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Radio Moments - This Week in History

By David Lloyd

Seven days of radio history in seven minutes - as told through clips and narration from David Lloyd.

  1. 1.
    36: Radio Leicester and Devonair begin - and Laser ends11/6/2019
    7:29
  2. 2.
    35: The death of Roger Scott; the birth of Today10/30/2019
    7:15
  3. 3.
    34: 15 years since the death of John Peel - and Radio City is born10/26/2019
    7:40
  4. 4.
    33: Capital and Any Questions began - and Evans's first arrrival at Virgin10/16/2019
    8:13
  5. 5.
    32: LBC both closes and begins; and Radio London is born.10/9/2019
    7:08
  6. 6.
    31: Hello to Hallam, Absolute, Swansea Sound and the BBC Home Service10/3/2019
    8:50
  7. 7.
    30: Jane Garvey ends 5 Live Drive; Xfm becomes X; and Blackburn finishes at Radio 19/25/2019
    7:54
  8. 8.
    29: Pennine and Scot FM launch - and Chris Moyles leaves Radio 1 9/19/2019
    8:25
  1. 9.
    28: Wogan's resignation, commercial radio arrives in Leicester - twice; and Listen with Mother ends9/14/2019
    7:32
  2. 10.
    27: From 25 years of Heart to the Radio 1 FM switch-on and Evans moves9/3/2019
    8:01
  3. 11.
    26: Happy 65th Steve Wright - and Penk and The Pulse arrive8/28/2019
    8:18
  4. 12.
    25: From Big Ben silent to Greg on breakfast and Caroline returns8/20/2019
    6:36
  5. 13.
    24: From Sarah Kennedy's last show to farewell to the pirates and to Juice8/16/2019
    7:54
  6. 14.
    23: From the final Nick Grimshaw breakfast to Atlantic 252 testing and Allinson arriving at Capital8/7/2019
    8:44
  7. 15.
    22: From Chris Moyles arriving at R1 to the death of Mike Smith; and Oak closing7/29/2019
    7:32
  8. 16.
    21: From the moon landing to the first R1 roadshow and Sonovox is born7/26/2019
    8:17
  9. 17.
    20: From Metro's launch to Kenny sacked & Blackburn left the pirates7/18/2019
    8:46
  10. 18.
    19: From the anno of Moyles's departure to a DAB launch and Hereward begins7/11/2019
    8:52
  11. 19.
    18: From Radio 1 AM closedown to Steve Wright beginning on Radio 2 afternoons7/5/2019
    7:55
  12. 20.
    17: From the end of Radio Victory - to a Chris Evans departure6/26/2019
    7:21
  13. 21.
    16: From the arrival of BBC Northants to the death of Lord Reith and the birth of Team Rock6/19/2019
    7:24
  14. 22.
    15: From Wave 105 being born to the death of Russell Harty6/11/2019
    6:58
  15. 23.
    14: From 20 years since Galaxy North East launched to Noel Edmonds takes over Radio 1 breakfast6/4/2019
    8:30
  16. 24.
    13: From Kid Jensen leaving Radio 1 to the arrival of Test Match Special 5/29/2019
    7:29
  17. 25.
    12: From the launch of Mercia to classic Naughtie and early Laser 5585/22/2019
    8:22
  18. 26.
    11: RNI is bombed to a famous Radio 1 Fun Day 5/14/2019
    7:53
  19. 27.
    10: Walker leaves Radio 1 to the story of the AM/FM splits5/10/2019
    7:34
  20. 28.
    9: From Radio 1 going 24 hours to Foxy leaving Capital5/2/2019
    8:06
  21. 29.
    8: Johnnie Walker joins BBC; The Dales ends; Evans joins Radio 1; the end of GB Radio4/23/2019
    8:31
  22. 30.
    7: Steve Wright & Ed Stewart leave the BBC; Johnny Vaughan on Capital; Dale Winton dies4/18/2019
    8:35
  23. 31.
    6: Dene is 70; Berry ends at Capital; Home Truths begins and the 70s commercial radio rollout concludes4/9/2019
    6:40
  24. 32.
    5: Zoe Ball ends at R1; the BBC changes for the 70s; and Piccadilly launches4/5/2019
    8:29
  25. 33.
    4: Happy birthday Steve Allen; Downtown launches, 50 years of Jackie3/25/2019
    7:38
  26. 34.
    3: Mayo breaks records; Adrian Love's death, 6 Music, Radio Stoke & Xfm launch3/25/2019
    8:15
  27. 35.
    2: Peel on Nightride; Zane Lowe leaves Radio 1; Hapyy 80th Keith Skues3/25/2019
    9:03
  28. 36.
    1: Reluctant presenter changes; Moray Firth launches; Mayo starts at Radio 13/18/2019
    8:48

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