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2012 Event - In the U.S., the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists merge to create the SAG-AFTRA union 2011 Event - Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicts May 21, 2011 at 6:00pm as the date of the Rapture for all Christians around the world 2011 Event - National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller resigns after a scandal involving NPR executives 2009 Death - Paul Harvey, radio broadcaster and news commentator, 'The Rest of the Story' 2005 Event - Radio Canada International celebrates its 60th anniversary 2004 Death - Alistair Cooke, radio commentator/author, Masterpiece Theater, dies at 95 2002 Death - Barry Took, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 2000 Death - Robert Trout, radio Methuselah, ", coined the term ""fireside chat"" to describe FDR's informal speeches, ", dies at 91 1999 Death - Jean Shepherd, writer/radio artist, ", In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, ", dies at 78 1998 Death - Johnny Roventini, pitchman, Phillip Morris radio and TV ads, dies at 88 1998 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston South Carolina on WAVF 96.1 FM 1998 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Indianapolis, Indiana on WNAP 93.1 FM 1997 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport, Iowa on KORB 93.5 FM 1997 Death - Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98 1997 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville, Kentucky on WTFX 100.5 FM 1997 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Montreal, Canada on CHOM 97.7 FM 1997 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toronto, Canada on CILQ 107.1 FM 1997 Death - Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61 1997 Event - Howard Stern is fired from radio station, KEGL Dallas, Texas 1997 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St. Paul on WRQC 100.3 FM 1997 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte North Carolina on WXRC 95.7 FM 1997 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft. Myers, Florida on WRXK 96.1 FM 1997 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville, North Carolina on WRCQ 103.5 FM 1997 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit, Michigan on WKRK 97.1 FM 1997 Death - Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92 1997 Death - Dennis Main Wilson, TV and radio producer, dies at 72 1997 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans, Louisiana on KKND 106.7 FM 1997 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus, Ohio on WBZX 99.7 FM 1996 Death - Leon Lewis, U.S. radio talk show host (WMCA, 1970-80), dies at 81 1996 Event - Howard Stern radio show premieres in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on WZMT 97.9 FM 1996 Event - Howard Stern radio show premieres in West Palm Beach, Florida on WCLB 95.5 FM 1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Panama City, Florida on WTBB 97.7 FM 1996 Death - Hugo Gryn, rabbi, broadcaster, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, leading voice in interfaith dialogue, dies at 66 1996 Death - Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer, dies at 91 1996 Death - Clay Jones, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener, dies at 72 1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse New York on WAQX 95.7 FM 1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo, Ohio on WBUZ 106.5 FM 1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis, Tennessee on WMFS 92.9 FM 1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford, Connecticut on WCCC 106.9 FM 1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids, Michigan on WKLQ 94.5 FM 1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno, California on KFRR 104.1 FM 1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno, Nevada on KRZQ 96.5 FM 1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin, Texas on KJFK 98.9 FM 1996 Event - Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast 1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York, Pennsylvania on WQXA 105.7 FM 1996 Event - WPAT FM New York City radio station switches to English-Spanish format 1995 Event - CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31 1995 Death - Benny Lee, entertainer, comedy actor, singer, appeared in radio comedy programs, including It's a Square World, appeared in episodes of Are You Being Served?, and the television series Minder, dies at 84 1995 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on WXDX 105.9 FM 1995 Event - Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M 1995 Event - Infinity Radio agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to U.S. Treasury 1995 Death - Pierre Schaeffer, composer/radio innovator, dies at 85 1995 Death - David Warrilow, actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60 1995 Death - Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49 1995 Death - Cleo Brown, pianist, performed on National Public Radio, dies at 91 1995 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago, Illinois on WCKG 105.9 FM 1995 Event - New York City agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNew York City AM and FM) 1995 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Phoenix, Arizona on KEDJ 106.3/100.3 FM 1994 Death - Herman H Felderhof, radio-announcer/head (NRU/NOS Radio), dies at 83 1994 Event - Radio personality Howard Stern talks a man out of attempting suicide 1994 Death - Jessie Kesson, author, novelist, radio producer, and playwright, dies at 77 1994 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft. Lauderdale / Miami, Florida on WBGG 105.9 FM 1994 Death - Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52 1994 Event - Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network 1994 Event - Larry King ended his radio show 1994 Event - Radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35) 1994 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Orlando, Florida on WTKS 104.1 FM 1994 Event - Radio personality Rush Limbaugh weds wife #3, Marta Fitzgerald 1994 Death - Luther Diamond, radio Personality, dies at 89 1994 Death - Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83 1993 Death - Jim McLaughlin, Buffalo radio newsman (WKBW), dies at 59 1993 Event - Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on WYAV 104.1 FM 1993 Event - Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems 1993 Event - Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcasting in El Paso, Texas 1993 Event - New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time 1993 Event - New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes 