 The Point is warned by Ofcom it faces a fine for breaching its Key Commitments for a second time. ^[163]
• 25 April – BFBS announces it will launch a new schedule, with Kam Kelly and Danni G presenting the breakfast show. ^[164]
• 26 April –
  • Tesco signs a deal to become headline sponsor of Global's The Sports Agents podcast. ^[165]
  • Radio 2 listeners vote "Dancing Queen" their favourite ABBA song. ^[166]
• End of April – The last remaining AM transmitter for Gold is switched off in Greater Manchester. ^[167]

May

• 1 May –
  • Global confirms that Sangita Myska is to leave LBC as part of a schedule shake up. ^[168]
  • Sun FM rebrands to Nation Radio North East ^[169]
  • Sunrise Radio airs an interview its managing director Tony Lit recorded with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. ^[170]
  • Bauer Media Audio UK completes its acquisition of SharpStream. ^[171]
• 2 May –
  • Bauer stages its annual Cash for Kids fundraiser, raising £1,004,030 for the charity, its largest amount to date. ^[172]
  • Brighton's Regency Radio hires former BBC presenter John Mann to present a show on Monday evenings titled John Mann's Treasure Test. ^[173]
• 4 May –
  • Richard Allinson takes over as presenter of weekend mid-mornings on Greatest Hits Radio as part of an overhaul of the weekend schedule following Mark Goodier's departure. ^[174]
  • Vanessa Feltz joins LBC to present a Sunday afternoon show. ^[175]
• 6 May –
  • Boom Radio marks 60 years of Motown with special programmes presented by Jenni Murray and Len Groat. ^[176]
  • Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh presents a one-off show for Hits Radio Pride. ^[177]
• 7 May –
  • Sarah Julien joins BBC WM to present the weekday breakfast show, replacing Rakeem Omar. ^[178]
  • Ofcom finds Capital Breakfast to be in breach of the Broadcasting Code after the Jason Derulo track "Savage Love" was played during an edition of the programme without the F-word being edited out. ^[179]
• 8 May – Nation Radio South Coast have hired former Wave 105 presenters Selina Ross and Tony Shepherd to present on the station. ^[180]
• 13 May – Radio Today reports that BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music will no longer post on Facebook and X in favour of TikTok and Instagram. ^[181]
• 15 May – Emma Barnett joins the Today programme, co-presenting alongside Amol Rajan. ^[182]
• 16 May – Bauer Media Audio UK's new headquarters at The Lantern near London's Euston Station is officially opened. ^[183]
• 20 May –
  • Nihal Arthanayake announces his departure from BBC Radio 5 Live's afternoon show after eight years with the network. ^[184]
  • Ed Vaizey begins presenting lunchtimes on Times Radio two days a week, sharing the show with Ayesha Hazarika. ^[185]
• 21 May –
  • BBC Radio 5 Live have hired Times Radio's Matt Chorley to replace Nihal Arthanayake on weekday afternoons. ^[186]
  • Following an investigation into Bauer's news experiment with Greatest Hits Radio, initiated by a listener complaint, Ofcom reminds Bauer of its local news obligations. ^[7]
• 24 May –
  • The Media Act 2024 receives Royal Ascent following its approval by Parliament the previous day. ^[187]
  • The three-day BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend music festival gets underway in Luton, Bedfordshire. ^[188]
• 27 May – Shire Sounds Radio is rebranded as Northampton 1. ^[189]
• 31 May – BBC Asian Network counts down a chart of the Ultimate 90s Bollywood Songs. The chart is presented by Nikita Kanda and Haroon Rashid. ^[190]

June

• 10 June – Kevin Duala joins BBC Radio Merseyside to present the weekday breakfast show. ^[191]
• 16 June – The 2024 Capital Summertime Ball will be held at Wembley Stadium. ^[192]
• 27 June – Nihal Arthanayake presents his final edition of the weekday afternoon show on BBC Radio 5 Live. ^[184]

