1928 in British radio
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1928.
Events
- 2 January â The BBC broadcasts The Daily Service â a 15-minute act of Christian worship â for the first time, from its Savoy Hill studios in London. The programme will still be broadcast five mornings a week on BBC Radio 4 (LW)[1] until it transfers to Radio 4 Extra in 2024.
- November â Live broadcast of National Service of Remembrance in Whitehall, London, first made by the BBC.
- 24 December â First Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols to be broadcast from King's College Chapel, Cambridge, by BBC Radio.[2]
- The BBC Dance Orchestra is formed under the leadership of Jack Payne.
Births
- 1 June â Bob Monkhouse, comedy writer-performer and television game show host (died 2003)
- 6 June â R. D. Wingfield, novelist and radio dramatist (died 2007)
- 19 June â Barry Took, comedy writer and broadcast presenter (died 2002)
- 2 July â John Timpson, journalist and radio presenter (died 2005)
- 3 July â Edward Greenfield, classical music critic and presenter (died 2015)
- 13 August â John Tidmarsh, journalist and radio presenter (died 2019)
- 17 September â Brian Matthew, disc jockey (died 2017)
- 20 October â Michael O'Donnell, physician, journalist, medical campaigner and broadcaster (died 2019)