2016 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 2016.

Events

January

• 18 January – Following Global Radio's purchase of Liverpool station Juice 107.6, the station is relaunched as Capital Liverpool.

February

• 19 February – BBC Radio Bristol stops broadcasting on MW following the sale of the land, on which the transmitter was located, to developers. In order to mitigate the loss of coverage the BBC switched on four new DAB transmitters in the area to help boost the station’s DAB coverage.
• 29 February – The UK’s second national commercial multiplex starts broadcasting. However only 73% of the UK's population is able to receive it.

March

• No events

April

• 9 April – Shortly after leaving BBC Breakfast, Bill Turnbull joins Classic FM to present the station’s weekend morning shows.

May

• 6 May – Orion Media announces that they have been bought by Bauer for an undisclosed fee, reportedly between £40 and £50 million.. This gives Bauer the West Midlands network of Free Radio stations and East Midlands regional station Gem 106.

June

• No events

July

• 9 July – Paul Gambaccini replaces Mark Goodier as host of Pick of the Pops.

August

• No events

September

• 17 September – After 35 years, Robbie Shepherd retires as host of BBC Radio Scotland’s Take the Floor show.

October

• 28 October – Desmond Carrington presents his final show for BBC Radio 2, having presented weekly shows for the station for the past 37 years.

November

• No events

December

• No events

Station debuts

• 29 February – Heart Extra
• 15 March –
  • Mellow Magic
  • Talksport 2
• 21 March – Talkradio
• 28 March – Magic Chilled
• 30 March – Virgin Radio

Programme debuts

• 5 November – 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy on the BBC World Service (2016–Present)

Continuing programmes

1940s

• The Sunday Hour (1940–Present)
• Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
• Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
• A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)

1950s

• The Archers (1950–Present)
• The Today Programme (1957–Present)

1960s

• Farming Today (1960–Present)
• The World at One (1965–Present)
• The Official Chart (1967–Present)
• Just a Minute (1967–Present)
• The Living World (1968–Present)

1970s

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

1980s

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

1990s

• The Moral Maze (1990–Present)
• Essential Selection (1991–Present)
• Essential Mix (1993–Present)
• Up All Night (1994–Present)
• Wake Up to Money (1994–Present)
• Private Passions (1995–Present)
• In Our Time (1998–Present)
• Material World (1998–Present)
• Scott Mills (1998–Present)
• The Now Show (1998–Present)
• Steve Wright in the Afternoon (1981–1993, 1999–Present)

2000s

• BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (2000–Present)
• Big John @ Breakfast (2000–Present)
• Kermode and Mayo's Film Review (2001–Present)
• A Kist o Wurds (2002–Present)
• Fighting Talk (2003–Present)
• Jeremy Vine (2003–Present)
• Annie Mac (2004–Present)
• Elaine Paige on Sunday (2004–Present)
• The Bottom Line (2006–Present)
• The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show (2006–Present)
• The Unbelievable Truth (2006–Present)
• Radcliffe & Maconie (2007–Present)
• Geoff Lloyd with Annabel Port (2008–2017)
• The Media Show (2008–Present)
• Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70s (2009–Present)
• Newsjack (2009–Present)
• Paul O'Grady on the Wireless (2009–Present)

2010s

• The Chris Evans Breakfast Show (2010–Present)
• Graham Norton (2010–Present)
• Simon Mayo Drivetime (2010–Present)
• The Third Degree (2011–Present)
• BBC Radio 1's Dance Anthems (2012–Present)
• Late Night Graham Torrington (2012–Present)
• The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw (2012–Present)
• The Show What You Wrote (2013–Present)
• Dead Ringers (2000–2007, 2014–Present)
• Friday Sports Panel (2014–Present)
• Home Front (2014–Present)
• The Chris Moyles Show (2015–Present)
• Stumped (2015–Present)

Deaths

• 9 January – Ed Stewart ("Stewpot"), broadcast presenter (Junior Choice) (born 1941)
• 31 January – Terry Wogan, broadcast presenter (Wake Up to Wogan) (born 1938 in Ireland)
• 14 February – Ali Brownlee, football commentator (BBC Tees) (born 1959)
• 17 March – Cliff Michelmore, broadcast presenter (Family Favourites) (born 1919)
• 21 October – Dave Cash, broadcast presenter (born 1942)
• 7 November – Jimmy Young, broadcast presenter (born 1921)