1990 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1990.

Events

• 4 March - London's Jazz FM, a station playing mainly soul and jazz music, launches with an Ella Fitzgerald concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
• 27 August - The BBC's long awaited fifth national radio station, BBC Radio 5 is launched on the old Radio 2 mediumwave frequency. The station mainly carries sports, children's and educational programmes. It was closed and replaced by the national news station BBC Radio 5 Live in 1994.
• 1 September - Official launch of Kiss FM. The station had previously operated as a pirate broadcaster.
• Unknown - Red Rose Radio, which was transmitted on 97.4 MHz and 999 kHz, is split into two stations - Red Rose Rock FM using the FM frequency and Red Rose Gold on the medium wave frequency.
• Unknown - Frances Line replaces Bryant Marriott as controller of BBC Radio 2.

Station debuts

• January - BBC CWR
• 22 January - Radio Borders
• 4 March - 102.2 Jazz FM
• 14 May - Buzz FM
• 9 July - Magic 105.4 FM
• 27 August - BBC Radio 5
• 28 August - Radio Harmony
• 1 September - Kiss FM
• Unknown - Red Rose Rock FM
• Unknown - Red Rose Gold