1969 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1969.

Events

January

• No events

February

• No events

March

• No events

April

• 28 April – The first edition of soap opera Waggoners' Walk is broadcast on BBC Radio 2.

May

• No events

June

• 11 June – The Organist Entertains, presented by Robin Richmond, is broadcast for the first time.

July

• 10 July – The BBC publishes a report called "Broadcasting in the Seventies" proposing the reorganisation of programmes on the national networks and replacing regional broadcasting on BBC Radio 4 with BBC Local Radio. The report began to be implemented the following year and the former BBC Home Service regions gradually disappeared although regional programming on Radio 4 didn't fully end until the end of 1982.

August

• No events

September

• No events

October

• 5 October – Annie Nightingale makes her debut on BBC Radio 1 and is the station's first female presenter.

November

• No events

December

• No events

Programme debuts

• 28 April – Waggoners' Walk on BBC Radio 2 (1969–1980)
• 11 June – The Organist Entertains on BBC Radio 2 (1969–2018)
• Unknown – The Big Business Lark on BBC Radio 4 (1969)

Continuing programmes

1940s

• Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
• Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
• Down Your Way (1946–1992)
• Letter from America (1946–2004)
• Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
• A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)

1950s

• The Archers (1950–Present)
• The Today Programme (1957–Present)
• The Navy Lark (1959–1977)
• Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
• Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)

1960s

• Farming Today (1960–Present)
• The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
• I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1964–1973)
• Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
• The World at One (1965–Present)
• The Official Chart (1967–Present)
• Just a Minute (1967–Present)
• The Living World (1968–Present)

See also

• 1969 in British music
• 1969 in British television
• 1969 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1969