12 February –
WPAW Pawtucket, Rhode Island signs on for the first time.
1 March –
WBUR-FM on the air with studios and a 400 watt transmitter located at 84 Exeter Street in Boston.
1 March –
DZBB, a radio station owned by Republic Broadcasting Systems (later
GMA Network) in the Philippines begins broadcasting from its first studios in Calvo Bldg, Bindondo,
Manila.
19 April –
WTSA Brattleboro, Vermont signs on for the first time.
8 October –
WARA Attleboro, Massachusetts signs on for the first time.
Closings
6 January – Lora Lawson ends its run on network radio (
NBC).[1]
19 January – The Better Half ends its run on network radio (
Mutual).[2]
24 September –
Alan Colmes, American radio and television talk show host (died
2017).
Deaths
13 January – Thomas S. "Tommy" Lee, son of pioneering broadcaster
Don Lee, of a suicide. His death triggers the sale of the Don Lee Network (a station group including
KFRC AM/FM in San Francisco and
KHJ AM/
FM in Los Angeles) to
General Tire, forerunner of
RKO General.
2 September –
Frank Graham, American announcer for many programs and the star (following Jack Webb) of Jeff Regan, Investigator.[7]
References
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abcdeCox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0786438488. p. 6.
^Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN0141027150.
^"Meet Frank Sinatra". OTRRpedia. Old Time Radio Researchers Group. Archived from
the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Deaths, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0786438488.