2000 in British radio

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	In British television 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 In British music 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 In British film 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
	Art; Archaeology; Architecture; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Science +...;

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.

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