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1967 in British radio

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List of years in British radio (table)
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This is a list of events in British radio during 1967.

Events

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January

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  • No events

February

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March

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April

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  • No events

May

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June

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  • No events

July

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  • No events

August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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  • 22 December – Panel game Just a Minute is first aired on Radio 4 with Nicholas Parsons as chairman (initially as a temporary stand-in); Parsons continues to chair the show until shortly before his death in 2020.

Unknown

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  • University Radio York obtains a testing and development licence as "Radio Heslington"; it becomes the United Kingdom's second student radio station, and also the country's first independent radio station.

Station debuts

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Programme debuts

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Changes of network affiliation

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Shows Moved from Moved to
A Book at Bedtime BBC Light Programme BBC Radio 4

Continuing radio programmes

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1940s

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1950s

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1960s

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Ending this year

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Closing this year

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Births

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Deaths

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  • 1 June – Derek McCulloch, children's radio presenter (born 1897)
  • December – Douglas Ritchie, radio news editor and wartime propaganda broadcaster (born 1905)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Miles, Barry (2001). The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years. London: Omnibus Press. pp. 264–5. ISBN 0-7119-8308-9.
  2. ^ BBC Proms: Archive.
  3. ^ "Flower Power". BBC News. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
  4. ^ BBC Programme Index - Radio 1 1 October 1967