2 January – The Reverend Claude Lhande makes the first religious broadcast on French radio, beginning a series of talks on
Radio Paris entitled L'Évangile par dessus les Toits.
15 January – First live sports broadcast on
BBC Radio in the United Kingdom: the
rugby union international England v Wales is commented on by
Teddy Wakelam.
21 January – A performance in
Chicago,
Illinois, of Faust is the first opera to be broadcast over a national radio network.
4 March – First broadcast from the Wileńskie Biuro Radiotechniczne radio station in
Vilnius (then in Poland, now in
Lithuania).[3]
11 March – Station
PCJJ, based at the
Philips Laboratories in
Eindhoven, makes the first short-wave broadcasts from the Netherlands to the
Dutch East Indies. PCJJ is thought to be the first distinct
short-wave service having its own programming rather than simulcasting a domestic broadcaster.
31 March – The Philips company scores a publicity coup when
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands addresses the colonial population via its PCJJ transmitter.[4]
14 April – Radio PTT Nord begins regular transmissions from
Lille.[5]
6 May – Türk Telsiz-Telefon Anonym Şirketi ("Turkish Wireless Telephony Ltd") begins radio broadcasting in
Istanbul.
1 June – Radio Rennes PTT begins regular transmissions in
Brittany.
1 July – 23 Canadian radio stations combine forces to make the country's first nationwide broadcast, covering celebrations of the
Diamond Jubilee of
Confederation.[6]
2 August – Under pressure by the Federal Government on the
Ku Klux Klan (owners and operators of WTRC in
Brooklyn, New York via their Twentieth [District] Republican Club), the station is relocated to
Mount Vernon, Virginia, its call letters changed to WTFF, and ownership transferred to The Fellowship Forum, a newspaper published by the Klan. WTRC and WTFF were the origins of the current
Washington, D.C., station
WFED.
13 August –
The Proms are broadcast over radio for the first time.[7]
Majestic Radios are first manufactured in the United States.
Debuts
January 1
The
NBC Blue Network commences operations, on what was the former experimental RCA mini-network of stations. WJZ in
New York (today
WABC) serves as the Blue Network's flagship.
The United Independent Broadcasters network is established by New York talent agent
Arthur Judson in
Chicago,
Illinois. The Columbia Phonograph Company (
Columbia Records' parent company) surfaces as an investor in April, and the network is named after the company.
February 18: Cities Service Concerts debuts on
NBC after having had "trial broadcasts in local New York market" in 1925–26.[11]
April:
WFCI at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, owned by Frank Crook, Inc., begins broadcasting. WFCI would sign off but re-establish itself in 1941.
September 18: The Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System is officially launched on 16 stations nationwide.[12] Cigar manufacturer
William S. Paley purchases the company a week later and shortens the name to
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).
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ISBN978-0-7864-3848-8.
2 January – The Reverend Claude Lhande makes the first religious broadcast on French radio, beginning a series of talks on
Radio Paris entitled L'Évangile par dessus les Toits.
15 January – First live sports broadcast on
BBC Radio in the United Kingdom: the
rugby union international England v Wales is commented on by
Teddy Wakelam.
21 January – A performance in
Chicago,
Illinois, of Faust is the first opera to be broadcast over a national radio network.
4 March – First broadcast from the Wileńskie Biuro Radiotechniczne radio station in
Vilnius (then in Poland, now in
Lithuania).[3]
11 March – Station
PCJJ, based at the
Philips Laboratories in
Eindhoven, makes the first short-wave broadcasts from the Netherlands to the
Dutch East Indies. PCJJ is thought to be the first distinct
short-wave service having its own programming rather than simulcasting a domestic broadcaster.
31 March – The Philips company scores a publicity coup when
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands addresses the colonial population via its PCJJ transmitter.[4]
14 April – Radio PTT Nord begins regular transmissions from
Lille.[5]
6 May – Türk Telsiz-Telefon Anonym Şirketi ("Turkish Wireless Telephony Ltd") begins radio broadcasting in
Istanbul.
1 June – Radio Rennes PTT begins regular transmissions in
Brittany.
1 July – 23 Canadian radio stations combine forces to make the country's first nationwide broadcast, covering celebrations of the
Diamond Jubilee of
Confederation.[6]
2 August – Under pressure by the Federal Government on the
Ku Klux Klan (owners and operators of WTRC in
Brooklyn, New York via their Twentieth [District] Republican Club), the station is relocated to
Mount Vernon, Virginia, its call letters changed to WTFF, and ownership transferred to The Fellowship Forum, a newspaper published by the Klan. WTRC and WTFF were the origins of the current
Washington, D.C., station
WFED.
13 August –
The Proms are broadcast over radio for the first time.[7]
Majestic Radios are first manufactured in the United States.
Debuts
January 1
The
NBC Blue Network commences operations, on what was the former experimental RCA mini-network of stations. WJZ in
New York (today
WABC) serves as the Blue Network's flagship.
The United Independent Broadcasters network is established by New York talent agent
Arthur Judson in
Chicago,
Illinois. The Columbia Phonograph Company (
Columbia Records' parent company) surfaces as an investor in April, and the network is named after the company.
February 18: Cities Service Concerts debuts on
NBC after having had "trial broadcasts in local New York market" in 1925–26.[11]
April:
WFCI at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, owned by Frank Crook, Inc., begins broadcasting. WFCI would sign off but re-establish itself in 1941.
September 18: The Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System is officially launched on 16 stations nationwide.[12] Cigar manufacturer
William S. Paley purchases the company a week later and shortens the name to
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).
^
abcCox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0-7864-3848-8.