Radio - Long Players
On this day in 1942, the British Broadcasting Corporation began a new radio programme named Desert Island Discs, conceived and presented by Roy Plomley. The show is still going, making it the Longest running weekly radio programme - factual. Here are GWR's Desert Island radio records:
Longest running daily radio programme - same host
The longest-running daily solo radio programme is Su Alegre Despertar , originally Despertar Colgate presented by José Miguel Agrelot (Puerto Rico), first broadcast in January 1949.
Longest running radio programme, weekday music
The longest running national music program on radio is 'Arbeidsvitaminen' which has been broadcast every weekday on AVRO Radio 3FM (Netherlands) since 19 February 1946.
Longest running weekday radio programme - drama
The longest-running radio serial is The Archers, created by Godfrey Baseley and first
broadcast on 1 Jan 1951.
Longest running weekly radio programme - music
The longest running radio programme is Grand Ole Opry, broadcast on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, since 28 November 1925, a total of 79 years.
The show is a weekly country music programme which goes out on Saturday nights. The programme began life as 'WSM Barn Dance' in the fifth floor radio station studio of the National Life & Accident Insurance Company in Nashville. In September 2004, the show teamed up with a presenting sponsor for the first time and is now know as the Grand Ole Opry presented by Cracker Barrel.
Longest running weekly radio programme - same host
The longest-running radio programme by the same host is Folksong Festival hosted by Oscar Brand (Canada, b 7 February 1920) which was first broadcast on 9 December 1945 on WNYC Radio and continues to do so today airing on Saturday evenings from 10-11pm on AM 820.
29 January 2008