This is a list of events taking place in 2023 relating to radio in the United Kingdom.
Events
January
1 January –
BBC Radio 2 dedicates five hours of New Year's Day programming to Take That, including a two-hour countdown of their top hits. Damian Lewis presents a two hour programme, A Blues and Swing Special, on Jazz FM. Charlie Higson returns to Scala Radio for a second series of Charlie Higson and Friends. 2 January – Former Blue Peter presenter Lindsey Russell takes over as presenter of the weekday Early Breakfast show at Heart. Adil Ray presents a one-off show for Jazz FM on New Year Bank Holiday Monday. The Community Media Association undergoes a rebrand for its 40th anniversary. 3 January – CassKidd joins BBC Radio 1Xtra to present a Tuesday evening show previously hosted by Jamz Supernova. Sonny Jay begins presenting the weekday late night show on Capital. Former Jack FM presenter Trevor Marshall joins Get Radio Oxfordshire to present weekday drivetime. The Radio Today website reports that during V2 Radio's six-week toy appeal leading up to Christmas 2022, listeners donated more than 2,400 toys for local charities and organisations in West Sussex. 4 January – Bauer Radio confirms all of Absolute Radio's mediumwave transmitters will be switched off by the end of January, making it exclusively a digital station. The switch-off is expected to take place on 23 January. The Asian Network Takeover returns for a new series, with a new presenter each month. 5 January – Figures released by BBC Sounds show there were 57.7 million listens to its content between 20 December and 2 January. 6 January – Ofcom begins awarding the fourth tranche of its small-scale DAB licences, beginning with those for Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy, Ludlow, and Newport and Chepstow. Shaun Keaveny begins a four-week presenting stint on The Radio 2 Rock Show, standing in for regular presenter Johnnie Walker. Radio News Hub have been acquired by Markettiers4DC, a broadcasting PR agency. 7 January – Former Capital presenter Rob Howard begins presenting weekend Early Breakfast at Heart. Trevor Marshall and Rich Smith begin presenting weekend breakfast for Get Radio Oxfordshire. 8 January – Andrew Marr joins Classic FM to present a Sunday morning programme in which he selects some of his favourite pieces of classical music alongside newer releases. 9 January – Phil Williams and OJ Borg confirm Williams is taking over Borg's Sunday night into Monday morning show on Radio 2, with Borg continuing to present four nights a week. Five folk songs about modern folk heroes by artists such as Chris Difford and Thea Gilmore have been created as part of Radio 2's 21st Century Folk project. BBC Asian Network confirms that Nikita Kanda will be its new regular breakfast show presenter, Kanda having presented the programme for the past six months. Ricky Wilson of Kaiser Chiefs joins Virgin Radio to present the weekday drivetime show. Sam Thompson begins presenting Hits Radio's weekday evening show, Hits UK. Hits Radio presenter Jordon Lee takes over weekday early breakfast on Kiss, but continues with his breakfast show on Hits Radio Pride and afternoons on Heat radio. Gaydio becomes available on DAB in a further seven UK cities – Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and Sheffield. Rock FM is found to be in breach of Ofcom regulations following the broadcast of a pre-recorded voice note from a listener on the 19 October 2022 edition of its breakfast show in which the word "cunt" was heard at the end of the recording. The piece had not been vetted before broadcast. 10 January – It is confirmed that Bob Shennan, the former Controller of BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC 6 Music and the BBC Asian Network is to leave the broadcaster after 36 years. Lauren Mahon and Steve Bland, presenters of the podcast You, Me and the Big C, have said they are ready to step down from their roles, but hope that the podcast will continue without them. Victoria Quinn leaves Q Radio to become breakfast show presenter at Downtown Country. 11 January – Bauer Media Audio UK have appointed Lucie Cave to the newly created role of Chief Creative Officer for Podcasts and Commercial Content. Ofcom is reported to be considering a request by community station Cross Counties Radio for it to be allowed to change the number of hours of original content it must provide from 161 hours per week to 70. Sports journalist Martin Samuel joins talkSPORT as a contributor to the breakfast show, and to co-present a weekly programme on Thursday evenings. 13 January – Sam Jackson is appointed as Controller of BBC Radio 3, effective from April 2023.