1993 Death - Bob Fitzsimmons, New York radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53 1993 Death - Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 1993 Event - Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney 1993 Death - Johan Bodegraven, radio host (Purses Open, Dikes Closed), dies at 78 1993 Event - Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester, New York 1993 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Rochester, New York on WNVE 95.1 FM 1993 Event - Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester, New York on WRQI 1993 Birthday - Ashley Jade Stern, daughter of radio personality Howard Stern 1993 Event - Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo, New York on WKBW 1992 Event - WNEW AM radio on 1130 in New York City ends transmitting after 58 years 1992 Event - WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in New York City 1992 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas, Nevada on KXTE 107.5 FM 1992 Event - Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada on KFBI 1992 Event - New York Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR 1992 Event - New York Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio 1992 Event - Howard Stern radio show begins broadcasting on WLUP-AM, Chicago, Illinois 1992 Event - Arecibo radio telescope begins Microwave search for occupied planets 1992 Event - Howard Stern radio show premieres in Albany, New York on WQBK 103.5 and 103.9 FM 1992 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcasting in Dallas, Texas on KGEL-FM 97.1 1992 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Cleveland, Ohio on WNCX 98.5 FM 1992 Death - Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies 1992 Death - Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies 1992 Death - Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98 1992 Event - Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin and TV-AM radio licenses 1992 Event - "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC 1991 Event - News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby 1991 Event - Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network on WJFK-AM 1991 Death - Andre Baruch, Radio/TV announcer dies at 83 1991 Event - Howard Stern adds a 4th radio market (KLSX FM-97.1 Los Angeles) 1991 Death - Dwight Weist, Radio actor/film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81 1991 Death - Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies 1991 Event - New York City's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio and Television" 1991 Death - Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72 1990 Event - KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions 1990 Event - KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions 1990 Event - Radio stations around world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon 1990 Event - Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors 1990 Death - Loretta Tupper, radio/TV entertainer, dies of cancer at 84 1990 Event - Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion 1990 Event - 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad 1990 Event - World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City 1989 Death - Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85 1989 Death - Conrad Beck, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, dies at 88 1989 Event - Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander 1989 Event - "Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (New York City) 1989 Event - At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio 1989 Death - Earl Nightingale, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs, dies 1989 Death - Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host, dies at 64 1988 Event - Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades 1988 Event - Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs 1988 Event - 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses 1988 Event - Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash 1988 Event - WNBC 660 final transmission, WFAN moves from 1050 to 660 and WUKQ begins on 1050 at 5:30 PM (New York City radio) 1988 Event - Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer 1988 Event - WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive 1988 Event - New York City WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of New Jersey Devils 1988 Event - WABC officially becomes the New Jersey Devils new home radio 1987 Event - New York City radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio 1987 Death - Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at 77 1987 Event - Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack 1986 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on WYSP 94.1 FM 1986 Event - Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City morning radio on WXRK 92.3 FM 1985 Event - Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons 1985 Event - U.S. began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti 1985 Death - Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53 1984 Event - During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" 1983 Event - Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip) 1983 Event - Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2) 1983 Event - Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air 1982 Event - CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years 1982 Event - NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features 1982 Death - Freeman "Amos" Gosden, U.S. radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83 1982 Event - Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building 1982 Event - FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo 1982 Event - ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) 1982 Event - ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations 1982 Event - WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network 1982 Event - ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations) 1982 Event - President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts 1982 Event - CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio 1982 Event - "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall 1982 Event - ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network 1981 Event - 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC) 1981 Event - Enterprise Radio (all sports) resigns air 1981 Event - RKO radio network is 1st to offer 2 separate overnight services 1981 Event - RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show 1981 Event - Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3 