2023 in British radio

This is a list of events taking place in 2023 relating to radio in the United Kingdom.

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Events

January
  • 1 January –
  • 2 January –
  • 3 January –
    • CassKidd joins BBC Radio 1Xtra to present a Tuesday evening show previously hosted by Jamz Supernova.[8]
    • Sonny Jay begins presenting the weekday late night show on Capital.[9]
    • Former Jack FM presenter Trevor Marshall joins Get Radio Oxfordshire to present weekday drivetime.[10]
    • The Radio Today website reports that during V2 Radio's six-week toy appeal leading up to Christmas 2022, listeners donated more than 2,400 toys for local charities and organisations in West Sussex.[11]
  • 4 January –
    • Bauer Radio confirms all of Absolute Radio's mediumwave transmitters will be switched off by the end of January, making it exclusively a digital station.[12] The switch-off is expected to take place on 23 January.[13]
    • The Asian Network Takeover returns for a new series, with a new presenter each month.[14]
  • 5 January – Figures released by BBC Sounds show there were 57.7 million listens to its content between 20 December and 2 January.[15]
  • 6 January –
  • 7 January –
    • Former Capital presenter Rob Howard begins presenting weekend Early Breakfast at Heart.[4][5]
    • Trevor Marshall and Rich Smith begin presenting weekend breakfast for Get Radio Oxfordshire.[10]
  • 8 January – Andrew Marr joins Classic FM to present a Sunday morning programme in which he selects some of his favourite pieces of classical music alongside newer releases.[19]
  • 9 January –
    • Phil Williams and OJ Borg confirm Williams is taking over Borg's Sunday night into Monday morning show on Radio 2, with Borg continuing to present four nights a week.[20]
    • Five folk songs about modern folk heroes by artists such as Chris Difford and Thea Gilmore have been created as part of Radio 2's 21st Century Folk project.[21]
    • BBC Asian Network confirms that Nikita Kanda will be its new regular breakfast show presenter, Kanda having presented the programme for the past six months.[22]
    • Ricky Wilson of Kaiser Chiefs joins Virgin Radio to present the weekday drivetime show.[23]
    • Sam Thompson begins presenting Hits Radio's weekday evening show, Hits UK.[24]
    • Hits Radio presenter Jordon Lee takes over weekday early breakfast on Kiss, but continues with his breakfast show on Hits Radio Pride and afternoons on Heat radio.[25]
    • Gaydio becomes available on DAB in a further seven UK cities – Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and Sheffield.[26]
    • Rock FM is found to be in breach of Ofcom regulations following the broadcast of a pre-recorded voice note from a listener on the 19 October 2022 edition of its breakfast show in which the word "cunt" was heard at the end of the recording. The piece had not been vetted before broadcast.[27]
  • 10 January –
  • 11 January –
    • Bauer Media Audio UK have appointed Lucie Cave to the newly created role of Chief Creative Officer for Podcasts and Commercial Content.[31]
    • Ofcom is reported to be considering a request by community station Cross Counties Radio for it to be allowed to change the number of hours of original content it must provide from 161 hours per week to 70.[32]
    • Sports journalist Martin Samuel joins talkSPORT as a contributor to the breakfast show, and to co-present a weekly programme on Thursday evenings.[33]
  • 13 January –
    • Sam Jackson is appointed as Controller of BBC Radio 3, effective from April 2023.[34]
    • Ofcom revokes the small-scale DAB licence it awarded to Like DAB Limited for the Scilly Isles after the Like DAB said it would not be able to launch the service by the deadline given to it by Ofcom.[35]
    • BBC Sports broadcaster Jennie Gow announces she has suffered a stroke, affecting her speech.[36]
  • 14 January – Emperor Rosko joins Radio Caroline to present a series of monthly breakfast shows.[37]
  • 17 January – Ken Bruce announces on his Radio 2 show that he will be leaving the network at the end of March. Shortly afterwards, Greatest Hits Radio confirms he will join in April, replacing Mark Goodier on their mid-morning show, and taking the PopMaster quiz with him.[38]
