This is a list of events from
British radio in 1920.
Events
January – The first informal and spasmodic broadcasts in the United Kingdom are made by the
Marconi Company from
Chelmsford in Essex. These broadcasts include both speech and music.[1]
23 February–6 March – The
Marconi Company broadcasts from Chelmsford a series of 30-minute shows repeated twice daily. These include live music performances.[1]
15 June – Australian soprano Dame
Nellie Melba becomes history's first well-known professional performer to make a radio broadcast when she sings two arias as part of the series of Marconi broadcasts from Chelmsford.[1]
November – The Marconi broadcasts from Chelmsford cease after it is claimed they interfere with aircraft and ship communications.[1] They resume in
1922 regularly as
2MT.
Births
5 February –
Frank Muir, comedy writer (died 1998)
2 April –
Ian Messiter, panel game creator (died 1999)