1981 Event - Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes 1981 Event - Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 1981 Birthday - Elijah Wood, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, Radio Flyer, Good Son 1980 Event - Mutaual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater 1980 Event - Very Large Array radio telescope network dedicated 1980 Death - Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77 1980 Birthday - Thomas Ian Nicholas, actor, Radio Flyer, Rookie of the Year 1980 Event - 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation 1980 Event - Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System 1980 Event - "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 105 performances 1979 Event - "1940's Radio Hour" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 105 performances 1979 Event - RKO radio network begins operation 1979 Event - Radio City Music Hall (New York City) reopens 1979 Event - Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80 1979 Event - Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres 1979 Event - Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3 1979 Event - Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting 1979 Event - Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80 1979 Event - Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS 1978 Death - Blanche Calloway, U.S. singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76 1978 Event - President Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio 1978 Event - Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words" 1978 Event - U.S. House of Representatives allows live radio coverage 1978 Event - Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington D.C. 1978 Event - Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio 1977 Event - Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered 1977 Event - NBC News and Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio 1977 Event - General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio 1977 Event - Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer 1976 Death - Frankie Darro, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men), dies at 58 1976 Event - Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove general theory of relativity 1976 Event - Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter 1975 Event - 1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music) 1975 Event - NBC News and Information Service, a 24 hour news service, premieres on radio 1975 Event - House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time 1974 Event - Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years 1974 Event - 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away 1974 Event - World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed 1974 Event - "CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio 1974 Event - NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead) 1973 Event - The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass 1973 Event - Nation Black Network begins operation on radio 1973 Death - Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84 1973 Event - NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit 1973 Event - CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day 1972 Event - Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres 1972 Event - "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio 1971 Event - CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts 1971 Event - Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting 1971 Birthday - Quintis "Chico" Ristie, Suriname radio host 1971 Event - Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed 1971 Event - All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations 1971 Event - Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" 1971 Event - Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM 1971 Event - National Emergency Center erroneously orders U.S. radio and TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes 1970 Death - Ralph W. Sockman, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S., dies at age 80 1970 Event - Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio 1970 Event - Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif) 1969 Event - Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV 1969 Birthday - Mica Paris, born in South London, England, born Michelle Wallen, rocker, singer, actress, radio and television presenter, known for 1988 debut platinum-selling album 'So Good' 1969 Event - BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th and last episode 1969 Event - Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS 1968 Event - After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio 1968 Event - Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion 1968 Event - Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched (o 450 m) 1968 Birthday - Ritchie Woodhall, born in Woodside, Telford, England, boxer, athlete, television and radio broadcaster, bronze medal winer, 1988 Seoul Olympics, 1990 Gold Commonwealth Games 1968 Event - CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA 1968 Event - Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting 1968 Event - Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission 1968 Event - ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM) 1967 Event - The 1st pulsating radio source (pulsar) detected 1967 Event - 1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester) 1967 Event - CBS radio cancels "House Party" 1967 Event - BBC starts their own popular music radio station 1967 Event - Radio Malta stops testing 1967 Event - WCBS radio in New York City goes all-news 1967 Event - Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air 1967 Death - Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75 1967 Death - Max Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator, dies at 75 1967 Event - BBC starts their World Radio Club 1967 Event - Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off 1967 Event - Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down 1967 Event - Tom Donahue, San Francisco dj begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM) 1966 Event - Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colorado 1966 Event - Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland 1966 Event - Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission 1966 Event - Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting 1966 Event - Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW 1966 Event - Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting 1966 Event - BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island 