2000 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 2000.

Events

• February - BBC Radio 2 presents its first annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
• 17 February - Talk Radio UK is rebranded as talkSPORT.
• March - Helen Boaden is appointed as controller of BBC Radio 4.
• 14 March - Chris Evans sells his Ginger Media Group to SMG plc for £225m.^[1] The sale made Evans the highest paid entertainer in the UK in 2000, estimated by the Sunday Times Rich List to have been paid around £35.5million.^[2]
• 25 March - BBC GLR changes its name to BBC London Live.
• 30 March - Zoë Ball presents her final breakfast show on Radio 1.
• 31 March - Sara Cox takes over as Radio 1 breakfast presenter.
• 31 March - Katrina Leskanich presents her last night time show on BBC Radio 2
• 3 April - Janice Long begins presenting the night time show on Radio 2.
• May - Virgin Radio is fined £75,000 (then the largest penalty imposed by the Radio Authority) for breakfast show presenter Chris Evans's repeated on-air endorsement of Ken Livingstone in the London mayoral elections.^[3]
• 4 August, Radio 1 breakfast show presenter Sara Cox is reprimanded after saying live on air that Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother "smelt of wee"^[4]
• 21 October - The comedian Jack Docherty joins Radio 2 to host Saturday Night Jack. The show is aired for three months.

Station debuts

• 2 May - Oneword^[5]
• 16 October - PrimeTime Radio
• Unknown - Source FM

References

1. "Evans sells up". BBC News. 2000-01-13. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
2. "Evans tops UK showbiz earners". BBC News. 2000-11-18. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
3. Moyes, Jojo (2000-05-17). "Evans counts the cost of supporting Ken: £100,000 (plus a £75,000 fine)". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
4. "DJ Cox's Queen Mother gaffe". BBC News Online. August 4, 2000.
5. "Oneword Radio unveils launch schedule". Broadcast Now. 18 April 2000. Retrieved 18 December 2009.