  • 18 January –
    • Following feedback, the BBC have made some changes to their proposals for BBC Local Radio, including those relating to the networking of shows and the pairing of stations.[39] But plans to cut the number of local BBC Introducing programmes from 32 to 11 are met with concern from musicians and those from the music industry who fear it could a negative effect on new acts trying to break through on to the scene.[40]
    • Regency Radio have hired Tommy Boyd to present a show on Sunday nights, with a start date to be confirmed.[41]
    • Fun Kids launches a subscription service titled Fun Kids Podcast+.[42]
  • 19 January – Members of the National Union of Journalists are to hold a consultative ballot on whether to strike over the proposed changes announced for BBC Local Radio.[43]
  • 20 January –
    • At midnight Absolute Radio stops broadcasting on MW.[44] Consequently, Absolute Radio is now a digital-only station.[13]
    • Jack FM teams up with comedian Dom Joly for the last gig of his nationwide tour by sponsoring a show at Oxford’s New Theatre.[45]
    • Dance station Juice FM, launched in December 2022, announces plans to join DAB in North Wales and West Cheshire.[46]
  • 23 January –
  • 24 January –
    • Bristol's Ujima Radio submits a request to Ofcom to change its Key Commitments by broadcasting less non-English output.[52]
    • Ofcom have found Leicester-based Radio2Funky and Takeover Radio, as well as Cumbernauld FM, in breach of their commitments after receiving complaints they were not producing enough original output.[53]
    • BFBS launches its second series of BFBS Esports Live, presented by OJ Borg.[54]
  • 25 January –
    • City University of London announces the launch of the UK's first MA degree in podcasting, along with a Centre of Podcasting Excellence, with the first students scheduled to begin their studies in September 2023.[55]
    • Smooth Radio undergoes a "brand refresh", with a new logo and strapline. "Your relaxing music mix" is replaced by "Always the best music".[56]
    • Made in Manchester announces a partnership with Workerbee to generate new content ideas for radio and television.[57]
    • 45 Radio announces that it has hired former Radio 1 presenter Bruno Brookes to present Bruno's Mega Hits on Saturdays and Sundays from midday.[58]
    • Josh Tate, believed to be the UK's youngest newsreader, appears on Matt Chorley's show on Times Radio, where he is invited to read the midday headlines.[59]
  • 27 January –
    • BBC Arabic radio service closes down.[60]
    • Ofcom initiates proceedings to revoke Bauer Radio's mediumwave licence following its decision to close the national AM feed of Absolute Radio, and consequently ending its licence eight years ahead of schedule. Ofcom also considers financial penalties against Bauer after it confirmed the decision the previous day.[61]
    • Frisk Radio have hired David Alley, a former presenter on Heart Bedfordshire and Chiltern FM, to present their weekday drivetime show.[62]
  • 30 January –
    • BBC Radio 2 begins its 2023 Radio 2 Piano Room feature, which runs until 24 February, and sees different artists performing with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Maida Vale Studios. The performances are broadcast live on Ken Bruce's mid-morning show.[63]
    • The Radio Academy holds its inaugural "Last Mondays" event in Central London, a monthly gathering for members of the audio industry featuring guest speakers.[64]
    • Listeners to Greatest Hits Radio have voted "Mr. Blue Sky" the top Feel Good Anthem following a poll of songs that make listeners feel good.[65]
    • Technology company Aiir announce the launch of Aiir Scheduler, a cloud-based music scheduler for radio stations to create and manage playlists via a web browser.[66]
  • 31 January – Members of the National Union of Journalists have voted to take industrial action over planned changes to BBC Local Radio.[67]
  • January – Signal 1's Stafford and Congleton transmitters switch to broadcasting Greatest Hits Radio, with Signal 1 continuing to broadcast to Stoke-on-Trent.[68]

