3 April – Shortly after midnight BBC Radio 2 airs the final edition of its weeknight jazz programme, Jazz Parade. The programme is presented by Digby Fairweather and features the BBC Big Band conducted by Barry Forgie.[2]
18 April – The Official 1 FM Album Chart show is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 for the first time. Presented by Lynn Parsons, the 60-minute programme is broadcast on Sunday evenings, straight after the Top 40 singles chart.
26 April – BBC Dorset FM launches as an opt-out station from BBC Radio Devon. The station broadcasts to the west and centre of the county – east Dorset was already covered by BBC Radio Solent. This is the last BBC local radio station to launch in an area previously not covered by a BBC local station.
30 April – Launch of Virgin 1215, Britain's second national commercial radio station, on Radio 3's old mediumwave frequency.[3][4][5] The station starts broadcasting at 12.15 pm.
May
2 May – As part of its launch schedule, new national commercial station Virgin 1215 launches a weekly album chart show.
May – The broadcasting arrangements for Test Match Special are changed for the 1993 cricket season. The morning play is on BBC Radio 5, switching to BBC Radio 3 for the afternoon session.
8 August – Dave Lee Travis resigns on air from BBC Radio 1, stating that he could not agree with changes that were being made to the station. Travis told his audience that changes were afoot that he could not tolerate "and I really want to put the record straight at this point and I thought you ought to know – changes are being made here which go against my principles and I just cannot agree with them".[6]
16 August – Les Ross returns to the BRMB breakfast show following a shake up of scheduling at BRMB and its sister station Xtra AM.
16 August – 20 September – Loud'n'proud, a series presented by DJ Paulette on BBC Radio 1, is the UK's first national radio series aimed at a gay audience.
30 August – On August Bank Holiday Monday, BRMB holds its "Party in the Square", an event featuring a music concert in Birmingham's Centenary Square, which is attended by 23,000 people. The city's largest pop music event at the time, it is the forerunner to the annual "Party in the Park" held for a number of years afterwards.[7]
September – The Radio Authority announces that it will not be renewing either of LBC's licences, a rare refusal to renew the licence of an incumbent station. The new licensee is to be London News Radio, a consortium led by former LBC staff and backed by Guinness Mahon.[8]
October
October – Matthew Bannister takes over from Johnny Beerling as controller of Radio 1 and immediately makes major changes to the station's output in order to attract a younger audience. Major changes are made to the presenter line-up with long standing DJs, including Simon Bates, Gary Davies, Bob Harris and Alan Freeman, replaced with a raft of new younger presenters.
October – BBC Radio Clwyd closes although local news opt-outs for north east Wales continue until 2002.
25 October – John Inverdale joins BBC Radio 5 to present a new sports drivetime show. It replaces Five Aside which had been on air since the station launched.[9]
30 October –
As part of the roll-out of the new Radio 1 schedule, Andy Kershaw and John Peel move from nighttime to Saturday afternoons, Danny Baker takes over the weekend morning show and the first Essential Mix is broadcast.
Radio Rovers launches, and therefore becomes the first dedicated football club radio station in the United Kingdom. The station provides matchday coverage for all of Blackburn Rovers FC's home games.
November
1 November – Liz Kershaw presents the first edition of a new BBC Radio 5 lunchtime show called The Crunch.[10] Consequently, BFBS Worldwide moves to the mid-afternoon slot.
November – Michele Stevens replaces Danny Baker as the presenter of BBC Radio 5's breakfast programme Morning Edition.
London station WNK closes.[12] It had shared a frequency with London Greek Radio. WNK's closure allows London Greek Radio to begin full time broadcasts.