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This is a list of events in British radio during 2005.

Events

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January

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February

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  • 6 February – Les Ross returns to BBC Radio WM to present a weekly Sunday morning show. He had last worked at the station in the early 1970s.

March

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April

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  • No events

May

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  • 23 May – As BBC staff stage a one-day strike over announced job cuts, Terry Wogan crosses the picket line to present his show.[1] Reportedly, he gives them a smile and wishes them all well. He explains on air that the reason for doing so is that he is contracted to host Wake up to Wogan and hence not directly employed by the BBC, and so cannot legally strike with their employees.

June

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July

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  • 7 July – 7 July 2005 London bombings: Four terrorist suicide bombings strike London's public transport system during the morning rush hour (killing 56), receiving extensive media coverage. The BBC sticks with initial reports of a power surge on the London Underground until actual events can be corroborated.[5]
  • 23 July – Les Ross takes over the Saturday breakfast show on BBC WM.
  • 25 July – London's 102.2 Smooth FM signs a three-year deal with Chelsea F.C. to provide exclusive match coverage of the club's games until the end of the 2007–08 season.[6]

August

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September

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  • September – A year after BBC Radio 2 stopped broadcasting a weekly edition of Pick of the Pops, the programme returns as a Sunday afternoon show.
  • 8–12 September – BBC Radio 5 Live devotes its daytime schedule to broadcast extensive live coverage of the deciding Ashes cricket match.[7] Normally, the station provides reports into its regular programmes.
  • 12 September
    • Radio Luxembourg returns to the airwaves after more than 12 years, now broadcasting via Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM). During August of that year, the parent operating company of Radio Luxembourg conducted digital test broadcasts to the UK on 7145 kHz using DRM, as well as for a time at 7295 kHz DRM.
    • BBC Radio Norfolk switches on the West Runton transmitter, providing FM quality broadcasts of the station for North Norfolk, doing so as part of the station's 25th birthday celebrations. A month or so later, stereo FM broadcasts for West Norfolk begin on 104.4 MHz FM after more than 20 years of broadcasting in mono due to an off-air re-broadcast system which was unable to reproduce a clear noise free stereo signal.

October

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November

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December

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  • No events

Unknown

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  • After being acquired by the CN Group, Kix 96 and its other sister stations in the south Midlands are rebranded as Touch FM.

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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1980s

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1990s

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2000s

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Ending this year

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Closing this year

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Date Station Debut
27 May 102.2 Jazz FM 1990[11]

Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ O'Carroll, Lisa; Deans, Jason & Day, Julia (23 May 2005). "TV stars: why we crossed BBC picket line". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  2. ^ Radio 3 clears the air for Beethoven.
  3. ^ "Christmas with Bach". The Guardian. London. 12 December 2005. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022.
  4. ^ Brook, Stephen (21 June 2005). "Emap snaps up Scottish Radio Holdings". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. ^ Wells, Matt (12 September 2005). "Interview with Helen Boaden". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 April 2014. Some of our competitors talked immediately of 90 dead. They talked about three bus bombs. That was off a range of various wire services and it was complete speculation and we wouldn't go with that. We would be careful – we would try to check things out.
  6. ^ "Chelsea in Smooth FM broadcast deal". Campaign Live. 25 July 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Cricket mania sweeps 5 Live". The Guardian. 2 September 2005. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023.
  8. ^ Muir, Hugh; Butt, Riazat (24 October 2005). "A rumour, outrage and then a riot. How tension in a Birmingham suburb erupted". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Mary Wimbush obituary". The Times. London. 2 November 2005. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  10. ^ Casci, Mark (24 November 2005). "Islamic radio to be launched". Muslim News. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  11. ^ "Goodbye 102.2 JAZZ FM". Radio Today. 28 May 2005. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  12. ^ "DJ Tommy Vance dies after stroke". BBC News. 6 March 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  13. ^ "Broadcaster Timpson dies aged 77". BBC. 19 November 2005. Retrieved 2 November 2019.