1926 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1926.

Events

16 January â A British Broadcasting Company radio play by Ronald Knox about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting.^[1]
4 May â The British Broadcasting Company broadcasts five news bulletins a day as no newspapers are published due to the general strike. John Reith, the BBC's general manager, resists government attempts to take it over during the strike.^[2]
4 September â Opening of first Radiolympia show of consumer radio apparatus at Olympia, London. The first mains-powered (AC) radio receiver, the Gambrell Baby Grand, is launched.^[3]
7 October â The first edition of Choral Evensong is relayed by the British Broadcasting Company from Westminster Abbey; it will still be broadcast regularly as of 2024 as the BBC's longest-running outside broadcast programme.^[4]^[5]
31 December â The British Broadcasting Company is dissolved and its assets transferred to the non-commercial and crown-chartered British Broadcasting Corporation.^[6]

27 January â Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born flautist, radio broadcaster, writer and theme tune composer (died 2003)
22 February â Kenneth Williams, comic actor (died 1988)
19 May â David Jacobs, broadcast presenter (died 2013)
23 May â Desmond Carrington, disc jockey and actor (died 2017)
27 August â Pat Coombs, comic stooge (died 2002)
8 September â Ronald Mason, radio drama producer (died 1997)
31 October â Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, broadcast presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender (died 2011)