September

• 7–8 September – The 2024 Radio 2 in the Park event is scheduled to take place in Preston. ^[193]
• 9 September –
  • Garry Richardson is scheduled to present his final sports news bulletin for the Today programme, exactly 50 years to the day that he started working for the BBC. ^[194]
  • Andrew Neil is scheduled to join Times Radio to present an afternoon programme from Mondays to Thursdays. ^[195]

Station debuts

Terrestrial

• 1 January – Bournemouth One ^[1]
• 8 January – Smooth Relax ^[196]
• 14 February – Boom Rock ^[197]
• 1 March – Angel Radio + 1 ^[84]
• 9 April – The Voice 2 ^[198]
• 15 April –
  • CRFM ^[199]
  • Devoncast Radio ^[200]
• 1 May – Eirewave ^[201]
• 26 May – Coast Radio ^[202]

Online

• 1 January – Dance Anthems Radio, a station playing dance anthems from the 1990s and 2000s. ^[203]
• January – Laser 558 (relaunch) ^[204]
• 13 February – Absolute Radio Sisters ^[205]
• 14 February – Greatest Hits Radio Love ^[206]
• 12 March – Past Perfect Radio ^[207]
• May – North East Scotland Radio ^[208]
• Unknown – HGV Radio ^[109]

Small-scale multiplex switch-ons

• 11 March – Shropshire ^[96]

Programme debuts

• 15 January – Your Green Breakfast with Xan Phillips on Voice FM 103.9. ^[209]
• 18 January – The EFL Fan Network Show, a weekly show and podcast on talkSPORT 2. ^[210]
• 23 January – Icklewick FM presented by The Delightful Sausage on BBC Radio 4. ^[211]
• 2 February – Review of the Week presented by David Prever, a weekly programme available from Radio News Hub. ^[212]
• 16 March – Doc Brown's Vinyl Hour, a five-part series on Jazz FM. ^[213]
• 24 March – Carry On: An Evening with Mark and Lard, a one-off show presented by Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley, on Live to Your Living Room. ^[214]
• 29 March – Clash of the Pirates with Johnnie Walker and Tony Blackburn, a one-off programme celebrating 60 years since the launch of pirate radio, on BBC Radio 2. ^[215]
• 1 April –
  • BBC Radio 1Xtra's Comedy Gala with Eddie Kadi & Friends on BBC Sounds (the programme will also air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One). ^[216]
  • Round Midnight, a weekday night jazz programme presented by Soweto Kinch on BBC Radio 3. ^[217]
• 5 April – Notes from Italy with Freddie De Tommaso, a six-part series looking at the classical music of Italy, on Classic FM. ^[218]
• 7 April – ABBA – The 50 Year Voyage, presented by Sir Tim Rice, on Boom Radio. ^[219]
• 14 April – The UK Country Radio Airplay Chart on Absolute Radio Country ^[220]
• 17 April – One More Chai, a chat show presented by SMASHBengali and Guranisha Randhawa, on BBC Asian Network. ^[221]
• 5 May – Sunday with Lewis Goodall, a politics orientated programme presented by Lewis Goodall, on LBC ^[222]

Podcast debuts

• 7 January – Gangster Presents... Catching the Kingpins, a series presented by Mobeen Azhar and looking at how police infiltrated the EncroChat phone network on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 4. ^[223]
• 5 March – The Sports Agents with Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman on Global Player. ^[224]
• 3 June – The Football Authorities with Clive Tyldesley and Martin O’Neill on Global Player ^[225]

Continuing radio programmes

These programmes are still running as of 2024. They are listed by the year they were first broadcast.

