the first time. 1975 9 June – Proceedings in the Parliament of the United Kingdom are broadcast on radio for the first time and BBC Radio 4 broadcasts the first two hours of that day's proceedings. 1976 4 January – First broadcast of the panel game Quote... Unquote. 27 August – First broadcast of the sketch comedy show The Burkiss Way. First broadcast of Poetry Please. 1977 30 April – The first edition of Sport on Four is broadcast. 2 May – BBC Radio 4 launches a new breakfast programme Up to the Hour. Consequently, The Today Programme is reduced from a continuous two-hour programme to two 25-minute slots. 22 August – The BBC Radio comedy The Men from the Ministry airs its final episode after fifteen years on air. 2 October – The first edition of Money Box is broadcast. 1978 3 April – Permanent radio broadcasts of proceedings in the House of Commons begin. Radio 4 marks the first day with an afternoon of live coverage. The station goes on to broadcast Prime Minister's Questions for the next year. 3 July – Changes are made to the station's weekday breakfast schedule. After just over a year on air, Up to the Hour is cancelled. Consequently, Today once again becomes a continuous two-hour programme. Also, a new weekday 6am News Briefing is introduced. 23 November – Radio 4's AM service moves from medium wave to 1500m (200 kHz) long wave as part of a plan to improve national AM reception, and to conform with the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975. However long wave reception is not universal so in some parts of the UK where long wave reception is poor, filler transmitters on MW are used. The shipping forecast transfers from BBC Radio 2 to BBC Radio 4 so that the forecast can continue to be broadcast on long wave. The Radio 4 UK Theme is used for the first time to coincide with the network becoming a fully national service for the first time and to mark this the station is officially known as Radio 4 UK. 22 December – Industrial action at the BBC by the ABS union, which started the previous day, extends to radio when the radio unions join their television counterparts by going on strike, forcing the BBC to merge its four national radio networks into one national radio station from 4pm and called