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1976 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1976.

Events

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January to February

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  • No events.

March

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April

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May

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  • 2 May – BBC Radio 1 launches Playground – a "magazine programme of special interest to young listeners." The new programme incorporates Young Ideas in Action which has previously been broadcast as part of Junior Choice.
  • 17 May – BBC Radio Highland begins broadcasting programming in Gaelic.[3]

June

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  • No events.

July

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  • No events.

August

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  • No events.

September

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  • 12 September – London Sounds Eastern launches on BBC Radio London and is the first Asian programme to be broadcast in English by the BBC. Previously Asian radio programmes in the United Kingdom were generally aired in the Hindi and Urdu languages.

October

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  • No events.

November

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  • No events.

December

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  • Capital London launches the 'Flying Eye', a traffic spotting light aircraft, which reports on traffic congestion on the streets of Central London.
  • BBC Radio Leicester, responding to the growth of the size of the South Asian population and rising racial tension in Leicester, introduces a daily community show called 'Six Fifteen' aimed primarily at that community in the city. [4]

Station debuts

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Programme debuts

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Continuing radio programmes

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1940s

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1950s

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1960s

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1970s

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Ending this year

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Births

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Deaths

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  • 15 May – David Munrow, early music performer and presenter (Pied Piper on BBC Radio 3), suicide (born 1942)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors) Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 18 February 2010
  2. ^ Young, Graham (17 January 2018). "Best friend Les Ross reveals fellow radio star Ed Doolan's final wish". Birmingham Mail. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. ^ McDowell, W.H. (1992). The History of BBC Broadcasting in Scotland 1923–1983. Edinburgh University Press. p. 257. ISBN 0-7486-0376-X.
  4. ^ McCarthy, Liam. "Dr". Connecting with new Asian communities: BBC Local Radio 1967-1990. University of Leicester. Retrieved 16 June 2021.