1965 Event - Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up 1965 Event - ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report 1965 Event - 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in New York City) begins operating 1965 Event - 1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite 1964 Event - American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded 1964 Event - Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission 1964 Event - 1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire 1964 Event - 1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire 1963 Event - Dear Abby show premieres on CBS radio (runs 11 years) 1963 Event - Murray The K, a New York DJ plays "She Loves You" on the radio 1963 Event - Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie," radio stations label it obscene 1963 Event - 1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio 1963 Birthday - Dave Koz, born in Encino, California, saxophonist, compared to David Sanborn, musician, radio host, played on CBS' The Pat Sajak Show, host of Dave Koz Morning Show with Pat Prescott, on a smooth jazz station in Los Angeles 1962 Event - U.S.S.R. launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars 1962 Event - Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated 1962 Event - U.S. National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope 1962 Event - 1st quasar located by radio 1962 Event - Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit 1962 Event - Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio 1962 Event - Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio 1961 Event - Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36 1961 Event - Carol Burnette - Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio 1961 Event - CBS radio cancels "Gunsmoke" 1961 Death - Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee and Molly), dies at 62 1961 Birthday - Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster, Suriname TV/Radio 1960 Event - CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes 1960 Event - CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel" 1960 Event - "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio 1960 Event - CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series 1960 Event - Radio - TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers 1960 Event - "Flair" (CBS' answer to Monitor) premieres on radio with Dick Van Dyke 1960 Birthday - Ian Hislop, born in Mumbles, Wales, writer, editor, Private Eye magazine, broadcaster, radio, television, team captain on BBC's 'Have I Got News for You' 1960 Event - WRCA radio changes call letters back to WNBC (New York City) 1960 Event - Alan Freed and eight other DJ accused of taking radio payola 1960 Event - Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center 1960 Birthday - Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host, Radio KBC 1960 Birthday - Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist, I Watched it on the Radio 1959 Event - Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles) 1958 Event - 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere") 1958 Event - KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions 1958 Event - Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy 1958 Event - Alan Freed joins WABC (New York City) radio 1958 Event - Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting 1958 Event - Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission 1957 Event - Vatican Radio begins broadcasting 1957 Event - Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV 1957 Event - WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions 1957 Event - Larry King's 1st radio broadcast 1957 Birthday - Amy Goodman, born in Bay Shore, New York, journalist, author, host of 'Democracy Now!' public radio news program, focusing on peace, human rights movements 1956 Birthday - Charly McClain, born in Jackson, Tennessee, country singer, Radio Heart 1956 Death - Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61 1955 Event - WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's) 1955 Birthday - Tony Snow, born in Kentucky, political commentator, columnist, radio, television news anchor, White House Press Secretary 1955 Birthday - Mike Smith, born in Britain, British DJ, radio presenter, racing car driver, pilot, businessman, Breakfast Show Presenter of BBC Radio One 1986 - 1988, used on-air nickname 'Smithy' 1955 Birthday - Janice Long, British radio host, Crash FM 1955 Event - 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent 1954 Event - "The Shadow," airs for last time on radio 1954 Event - WNBC radio changes call letters to WRCA (New York City) 1954 Birthday - Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer, Evening Rush Hour 1954 Birthday - Al Sharpton, born in Brooklyn, New York, African American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, 2004 candidate for President, host of 'Keepin' It Real' radio show 1954 Event - Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to New York City for WINS radio 1954 Birthday - Alison Stern, wife of radio personality Howard Stern, Private Parts 1954 Birthday - Curtis Sliwa, founder, Guardian Angels, radio personality, WABC 1954 Death - Edwin Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63 1954 Birthday - Richard Manitoba, born in The Bronx, New York, born Richard Blum, nicknamed 'Handsome Dick', musician, punk rock genre, vocalist, radio personality, lead singer for The Dictators, MC5 1954 Birthday - Howard Stern, born in Roosevelt, New York, Radio's Bad Boy 1953 Birthday - Roy Ristie, Suriname/Netherlands radio host, Apintie, Kankantrie 1953 Event - Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno 1953 Event - "Amos 'n Andy," TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS 1953 Birthday - Eric Bogosian, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, actor, Talk Radio 1953 Birthday - Judi Spiers, born in Britain, Judith Marilyn Spiers, British radio and television presenter, hosted Mr TSW and Miss TSW local beauty contests for new south-west station TSW, appeared in six editions of daytime chat show, presented on Open Air, a BBC1 access television program, in 1986, and Pebble Mill program 1992- 1995, presenter, BBC Radio Devon since 2005 1952 Death - Albert van Raalte, conductor, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, dies at 62 1952 Death - Maria Matos, Portuguese actress (Menina da Radio), dies at 61 1952 Birthday - Robin Quivers, radio/TV personality, Howard Stern's sidekick 1952 Birthday - Dominic Muldowney, born in Southampton, England, composer, created television, film scores for Loose