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- Station debuts
- Programme debuts
- Continuing programmes 1940s 1950s 1960s
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{Year nav topic5|1964|British radio|television|music|film}}This is a list of events from British radio in 1964. EventsJanuary- 5 January – Alan Freeman returns as host of Pick of the Pops.
FebruaryMarch- 27 March – Children's Hour (renamed For the Young) is broadcast for the last time, on the BBC Home Service.
- 28 March – Radio Caroline, a "pirate" radio station set up by Ronan O'Rahilly based on a ship anchored in international waters off Felixstowe, debuts as Europe's first all-day English-language pop music station.[1]
April- 3 April – The radio comedy series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again makes its debut, on the BBC Home Service.
May- 12 May – "Pirate" radio station Radio Atlanta begins broadcasting from {{MV|Mi Amigo}} anchored off Frinton; in July its operations are merged with Radio Caroline.
- 27 May – Screaming Lord Sutch begins broadcasting from "pirate" station Radio Sutch on Shivering Sands Army Fort offshore in the Thames Estuary; he soon sells the operation to his manager Reginald Calvert who renames it Radio City.[2]
June- 7 June – Launch of Manx Radio, the Isle of Man's national radio station.[3]
JulyAugust- 31 August – Farming Today moves from Network Three to the BBC Home Service.
SeptemberOctober- 6 October – The variety programme Workers' Playtime is aired for the last time, on the Light Programme.
NovemberDecember- 23 December – The "pirate" station Wonderful Radio London goes on air broadcasting from MV Galaxy anchored off Frinton with a Fab 40 playlist of popular records.
Station debuts- 28 March – Radio Caroline (1964–
- 7 June – Manx Radio (1964–Present)
- 29 June – Manx Radio (1964–
- 23 December – Wonderful Radio London (1964–1967)
Programme debuts- 3 April – I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again on the BBC Home Service (1964–1973)
Continuing programmes1940s- 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)
- Easy Beat (1960–1967)
- The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
Births- 24 February – Andy Crane, television and radio presenter
- 23 March – Jane Garvey, radio presenter
- 27 June – Lynn Parsons, radio and television presenter
- 27 September – Gilles Peterson, disc jockey
- 21 November – Liza Tarbuck, actress and radio and television presenter
- 28 November – Sian Williams, journalist and current affairs presenter
- Unknown – Peter Kerry, writer of drama for radio and television
Deaths- Unknown – Charles Samuel Franklin (1879–1964), British radio pioneer
See also- 1964 in British music
- 1964 in British television
- 1964 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1964
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#history_part_2.html|title=Don't Get Mad, Get Even|publisher=Radio Caroline|accessdate=2015-10-30}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Radio Sutch & City in Pictures & Audio Part 1|url=http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/SutchCityPics1/SutchCityPics1.html|date=31 March 2010|publisher=Bob Le-Roi|accessdate=2011-08-23|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520081926/http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/SutchCityPics1/SutchCityPics1.html|archivedate=2013-05-20|deadurl=no}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/12/manx-radio-marks-50-years-of-broadcasting/|title=Manx Radio marks 50 years of broadcasting|publisher=Radio Today|date=2 December 2013|accessdate=4 December 2013}}
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