March – Global Radio holds its inaugural awards ceremony, the Global Awards at London's Hammersmith Eventim Apollo. 5 March – Cumbrian stations The Bay and Lakeland Radio are relaunched as Heart North Lancashire & Cumbria and Smooth Lake District respectfully following Global's purchase of the two stations from CN Group. 6 March – Launch of You, Me and the Big C on BBC iPlayer Radio, a podcast that discusses matters relating to cancer. 7 March – BBC Radio 2 announces that Nick Drake will be inducted into its Folk Hall of Fame to mark what would have been the singer's 70th birthday. It is announced that the trial of small-scale digital radio multiplexes will be extended until 2020. 16 March – Radio 2 travel presenter Lynn Bowles, who has been with the station since 2000, tells listeners she is leaving at Easter. She leaves the network on 29 March. 18 March – Andrew Castle presents his final show for Smooth, the Sunday Sanctuary. He is replaced the following week by Gary Vincent. 19 March – The BBC says it will continue FM transmissions for the foreseeable future rather than switching entirely over to digital broadcasting. 21 March – Jazz FM have signed singer China Moses to present their late night weekday programme Jazz FM Loves. At the same time, dating website eHarmony have renewed their sponsorship of the programme for another twelve months. 24 March – BBC Radio 3's Controller Alan Davey announces a raft of new programmes, including a new world music show called Music Planet which will replace World on 3 and a new weeknight late show called After Dark. 27 March – Ofcom releases new guidelines covering the music played on BBC Radio 1. It states that 50% of songs played on the network during the day must be "new music", defining that term as any track up to twelve months after its release or six week after it entered the charts. The changes could lead to a faster turnover of Radio 1 and Radio 2 playlists. April 3 April – Northsound 2 stops broadcasting on MW. The station continues to broadcast on DAB and online. It is the first commercial radio station in Scotland – and the first of Bauer's local stations – to cease analogue broadcasting. LBC announces that Jacob Rees-Mogg will present a fortnightly phone-in show on the station. 8 April – Louise Redknapp