14 August – The
Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967 is passed, making it an offence to advertise or supply an offshore radio station from the UK. This results in the closure of all of Britain's offshore
pirate radio stations with the exception of
Radio Caroline, which moves its supply operation to the
Netherlands.
22 December – Panel game Just a Minute is first aired on Radio 4 with
Nicholas Parsons as chairman (initially as a temporary stand-in); Parsons continues to chair the show until shortly before his death in 2020.
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University Radio York obtains a testing and development licence as "Radio Heslington"; it becomes the
United Kingdom's second student radio station, and also the country's first independent radio station.