1975 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1975.

Events

1 January – BBC Radio Ulster launches as a full time station. It replaces what had been a Northern Ireland opt-out of BBC Radio 4.
6 January – BBC Radio 2's broadcasting hours are reduced due to budget cuts at the BBC. The former 5am – 2am schedule is reduced to a 6am start up Mondays to Saturdays with a 6:55am start up on Sundays. The station closes down at around 12:33am each day. Another consequence on the cuts is that David Hamilton's afternoon show is broadcast on both Radio 1 and Radio 2.
22 January – Radio Forth begins broadcasting to the Edinburgh area.

9 June – Proceedings in the Parliament of the United Kingdom are broadcast on radio for the first time.
24 June – Radio Tees begins broadcasting to the Teesside area.

16 September – Pennine Radio begins broadcasting to the Bradford area.
29 September – BBC Radio 2's broadcasting hours are further reduced when the station closes slightly earlier, concluding its day at around 12:10am Mondays to Fridays, and at 12:33am on Saturdays and Sundays.
September – The first edition of The Sunday Request Show is broadcast on BBC Radio 1. Presented by Annie Nightingale, the show runs until the end of 1979 before being re-introduced as an evening programme in 1982.

October – Kenny Everett plays Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" repeatedly on his radio show, forcing their record company to release it as a single.
14 October – Radio Victory begins broadcasting to the Portsmouth area.
28 October – Radio Orwell begins broadcasting to the Ipswich area.

Sunday Half Hour Desert Island Discs Down Your Way Letter from America Woman's Hour

The Archers The Today Programme The Navy Lark Sing Something Simple

Farming Today In Touch The Men from the Ministry Petticoat Line The World at One The Official Chart Just a Minute The Living World

PM Start the Week Week Ending You and Yours I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Good Morning Scotland Hello Cheeky Kaleidoscope

January – Adam Rutherford, geneticist and science broadcaster
22 January – Rachel Burden, news presenter
24 January – Lucy Montgomery, comedy actress
25 February – Naga Munchetty, broadcast news presenter
31 March – Jonny Saunders, radio sports reporter, presenter and commentator
1 April – Suzy Klein, arts broadcast presenter
25 July – Margaret Cabourn-Smith, comedy actress
31 July – Stephanie Hirst, radio presenter
23 September – Chris Hawkins, radio presenter
20 November – Jason Mohammad, radio and television presenter
30 November – Richard Bacon, broadcast presenter
15 December – Ayesha Hazarika, Scottish broadcast journalist, political adviser and comedian
Catherine Shepherd, comedy actress