1932 in British radio
The following is a list of events from British radio in 1932.
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Events
- 15 March
- First BBC radio broadcast from the new Broadcasting House in London;[1] all programmes transfer from 15 May.
- The BBC Dance Orchestra first broadcasts under the direction of Henry Hall.[2]
- May – Radio Luxembourg begins high-powered longwave test transmissions aimed directly at the British Isles (which prove, inadvertently, to be the first radio modification of the ionosphere).[3]
- 15 October – First performance before an audience in The Concert Hall of Broadcasting House.[4]
- 30 November – The BBC begins a series of radio broadcasts to mark the 75th birthday of composer Sir Edward Elgar.
- 19 December – The BBC Empire Service, later known as the BBC World Service, begins broadcasting[5] using a shortwave radio facility at its Daventry transmitting station.[6]
- 25 December – Inaugural Royal Christmas Message delivered by King George V from Sandringham House; scheduled for approximately 3.05pm;[7][8] the text has been written by Rudyard Kipling.
Births
- 19 January – George MacBeth, Scottish-born poet and radio poetry producer (died 1992)
- 28 January – Norman de Mesquita, sports commentator (died 2013)
Deaths
- 23 November – Percy Pitt, BBC Director of Music (born 1869)
References
- Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 375–376. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- "The Man Behind the New BBC Dance Band". Radio Times. 11 March 1932.
- "Operations News". Gakona HAARPoon. Alaska. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- Beckwith, Roger (11 September 2013). "Lower Ground Floor". Broadcasting House in the 1930s. Old BBC Radio Broadcasting Equipment and Memories. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- Tomalin, Norman (1998). Daventry Calling the World (PDF). Whitby: Caedmon. ISBN 0-905355-46-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- "Listings | National Programme (Daventry) | 25 December 1932". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "Daventry | Christmas Day". Radio Times. Vol. 37, no. 482. 23 December 1932. p. 910.
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