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1980 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1980.

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Events

  • 19–20 March - MV Mi Amigo, the ship from which the pirate radio station Radio Caroline is broadcast, runs aground and sinks off the Thames Estuary.
  • 21 July - Simon Bates presents the first Our Tune feature on Radio 1.
  • December - Dave Lee Travis presents his final edition of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show after two and a half years at the helm.

    • Station debuts

  • 11 September - BBC Radio Norfolk
  • 23 October - Severn Sound (now Heart Gloucestershire)

    • Births

  • 7 May - Kate Lawler, reality TV personality, DJ, and model

    • Deaths

  • 24 July - Peter Sellers, English actor, comedian and radio personality (born 1925)

    • References

    1980 in British radio Wikipedia
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