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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x41991January \u2013 The first of the three INR licences is advertised. It will be the only FM licence, and will be a “non-pop music service.”July \u2013 The Radio Authority awards the first Independent National Radio licence to the highest cash bidder of the three applicants, Showtime Radio, which proposes a ‘songs from the shows’ format.August \u2013 Showtime Radio is not able to secure the required funding within the required time as stipulated by the Radio Authority. and the offer of the licence to Showtime is withdrawn.30 September \u2013 The Radio Authority re-awards the first Independent National Radio licence to the second highest bidder, Classic FM.1992July \u2013 Ahead of the station’s launch, test transmissions are carried out using a recording of birdsong originally made for a Raymond Briggs play about nuclear war in 1991. The recording proves popular with listeners and is later launched as Birdsong Radio.[3]7 September \u2013 Classic FM launches at 6am. Nick Bailey presents the first programme. Zadok the Priest by George Frideric Handel is the first piece to be played.[4][5]12 September \u2013 As part of its launch schedule, the first edition of The Classic FM Chart is broadcast. airing for three hours on Saturday mornings, the programme’s host is Paul Gambaccini.199618 March \u2013 Mike Read joins, and replaces Nick Bailey as host of Classic FM’s breakfast show.5\u20138 April \u2013 Classic FM broadcasts its first Hall of Fame over the Easter weekend.GWR takes full control of Classic FM.Anne-Marie Minhall joins, and initially as a newsreader before becoming a presenter.A number of new transmitters are switched on in the second half of the year and the start of 1997 to extend Classic FM’s reach by 2.2 million listeners.Classic FM Requests and Smooth Classics launch.[6]2001November \u2013 Classic FM enters into a partnership with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. It was to be the first of many partnerships with orchestra, choirs and musical educational providers across the UK.[8]25 December \u2013 The Nation’s Favourite Christmas Carol is revealed for the first time.2005Classic FM joins all other UK commercial radio stations to broadcast UK Radio Aid on 17 January. This would be the first and only time in the station’s history that it would broadcast other music genres such as pop and rock, rather than classical music.2006February \u2013 Myleene Klass joins, replacing Aled Jones as host of the Sunday breakfast show.[13]26 March \u2013 Classic FM begins broadcasting from new studios on the second floor of 30 Leicester Square, central London.The Classic FM Foundation charity is formed.Patrick Hawes replaces Joby Talbot as Classic FM’s composer in residence.Henry Kelly rejoins the station to host the Sunday mid-morning show.[14]20074 August \u2013 Former Blur bassist Alex James joins the station to present a three-part series[15] and the following year he starts to present a 100-part series called The A to Z of Classical Music.14 December \u2013 Classic FM TV closes on TV and becomes on-line only.2008February \u2013 Classic FM announces a major shake-up of the schedule, which will be rolled out in two parts – weekdays in late February and weekends a month later. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Margherita Taylor join as part of the revamp.[16]April to September \u2013 Following the closure of sister station theJazz, Classic FM broadcasts a nightly two-hour late night jazz programme.May \u2013 Howard Goodall becomes Classic FM’s third composer in residence.[17]31 October \u2013 Global becomes the owner of Classic FM following its purchase of previous owners GCap Media.Katie Breathwick joins to become the breakfast show newsreader.[18]20127 January \u2013 Alan Titchmarsh joins the station to present a new Saturday morning programme.[23]29 June \u2013 Tim Lihoreau replaces Mark Forrest as host of the weekday breakfast show with Jane Jones taking over the weekend breakfast show and John Brunning replaces Mark as presenter of the weekly chart show.[24]Natalie Wheen leaves.201429 January \u2013  John Suchet opens The Classic FM Foundation Lecture Room at the headquarters of London-based music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins.[31]5 February \u2013 Classic FM begins broadcasting on digital terrestrial television.[32]15 April \u2013 Classic FM dedicates an entire 24 hours of its music to the recordings of Sir Neville Marriner to celebrate his 90th birthday.[33]September \u2013 Jamie Crick leaves the station after 20 years of broadcasting. Anne-Marie Minhall replaces Jamie as host of the station’s weekday afternoon programme.December \u2013 Howard Goodall leaves after six years of broadcasting.[34]20157 March \u2013 Andrew Collins joins, and replaces Howard Goodall as presenter of Saturday Night at the Movies. Howard had left the show at the end of last year and Tommy Pearson had presented the show on an interim basis.[35]8 July \u2013 Debbie Wiseman is appointed as Classic FM’s latest composer in residence. She replaces Howard Goodall who had held the role until the end of 2014.[36]Katie Breathwick becomes the host of the overnight show at weekends. She had previously been the breakfast show newsreader.[37]2017April \u2013 The series High Score dedicated to video game music is first broadcast on Classic FM. Its first series became “the most popular programme on \u2018Listen Again\u2019 in Classic FM’s 25-year history”.[39]September \u2013 Nick Bailey, who launched Classic FM 25 years earlier, leaves. His most recent presenting slot had been the weeknight overnight show.September \u2013 As part of a week of programmes marking the station’s 25 birthday, Classic FM broadcasts a play detailing the creation of the station called \u201cThe Pazza Factor: the story of the birth of Classic FM.[40]December \u2013 Alex James and Charlotte Green leave.[41]20186 January \u2013 Rob Cowan rejoins the station to present a Saturday evening programme.[42]7 January \u2013 Charlotte Hawkins replaces Charlotte Green as host of the Sunday afternoon programme.[43]5 November  \u2013 Pet Classics is broadcast on Classic FM for the first time. The programme broadcasts soothing music to calm listeners’ pets on Bonfire Night. Pet Classics has now become an annual programme.[44]2019February \u2013 Moira Stuart joins, and becomes the station’s weekday morning newsreader and in July she begins presenting the Saturday afternoon programme for the station.[45]21 December \u2013 The Classic FM Chart is broadcast for the final time. Classic FM had broadcasts a weekly chart show since the station’s launch.20205 January \u2013 John Humphrys joins, to present a new Sunday afternoon show.[46]29 May \u2013 As part of a schedule shake-up, John Suchet leaves the mid-morning show after more than nine years to host the evening concert programme. He is replaced on mid-mornings by Alexander Armstrong.9 August \u2013 Moira Stuart presents the first edition of a new Sunday evening series, Moira Stuart Meets\u2026.[47]31 December \u2013 Jane Jones leaves after 28 years working at the station.20221 July \u2013John Suchet presents his final daily show after twelve years with the station. He will continue to present occasional special shows.[48]The final Classic FM Concert is broadcast. The two-hour programme, which played works in full, had been broadcast on weekday evenings since the station’s first day on air.4 July \u2013 Smooth Classics is now broadcast in a continuous six-hour block on weekdays, from 7pm to 1am, replacing the Classic FM Concert. Zeb Soanes joins to present the first three hours.[49]20238 January \u2013 Andrew Marr joins to present a Sunday morning programme.[50]4 March \u2013 Andrew Collins presents his final edition of Saturday Night at the Movies for Classic FM, having announced the previous day his intention to leave after seven years.[51]11 March \u2013 Jonathan Ross succeeds Andrew Collins as presenter of Classic FM’s Saturday Night at the Movies.[52]14 April \u2013 John Brunning presents Classic FM’s More Music Drive for the final time.17 April \u2013 Schedule changes see Margherita Taylor replacing John Brunning, and Ritula Shah joins from BBC Radio 4 to present a new show, Calm Classics on weekday nights from 10pm.[53]References[edit]^ “Broadcasting Act 1990”. London: HMSO. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2011.^ “Fact Sheet 3: The Radio Authority: Its licences and licensing procedures”. London: Radio Authority. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. 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