6 January – The BBC announces that veteran broadcaster Barbara Sturgeon will leave Radio Kent at the end of the month to pursue other projects after two decades at the station.[2]
19 January – Launch of Radio Today, an online radio industry magazine edited by Roy Martin.[3]
February
10 February – Dave Lincoln, a well-known radio personality in Northwest England, and former Radio 1 presenter Andy Peebles will head the line-up when 100.4 Jazz FM is relaunched as 100.4 Smooth FM in March.[4]
12 February – 100.7 Heart FM presenter Tushar Makwana dies in hospital following a hit-and-run incident during a botched robbery attempt at his home in Birmingham a few days earlier. Four teenagers are later convicted of his murder and given 10-year jail terms.[5]
20 February – BBC Radio 4 airs the final Letter from America less than six weeks before the death of its presenter Alistair Cooke. The weekly 15-minute programme has run for 2,869 shows from 24 March 1946, making it the longest-running speech radio programme in history.
March
1 March –
Johnnie Walker returns to his Radio 2 drivetime show following a nine-month break while he received treatment for cancer.[6]
10–17 April – Pirate BBC Essex broadcasts for the first time. Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the launch of Radio Caroline, it broadcasts on the MW frequencies of BBC Essex. This is repeated in 2007, 2009 and 2017.
May
May – Saga 105.7FM presenter Brendan Kearney is dismissed from the station for using an office computer to access pornography.[8] The incident had occurred at BBC Radio Cleveland where Kearney was the breakfast show presenter. Managers reprimanded him, and after he quit the station alerted Saga who initially suspended him while an investigation was conducted.[9]
6 October – BBC Radio 4 premieres the comedy About a Dog based on a proposal by Debbie Barham (died 2003) and starring Alan Davies in the title role (sic.).
December – Les Ross leaves Birmingham's Saga 105.7 FM following differences with station bosses. He claims the station management was guilty of sending "nannying" e-mails which were turning him into a "robo-jock".