1983 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1983.

Events

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January

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February

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March

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  • No events.

April

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  • 18 April – Prior to the launch of a commercial station covering Gwent, the BBC launches BBC Radio Gwent. It broadcasts at peak time, opting out of BBC Radio Wales. The station broadcasts on VHF/FM and therefore becomes the only part of Wales where English-language radio programming for Wales can be heard on VHF/FM.[1]

May

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  • May – The first Birmingham Walkathon is staged by Birmingham's BRMB to raise money for charity, and takes place around the city's Outer Circle bus route.[2]

June

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  • 13 June – Gwent Broadcasting becomes the first station in the UK to occupy the newly released 102.2 to 104.5Mhz part of the VHF/FM waveband.[3]

July

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  • 2 July – BBC Radio Medway is expanded to cover all of the county of Kent and is renamed accordingly.

August

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September

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  • No events.

October

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  • 6 October – Centre Radio stops broadcasting after running into financial difficulties. A take-over bid is rejected by the IBA and the station goes off air at 5.30pm.[5][6]
  • 22 October – BBC Radio Brighton is expanded to cover all of the county of Sussex and is accordingly renamed BBC Radio Sussex.

November

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  • No events.

December

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Station debuts

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Programme debuts

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Continuing radio programmes

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1940s

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1950s

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1960s

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1970s

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1980s

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Closing this year

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Births

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Deaths

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  • 22 February – Sir Adrian Boult, orchestral conductor, BBC director of music (born 1889)
  • 24 December – Alan Melville, scriptwriter and war reporter (born 1910)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ BBC Radio Timeline 1990s to date
  2. ^ Fair, Thomas (29 May 2022). "Birmingham's Walkathon brought festival atmosphere in the 80s". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  3. ^ "IBA Engineering Announcements – 24 May 1983 'First show on C4 & S4C'". Retrieved 2 April 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  4. ^ "The wet and wild history of Radio Caroline (4)". Icce.rug.nl. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Why do commercial radio stations stop broadcasting?". A Guide to stations off the air. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  6. ^ Parry, Simon. "Off Centre". Transdiffusion. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. ^ Hogg, James; Sellers, Robert (2013). Hello Darlings! The Authorized Biography of Kenny Everett (1st ed.). UK: Bantam Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780593072110.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  8. ^ Collins, Steve (1 August 2023). "40th anniversary reunion to be held for Southern Sound Radio". Radio Today. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  9. ^ Collins, Steve (31 August 2023). "Signal Radio stars to attend 40th anniversary celebration". Radio Today. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  10. ^ Collins, Steve (31 August 2023). "Bridgend's Hospital Radio celebrates 40 years of broadcasting". Radio Today. Retrieved 31 August 2023.