The year 1953 saw a number of significant happenings in
radio broadcasting history.
Events
1 January – In Ireland
Erskine Childers, the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, appoints a new executive council, Comhairle Radio Éireann, to take over day-to-day responsibility for the state broadcasting service.
15 January –
Harry Truman becomes the first President of the United States to broadcast his farewell address on radio and television.
19 March – For the first time the
Academy Awards ceremony (broadcast annually on radio since 1930) is also carried on television.
3 May – German international broadcaster
Deutsche Welle begins regular transmissions.
19 October – American CBS presenter
Arthur Godfrey dismisses singer
Julius La Rosa live on air on the radio-only segment of Godfrey's morning show.[1]
Bob Cruz, American disc jockey on
WABC from 1976 (d. 1995).
Deaths
9 November –
Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and radio broadcaster (b. 1914).
References
^Ahlfors, Elizabeth.
"Julie's Story". Juliuslarosa.com. Archived from
the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
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abcdCox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0-7864-3848-8. p. 6.