February
  • 1 February –
    • BBC Radio Bristol presenter Laura Rawlings is appointed as presenter of The Radio Academy Podcast for the next six months, covering for regular presenter Roisin Hastie while she is on maternity leave.[69]
    • Dee Ford, Managing Director of Bauer Media Audio UK, announces plans to leave the role after 35 years with the company.[70]
  • 2 February – BBC WM announces that its new building in Digbeth, Birmingham, will be known as "The Tea Factory". It will also be home to BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, Radio 4's The Archers and BBC Asian Network News.[71]
  • 3 February –
    • The BBC confirms the latest plans to merge its BBC Music Introducing shows, with 20 shows spread across 39 BBC Local Radio stations, airing twice a week, and some shows merging with those of neighbouring stations.[72]
    • Former Secretary of State for Culture Nadine Dorries begins presenting a weekly Friday evening show, Friday Night with Nadine, for Talkradio and TalkTV. Her first guest is the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[73]
    • It is reported that Pierre Petrou has resigns as London Greek Radio's chief programming and content manager.[74]
    • The BBC confirms it has hired Erewash Sound Drive presenter Lewis Allsopp as a studio director for Radio 4 and the World Service at Broadcasting House.[75]
  • 5 February – Radio 2 airs Happy Birthday Tony Blackburn: 80 Poptastic Years to celebrate Tony Blackburn's 80th birthday on 29 January.[76]
  • 6 February –
    • Bauer Radio launches an ad-free subscription services for Magic Radio and Greatest Hits Radio, enabling listeners to hear additional stations without commercials, and skip live content.[77]
    • Iain Lee announces he is leaving Jack FM, and that he is retiring from broadcasting.[78]
  • 7 February –
  • 8 February – Ofcom awards a further five small-scale DAB licences in Inverclyde, Newry, Northampton, Southampton and Wolverhampton.[81]
  • 9 February –
    • Perminder Khatkar and Victoria Easton-Riley are announced as having been elected to the Radio Academy Board of Trustees.[82]
    • Bauer announces the launch of its digital audio advertising network, audioXi, in Portugal.[83]
  • 10 February – Rick Houghton joins Chesterfield F.C.'s online station, 1866 Sport, to present the weekday drivetime show.[84]
  • 11 February –
    • Emma Scott, formerly of Heart and Kerrang!, joins North Derbyshire Radio to present a weekend lunchtime show.[85]
    • Radio Today reports that Radio Essentials has launched on DAB in Sheffield, having been on air online since October 2022.[86]
  • 13 February –
  • 14 February –
    • Ofcom revokes the mediumwave licence from Absolute Radio following Bauer's decision to cease broadcasting on its AM frequency.[92]
    • Capital London presenter Ant Payne apologises for comments he made on his drivetime show the previous day after suggesting it was the appropriate time to book a cheap flight to Turkey.[93]
  • 15 February – Magic Breakfast launches an interactive holiday promotion with its sponsor, On the Beach.[94]
  • 17 February –
    • The LGBTQ-themed radio station, Gaydio, broadcast a minute's silence at 11.00am in collaboration with other UK LGBTQ stations to remember 16-year-old Brianna Ghey, who was stabbed to death on 11 February. The silence is preceded by a feature introduced by transgender presenter Stephanie Hirst in which she reflects on the discrimination and violence often experienced by trans people, as well as paying tribute to Ghey.[95][96]
    • Ofcom launches a consultation process after talkSPORT submits a request to turn off four of its 22 AM transmitters, reducing its mediumwave output from 93% to 89.9% of the population.[97]
    • Kerrang! Radio fan Hope Lynes has been given her own show on the station, airing every Saturday from 2pm.[98]
    • Local Radio Support enters into its first agency partnership, with Manning Gottlieb OMD.[99]
  • 19 February – She Scores, a series focusing on female composers, returns to Scala Radio for a third series.[100]
  • 20 February –
    • Ofcom finds Bauer in breach of its regulations over its 2022 Make Me a Winner competition after a promotion on Kiss failed to mention all of the terms and conditions, notably that entrants to the competition on a particular day would still be valid for the rest of the time it was running. The Make Me a Winner competition took place between April and July 2022.[101]
    • Creed III actor, producer and director Michael B. Jordan teams up with KISS and the Rio Ferdinand Foundation for their #notboxed campaign, which is designed to help inspire young people.[102]
  • 21 February – BBC Radio 1Xtra announces that weekday afternoon presenter Reece Parkinson is to leave the network as part of a schedule shake-up. Saturday afternoon presenter Lady Leshurr is also being replaced.[103]
  • 24 February –
    • Radio 2 confirms Vernon Kay will present the mid-morning show, taking over in May. Gary Davies will present the show on a temporary basis after Ken Bruce leaves in March.[104]
    • Steve Allen announces he has left LBC after 44 years in broadcasting.[105]
    • Carolyn Quinn, presenter of Radio 4's Westminster Hour and PM programmes, announces she is leaving the BBC after 36 years with the broadcaster. She has also presented her final regular edition of PM.[106]
    • Dasha Zakarets, a Ukrainian refugee who came to England at the start of the war, reads the opening minutes of the 8am bulletin on Greatest Hits Radio York and North Yorkshire to mark the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[107]
  • 26 February –
    • Edward Adoo presents his final Sunday night show on BBC Three Counties Radio after seven and a half years, having decided a few weeks earlier to leave the station ahead of planned schedule changes.[108]
    • Radio Today reports that Ofcom's Community Radio Fund has made 17 awards to local community stations.[109]
  • 27 February –
    • Lomond Radio celebrates the 10th birthday of its youngest presenter, Ruairidh Mac, who presents Lomond Radio Kids Edition each Monday evening.[110]
    • Alton Andrews, a presenter on the original Red Rose Radio, is to join the newly-launched digital Red Rose Radio to present a Saturday morning show.[111]
  • 28 February –
    • Members of the National Union of Journalists working for the BBC regional service in England vote to take strike action over planned cuts to BBC Local Radio. A 24-hour strike is scheduled for 15 March to coincide with Budget Day.[112]
    • Nation Broadcasting sells its share in Bailiwick Broadcasting, operator of the DAB multiplex covering the Channel Islands, to Tindle CI Broadcasting.[113]

