1928 in radio
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The year 1928 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.
Events
- 1 January â Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep begins broadcasting in the Netherlands.[1]
- 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 Extra (LW) as of 2026.[2]
- 30 January â First radiotelephone connection between the Netherlands and the United States.[3]
- 25 March â Italian radio broadcasts its first live football commentary: the game is an international match between Italy and Hungary.
- 27 March â KGB (AM) in San Diego begins broadcasting.[4]
- 2 May â KPQ (AM) in Wenatchee, Washington begins broadcasting.[5]
- c. June/July â American radio stations begin broadcasting "musical clock" format breakfast-time programmes, including WCAO in Baltimore, Maryland, followed by WRHF in Washington, D.C.[6]
- 7 July â The French government issues an order limiting the list of private radio stations permitted to continue broadcasting to: Poste Parisien, Radio Agen, Radio Béziers, Radio Bordeaux Sud-Ouest, Radio Juan-les-Pins, Radio LL, Radio Lyon, Radio Mont-de-Marsan, Radio Montpellier, Radio Nîmes, Radio Paris, Radio Toulouse, and Radio Vitus.[7]
- 13 September â KOH-AM in Reno, Nevada, begins broadcasting.[8]
- 28 October â Radio Ljubljana begins regularly programmed transmissions in Yugoslavia.
- 1 November â The first official broadcast in Romanian is aired by the Societatea de Difuziune RadiotelefonicÄ (Radiotelephonic Broadcasting Company) in Bucharest.[9]
- 11 November â General Order 40 is implemented by the United States government; this allows the classification of each allocation in the AM band as either "Local," "Regional," or "Clear." This allows for the creation of clear-channel stations broadcasting at maximum power at night.
- KXO (AM) in El Centro, California begins broadcasting.[10]
- WGL (AM) in Fort Wayne, Indiana begins broadcasting.[11]
- WMT (AM) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa begins broadcasting.[11]
- WOL (AM) in Washington, D.C. begins broadcasting.[12]
- 20 November â WGH (AM) in Newport News, Virginia begins broadcasting.[13]
- 23 December â NBC sets up its first permanent, coast-to-coast radio network in the United States.[14]
Debuts
- 3 January â The Voice of Firestone (1928â1956), a classical-music program, debuts on NBC.
- 4 January â The Dodge Victory Hour, a variety show, debuts on NBC.
- 19 March â Amos 'n' Andy debuts through the NBC Blue Network, broadcasting from WMAQ-AM, a radio station owned by the Chicago Daily News.[15]
- November â Live broadcast of National Service of Remembrance in Whitehall, London, first made by the BBC.
- 19 November â Happy Station Show (1928â1995), hosted by Eddy Startz from 1928 until 1970.
- 24 December â First broadcast of Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College Chapel, Cambridge, by the BBC.[16]
- Radio calisthenics (ã©ã¸ãªä½æ, rajio taisÅ), daily exercises, first broadcast on NHK in Japan,
Endings
- 22 April â The Acousticon Hour ends its run on network radio.[17]
Births
- 16 January â Menchu Ãlvarez del Valle, Spanish radio journalist (died 2021)
- 21 May â Tom Donahue, pioneering American rock and roll radio disc jockey and freeform rock pioneer (died 1975)
- 6 June â R. D. Wingfield, English radio dramatist and detective novelist (died 2007)
- 19 June â Barry Took, English comedy writer and broadcast presenter (died 2002)
- 2 July â John Timpson, English radio news presenter (died 2005)
- 17 August â Willem Duys, Dutch radio/television host[18] (died 2011)
- 17 September â Brian Matthew, English disc jockey (died 2017)
- 20 October â Michael O'Donnell, English physician, journalist, medical campaigner and broadcaster (died 2019)
- 9 November â Wim Bosboom, Dutch radio/television host[19]