1 October – In
Denmark,
Statsradiofonien begins radiating Program II, a second, alternative radio service from six new
medium-wave transmitters in various locations around the country. Statsradiofonien's existing
long-wave service, broadcast from the
Kalundborg transmitter, is known from this date as Program I.
Debuts
1 January – The Archers production series debuts on the
BBC Light Programme; it will still be broadcast 65 years later as the world's longest-running radio "soap".[1]
11 July –
Alan Freed, the self-proclaimed "King of the Moondoggers," launches "The Moondog House" on WJW (AM) in
Cleveland, Ohio (today
WKNR). The nighttime program, dedicated to playing
rhythm and blues records (of which Freed makes the first known usage of the term "
rock 'n roll" to refer to the music), is sponsored by a local record shop owned by
Leo Mintz.
18 August – ABC Dancing Party is first broadcast.[2]
21 August – Black Night (a musical variety show) debuts on
ABC.[2]
^
abCox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0786438488
^"Meet Frank Sinatra". OTRRpedia. Old Time Radio Researchers Group. Archived from
the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
1 October – In
Denmark,
Statsradiofonien begins radiating Program II, a second, alternative radio service from six new
medium-wave transmitters in various locations around the country. Statsradiofonien's existing
long-wave service, broadcast from the
Kalundborg transmitter, is known from this date as Program I.
Debuts
1 January – The Archers production series debuts on the
BBC Light Programme; it will still be broadcast 65 years later as the world's longest-running radio "soap".[1]
11 July –
Alan Freed, the self-proclaimed "King of the Moondoggers," launches "The Moondog House" on WJW (AM) in
Cleveland, Ohio (today
WKNR). The nighttime program, dedicated to playing
rhythm and blues records (of which Freed makes the first known usage of the term "
rock 'n roll" to refer to the music), is sponsored by a local record shop owned by
Leo Mintz.
18 August – ABC Dancing Party is first broadcast.[2]
21 August – Black Night (a musical variety show) debuts on
ABC.[2]
^
abCox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0786438488
^"Meet Frank Sinatra". OTRRpedia. Old Time Radio Researchers Group. Archived from
the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.