2002 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 2002.

Events

January - Atlantic 252 closes.

11 March - Atlantic 252's former frequency and transmitter are briefly used for TEAMtalk 252 – intended as a rival for talkSPORT and BBC Radio 5 Live.

March - DAB radio is launched in the UK.

31 July - TeamTalk 252 closes after four months on air. The 252 kHz long wave frequency is re-subsumed by Irish broadcaster RTÉ to provide a version of RTÉ Radio 1 to the expatriate community in Britain.

31 July – Radio 1 presenter Chris Moyles is criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Commission for remarks he made to Charlotte Church during an edition of his afternoon show.

September - the KM Group rebrands its newly acquired Mercury FM stations as KMFM West Kent and KMFM Medway.

27 September - Les Ross presents his final BRMB Breakfast show, live from Birmingham International Station. As 9 o'clock approached, he hopped on a train (hauled by electric locomotive no. 86259 especially named 'Les Ross' by Virgin Trains) to symbolise the end. He has since preserved this locomotive following its retirement from passenger service.

28 October - The BBC Asian Network is broadcast nationally for the first time after being launched on DAB.

20 December - Sir Jimmy Young presents his final lunchtime programme on BBC Radio 2 after nearly 30 years with the network, and 50 years with the BBC.

29 December - 'Doctor' Neil Fox presents the last Pepsi Chart Show.

Station debuts

2 February - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

11 March - BBC 6 Music

11 March - TeamTalk 252

16 August - BBC 1Xtra

28 October - BBC Asian Network on a national platform

15 December - BBC7

Unknown - Smash Hits Radio

Closing this year

31 July - TeamTalk 252 (2002)

References

2002 in British radio Wikipedia

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Events

Station debuts

Closing this year

References