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This is a list of events taking place in 2024 relating to radio in the United Kingdom.

Events

January

  • 1 January –
    • Launch of Bournemouth One.[1] The station begins with a welcome message from Tobias Ellwood, the MP for Bournemouth.[2]
    • Josh Tate, believed to be the UK's youngest newsreader, presents his own New Year's Day show on Radio Exe.[3]
    • Former Radio 2 presenter Steve Madden joins Portsmouth's Victory Radio to present a late night weekend show.[4]
    • Alex Hall presents her final show for BBC Radio Tees after 35 years in local radio, 18 of them with Radio Tees.[5]
  • 2 January – Audible Always, producers of the internationally syndicated programme Selector Radio, confirm that Radio 1 presenter Sian Eleri will take over as presenter of the weekly show.[6]
  • 3 January – Pete Black announces he is leaving the role of Bauer Media Audio UK's Director of Music after 18 years with the company.[7]
  • 4 January – Paddy Power and Virgin Radio UK sign a 12-month deal to sponsor The Ryan Tubridy Show.[8]
  • 5 January –
  • 6 January – Danielle Perry succeeds Angellica Bell as presenter of the Saturday mid-morning show on Scala Radio.[11]
  • 7 January –
    • Stephen Mangan joins Classic FM to present a Sunday afternoon show.[12]
    • Boom Radio announces plans to launch a sister station named Boom Rock in February. The station will become the third in the Boom family.[13]
  • 8 January –
    • Dan Walker replaces Tim Lihoreau as presenter of Classic FM's breakfast show. The change sees the programme move from its previous slot of 6am to 9am to a new slot of 6.30am to 10am.[14] Lihoreau, who had hosted the programme for the previous 12 years, becomes the new presenter of the station's weekend breakfast show as part of wider changes to the weekend schedule.[15]
    • Preston-based Beat Radio is rebranded as Juice Radio, and appears on 103.2FM.[16]
    • Happy Radio have hired Fiona Sadler and Alex Roland to present a weekday evening and overnight show respectively.[17]
  • 10 January –
  • 11 January – HSBC UK have extended their sponsorship of Global's The News Agents podcast for a further 12 months.[20]
  • 14 January –
    • Comedian Tom Allen joins Virgin Radio to present a weekly Sunday afternoon show.[21]
    • Carol Vorderman joins LBC to present a Sunday afternoon show from 4pm to 7pm, having previously provided cover for other LBC presenters.[22]
    • Debut of Smooth Radio's new television advertising campaign featuring famous UK landmarks and its new strapline, "Always the best music".[23]
  • 15 January – The Intellectual Properties Office launches a consultation on how record labels and artists from overseas should received royalties for material broadcast in the UK.[24]
  • 19 January – Sunshine 855 switches off its mediumwave frequency on 855KHz, having been granted permission to do so by Ofcom due to the expensive cost of maintaining the transmitters and the small number of listeners who listen on mediumwave.[25]
  • 20 January – DJ Ace presents his final R&B show on BBC 1Xtra after 21 years with the network; Chuckie is lined up to replace him.[26]
  • 22 January – BBC 1Xtra is scheduled to launch a second show produced from Birmingham, with DJ Day Day presenting weekday mid-mornings, also in place of DJ Ace.[27]
  • 27 January – British band No Guidnce begin a four-week residence guest presenting the R&B show on BBC 1Xtra.[26]
  • 29 January – BBC Radio 2 launches the 2024 series of its Radio 2 Piano Room feature, with Bruce Hornsby as the first guest.[28]
  • 31 January –

February

  • 23 February – BBC Radio 2 broadcasts the final edition of the 2024 series of Radio 2 Piano Room.[28]

March

  • 1 March – East Devon Radio is rebranded as DevonAIR Radio, the third time it has changed its name since launching as Bay FM Radio in 2006.[31]

Station debuts

Terrestrial

Online

  • 1 January – Dance Anthems Radio, a station playing dance anthems from the 1990s and 2000s.[33]
  • January – Laser 558 (relaunch)[34]

Small-scale multiplex switch-ons

Closing this year

Programme debuts

Podcast debuts

  • 7 January – Gangster Presents... Catching the Kingpins, a series presented by Mobeen Azhar and looking at how police infiltrated the EncroChat phone network on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 4.[38]

Changes of network affiliation

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

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1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Deaths