March
  • 1 March –
    • Nation Broadcasting launches Nation New on DAB in Tynemouth and South Shield, a radio station playing nothing but new music by new artists.[114]
    • Bauer announces plans to replace Kiss with Greatest Hits Radio on its FM frequencies in Cambridge, Peterborough and Suffolk, subject to Ofcom approval.[115]
  • 2 March –
    • Kenny Allstar is announced as the new presenter of the Radio 1 Rap Show, replacing Tiffany Calver, who is leaving the programme after four years.[116]
    • Small-scale DAB licenses are awarded to Higher Rhythm Limited in Doncaster, PlymDab in Plymouth, and Mid Yorkshire DAB Limited in Wakefield.[117]
    • Tindle Media Group acquires a 10% stake in Podcast Radio in order to help with its international expansion plans.[118]
  • 3 March – Ken Bruce presents his final mid-morning show on Radio 2.[104][119]
  • 4 March –
    • Former BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Sam Walker, and Pete Price, previously of Radio City, join Happy Radio to present shows. Walker presents a weekend lunchtime show, while Price presents Guilty Pleasures on Saturday evenings.[120]
    • Student radio stations in the south of England get together for a 24-hour broadcast in aid of FareShare, the Journey of a Lifetime Trust, Mind, Stonewall, the Teenage Cancer Trust and UNICEF UK.[121] The broadcast raises £600 for the charities.[122]
    • Andrew Collins presents his final edition of Saturday Night at the Movies for Classic FM, having announced the previous day his intention to leave after seven years.[123]
  • 5 March – Nominations for BBC Local Radio's Make a Difference Awards close, with over 11,000 nominations later confirmed as having been received.[124]
  • 6 March –
    • Gary Davies temporarily takes over the BBC Radio 2 mid-morning show.[104] He also launches a replacement for the PopMaster quiz called Ten to the Top.[125]
    • RB1 Radio is rebranded as Rotherham Radio.[126]
    • Ofcom finds 15 community radio stations breached their broadcasting conditions in February 2023, with issues ranging from studio output to not meeting their key commitments.[127]
  • 7 March – Radio News Hub announces it will make a free two-hour live programme available providing budget coverage on Budget Day (15 March). The programme will include coverage of the budget speech, as well as analysis from a panel of experts.[128]
  • 8 March –
  • 9 March –
  • 11 March –
  • 12 March – At 8am, Radio Winchcombe becomes available in the Bishops Cleeve area on 106.9FM.[140]
  • 13 March –
  • 15 March –
    • At 11am, members of the National Union of Journalists begin a 24-hour strike on BBC Local Radio, requiring a syndicated programme to air in some areas.[144][145]
    • Tynemouth-based station Frisk Radio announces plans to join DAB in Middlesbrough and Redcar.[146]
    • BBC Radio 1Xtra announces schedule changes to come into effect from June, including a show presented by Tiffany Calver on Friday nights.[147]
  • 16 March –
  • 17 March – The nominations for the 12 categories in the 2023 Global Awards are announced.[151]
  • 20 March –
    • Bauer launches a regional Greatest Hits Radio service for Cambridge, Peterborough and Suffolk on DAB ahead of proposed changes to its FM frequencies in the area.[115]
    • Community station Heartland FM announces it is scaling back its operation because of falling revenue and increased operating costs.[152]
    • Former KL.FM 96.7 presenter Kelvin Scott joines KL1 Radio in Norfolk to present the breakfast show.[153]
  • 21 March –
  • 22 March –
  • 23 March – Ofcom sets out the conditions of the new BBC Operating Licence, which comes into effect from 1 April.[158] In a letter to Clare Sumner, Director of Policy at the BBC, Ofcom also expresses its concerns about upcoming changes to BBC Local Radio, in particular plans for programme sharing, which it feels will struggle to remain relevant to listeners.[159]
  • 24 March –
  • 24–25 March – The BBC Radio 6 Music Festival returns to Manchester for 2023, the venue of the very first event in 2014; Manchester will be the festival's permanent home.[163][164]
  • 25 March –
  • 27 March –
    • Radio 2 announces a partnership with BBC Children’s and Education to launch Let it Grow, a project inspired by the BBC One television series Wild Isles and that includes special programmes and playlists.[168]
    • Radioplayer announces a deal with Renault Europe to develop the Radioplayer for Renault streaming app.[169]
  • 28 March – Paul Miller, who presents the BBC Local Radio Late Show in the south of England, confirms he plans to leave the BBC later in the year after 23 years with the broadcaster.[170]
  • 29 March – The UK government publishes a draft Media Bill that gives local commercial radio greater power over changing its music output and broadcasting content from outside its area. The bill also requires an increase in local news output.[171]
  • 31 March –
    • Members of the National Union of Journalists working for BBC Local Radio announce a second strike in protest at planned cuts to the service, to be staged on 4 May to coincide with the local elections.[172]
    • The winners of the 2023 Global Awards are announced.[151] Winners include the company's own podcast, The News Agents, which wins the award for Best Podcast.[173]

