April - Terry Wogan joins Radio 2 to present the breakfast show.
2 April - First edition of the comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is aired on BBC Radio 4.
4 November - Radios 2 and 4 begin broadcasting in stereo in South East England. Stereo was rolled out to the rest of the country over subsequent years.
Station debuts
Hereford Hospital Radio began broadcasting www.hhr.org.uk
Births
23 January - Harriet Scott, radio presenter
28 April - Anita Anand, journalist, and ratio and television presenter
