4 March – Text of the speech, given at the U.S. Presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. by
Warren G. Harding, is read over
KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2]
19 September – First commercially licensed radio broadcasting station in the United States,
WBZ, is launched by the
Westinghouse Electric Corporation in
Springfield, Massachusetts. It is the first broadcasting station to receive a license that explicitly specified operation on the 360 meter (833 kHz) wavelength formally assigned to the broadcasting service by regulations which became effective 1 December 1921.
20 September – KDKA and the Pittsburgh Post create the first "news room" and "news department".[4]
25 September – The wireless telegraph station in
Sofia makes the first public radio broadcast in
Bulgaria: the retransmission of a concert from the German station at
Nauen.
1 December – Effective date, in the U.S., for the first formal establishment of a broadcasting station service. (Limited Commercial license, for operation on 360 (833 kHz) and/or 485 (419) meters.)[8]
24 December – First public radio broadcast from the
Eiffel Tower in Paris.[9]
Births
25 February –
Patricia Ryan, English-born American child actress, continues performing on radio until her death (d. 1949)[10]
5 March –
Charlez ar Gall, Breton-language broadcaster (d. 2010)
21 March –
Antony Hopkins, British composer, pianist, conductor and music broadcaster (d. 2014)
1 April –
Steve Race, English pianist-composer and radio presenter (d. 2009)
23 May –
Humphrey Lyttelton, English jazz trumpeter and radio presenter (d. 2008)
19 July –
Harold Camping, American religious broadcaster (d. 2013)
21 September –
Jimmy Young, English singer and broadcaster (d. 2016)
19 October –
Bern Bennett, American radio and television announcer (d. 2014)
24 December –
Jimmy Clitheroe, English comic entertainer (d. 1973)
^It Started Hear (1970) page 16. "A copy of the Harding text was obtained in advance and read on the air while the new President was speaking in Washington."
^Balle, Francis (2020). Les médias: «Que sais-je?». Vol. 3694. Presses universitaires de France. p. PT17.
ISBN9782715403123.
^DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0-7864-2834-2. p. 235.
4 March – Text of the speech, given at the U.S. Presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. by
Warren G. Harding, is read over
KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2]
19 September – First commercially licensed radio broadcasting station in the United States,
WBZ, is launched by the
Westinghouse Electric Corporation in
Springfield, Massachusetts. It is the first broadcasting station to receive a license that explicitly specified operation on the 360 meter (833 kHz) wavelength formally assigned to the broadcasting service by regulations which became effective 1 December 1921.
20 September – KDKA and the Pittsburgh Post create the first "news room" and "news department".[4]
25 September – The wireless telegraph station in
Sofia makes the first public radio broadcast in
Bulgaria: the retransmission of a concert from the German station at
Nauen.
1 December – Effective date, in the U.S., for the first formal establishment of a broadcasting station service. (Limited Commercial license, for operation on 360 (833 kHz) and/or 485 (419) meters.)[8]
24 December – First public radio broadcast from the
Eiffel Tower in Paris.[9]
Births
25 February –
Patricia Ryan, English-born American child actress, continues performing on radio until her death (d. 1949)[10]
5 March –
Charlez ar Gall, Breton-language broadcaster (d. 2010)
21 March –
Antony Hopkins, British composer, pianist, conductor and music broadcaster (d. 2014)
1 April –
Steve Race, English pianist-composer and radio presenter (d. 2009)
23 May –
Humphrey Lyttelton, English jazz trumpeter and radio presenter (d. 2008)
19 July –
Harold Camping, American religious broadcaster (d. 2013)
21 September –
Jimmy Young, English singer and broadcaster (d. 2016)
19 October –
Bern Bennett, American radio and television announcer (d. 2014)
24 December –
Jimmy Clitheroe, English comic entertainer (d. 1973)
^It Started Hear (1970) page 16. "A copy of the Harding text was obtained in advance and read on the air while the new President was speaking in Washington."
^Balle, Francis (2020). Les médias: «Que sais-je?». Vol. 3694. Presses universitaires de France. p. PT17.
ISBN9782715403123.
^DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0-7864-2834-2. p. 235.