April
  • 2 April –
    • Bronwen Lewis, a former contestant on The Voice UK, joins BBC Radio Wales to present a weekly Sunday morning show.[174]
    • Magic Radio broadcasts the 2023 Olivier Awards, which includes a live acceptance speech from Richard Hawley containing nine expletives. The station subsequently apologises for broadcasting the speech.[175]
    • Local English language programming is broadcast on Greatest Hits Radio South Wales for the final time.[176] Bauer management told the industry news website RadioToday that the separate content for South Wales was "no longer viable going forwards". The station retains its late-night Welsh-language programme, airing from Sunday to Thursday nights.
  • 3 April –
    • Ken Bruce joins Greatest Hits Radio to present the mid-morning show from 10.00am to 1.00pm. PopMaster, the UK's most popular radio quiz, also moves to Greatest Hits Radio.[177] To make way for Bruce's show, the morning edition of the Top Ten at 10 is moved to 9am and renamed the Top Ten Till Ken.[178] The first track played on Bruce's new show is "Come Together" by The Beatles.[179]
    • Bauer Radio rebrands Clyde 2, Forth 2, MFR 2, Northsound 2, Tay 2, West Sound in Ayrshire, and West Sound in Dumfries & Galloway, and Radio Borders as Greatest Hits Radio, bringing its Scottish stations under the Greatest Hits banner alongside those in England and Wales.[180][181]
    • CFM[182] and Radio Borders[183] are rebranded as Greatest Hits Radio.
    • Bauer replaces Lincs FM with Greatest Hits Radio Lincolnshire on 102.2FM, 96.7FM and 97.6FM, while Lincs FM continues to air on DAB.[184]
    • Schedule changes at BBC Radio 1Xtra see Keylee Golding take over as presenter of the weekday afternoon show and Remi Bungz presenting weekday drivetime. Golding's afternoon show is the first on the network to move outside London and is presented from Birmingham.[185]
    • An edition of Radio 4's Front Row plays part of what is believed to be the earliest complete recording of a concert by The Beatles. The tape was recorded by a pupil at Stowe School on 4 April 1963.[186]
  • 4 April –
    • Ben Chapman is appointed CEO of BFBS, replacing Simon Bucks.[187]
    • The charity MV Ross Revenge – Home of Radio Caroline launches a crowdfunding appeal to raise £125,000 for essential repairs to the MV Ross Revenge.[188]
  • 5 April – Nielsen reports that Fix Radio has a weekly audience of 295,109 who listen for an average of 22.9 hours.[189]
  • 6 April –
    • More4 have commissioned a six-part television version of PopMaster which will be presented by Ken Bruce.[190][191]
    • Classic FM drivetime presenter John Brunning announces he is leaving the programme after ten years but will continue to present on the network.[192]
    • LBC political editor Theo Underwood announces he is stepping down from the role for personal reasons.[193]
  • 7 April –
  • 8 April –
  • 9 April – As a tribute to Paul O'Grady, Boom Radio reruns the two-hour programme he presented for the station in December 2022, complete with festive elements. Prior to his death he had been scheduled to present an Easter special for Boom.[198]
  • 10 April –
  • 11 April – Geraint Lloyd joins MônFM Community Radio to present an evening show.[203]
  • 12 April –
  • 13 April –
    • BBC Radio Devon presenter David Fitzgerald is taken ill half an hour into his show. The show is then presented by Michael Chequer, with Fitzgerald off air while he recovers from a heart issue.[206]
