1912 in radio
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The year 1912 in radio involved some significant events.
Events
- 15 April â Sinking of the RMS Titanic: CQD and SOS radio distress signals are sent.
- 5 July â International Radiotelegraph Convention signed in London.
- 13 August â The United States Congress passes the Radio Act of 1912, "An Act to regulate radio communication", requiring that all radio stations be licensed.[1]
- 9YV, an experimental station operated by Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, becomes the first radio station in the United States to offer a regularly scheduled daily broadcast (in morse code) of the weather forecast.[2][3]
Births
- 12 February â Eric Barker, English comic actor and writer (died 1990)
- 16 February â Del Sharbutt, American radio and television announcer (died 2002)
- 8 April â Mary Dee, born Mary Goode, African American DJ (died 1964)
- 24 June â Brian Johnston, English cricket commentator and radio presenter (died 1994)
- 1 July â Wallace Greenslade, English radio announcer (died 1961)
- 12 July - Jimmy McClain, American radio personality known as Dr. I. Q.[4]
- 5 October â Tony Marvin, American radio and television announcer (died 1998)
- 25 November â Francis Durbridge, English scriptwriter (died 1998)
- 26 November â Eric Sevareid, American radio news reporter (died 1992)
- Rita Zucca, Italian American Axis propaganda broadcaster (died 1998)
