Radio Moments - This Week in History
Seven days of radio history in seven minutes - as told through clips and narration from David Lloyd.Podcasts
78: Pete Murray; Radio X; Peter Powell - on the last weekly Radio Moments review
Published: Sept. 19, 2020, 9:11 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 1 second
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77: Pennine begins; Rosko goes; Moyles leaves; Luxy returns ; 2CR starts
Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 8:16 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 58 seconds
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76: 50 yrs of Radio Manchester; 40 years of Radio Norfolk; and Centre launches
Published: Sept. 9, 2020, 9:18 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 25 seconds
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75: Radio Aire opens and closes; 30 years of Kiss; 50 years of BBC Bristol
Published: Sept. 5, 2020, 2:54 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 48 seconds
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74: Radio 5 launches; the first Heart conversion and happy birthday Steve Wright
Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 9:20 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 28 seconds
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73: Radio 2 leaves AM, Caroline continues and 1Xtra launches
Published: Aug. 21, 2020, 9:12 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds
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72: Blackburn at Caroline; Moyles at 1; and Aspel leaves Capital mornings
Published: July 29, 2020, 12:40 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds
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71: Our Tune, Kenny's fired and strikes at LBC.
Published: July 25, 2020, 10:20 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 20 seconds
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70: Newsreaders say who they are; Live Aid; Metro and Aire/Magic; Moyles
Published: July 16, 2020, 12:31 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 45 seconds
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69: Chart day changes; Kid is 70; Hereward launches; Steve Wright starts afternoons on Radio 2
Published: July 9, 2020, 11:27 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 46 seconds
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68: Johnnie leaves Radio 1; R1 AMs closes; Trent launches; Angie moves
Published: July 4, 2020, 3:16 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 16 seconds
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67: Les Ross launches Tees; Music While You Work; and the Heathrow Conference,
Published: June 26, 2020, 8:45 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds
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66: Melody acquired; BBC Northampton launches; death of Reith
Published: June 18, 2020, 3:44 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 6 seconds
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65: Holness leaves LBC; Commons broadcasting trial; Premier launches
Published: June 11, 2020, 11:02 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 46 seconds
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64: Rock FM is born; Hits Radio begins; Noel on breakfast;
Published: June 3, 2020, 2:14 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds
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63: The Archers; Mercia's 40th; Mayo on breakfast
Published: May 27, 2020, 11:17 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 48 seconds
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62: A celebration of radio contesting
Published: May 22, 2020, 9:38 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 25 seconds
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61: Jenni Murray, JAM, R1 at Mallory Park - and the sig tune
Published: May 13, 2020, 8:36 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds
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60: Happy birthday FM; Capital splits; DLT on Radio1 breakfast
Published: May 7, 2020, 3:57 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 42 seconds
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59: Foxy leaves; World Service starts; Johnnie Walker joins & Virgin 1215 begins
Published: May 1, 2020, 9:02 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 46 seconds
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58: Evans on R1 breakfast; GB Radio closes; Jamie Theakston begins at Heart
Published: April 23, 2020, 11:18 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds
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57: Jamming, Beacon, small scale BBC radio & Radiophonic Workshop
Published: April 19, 2020, 7:46 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds
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56: PM, The World Tonight, Dave Berry and Kenny Everett
Published: April 9, 2020, 11:48 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds
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55: Happy birthday Johnnie Walker; Radio 4 protests; and happy birthday Piccadilly
Published: April 3, 2020, 9:18 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds
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54: Tom Browne and Radio 5 ends, Paul Burnett starts - & the Peacock Committee
Published: March 26, 2020, 6:48 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds
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53: Evans sells Virgin; the mi Amigo sinks and Downtown launches
Published: March 20, 2020, 10:35 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 9 seconds
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52: Why the BBC chose numbers for its networks; 6 Music and Radio 210 launch
Published: March 11, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds
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51: 30 years of Jazz FM; Helen Boaden at Radio 4; John Peel at night
Published: March 6, 2020, 9:17 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds
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50: The Commons on-air; Ed Stewart; and Brian Matthew
Published: Feb. 26, 2020, 11:16 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 8 seconds
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49: Sara Cox andMayo leave R1; Thatcher with JY; and BRMB begins
Published: Feb. 21, 2020, 4:14 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds
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48: Talk Radio UK, LBC goes National and pirate Radio City closes
Published: Feb. 12, 2020, 11:14 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds
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47: Robin Scott; Mark Forrest; Iain Lee; Ken Bruce
Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 1:40 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 25 seconds
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46: Desert Islands Discs; Wogan; and radio stunts
Published: Feb. 1, 2020, 5:45 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds
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45: RNI begins; Christian announces his farewell; Evans begins
Published: Jan. 23, 2020, 4:51 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 59 seconds
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44: Listen With Mother; Michael Aspel; Ed Doolan; and Chris Evans
Published: Jan. 16, 2020, 10:52 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds
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43: Wogan, Read and Wright start on R1 breakfast - and the Carrie Gracie dilemma
Published: Jan. 8, 2020, 1:39 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds
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42: This Week in History - Christmas bumper edition
Published: Dec. 17, 2019, 11:33 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 22 seconds
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41: 40 years of Steve Allen at LBC - and Reith introduces Royalty
Published: Dec. 11, 2019, 2:15 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 23 seconds
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40: Ten years of Absolute 80s - and the first general election coverage on radio
Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 12:14 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 20 seconds
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39: Farewell Fluff, hello Radio Scotland and R1 and R2 stop sharing progs
Published: Nov. 27, 2019, 3:54 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 39 seconds
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38: Johnny Vaughan's last Capital breakfast and Radio Merseyside launches
Published: Nov. 20, 2019, 1:51 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 57 seconds
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37: 20 years of Planet Rock - and the news bulletin is born.
