1964 in British radio
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1964.
Events
January
- 5 January – Alan Freeman returns as host of Pick of the Pops.
February
- No events
March
- 27 March – Children's Hour (renamed For the Young) is broadcast for the last time, on the BBC Home Service.
- 28 March – Radio Caroline, a "pirate" radio station set up by Ronan O'Rahilly based on a ship anchored in international waters off Felixstowe, debuts as Europe's first all-day English-language pop music station.[1]
April
- 3 April – The radio comedy series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again makes its debut, on the BBC Home Service.
May
- 12 May – "Pirate" radio station Radio Atlanta begins broadcasting from MV Mi Amigo anchored off Frinton; in July its operations are merged with Radio Caroline.
- 27 May – Screaming Lord Sutch begins broadcasting from "pirate" station Radio Sutch on Shivering Sands Army Fort offshore in the Thames Estuary; he soon sells the operation to his manager Reginald Calvert who renames it Radio City.[2]
June
- 29 June – Launch of Manx Radio, the Isle of Man's national radio station.[3]
July
- No events
August
- 31 August – Farming Today moves from Network Three to the BBC Home Service.
September
- No events
October
- 6 October – The variety programme Workers' Playtime is aired for the last time, on the Light Programme.
November
- No events
December
- 1 December – Radio Caroline publicity officer David Block contacts the BBC to request a copy of the Queen's Christmas Message with the intention of broadcasting it on Christmas Day, but is turned down because Radio Caroline is not an authorised broadcaster.[4]
- 23 December – The "pirate" station Wonderful Radio London goes on air broadcasting from MV Galaxy anchored off Frinton with a Fab 40 playlist of popular records.
Station debuts
- 28 March – Radio Caroline (1964–Present)
- 29 June – Manx Radio (1964–Present)
- 23 December – Wonderful Radio London (1964–1967)
Programme debuts
- 3 April – I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again on the BBC Home Service (1964–1973)
Continuing radio programmes
1940s
- Music While You Work (1940–1967)
- Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
- Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
- Family Favourites (1945–1980)
- Down Your Way (1946–1992)
- Have A Go (1946–1967)
- Housewives' Choice (1946–1967)
- Letter from America (1946–2004)
- Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
- Twenty Questions (1947–1976)
- Any Questions? (1948–Present)
- The Dales (1948–1969)
- Billy Cotton Band Show (1949–1968)
- A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)
1950s
- The Archers (1950–Present)
- Listen with Mother (1950–1982)
- From Our Own Correspondent (1955–Present)
- Pick of the Pops (1955–Present)
- The Clitheroe Kid (1957–1972)
- My Word! (1957–1988)
- Test Match Special (1957–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)
- Easy Beat (1960–1967)
- The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
Births
- 24 February – Andy Crane, television and radio presenter
- 23 March – Jane Garvey, radio presenter
- 1 April – Jez Nelson, jazz presenter and media producer
- 16 May – Rebecca Front, comic actress and scriptwriter
- 27 June – Lynn Parsons, radio and television presenter
- 27 September – Gilles Peterson, disc jockey
- 21 November – Liza Tarbuck, actress and radio and television presenter
- 28 November – Sian Williams, journalist and current affairs presenter
- Unknown – Peter Kerry, writer of drama for radio and television
Deaths
- 28 September – Sir George Dyson, radio's "voice of music" (born 1883)[5]
- 10 December – Charles Samuel Franklin, radio pioneer (born 1879)[6]
See also
- 1964 in British music
- 1964 in British television
- 1964 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1964
References
- ^ "Don't Get Mad, Get Even". Radio Caroline. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Radio Sutch & City in Pictures & Audio Part 1". Bob Le-Roi. 31 March 2010. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Manx Radio marks 50 years of broadcasting". Radio Today. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
with its first ever broadcast on June 7th 1964 and was officially opened on 23rd November of the same year.
- ^ "Radio Caroline finally gets go ahead for Queen's message". 21 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Charles Edward McGuire; Steven E. Plank (8 April 2011). Historical Dictionary of English Music: ca. 1400-1958. Scarecrow Press. pp. 105, 115–116. ISBN 978-0-8108-7951-5.
- ^ "Charles Samuel Franklin". Graces Guide. Retrieved 3 March 2020.