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3 unusual facts about 2014 in British radio


2014 in British radio

14 January – talkSPORT secures a deal with the Daily Mail to produce content featuring sports journalists and writers from the newspaper, including Jamie Redknapp, Martin Keown and Graham Poll.

The content prompts Labour MP Tim Austin to brand it as the programme's worst ever edition.

2 January – The morning's edition of BBC Radio 4's Today is guest edited by musician PJ Harvey, with items includes a Thought for the Day from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and a segment in which John Pilger criticises US President Barack Obama for not closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.



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