Published: Nov. 15, 2019, 11:36 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds
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36: Radio Leicester and Devonair begin - and Laser ends
Published: Nov. 6, 2019, 11:23 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds
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35: The death of Roger Scott; the birth of Today
Published: Oct. 30, 2019, 9:40 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 15 seconds
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34: 15 years since the death of John Peel - and Radio City is born
Published: Oct. 26, 2019, 8:52 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 40 seconds
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33: Capital and Any Questions began - and Evans's first arrrival at Virgin
Published: Oct. 16, 2019, 10:46 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds
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32: LBC both closes and begins; and Radio London is born.
Published: Oct. 9, 2019, 8:09 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 8 seconds
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31: Hello to Hallam, Absolute, Swansea Sound and the BBC Home Service
Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 4 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 50 seconds
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30: Jane Garvey ends 5 Live Drive; Xfm becomes X; and Blackburn finishes at Radio 1
Published: Sept. 25, 2019, 3:02 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds
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29: Pennine and Scot FM launch - and Chris Moyles leaves Radio 1
Published: Sept. 19, 2019, 10:25 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds
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28: Wogan's resignation, commercial radio arrives in Leicester - twice; and Listen with Mother ends
Published: Sept. 14, 2019, 9:09 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 32 seconds
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27: From 25 years of Heart to the Radio 1 FM switch-on and Evans moves
Published: Sept. 3, 2019, 6:55 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 1 second
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26: Happy 65th Steve Wright - and Penk and The Pulse arrive
Published: Aug. 28, 2019, 11:24 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds
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25: From Big Ben silent to Greg on breakfast and Caroline returns
Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 7:14 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 36 seconds
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24: From Sarah Kennedy's last show to farewell to the pirates and to Juice
Published: Aug. 16, 2019, 3:57 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds
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23: From the final Nick Grimshaw breakfast to Atlantic 252 testing and Allinson arriving at Capital
Published: Aug. 7, 2019, 4:14 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 44 seconds
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22: From Chris Moyles arriving at R1 to the death of Mike Smith; and Oak closing
Published: July 29, 2019, 11:05 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 32 seconds
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21: From the moon landing to the first R1 roadshow and Sonovox is born
Published: July 26, 2019, 8:36 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds
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20: From Metro's launch to Kenny sacked & Blackburn left the pirates
Published: July 18, 2019, 1:36 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 46 seconds
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19: From the anno of Moyles's departure to a DAB launch and Hereward begins
Published: July 11, 2019, 11:23 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds
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18: From Radio 1 AM closedown to Steve Wright beginning on Radio 2 afternoons
Published: July 5, 2019, 3:47 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
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17: From the end of Radio Victory - to a Chris Evans departure
Published: June 26, 2019, 10:54 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds
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16: From the arrival of BBC Northants to the death of Lord Reith and the birth of Team Rock
Published: June 19, 2019, 11:08 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 24 seconds
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15: From Wave 105 being born to the death of Russell Harty
Published: June 11, 2019, 10:59 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 58 seconds
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14: From 20 years since Galaxy North East launched to Noel Edmonds takes over Radio 1 breakfast
Published: June 4, 2019, 2:05 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds
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13: From Kid Jensen leaving Radio 1 to the arrival of Test Match Special
Published: May 29, 2019, 12:06 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds
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12: From the launch of Mercia to classic Naughtie and early Laser 558
Published: May 22, 2019, 2:23 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds
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11: RNI is bombed to a famous Radio 1 Fun Day
Published: May 14, 2019, 11:55 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds
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10: Walker leaves Radio 1 to the story of the AM/FM splits
Published: May 10, 2019, 12:25 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 34 seconds
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9: From Radio 1 going 24 hours to Foxy leaving Capital
Published: May 2, 2019, 5:04 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 6 seconds
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8: Johnnie Walker joins BBC; The Dales ends; Evans joins Radio 1; the end of GB Radio
Published: April 23, 2019, 7:06 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds
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7: Steve Wright & Ed Stewart leave the BBC; Johnny Vaughan on Capital; Dale Winton dies
Published: April 18, 2019, 10:26 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds
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6: Dene is 70; Berry ends at Capital; Home Truths begins and the 70s commercial radio rollout concludes
Published: April 9, 2019, 5:31 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 40 seconds
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5: Zoe Ball ends at R1; the BBC changes for the 70s; and Piccadilly launches
Published: April 5, 2019, 7:20 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds
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4: Happy birthday Steve Allen; Downtown launches, 50 years of Jackie
Published: March 25, 2019, 9:26 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds
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3: Mayo breaks records; Adrian Love's death, 6 Music, Radio Stoke & Xfm launch
Published: March 25, 2019, 9:24 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds
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2: Peel on Nightride; Zane Lowe leaves Radio 1; Hapyy 80th Keith Skues
Published: March 25, 2019, 9:23 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds
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1: Reluctant presenter changes; Moray Firth launches; Mayo starts at Radio 1
Published: March 18, 2019, 4:39 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 48 seconds
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