1975 in British radio

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

January

 * 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.

February

 * No events.

March

 * No events.

April

 * No events.

May

 * 19 May – Plymouth Sound begins broadcasting to the Plymouth area.

June

 * 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.

July

 * 3 July – Radio Trent beings broadcasting to the Nottingham area.

August

 * No events.

September

 * 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

 * 14 October – Radio Victory begins broadcasting to the Portsmouth area.
 * 28 October – Radio Orwell begins broadcasting to the Ipswich area.

November

 * No events.

December

 * No events.

Station debuts

 * 1 January – BBC Radio Ulster
 * 22 January – Radio Forth
 * 19 May – Plymouth Sound
 * 24 June – Radio Tees
 * 3 July – Radio Trent
 * 16 September – Pennine Radio
 * 14 October – Radio Victory
 * 28 October – Radio Orwell

Programme debuts

 * 1 October – The News Huddlines on BBC Radio 2 (1975–2001)

1940s

 * Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
 * Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
 * Down Your Way (1946–1992)
 * Letter from America (1946–2004)
 * Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
 * A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)

1950s

 * The Archers (1950–Present)
 * The Today Programme (1957–Present)
 * The Navy Lark (1959–1977)
 * Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
 * Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)

1960s

 * Farming Today (1960–Present)
 * In Touch (1961–Present)
 * The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
 * Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
 * The World at One (1965–Present)
 * The Official Chart (1967–Present)
 * Just a Minute (1967–Present)
 * The Living World (1968–Present)
 * The Organist Entertains (1969–2018)

1970s

 * PM (1970–Present)
 * Start the Week (1970–Present)
 * Week Ending (1970–1998)
 * You and Yours (1970–Present)
 * I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972–Present)
 * Good Morning Scotland (1973–Present)
 * Hello Cheeky (1973–1979)
 * Kaleidoscope (1973–1998)
 * Newsbeat (1973–Present)

Births

 * January – Adam Rutherford, geneticist and science broadcaster
 * 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

Deaths

 * 26 February – Denis Goodwin, comedy scriptwriter and radio presenter, suicide (born 1929)
 * 3 March – Sandy MacPherson, theatre organist (born 1897)
 * 4 March – Gillie Potter, comedian (born 1887)
 * 3 April – Jacques Brown, radio comedy producer (born 1900)
 * 10 November – William Hardcastle, radio news presenter (born 1918)