Connections, King Lear, radio work, theater music, created large-scale oboe concerto, versatile has created music for David Bowie, Royal Academy of Music teacher 1952 Event - "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV 1951 Birthday - Richard Skinner, born in Portsmouth, England, British DJ, radio and television broadcaster, lead presenter on flagship programs 'Top of the Pops', 'Top 40 Show', 'Whistle Test' 1951 Event - Bob and Ray show premieres on NBC radio 1951 Event - Leidse astronomers discover radio signal out of Milky Way system 1951 Event - Gene Rayburn and Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio 1951 Birthday - Rick Dees, radio disc jock, KIIS LA 1951 Birthday - Nicholas Kenyon, controller, BBC Radio 3 1951 Event - Netherlands Radio School forms 1951 Event - Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio 1951 Birthday - Rush Limbaugh, born in Girardeau, Missouri, radio personality 1950 Event - Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast 1950 Event - Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time 1950 Birthday - Alan Colmes, born in New York City, New York, radio and television host, liberal political commentator, host of 'The Alan Colmes Show', runs 'Liberaland' blog 1950 Birthday - Doug Tract, born in Bronx, New York, radio DJ, Greaseman 1950 Birthday - David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful 1950 Death - Karl G Jansky, Czechoslovakian discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies at 44 1949 Event - WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta 1949 Event - BBC radio begins broadcasting 1949 Event - "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 and 1967 1949 Event - Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio, KFI in Los Angeles 1949 Event - Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio 1948 Birthday - Donna Summer, Boston, singer, Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio 1948 Event - Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated (Washington D.C.) 1948 Event - Radio Denmark begins transmitting 1948 Event - Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced, Bell Labs 1948 Event - Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast 1948 Event - "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio 1947 Birthday - Simon Bates, born in Birmingham, English, UK disc jockey, worked at BBC Radio 1 1976 - 1993, and Classic FM 1947 Birthday - Ursula Krechel, born in Trier, Germany, writer, poet, radio dramatist, winner, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 2009, works include, 'Der Ubergriff' 1947 Event - "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio 1947 Event - Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years 1947 Event - Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio 1947 Event - CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3" 1947 Event - Netherlands Radio Union forms 1946 Birthday - Patti Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock vocalist, Radio Ethiopia 1946 Birthday - Hans Hoekman, Dutch radio play actor 1946 Death - Herman de Man, Salomon H Hamburger, author/Radio Orange, dies 1946 Event - WABC becomes WCBS radio in New York City 1946 Event - WEAF radio changes call letters to WNBC (New York City) 1946 Event - "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio 1946 Birthday - Felix Meurders, Dutch radio host 1946 Birthday - Marga van Praag, Dutch radio hostess 1946 Event - Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins 1946 Event - Fred Allen's last radio show, his guest is Jack Benny 1946 Death - Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71 1946 Birthday - Ronald Farrow, radio producer and priest 1945 Event - HUAC begins investigation of 7 radio commentators 1945 Event - "Meet the Press" premieres on radio 1945 Event - Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually 1945 Event - William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) British radio traitor charged with treason 1945 Birthday - Dave Lee Travis, born in Derbyshire, England, radio presenter, stage name DLT, hosted shows on Garrison Radio, BBC Radio 1, Magic Network, DAB Digital Radio 1945 Event - Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated 1945 Event - Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II 1945 Event - "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio 1945 Event - Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission 1945 Event - Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops 1945 Event - Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion 1944 Death - Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25 1944 Event - "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debut on CBS radio 1944 Event - 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland 1944 Event - Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio 1944 Birthday - Judith A Bosch, Dutch radio/TV-hostess, Tweekamp, Zeskamp 1944 Birthday - John Heard, actor, Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big 1944 Death - Hendrik W van Loon, Netherlands/U.S. radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 1943 Event - Anti-nazi Clandestine Radio Soldatsender Calais begins transmitting 1943 Event - "Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio 1943 Event - Blue Ribbon Town (with Groucho Marx) 1st heard on CBS Radio 1943 Event - Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiere on radio 1943 Event - Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade" 1943 Event - Clandestine Radio Atlantiksender, Germany, 1st transmission 1943 Death - Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56 1942 Event - Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission 1942 Event - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service 1942 Birthday - Garrison Keillor, born in Minnesota, PBS radio personality, Prairie Home Companion 1942 Birthday - Pallo Jordan, South African ANC member/heads, Radio Freedom 1942 Event - Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" 1942 Event - J. S. Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun 1942 Event - Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies 1942 Event - "Woman of the Year," starring Hepburn and Tracy opens at Radio City 1941 Birthday - Dan Hicks, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, singer, songwriter, performed with dance bands, performed on Time Out For Teens radio program, part of San Francisco's folk music scene 1941 Event - Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Japanese war fleet 1941 Birthday - Daniel Pinkwater, born in Memphis, Tennessee, author, children's books, critic, commentator, National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Saturday 1941 Birthday - Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio/TV-host, Paul Meier Show 1941 Event - Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio 1941 Event - 1st U.S. radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers" 1941 Event - Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason 1941 Birthday - Ed Stewart, born in Exmouth, Devon, England, 'Stewpot', radio broadcaster 1941 Event - WPAT radio in New Jersey begins broadcasting (country music format) 1941 Event - 1st U.S. commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee 1941 Event - NSB'er Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio 1940 Event - 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0 1940 Event - "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net 1940 Event - Radio Orange, London begins 1940 Birthday - Don Imus, radio disc jockey, WNBC 1940 Event - "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio 1940 Event - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio 1940 Event - 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr. Malone" on CBS 1940 Event - 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio 1940 Event - 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS 1940 Event - 1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS 1940 Event - FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal 1939 Event - Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service 1939 Event - Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio 1939 Event - Lord Haw-Haw becomes radio host of Reichsrundfunk Berlin 1939 Event - Radio New York Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission 1939 Event - Staged "Polish" assault on radio station in Gleiwitz 1938 Event - W9XZY broadcasts facsimile of St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio 1938 Event - 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over U.S. radio (by Father Coughlin) 1938 Event - Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming" 1938 Death - L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73 1938 Event - New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" 1938 Event - 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC 1938 Event - Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network 1938 Event - NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony 1938 Birthday - Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO, VARA Radio/TV 1937 Event - Mae West performs Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio 1937 Event - Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio 1937 Event - NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio 1937 Event - 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA) 1937 Death - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies 1937 Event - Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio 1937 Event - Governer Wouters inaugurates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles 1937 Birthday - Paul Bailey, born in England, novelist, George Orewell prize-winner, lecturer at North Dakota State University, writer in residence, Kingston University, wrote At The Jerusalem, radio and television plays, and non-fiction books 1937 Event - 1st broadcast of Soap Opera "Guiding Light" on NBC radio 1936 Birthday - Hans Zender, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, composer, conductor, music professor, Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Southwest German Radio guest conductor 1936 Event - Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio 1936 Event - "Professor Quiz," 1st radio quiz show premieres 1936 Event - Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign 1936 Event - Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am) 1936 Event - AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens 1936 Event - 1st 50 KW U.S. radio station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1936 Event - "Lux Radio Theater" moved from New York City to Hollywood 1936 Birthday - Tom Snyder, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, radio, television, news anchor, famous for 'The Late Late Show' 1936 Event - 1st parliamentary debate on New Zealand radio 1936 Event - "Green Hornet" radio show is 1st heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit 1935 Birthday - Charles Shere, born in Berkeley, California, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp' 1935 Death - Charles Shere, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp', dies 1935 Event - 1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast 1935 Event - 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee and Molly" 1935 Event - "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio 1935 Event - 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York 1935 Event - Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network 1935 Event - "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio 1935 Event - Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue" 1934 Birthday - David Warrilow, actor, Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink 1934 Event - "The Aldrich Family" premieres on radio 1934 Event - "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres 1934 Event - Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia) 1934 Event - "It Happened One Night," opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall 1933 Birthday - Larry King, New York City, radio/TV host "143 Arivadechi", Larry King Show, CNN 1933 Event - 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington 1933 Event - 1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, New York 1933 Birthday - Danny Aiello, born in New York City, actor, Moonstruck, Radio Days 1933 Event - Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington D.C. 1933 Event - Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address 1933 Event - Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission 1933 Event - "King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy New York City 1933 Birthday - Claude King, born in Keithville, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, performed on Louisiana Hayride television and radio show, billed alongside Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Tex Ritter 1933 Event - "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio 1932 Event - Radio City Music Hall opens (New York City) 1932 Event - "Adv of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network 1932 Event - Groucho Marx performed on radio for 1st time 1932 Event - "Fred Allen Show" premieres on radio 1932 Event - Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech 1932 Event - "Betty and