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1996 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1996.

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Events

  • Unknown - Jim Moir replaces Frances Line as controller of Radio 2.
  • Unknown - Matthew Bannister becomes Director of BBC Radio.
  • Unknown - Steve Wright joins Radio 2.
  • Unknown - Michael Parkinson begins presenting Parkinson's Sunday Supplement on Radio 2.
  • Station debuts

  • Spring - Burn FM
  • Deaths

  • 29 April - David Davis, 87, Radio executive and broadcaster
  • 11 May - Joan Thirkettle, 48, Television journalist and radio personality
  • References

    1996 in British radio Wikipedia