12 January – Radio-Cité transmits (under its initial title of Autour de la table) the first episode of the long-running daily serial La Famille Duraton, which will continue on various stations until 1966.
16 May –
Roy Hudd (died
2020), English comedy performer.
1 August –
Laurie Taylor, English sociologist and radio presenter.
4 September –
Wayne Cody (died 2002), American radio and television
sportscaster who spends the bulk of his career at
KIRO in
Seattle, Washington.
11 September –
Roger Barkley (died
1997), American radio personality and
talk show host, best remembered for his work with
Al Lohman as part of The Lohman and Barkley Show on
KFILos Angeles, California.
20 November –
Bill Wallis (died
2013), English character actor.
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