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Collins, Steve (20 November 2023). "Bournemouth One appoints Andy Diprose as News Editor ahead of launch". Radio Today. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Collins, Steve (1 January 2024). "Bournemouth MP Tobias Ellwood welcomes new radio station Bournemouth One". Radio Today. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Martin, Roy (30 December 2023). "Radio Exe's youngest newsreader gets his own radio show". Radio Today. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Former BBC Radio 2 presenter Steve Madden joins Victory". Radio Today. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Collins, Steve (2 January 2024). "Alex Hall presents her final show for BBC Radio Tees". Radio Today. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Martin, Roy (2 January 2024). "Selector Radio announces Radio 1's Sian Eleri as new presenter". Radio Today. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Martin, Roy (3 January 2024). "Pete Black to leave Director of Music role at Bauer". Radio Today. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Paddy Power announces sponsorship of The Ryan Tubridy Show live on Virgin Radio". Radio Today. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Jason Rosam to depart the BBC after 15 years as local radio early breakfast ends". Radio Today. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  10. ↑ Collins, Riyah (5 January 2024). "Ant and Dec reveal they tried out as Radio 1 DJs". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Danielle Perry takes over weekend show from Angellica Bell on Scala Radio". Radio Today. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  12. ↑ Collins, Steve (4 January 2024). "Tim Lihoreau to host Classic FM weekend Breakfast in schedule changes". Radio Today. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  13. ↑ Martin, Roy (7 January 2024). "Boom Rock to launch in February as additional spin-off service from Boom Radio". Radio Today. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  14. ↑ Martin, Roy (3 January 2024). "Dan Walker signs up for breakfast on Classic FM". Radio Today. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "Stephen Mangan joins Classic FM in exciting new radio line-up for 2024". Classic FM. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  16. ↑ Martin, Roy (5 January 2024). "Beat Radio in Preston to rebrand as Juice Radio". Radio Today. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  17. ↑ "Fiona Sadler and Alex Roland join Happy Radio for night time programmes". Radio Today. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  18. ↑ Martin, Roy (10 January 2024). "Bauer to rebrand heritage FM stations in England and Wales to Hits Radio". Radio Today. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  19. ↑ Martin, Roy (10 January 2024). "New Drivetime presenter line-up for BBC Radio Scotland". Radio Today. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  20. ↑ "HSBC UK extends sponsorship of The News Agents podcast". Radio Today. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  21. ↑ Martin, Roy (2 January 2024). "Tom Allen to host a new weekend show on Virgin Radio UK". Radio Today. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  22. ↑ Martin, Roy (11 January 2024). "Carol Vorderman returns to radio with weekly LBC show". Radio Today. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  23. ↑ Martin, Roy (15 January 2024). "Smooth Radio launches new television and multimedia ad campaign". Radio Today. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  24. ↑ "Consultation launched on how foreign labels and artists receive royalties". Radio Today. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  25. ↑ "Sunshine Radio granted permission to turn off AM frequency". Radio Today. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  26. 1 2 Martin, Roy (21 December 2023). "Chuckie to replace DJ Ace on the BBC Radio 1Xtra R&B Show". Radio Today. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  27. ↑ "1Xtra to launch another weekday show from Birmingham with DJ Day Day". Radio Today. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  28. 1 2 "Vernon Kay announces month-long line-up for Radio 2's Piano Room". Radio Today. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  29. ↑ "Nothing But Thieves to play exclusive gig for Radio X". Radio Today. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  30. ↑ Martin, Roy (15 January 2024). "BBC local radio specialist music show Stereo Underground to leave the BBC". Radio Today. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  31. ↑ "East Devon Radio to rebrand as DevonAir Radio". Radio Today. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  32. ↑ Martin, Roy (8 January 2024). "Smooth Radio launches Smooth Relax on national DAB multiplex". Radio Today. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  33. ↑ "New radio station launched playing Dance Anthems from the 90s and 00s". Radio Today. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  34. ↑ "Laser 558 name returns as new online radio station". Radio Today. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  35. ↑ "Voice FM launches weekday Green Breakfast Show". Radio Today. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  36. ↑ Martin, Roy (11 January 2024). "David Prever to host weekly news review programme free for syndication". Radio Today. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  37. ↑ Martin, Roy (10 January 2024). "Clash of the Pirates as Johnnie Walker and Tony Blackburn go head to head on BBC Radio 2". Radio Today. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  38. ↑ "BBC Radio 5 Live creates new crime podcast to air on BBC Radio 4". Radio Today. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  39. ↑ Youngs, Ian; Nanji, Noor (12 January 2024). "Annie Nightingale: Trailblazing BBC Radio 1 DJ dies at 83". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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