1931 in British radio
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1931.
Events
- 10 Januaryâ4 April â Behind the Screen, a serial written by members of the Detection Club, is broadcast on the BBC National Programme.
- 17 May â Moorside Edge transmitting station in west Yorkshire begins broadcasting the BBC North Regional Programme on 626 kHz and, from 12 July, the BBC National Programme on 995 kHz.[1]
- 8 September â W. B. Yeats makes his first BBC talk, an introduction to his version of King Oedipus broadcast from its Belfast studio.[2]
- 13 September â Westerglen transmitting station begins broadcasting the BBC Regional Programme for Scotland.[3]
- Autumn â The BBC subsumes all its adult education radio broadcasts under the title The Changing World transmitted in the early evening and lasting around 25 minutes each; presenters will include T. S. Eliot, Harold Nicolson, Julian Huxley and William Beveridge who also author accompanying pamphlets.[4]
Births
- February â Patricia Greene, actress
- 2 February â Les Dawson, comedian (died 1993)
- 18 February â Ned Sherrin, broadcaster and entertainer (died 2007)
- 7 June â Michael Bakewell, radio and television producer and scriptwriter (died 2023)
- 9 December â Ian McIntyre, Scottish journalist and BBC Radio executive (died 2014)
- Edward Taylor, scriptwriter
- Neville Teller, dramatist