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Overview of the events of 1928 in radio
The year 1928 saw a number of significant events in
radio broadcasting history.
Events
1 January –
Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep begins broadcasting in the
Netherlands .
[1]
2 January – The
BBC broadcasts
The Daily Service – a 15-minute act of Christian worship – for the first time, from its Savoy Hill studios in London. The programme will still be broadcast five mornings a week on
BBC Radio 4 (LW) as of 2020.
[2]
30 January – First
radiotelephone connection between the Netherlands and the
United States .
[3]
25 March – Italian radio broadcasts its first live football commentary: the game is an international match between Italy and Hungary.
27 March –
KGB (AM) in
San Diego begins broadcasting.
[4]
2 May –
KPQ (AM) in
Wenatchee ,
Washington begins broadcasting.
[5]
7 July – The French government issues an order limiting the list of private radio stations permitted to continue broadcasting to:
Poste Parisien ,
Radio Agen ,
Radio Béziers ,
Radio Bordeaux Sud-Ouest ,
Radio Juan-les-Pins ,
Radio LL ,
Radio Lyon ,
Radio Mont-de-Marsan ,
Radio Montpellier ,
Radio Nîmes ,
Radio Paris ,
Radio Toulouse , and
Radio Vitus .
[6]
13 September –
KOH-AM in
Reno ,
Nevada begins broadcasting.
[7]
28 October –
Radio Ljubljana begins regularly programmed transmissions.
1 November – The first official broadcast in
Romanian is aired by the Societatea de Difuziune Radiotelefonică (
Radiotelephonic Broadcasting Company ) in
Bucharest .
[8]
11 November –
General Order 40 is implemented by the United States government; this allows the classification of each allocation in the AM band as either "Local," "Regional," or "Clear." This allows for the creation of
clear-channel stations broadcasting at maximum power at night.
20 November –
WGH (AM) in
Newport News ,
Virginia begins broadcasting.
[12]
23 December –
NBC sets up its first permanent, coast-to-coast radio network.
[13]
Debuts
3 January –
The Voice of Firestone (1928–1956), a classical-music program, debuts on
NBC .
4 January –
The Dodge Victory Hour , a variety show, debuts on NBC.
19 March –
Amos 'n' Andy debuts through the
NBC Blue Network , broadcasting from
WMAQ-AM , a radio station owned by the
Chicago Daily News .
[14]
November – Live broadcast of
National Service of Remembrance in
Whitehall , London, first made by the
BBC .
19 November –
Happy Station Show (1928–1995), hosted by Eddy Startz from 1928 until 1970.
24 December – First broadcast of Festival of
Nine Lessons and Carols from
King's College Chapel, Cambridge , by the BBC.
[15]
Radio calisthenics (ラジオ体操, rajio taisō ), daily exercises, first broadcast on
NHK in Japan,
Endings
Births
16 January –
Menchu Álvarez del Valle ,
Spanish radio journalist (died
2021 )
21 May –
Tom Donahue , pioneering
American
rock and roll
radio
disc jockey and
freeform rock pioneer (died
1975 )
6 June –
R. D. Wingfield ,
English radio dramatist and detective novelist (died
2007 )
19 June –
Barry Took , English comedy writer and broadcast presenter (died
2002 )
2 July –
John Timpson , English radio news presenter (died
2005 )
17 August –
Willem Duys ,
Dutch radio/television host
[17] (died
2011 )
17 September –
Brian Matthew , English disc jockey (died
2017 )
20 October –
Michael O'Donnell , English physician, journalist, medical campaigner and broadcaster (died
2019 )
9 November –
Wim Bosboom , Dutch radio/
television host
[18]
References