Historical Events
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- 1924-04-12 WLS-AM in Chicago begins radio transmissions
- 1924-04-15 WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions
- 1924-04-16 1st radio-transmission of wireless: Mattheus Passion
- 1924-06-10 1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland
- 1924-06-14 WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany NY
- 1924-06-15 1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal
- 1924-06-21 NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms
- 1924-07-06 1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, US-England
- 1924-10-12 Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
- 1924-11-15 Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms
- 1924-11-30 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC)
- 1924-12-13 KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
- 1924-12-24 1st radio transmission of NCRV in Netherlands
- 1925-03-04 US President Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations
- 1925-03-24 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
- 1925-03-31 WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)
- 1925-04-01 1st transmission of Danish state radio
- 1925-04-14 First regular-season Chicago Cubs game broadcast on radio (WGN) by caller Quin Ryan; Cubs beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-2
- 1925-04-23 Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO)
- 1925-08-01 Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk and Netherland East-Indies
- 1925-08-12 KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions
- 1925-08-20 WJR-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions
- 1925-10-05 WSM-AM in Nashville Tenn begins radio transmissions
- 1925-10-30 KUT-AM in Austin TX begins radio transmissions
- 1925-11-01 VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam
- 1925-11-24 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
- 1925-11-28 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville, Tennessee
- 1926-04-12 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
- 1926-04-20 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic
- 1926-07-15 VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms
- 1926-09-09 National Broadcasting Company created by Radio Corporation of America
- 1926-11-15 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC)
- 1926-11-15 AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (NYC)
- 1926-11-24 KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
- 1926-11-27 KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
- 1926-12-10 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)
- 1926-12-16 WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions
- 1926-12-17 KYA-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
- 1926-12-23 KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
- 1927-01-11 Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th NYC
- 1927-02-04 KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
- 1927-02-18 1st US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts"
Radio History
1927-02-23 US President Calvin Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FRC)
- 1927-12-10 "Grand Ole Opry" first named as such during Barn Dance radio broadcast, in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1928-01-01 Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
- 1928-01-30 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands & US
- 1928-03-19 "Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
- 1928-03-27 KGB-AM in San Diego CA begins radio transmissions
- 1928-05-01 Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter
- 1928-05-02 KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions
- 1928-06-30 Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards
- 1928-07-27 AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms
- 1928-09-13 KOH-AM in Reno NV begins radio transmissions
- 1928-11-11 KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions
- 1928-11-11 WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
- 1928-11-11 WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions
- 1928-11-11 WOL-AM in Washington, D.C. begins radio transmissions
- 1928-11-20 WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
- 1928-12-23 NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network
- 1929-01-07 French inventor Robert Bureau launches the 1st radiosonde - a battery-powered telemetry instrument carried into the atmosphere to measure various parameters and transmit them by radio to a ground receiver
- 1929-01-08 CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC
- 1929-01-09 KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA begins radio transmissions
- 1929-01-18 "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio
- 1929-02-08 KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
- 1929-02-16 KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions
- 1929-03-16 WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions
- 1929-03-22 KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions
- 1929-04-11 KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions
- 1929-05-09 WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions
- 1929-07-04 AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down
- 1929-09-02 WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
- 1929-10-24 Rudy Vallee's "The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour" begins broadcasting on NBC radio
- 1929-11-20 First broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio
- 1930-01-20 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
- 1930-01-23 WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions
- 1930-01-30 Russia launches their 1st radiosonde - a battery-powered telemetry instrument carried into the atmosphere to measure various parameters and transmit them by radio to a ground receiver- from Pavlovsk, USSR.
- 1930-03-27 1st US radio broadcast from a ship at sea
Academy Awards
1930-04-03 2nd Academy Awards: "The Broadway Melody", Warner Baxter & Mary Pickford win. First time Academy Awards are broadcast on the radio.