1940s

• Desert Island Discs (started 1942)
• Woman's Hour (started 1946)
• A Book at Bedtime (started 1949)

1950s

• The Archers (started 1950)
• Pick of the Pops (started 1955)
• The Today Programme (started 1957)

1960s

• Farming Today (started 1960)
• In Touch (started 1961)
• The World at One (started 1965)
• The Official Chart (started 1967)
• Just a Minute (started 1967)
• The Living World (started 1968)

1970s

• PM (started 1970)
• Start the Week (started 1970)
• You and Yours (started 1970)
• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (started 1972)
• Good Morning Scotland (started 1973)
• Newsbeat (started 1973)
• File on 4 (started 1977)
• Money Box (started 1977)
• The News Quiz (started 1977)
• Feedback (started 1979)
• The Food Programme (started 1979)
• Science in Action (started 1979)

1980s

• In Business (started 1983)
• Sounds of the 60s (started 1983)
• Loose Ends (started 1986)

1990s

• The Moral Maze (started 1990)
• Essential Selection (started 1991)
• Essential Mix (started 1993)
• Up All Night (started 1994)
• Wake Up to Money (started 1994)
• Private Passions (started 1995)
• In Our Time (started 1998)
• The Now Show (started 1998)

2000s

• BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (started 2000)
• Big John @ Breakfast (started 2000)
• Sounds of the 70s (2000–2008, resumed 2009)
• Dead Ringers (2000–2007, resumed 2014)
• A Kist o Wurds (started 2002)
• Fighting Talk (started 2003)
• Jeremy Vine (started 2003)
• The Chris Moyles Show (2004–2012, resumed 2015)
• Elaine Paige on Sunday (started 2004)
• The Bottom Line (started 2006)
• The Unbelievable Truth (started 2006)
• Radcliffe & Maconie (started 2007)
• The Media Show (started 2008)
• Newsjack (started 2009)

2010s

• The Third Degree (started 2011)
• BBC Radio 1's Dance Anthems (started 2012)
• Sounds of the 80s (started 2013)
• Question Time Extra Time (started 2013)
• The Show What You Wrote (started 2013)
• Inside Science (started 2013)
• Friday Sports Panel (started 2014)
• Stumped (started 2015)
• You, Me and the Big C (started 2018)
• Radio 1's Party Anthems (started 2019)

2020s

• Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast (started 2020)
• Newscast (started 2020)
• Sounds of the 90s (started 2020)
• The News Agents (started 2022)
• Ten to the Top (started 2023)

Ending this year

• 11 February – Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs (1996–2024) ^[226]
• 28 March – Law in Action (1984–2024) ^{[227] [228]}

Closing this year

• 15 February – Purbeck Coast FM (2017) ^[229]
• March –
  • Carillon Wellbeing Radio ^[230]
  • Hermitage FM (2009) ^[230]
• 31 March – BBC Radio 4 Longwave (1978) as a separate schedule. ^{[129] [149]} It will now be identical to the FM channel. ^[231]
• June – Siren Radio (1996) ^[232]

Deaths

• 11 January – Annie Nightingale, 83, broadcaster (BBC Radio 1) ^[233]
• 18 January – Simon Peel, 54, British broadcaster (Gaydio) ^[234]
• 24 January – John Kennedy, radio presenter (194 Radio City, Magic 1548) ^[235] (death announced on this date)
• 26 January – Walter Love, 88, Northern Irish broadcaster (BBC Radio Ulster). ^[236]
• 29 January – Martin Reay, broadcaster and technician (CFM) ^[237] (death announced on this date)
• 12 February – Steve Wright, 69, English disc jockey and radio personality ( Steve Wright in the Afternoon , Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs, Pick of the Pops ) ^[238]
• 8 March – Andrew Turner, British broadcaster (BBC Radio 1, Atlantic 252, Capital Radio) ^[239]
• 31 March – Paul Chantler, 64, radio executive ^[240]
• 30 April – Wally Scott, broadcaster (Radio Merseyside). ^[241]
• 1 May – Andy Freeman, broadcaster and voiceover artist (Bay Radio, BBC Radio Solent, Wessex FM). ^[242] (death announced on this date)
• 4 May – Brian Moore, 52, presenter (Metro Radio, Rock FM). ^[243]

See also

• 2024 in the United Kingdom
• 2024 in British music
• 2024 in British television
• List of British films of 2024

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