1933 in British radio
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1933.
Events
- 10 March â The BBC holds a memorial concert for its late Director of Music, Percy Pitt, in The Concert Hall of Broadcasting House, London.[1]
- 28 May â Washford transmitting station begins broadcasting the BBC Regional Programme for the West of England.[2]
- 16 August â The BBC unveils a Compton organ in The Concert Hall of Broadcasting House, London.[3]
- 28 August â For the first time, the BBC broadcasts the description of a wanted criminal suspect â Stanley Hobday who has committed murder in the course of a burglary in West Bromwich. He is recognised from the description near Carlisle and in due course tried and executed.[4]
- 28 October â Broadcast of the earliest surviving BBC location recording, Night on Londonâs River: Westminster to the Docks.[5]
- BBC executive Colonel Alan Dawnay begins to meet with the head of MI5, Sir Vernon Kell, to trade information informally on potentially subversive staff.[6]
- The BBC acquires a roller skating rink in west London and begins its reconstruction as the Maida Vale Studios.
Debuts
- 18 November â In Town Tonight begins on the BBC National Programme.[7]
Births
- 16 April â Joan Bakewell, broadcaster
- 12 December â Tony Brandon, presenter