    • The Radio Today website reports on the launch of the talkSPORT Fan Network, whereby football podcasts will be brought under the umbrella of this title.[207]
  • 14 April – BBC Radio Devon presenter David Sheppard announces his intention to leave his late night show after 20 years following the BBC's decision to merge its local radio content.[208]
  • 15 April – Johnnie Walker sits in for Tony Blackburn on Sounds of the 60s after Blackburn is told to take a break by his doctor following the recurrence of a chest infection.[209]
  • 16 April – Paul Gambaccini presents Tony Blackburn's Golden Hour in Blackburn's absence.[209]
  • 17 April –
  • 19 April –
  • 20 April – Gfm, a community radio station in Glastonbury, Wells and Street, is awarded £106,367 of National Lottery Funding to upgrade studios and to develop outreach and training programmes.[215]
  • 21 April –
    • Tony Blackburn announces that he will be unable to present his radio shows for "a few weeks" as his chest infection requires further treatment.[216] The news comes on the same day that it is announced Blackburn will be honoured at the 2023 Audio and Radio Industry Awards with the Pioneer Award.[217]
    • Gaynor Martin, a music programmer for Global Radio, leaves the company after 25 years in the radio industry.[218]
  • 22 April – Author and journalist Clare Foges joins LBC to present a show on Saturdays from 4–7pm.[219]
  • 24 April –
  • 25 April – Members of the National Union of Journalists at BBC Radio Foyle announce they have "withdrawn confidence" in BBC Northern Ireland management over recent changes in the service.[223]
  • 26 April –
    • Figures released by PRS for Music show it collected £964m in 2022, an increase of 22.9% (£179.4m) compared to 2021.[224]
    • BBC Radio 1 confirms plans to hold a programme of outreach activities focussed on mental health for young people across Dundee ahead of the Radio 1 Big Weekend in May.[225]
    • Tyler West begins a 24-hour KISSTORY Rave for Cash for Kids to raise money for charity.[226]
    • Yeovil station Radio Ninesprings has teamed up with Doctor James Main, a local songwriting dental surgeon, to record Our Charley, a song to mark the Coronation of Charles III. The song is performed by Doc Montgomery.[227]
    • The Community Media Association announces it will campaign for community stations to be awarded longer licences after 80% of respondents to a community radio survey say longer 12-year licences would benefit the sector rather than the current five-year licence period.[228]
  • 27 April –
    • The BBC Local Radio strikes planned by members of the National Union of Journalists for 4 May are called off following talks between the NUJ and the BBC. NUJ members will now be balloted on a new pay offer.[229]
    • BBC Radio Nottingham daytime presenter Mark Dennison announces he is leaving the BBC after 13 years.[230]
  • 28 April –
    • Heart listener Margaret Coetzer wins £1m in the live final of a competition run by Heart Breakfast presenters Amanda Holden and Jamie Theakston. The final is held at Global Radio's headquarters in London.[231]
    • Caroline Martin announces plans to leave her syndicated late night show on BBC Local Radio, citing the uncertainty over planned changes to the network.[232]

