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This is a list of events in British radio during 1992.

Events

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January

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  • 6 January –
    • Brian Hayes takes over The Radio 2 Breakfast Show from Derek Jameson.[1]
    • The first edition of The AM Alternative is broadcast on BBC Radio 5. The new programme, presented by Johnnie Walker, is on air every weekday and replaces the three separate shows – This Family Edition, Sound Advice and The Health Show – which had previously occupied the mid-morning slot.
    • BBC Radio 2 launches the Radio 2 Top 20 Easy Listening Album Chart, broadcast each Monday during Ed Stewart’s show.[2]

February

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  • 11 February – Airport Information Radio closes. The station had provided a travel news service for people using Heathrow and Gatwick airports since 1990.[3]
  • 15 February – Radio Orwell changes its name to SGR FM following the purchase of the station by East Anglian Radio.
  • 17 February – Danny Baker replaces Sarah Ward and Jon Briggs as presenter of Radio 5's weekday breakfast programme Morning Edition.[4]
  • 21 February – Ahead of a schedule revamp, Gary Davies presents his final 'bit in the middle' on BBC Radio 1. He had presented the weekday lunchtime show for the station since 1984. He is replaced on 24 February by Jakki Brambles. The new schedule sees Gary moving to the weekends, including presenting the weekend breakfast show.
  • 29 February – BBC Radio 3 stops broadcasting on MW. Its frequency is to be used by a national commercial station.

March

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  • 1 March –
  • 6 March – Round Table is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 for the final time.
  • 8 March – Tommy Vance presents this edition of Radio 1's Top 40 programme. This is the final time that the Radio 1 chart show runs for 2 and a half hours.
  • 9 March – BBC Radio 1 undergoes a schedule revamp, with most of the changes being to the weekend schedule, and a new jingles package is introduced based on the theme Closer to the Music.
  • 15 March –
  • 23 March – BBC Radio Nottingham ends transmissions on one of its MW transmitters. BBC Radio Cleveland also stops broadcasting on MW at around the same time.
  • Late March–7 April – For the first time BBC Radio 4 on long wave opts out of the main Radio 4 schedule to provide extra news coverage. It does so to provide additional coverage of the latest developments in the general election campaign. Before now, these programmes would have been broadcast on the station's FM frequencies.

April

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May

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  • 20 May – Ball-by-ball cricket commentary moves to BBC Radio 3's FM frequencies for the summer following the switching-off of BBC Radio 3's MW frequency.

June

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July

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  • 4 July – Commercial radio comes to North Yorkshire, with the launch of Minster FM.
  • 13 July – In a bid to counter-act the forthcoming launch of Classic FM, BBC Radio 3 makes major changes to its programmes, including the launch of new weekday breakfast and drivetime programmes. On Air replaces the weekday editions of Morning Concert and In Tune replaces Mainly for Pleasure.
  • 17 July – As part of the Radio 3 changes, a new three-hour Sunday morning show of popular classics launches, introduced by Brian Kay.
  • 25 July – BBC Radio 4 stops the week for the final time, after having done so since 1974.
  • 26 July – 9 August – Radio 5 provides full live coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. Programmes run all day, from 6.30 am until 10 pm. This is the first time that BBC Radio has provided full coverage of the Games.
  • July – As Classic FM prepares to launch, test transmissions are carried out using a recording of birdsong originally made for a Raymond Briggs play about nuclear war in 1991. The recording proves popular with listeners and from 2003 to 2005 and again from 2008 until 2009 the recording becomes part of a full-time station called Birdsong Radio.[9]

August

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September

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October

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  • 15 October –
  • 18 October – After previously enjoying success as a pirate radio station, Sunshine 855 in Shropshire officially goes on air.

November

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  • No events.

December

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  • December – The interdenominational Christian youth radio project Radio Cracker, aimed at raising awareness of poverty in the Third World, returns with 83 different stations broadcasting as Restricted Service Licences in the run-up to Christmas.[13]
  • 23 December – Brian Hayes presents The Radio 2 Breakfast Show for the final time.[14] He is succeeded by Terry Wogan in January 1993.[15]
  • 27 December – Pick of the Pops is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 for the final time.[16]
  • 31 December – Radio Luxemburg ceases to broadcast English programming shortly after 1 am, doing so exactly one year after the station had stopped broadcasting on MW.[17]

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Station debuts

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Changes of station frequency

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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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1990s

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Ending this year

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Closing this year

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BBC Radio 2 – 6 January 1992 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  2. ^ BBC Programme Index 6 January 1992 - Radio 2
  3. ^ Two Radio Stations. Evening Standard. 11 February 1992, p.12.
  4. ^ "Radio 5 – 17 February 1992 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  5. ^ "BBC Radio 1 England – 15 March 1992 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  6. ^ "The Freddie Mercury Tribute – BBC Two England – 20 April 1992". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  7. ^ "The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert – BBC Radio 1 England – 20 April 1992". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  8. ^ "National Music Day". 25 June 1992. p. 84. Retrieved 5 January 2019 – via BBC Genome.
  9. ^ "The Story of Radio Birdsong". RadioBirdsong.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  10. ^ "BBC Radio 1 England – 30 August 1992 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Radio Rewind – Radio 1 Shows – Roadshow; the later years". www.radiorewind.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  12. ^ Rolling News, Radio Style
  13. ^ "Radio Cracker". Third Way. 15 (3): 4. April 1992. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Brian Hayes". 23 December 1992. p. 182 – via BBC Genome.
  15. ^ "Wake Up to Wogan". 4 January 1993. p. 114 – via BBC Genome.
  16. ^ "Pick of the Pops". 27 December 1992. p. 190 – via BBC Genome.
  17. ^ Ward, Stephen (27 December 1992). "Radio Luxembourg signs off". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  18. ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.