- 1930-06-24 1st detection of an airplane using reflected radio waves, a precursor to radar, by US Naval Research Laboratory engineers in Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
- 1930-06-30 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady, NY
- 1930-07-30 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio
- 1930-09-29 Lowell Thomas makes his debut on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons
- 1930-09-29 NYC College offers 1st course in radio advertising
- 1930-10-20 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premieres on NBC radio
- 1931-02-12 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting with the callsign HVJ
- 1931-04-06 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio
- 1931-05-01 Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running association with CBS radio, various programs continue until 1945
- 1931-06-22 RVU, Radio-Volks-University, forms
- 1931-07-03 German boxer Max Schmeling beats American Young Stribling by TKO in 15 in Cleveland in his first heavyweight title defence; first major fight broadcast live on national radio
Radio Premiere
1931-09-02 Bing Crosby makes his solo radio debut
- 1931-10-14 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
- 1931-12-25 NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio
- 1932-02-14 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show debuts on CBS radio, airing there until 1937, moving to NBC until 1949, and returning to CBS in 1949, before moving to television
- 1932-03-24 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)
Radio Premiere
1932-03-29 Jack Benny debuts on radio, on Ed Sullivan's New York interview program
- 1932-04-29 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC radio, longest-running dramatic serial on US radio (ends 1959)
Radio Premiere
1932-05-02 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
- 1932-08-14 Philips makes 1 millionth radio
- 1932-10-10 "Betty & Bob" premieres on radio
Radio Premiere
1932-10-19 Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech
Famous Birthdays
- 1939-05-26 Brent Musburger, American sportscaster (CBS Sports, The NFL Today; ESPN, ABC; VSiN; radio play-by-play Las Vegas Raiders), born in Portland, Oregon
- 1939-06-07 Eri Klas, Estonian conductor (Netherlands Radio Symphony; Aarhus Symphony; Estonian National Opera, 1975-95), and educator, born in Tallinn, Estonia (d. 2016)
- 1940-07-23 Don Imus, American radio disc jockey (WNBC), born in Riverside, California
- 1942-05-22 Pallo Jordan, South African politician and ANC member, born in Kroonstad, Free State
- 1942-09-17 Des Lynam, British TV and radio sportscaster, born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
1943-07-15 Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Irish astrophysicist (discovered radio pulsars), born in Lurgan, Northern Ireland
- 1943-11-26 Paul Burnett, English radio disc jockey, born in Hulme, Manchester, England
- 1945-12-29 Adje Roland, Dutch radio disc jockey, born in Rhenen, Netherlands
- 1946-03-29 Ronald Farrow, radio producer and priest (d. 1995)
- 1946-05-23 H. Paul Shuch, American scientist who coordinated radio amateurs to search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1946-10-14 James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, American football coach, born in Anderson, South Carolina
- 1946-11-23 Hans Hoekman, Dutch radio play actor
- 1946-12-30 Patti Smith, American poet and punk rock vocalist (Horses; "Because The Night"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1947-09-04 Bob Jenkins, American television and radio sports announcer (IndyCar & NASCAR telecasts for ESPN/ABC, NBC Sports), born in Richmond, Indiana (d. 2021)
- 1950-11-03 Bob Neumeier, American sportscaster (WBZ-radio, TV Boston; NBC Sports), born in Weymouth, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
- 1951-03-14 Rigdon "Rick" Dees, American actor, voice artist and radio disc jock (The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1953-04-24 Eric Bogosian, American actor (Talk Radio), born in Woburn, Massachusetts
- 1953-06-12 Allan Weiner, American pirate radio station owner, born in Yonkers, New York
- 1956-03-26 Charly McClain, American country singer (Radio Heart), born in Jackson, Tennessee
- 1960-02-10 Lionel Cartwright, American country music artist (I Watched it on the Radio, Leap of Faith), born in Gallipolis, Ohio
- 1960-03-17 Vicki Lewis, actress (Beth-Newsradio), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1961-03-29 Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster (Suriname TV/Radio)
- 1963-01-04 Dave Foley, actor and comedian (Kids In The Hall, Dave Nelson on NewsRadio)
- 1963-11-28 Armando Iannucci, comedian and radio producer, born in Glasgow, Scotland
- 1965-02-03 Maura Tierney, actress (Lisa-Newsradio), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1965-02-28 Markus Stenz, German conductor (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, 2012-19), born in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, West Germany
- 1965-04-18 Rob Stenders, Dutch radio discjockey (Stenders Latevermaak & RobRadio), born in Oisterwijk, Netherlands
- 1965-12-21 Andy Dick, American actor (Matthew-Newsradio), born in Charleston, South Carolina
- 1968-04-15 Ed O'Brien, British musician and songwriter (Radiohead - OK Computer), born in Oxford, England
- 1968-10-07 Thom Yorke, British musician and singer (Radiohead - "Creep"; "Paranoid Android"), born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England
- 1971-11-05 Jonny Greenwood, English guitarist, keyboard player (Radiohead), and film score composer (There Will Be Blood), born in Oxford, England
- 1974-01-18 Michael Tunn, Australian radio announcer & television presenter, born in Adelaide, Australia
- 1974-03-28 Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey
- 1975-08-31 Daniel Harding, British conductor (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, 2007 to present), born in Oxford, England
- 1977-12-14 Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Colombian-Austrian conductor (Houston Symphony, 2014-22; Frankfurt Radio Symphony, 2005-2021), born in Medellín, Colombia
Famous Deaths
- 2016-02-26 Eri Klas, Estonian conductor (Netherlands Radio Symphony; Aarhus Symphony; Estonian National Opera, 1975-95), and educator, dies at 76
- 2016-06-12 Janet Waldo, American radio and actress (Judy Jetson, Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop), dies at 97
- 2018-02-01 Patricia Lindop, British radiobiologist & physician, dies at 87
- 2018-03-05 Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio, dies of Crohn's disease at 80
- 2018-06-16 Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor (Bolshoi Theatre, 1951-61; USSR State Radio, 1961-74; USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony, 1983-91), dies at 87
- 2019-03-08 Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor (Frankfurt Opera, 1967-87); Cincinnati Symphony, 1980-86); Southwest German Radio Symphony, 1986-99), and composer, dies at 91
- 2021-08-09 Bob Jenkins, American television and radio sports announcer (IndyCar & NASCAR telecasts ESPN/ABC, NBC Sports), dies from brain cancer at 73
- 2021-10-23 Bob Neumeier, American sportscaster (WBZ-radio, TV Boston; NBC Sports), dies from heart disease at 70