May

June
  • 5 June – Schedule changes are made at BBC Radio 6 Music that see Gideon Coe and Marc Riley having their hours reduced to make way for new evening programming. Deb Grant also joins the network.[268]
  • 7 June – Members of the National Union of Journalists at BBC Local Radio are scheduled to begin a 48-hour strike over proposed changes to the service.[269]
  • 8 June – At 10am, Ryan Millns begins a 24-hour broadcast of his breakfast show on Ashdown Radio in aid of St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Eastbourne.[270]
  • 9 June – Debut of The Tiffany Calver Show on BBC Radio 1Xtra, a two-hour show featuring party starter selections.[147]
  • 10 June – Kisstory hosts one of its summer outdoor day parties at Norwich's Earlham Park.[271]
  • 11 June – The 2023 Capital Summertime Ball is held at Wembley Stadium.[272]
  • 17 June – The second of Kisstory's summer outdoor day parties takes place in Bristol.[271]

July

September
  • September – The 2023 Make a Difference Awards are held at a series of events in conjunction with BBC Local Radio.[274]

Station debuts

Terrestrial

Online
  • 19 January – Jonny Gould's Jewish State Podcast Radio[280][281]
  • 10 February – Absolute Radio Kevin[282]
  • 2 May – Eurosong Radio (a pop-up online station from Bauer)[283]

Small-scale multiplex switch-ons
  • 19 March – Leicester[284]
  • 11 April – Wolverhampton[285]

Programme debuts
  • Dance Britannia, a six part series charting the history of British dance music presented by Sister Bliss on Kisstory.[286]
  • January – Uplifting Classics with Dr Alex George, a six week series on Classic FM[287]
  • 22 January – Zhenya Shkil (Ukrainian language programme) on Radio Bath[288]
  • 23 January – Buried, a ten-part series investigating the secret dumping of a million tons of waste in Northern Ireland, on BBC Radio 4[289]
  • 3 February – Friday Night with Nadine on Talkradio
  • 13 February – The Radio 2 Early Breakfast Show with Owain Wyn Evans on BBC Radio 2[87]
  • 21 February – The Fast and the Curious (Formula 1 podcast presented by Greg James, Betty Glover and Christian Hewgill)[290]
  • 26 February –
    • Jazz, Blues and Soul with Duncan Barkes on Regency Radio[291]
    • The Kanneh-Mason Family Takeover, a six-part series presented by the Kanneh-Mason family on Classic FM[292]
  • 6 March – 10 to the Top on BBC Radio 2
  • 28 March – The Listening Party with Tim Burgess, a six-part weekly show on Absolute Radio[293]
  • 28 April – Badger and the Blitz on Fun Kids[294]
  • 31 May – Fukushima, a seven-part drama about the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster on BBC World Service (available on BBC Sounds from 15 May)[295]
  • 9 June – The Tiffany Calver Show on BBC 1Xtra[147]

Changes of network affiliation
Show Moved from Moved to
Ken Bruce's show and PopMaster BBC Radio 2 Greatest Hits Radio

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Deaths

See also

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