1920 in British radio
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1920.
Events
- January â The first informal and spasmodic broadcasts in the United Kingdom are made by the Marconi Company from Chelmsford in Essex. These broadcasts include both speech and music.[1]
- 23 Februaryâ6 March â The Marconi Company broadcasts from Chelmsford a series of 30-minute shows repeated twice daily. These include live music performances.[1]
- 15 June â Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba becomes history's first well-known professional performer to make a radio broadcast when she sings two arias as part of the series of Marconi broadcasts from Chelmsford.[1]
- November â The Marconi broadcasts from Chelmsford cease after it is claimed they interfere with aircraft and ship communications.[1] They resume in 1922 regularly as 2MT.
Births
- 5 February â Frank Muir, comedy writer (died 1998)
- 2 April â Ian Messiter, panel game creator (died 1999)
- 2 May â Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson, Scottish pianist, composer and broadcaster (died 1980)[2]
- 12 June â Peter Jones, comic actor (died 2000)
- 18 June â Ian Carmichael, actor (died 2010)
- 28 June â Irene Thomas, radio quiz show player (died 2001)
- 12 October â Steve Conway, singer (died 1952)[3]