broadcast on Radio 4 for the final time, ahead of its move to the new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live. 3 April – The closure of BBC Radio 5 sees children’s programmes return to Radio 4. However, instead of daily programmes, just one weekly 30-minute programme is broadcast, aired on Sunday evenings. 8 April – Following the closure of BBC Radio 5, Test Match Special is broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s long wave frequency for the first time. 10 April – Radio 5's closure see adult education and Open University programmes return to Radio 4. They are broadcast on long wave only as a two-hour block on Sunday evenings. Open University programmes are broadcast between February and September with language courses aired from October until January. 1995 27 September – Radio 4 begins to broadcast digitally following the commencement by the BBC of regular Digital Audio Broadcasting, initially only from the Crystal Palace transmitting station. 1996 James Boyle is appointed station controller. 1997 31 August – Regular programming on the BBC’s radio and television stations is abandoned to provide ongoing news coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Radio 4 airs a special programme from BBC Radio News, which is also carried on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 5 Live. Radio 4 broadcasts live coverage of the funeral six days later. September – In the aftermath of Princess Diana's death, the PM programme drops its theme tune which had been in use since 1993. This had been the third time that the programme had used theme music and has not subsequently had a theme tune. 1998 6 April – Extensive schedule changes take place. Many long standing programmes are axed as part of the shake-up, including Breakaway, Week Ending and Sport on Four, and arts programme Kaleidoscope is replaced by a new programme Front Row with Mark Lawson as presenter. Also, the station goes on air 30 minutes earlier each day – 5:30am instead of 6am – and the weekday editions of The Today programme are extended by 30 minutes to three hours. 12 April – A Sunday episode of The Archers is introduced. 19 April – A new Sunday morning current affairs programme Broadcasting House launches. 1999 April – Roger Bolton, formally of Channel 4's viewer feedback programme Right to Reply, replaces Chris Dunkley as the presenter of Feedback. Bolton