1939 in radio

The year 1939 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.

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Events

Debuts

Programs

Stations

  • 28 July – KVAK, Atchison, Kansas, begins broadcasting on 1420 kHz with 100 W power (daytime only).[19]
  • 25 December – The Bartons debuts on the Blue Network.[16]
  • December – WCAR, Pontiac, Michigan, begins broadcasting on 1100 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime only).[20]

Endings

  • 27 February – Alias Jimmy Valentine ends its run on network radio (Blue Network in the US).[16]
  • 7 May – Americans All, Immigrants All ends its run on network radio (CBS).[16]
  • 30 June
  • 28 July – Her Honor, Nancy James ends its run on network radio (CBS).[16]
  • 7 September – Radio Normandy signs off for the last time.
  • 8 September – Calling All Cars ends its run on network radio (CBS West Coast network).[16]

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Shirer, William L. (2011). The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781451651683.
  2. "From Poland". The Capital Times. Madison, Wisconsin. 16 June 1939. p. 15. Retrieved 10 February 2016 via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. Nord, Philip (2012). France's New Deal: From the Thirties to the Postwar Era. Princeton University Press. p. 250. ISBN 0691156115.
  4. Scales, Rebecca (24 February 2016). Radio and the Politics of Sound in Interwar France, 1921–1939. Cambridge University Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-107-10867-7.
  5. McDonough, Frank (1998). Neville Chamberlain, Appeasement, and the British Road to War. Manchester University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-7190-4832-6.
  6. "Canada in the Second World War". Juno Beach Centre. 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  7. Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 385–386. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  8. "The BBC Story – 1930s" (PDF). Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  9. Wilmut, Roger (1985). Kindly Leave the Stage!: Story of Variety, 1919–1960. Methuen. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-413-48960-9.
  10. Harold Oxley (1975). The Jamaican Government's Use of Radio Broadcasting in Economic Development, 1939–1970. University of Wisconsin—Madison. p. 118.
  11. "Radio: Cuba Joins". Time. 19 December 1939. Archived from the original on 15 January 2005.
  12. "Cox Purchase WSB, Slated for CBS" (PDF). Broadcasting. 15 December 1939. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  13. "New KORN, Fremont, Neb" (PDF). Broadcasting. 1 January 1940. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  14. The Eternal Vision: The Ultimate Collection of Spiritual Quotations. Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. 2002. p. 516. ISBN 978-1-85311-495-3.
  15. Dunning, John. (1976). Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925–1976. Prentice-Hall, Inc. ISBN 0-13-932616-2.
  16. Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. P. 8.
  17. H. Chignell (2 September 2011). Public Issue Radio: Talks, News and Current Affairs in the Twentieth Century. Springer. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-230-34645-1.
  18. Dickerson, Ian (2019). Sherlock Holmes and His Adventures on American Radio. BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1629335087.
  19. "New KVAK on the Air" (PDF). No. Broadcasting. 1 September 1939. p. 89. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  20. "WCAR, Pontiac, Mich. Takes Air on 1100 kc" (PDF). Broadcasting. 1 January 1940. p. 22. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  21. John Dunning (7 May 1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. pp. 309. ISBN 978-0-19-977078-6.
  22. "Scenes as 7500 Attend Chick Webb Benefit". news.google.com. The Afro American. 17 February 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  23. Gerald Nachman (23 August 2000). Raised on Radio. University of California Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-520-22303-5.
  24. Christopher H. Sterling (2 December 2003). Encyclopedia of Radio 3-Volume Set. Routledge. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-135-45649-8.
  25. "Charles Dalmores, Former Opera Tenor. French Singer First Appeared in New York in 1906". The New York Times. 7 December 1939. Retrieved 14 December 2013. Charles Dalmores, formerly famous as an operatic tenor in the United States and Europe, died today in the Hollywood Hospital after a stroke. ...
  26. Richard W. Barber (2002). King Arthur in Music. DS Brewer. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-85991-767-4.
  27. The Listener. British Broadcasting Corporation. July 1939. p. 1270.
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