<Li> 1 November--The satellite TV channel UK Gold, run by the BBC with Thames Television, starts broadcasting . </Li> <Li> <Ul> <Li> 5 April--BBC Radio Bedfordshire expands to cover the counties of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and is renamed BBC Three Counties Radio . </Li> <Li> 13 April--For the first time all BBC News programmes have the same look following a relaunch of all of the main news bulletins . </Li> <Li> 26 April--BBC Dorset FM launches as an opt - out service from BBC Radio Devon . </Li> <Li> October--BBC Radio Clwyd closes although news opt - outs continue until 2002 . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> 5 April--BBC Radio Bedfordshire expands to cover the counties of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and is renamed BBC Three Counties Radio . </Li> <Li> 13 April--For the first time all BBC News programmes have the same look following a relaunch of all of the main news bulletins . </Li> <Li> 26 April--BBC Dorset FM launches as an opt - out service from BBC Radio Devon . </Li> <Li> October--BBC Radio Clwyd closes although news opt - outs continue until 2002 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> 5 April--BBC Radio Bedfordshire expands to cover the counties of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and is renamed BBC Three Counties Radio . </Li>

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