28 March –
Radio Caroline, a
"pirate" radio station set up by
Ronan O'Rahilly broadcasting from MV Caroline anchored in international waters off
Felixstowe, debuts as Europe's first all-day English-language pop music station.[2]
6 October – The variety programme Workers' Playtime is aired for the last time, on the Light Programme.
November
No events
December
1 December –
Radio Caroline publicity officer David Block contacts the BBC to request a copy of the
Queen's Christmas Message with the intention of broadcasting it on Christmas Day, but is turned down because Radio Caroline is not an authorised broadcaster.[8]
^"Manx Radio marks 50 years of broadcasting". Radio Today. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013. with its first ever broadcast on June 7th 1964 and was officially opened on 23rd November of the same year.