# 1975 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1975.

## Events
### January

* 1 January – BBC Radio Ulster launches as a full time station. It replaces what had been a Northern Ireland opt-out of BBC Radio 4.
* 6 January – BBC Radio 2's broadcasting hours are reduced due to budget cuts at the BBC. The former 5 am – 2 am schedule is reduced to a 6 am start up Mondays to Saturdays with a 6:55 am start up on Sundays. The station closes down at around 12:33 am each day. Another consequence on the cuts is that David Hamilton's afternoon show is broadcast on both Radio 1 and Radio 2.
* 22 January – Radio Forth begins broadcasting to the Edinburgh area.

### February

* No events.

### March

* No events.

### April

* No events.

### May

* 19 May – Plymouth Sound begins broadcasting to the Plymouth area.

### June

* 9 June – Proceedings in the Parliament of the United Kingdom are broadcast on radio for the first time.
* 24 June – Radio Tees begins broadcasting to the Teesside area.

### July

* 3 July – Radio Trent beings broadcasting to the Nottingham area.

### August

* No events.

### September

* 16 September – Pennine Radio begins broadcasting to the Bradford area.
* 29 September – BBC Radio 2's broadcasting hours are further reduced when the station closes slightly earlier, concluding its day at around 12:10 am Mondays to Fridays, and at 12:33 am on Saturdays and Sundays.
* September – The first edition of The Sunday Request Show is broadcast on BBC Radio 1. Presented by Annie Nightingale, the show runs until the end of 1979 before being re-introduced as an evening programme in 1982.

### October

* 14 October – Radio Victory begins broadcasting to the Portsmouth area.
* 28 October – Radio Orwell begins broadcasting to the Ipswich area.

### November

* No events.

### December

* No events.

## Station debuts

* 1 January – BBC Radio Ulster
* 22 January – Radio Forth
* 19 May – Plymouth Sound
* 24 June – Radio Tees
* 3 July – Radio Trent
* 16 September – Pennine Radio
* 14 October – Radio Victory
* 28 October – Radio Orwell

## Programme debuts

* 1 October – The News Huddlines on BBC Radio 2 (1975–2001)

## Continuing radio programmes
### 1940s

* Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
* Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
* Down Your Way (1946–1992)
* Letter from America (1946–2004)
* Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
* A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)

### 1950s

* The Archers (1950–Present)
* The Today Programme (1957–Present)
* The Navy Lark (1959–1977)
* Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
* Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)

### 1960s

* Farming Today (1960–Present)
* In Touch (1961–Present)
* The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
* Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
* The World at One (1965–Present)
* The Official Chart (1967–Present)
* Just a Minute (1967–Present)
* The Living World (1968–Present)
* The Organist Entertains (1969–2018)

### 1970s

* PM (1970–Present)
* Start the Week (1970–Present)
* Week Ending (1970–1998)
* You and Yours (1970–Present)
* I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972–Present)
* Good Morning Scotland (1973–Present)
* Hello Cheeky (1973–1979)
* Kaleidoscope (1973–1998)
* Newsbeat (1973–Present)

## Births

* January – Adam Rutherford, geneticist and science broadcaster
* 22 January – Rachel Burden, news presenter
* 24 January – Lucy Montgomery, comedy actress
* 25 February – Naga Munchetty, broadcast news presenter
* 31 March – Jonny Saunders, radio sports reporter, presenter and commentator
* 1 April – Suzy Klein, arts broadcast presenter
* 25 July – Margaret Cabourn-Smith, comedy actress
* 31 July – Stephanie Hirst, radio presenter
* 23 September – Chris Hawkins, radio presenter
* 20 November – Jason Mohammad, radio and television presenter
* 30 November – Richard Bacon, broadcast presenter
* 15 December – Ayesha Hazarika, Scottish broadcast journalist, political adviser and comedian
* Catherine Shepherd, comedy actress

## Deaths

* 26 February – Denis Goodwin, comedy scriptwriter and radio presenter, suicide (born 1929)
* 3 March – Sandy MacPherson, theatre organist (born 1897)
* 4 March – Gillie Potter, comedian (born 1887)
* 3 April – Jacques Brown, radio comedy producer (born 1900)
* 10 November – William Hardcastle, radio news presenter (born 1918)