Bob" premieres on radio 1932 Birthday - Charles Stanley, born in Dry Fork, Virginia, senior pastor, founder of In Touch Ministries, created globally syndicated religious broadcasts, appearing in 500 radio stations, 300 television stations, in 49 languages 1932 Event - Philips makes 1 millionth radio 1932 Event - Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) 1932 Birthday - Casey Kasem, born in Detroit, Michigan, radio personality, American Top 40 1932 Event - Jack Benny debuts on radio 1932 Event - 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD) 1932 Birthday - Nand Baert, Belgian radio/TV-host 1931 Event - New Yorks's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio 1931 Event - 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University 1931 Birthday - Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host 1931 Birthday - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, U.S.S.R. State Radio 1931 Event - Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS 1930 Birthday - G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, head CIA/ate a rat/Watergate felon/radio host 1930 Event - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio 1930 Event - Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons 1930 Event - New York City College offers 1st course in radio advertising 1930 Birthday - D[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author, Synthajoy, Radio Plays 1930 Event - 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY 1930 Birthday - Hugo Gryn, born in Britain, rabbi, broadcaster, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, leading voice in interfaith dialogue 1930 Birthday - Patricia Lindop, radio biologist 1930 Birthday - June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist, World of Islands 1930 Event - 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a ship at sea 1930 Event - WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia South Carolina begins radio transmissions 1930 Event - 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit) 1929 Event - 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on U.S. radio 1929 Event - Rudy Vallee's Fleishmann Hour begins broadcasting on NBC radio 1929 Event - WOR (New York City) ends affiliation with CBS radio network 1929 Event - AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down 1929 Event - WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions 1929 Event - KLO-AM in Ogden, Utah begins radio transmissions 1929 Event - KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions 1929 Event - WHP-AM in Harrisburg Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions 1929 Event - KID-AM in Idaho Falls, Idaho begins radio transmissions 1929 Event - KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions 1929 Event - "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio 1929 Event - KDB-AM in Santa Barbara, California begins radio transmissions 1929 Event - CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City 1928 Event - NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network 1928 Event - WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia begins radio transmissions 1928 Event - KXO-AM in El Centro California begins radio transmissions 1928 Event - WGL-AM in Ft. Wayne IN begins radio transmissions 1928 Event - WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions 1928 Event - WOL-AM in Washington D.C. begins radio transmissions 1928 Birthday - Wim Bosboom, Dutch radio/TV host 1928 Event - KOH-AM in Reno NV begins radio transmissions 1928 Birthday - Willem Duys, Dutch radio/TV host 1928 Event - AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms 1928 Event - Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards 1928 Birthday - Barry Took, born in Muswell Hill, North London, England, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 1928 Event - KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions 1928 Event - KGB-AM in San Diego, California begins radio transmissions 1928 Event - "Amos and Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) 1928 Event - 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US 1928 Event - Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Netherlands) 1927 Event - Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN 1927 Birthday - Ray Stern, mother of radio personality Howard Stern 1927 Event - 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is New York City affiliate) 1927 Event - President Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC) 1927 Event - 1st U.S. radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts" 1927 Event - KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions 1927 Event - Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th New York City 1926 Event - KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions 1926 Event - KYA-AM in San Francisco, California begins radio transmissions 1926 Event - WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions 1926 Event - 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS) 1926 Event - KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions 1926 Event - KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions 1926 Event - 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC) 1926 Event - AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (New York City) 1926 Event - National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America 1926 Event - VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms 1926 Event - 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic 1926 Event - Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms 1925 Event - Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn 1925 Event - 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast) 1925 Event - VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam 1925 Event - KUT-AM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions 1925 Event - WSM-AM in Nashville, Tennessee begins radio transmissions 1925 Event - WJR-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions 1925 Event - KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions 1925 Event - Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms 1925 Event - 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN) 1925 Event - 1st transmission of Danish state radio 1925 Event - WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts) 1925 Event - KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions 1925 Event - President Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations 1925 Birthday - Pier Tania, Meinte Piet, radio/TV host, ANP, De Bezetting 1924 Event - 1st radio transmission of NCRV in Netherlands 1924 Event - KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions 1924 Event - 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC) 1924 Event - Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms 1924 Event - Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow 1924 Event - 1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, U.S. - England 1924 Birthday - Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host 1924 Event - NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms 1924 Event - 1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal 1924 Event - WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany NY 1924 Event - 1st political convention broadcast on radio - Republicans at Cleveland 1924 Birthday - Desmond Carrington, British radio host, Jim-Calamity the Cow 1924 Birthday - Antony Hewish, radio astronomer 1924 Event - WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions 1924 Event - WLS-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions 1924 Event - WGN-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions 1924 Event - 1st foreign language course broadcast on U.S. radio (WJZ, New York City) 1924 Event - 1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago 1924 Event - KGO-AM in San Francisco, California begins radio transmissions 1923 Event - 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester 1923 Event - WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show) 1923 Event - 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington D.C.) 1923 Event - Radio Belgium's 1st transmission 1923 Birthday - Clay Jones, born in England, horticulturalist, broadcaster, Chairman of the program Gardener's Question Time on BBC Radio 4, voted tenth alongside Carol Klein as the nation's all-time favorite gardener 1923 Event - Radio Times 1st published 1923 Event - WRC-AM in Washington D.C. begins radio transmissions 1923 Event - 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF New York and WMAF Mass) 1923 Event - WMC-AM in Memphis Tennessee begins radio transmissions 1923 Event - 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies 1922 Event - BBC sends 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas" 1922 Event - BBC Radio began daily newscasts 1922 Event - BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House 1922 Event - 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game 1922 Event - 1st radio link, WNJ (Newark) and WGY (Senectady) link for World Series 1922 Event - For 1st time, entire World Series broadcast over radio (WJZ and WGY) 1922 Event - Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) 1922 Event - WEAF in New York City airs 1st radio commercia, Queensboro Realty, $100 for 10 minutes 1922 Event - AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (New York City) 1922 Event - 1st "old time" musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta) 1922 Event - President Harding is 1st U.S. president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore 1922 Event - WHB-AM in Kansas City Missouri begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - KNX-AM in Los Angeles, California begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station 1922 Event - KOB-AM in Albuquerque, New Mexico begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WDZ-AM in Decatur, Illinois begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls 1922 Event - KFI-AM in Los Angeles California begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - KMJ-AM in Fresno California begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WIP-AM in Philadelphia Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WBT-AM in Charlotte North Carolina begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) 1922 Event - KGU-AM in Honolulu Hawaii begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WRR-AM in Dallas Texas begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WWJ-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WLW-AM in Cincinnati OH begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference 1922 Event - WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer 1922 Event - WOC-AM in Davenport, Iowa begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - Radio arrives at the White House 1922 Event - WGY-AM in Schenectady New York begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - KQV-AM in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions 1921 Event - KWG-AM in Stockton California begins radio transmissions 1921 Event - KYW-AM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions 1921 Event - 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yankees beat Giants 3-0 1921 Event - WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions 1921 Event - 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) 1921 Event - Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co 1921 Event - KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee) 1921 Birthday - Earl Nightingale, born in Los Angeles, California, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs 1921 Event - 1st religious service radio broadcast in U.S., KDKA-Pittsburgh 1920 Birthday - Ricardo Montalban, born in Mexico, American radio, television, film actor, Mr. Roarke in 'Fantasy Island' television show 1920 Event - KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station 1920 Event - Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins 1920 Event - Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight 1920 Event - Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air 1920 Event - 1st U.S. coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting 1920 Event - Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation 1920 Event - Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio 1919 Event - 1st Dutch radio program: Soiree Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" 1919 Event - Ir Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soiree-musical" on Dutch radio 1919 Event - Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created 1918 Birthday - Frankie Darro, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men 1918 Birthday - Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer/astronomer royal, 1972-82 1918 Birthday - Paul Harvey, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, radio broadcaster and news commentator, 'Rest of the Story' 1918 Birthday - Peter Aryans, PCJ Vander, Dutch radio actor, Shoot Out 1917 Birthday - Kees Schilperoort, Dutch radio/TV host 1917 Birthday - Bea Wain, U.S. singer/radio host, Lucky Strike Hit Parade 1916 Birthday - Jessie Kesson, born in Scotland, Jessie Grant McDonald, author, novelist, radio producer, and playwright 1916 Birthday - Barry Gray, Bernard Yaroslaw, interviewer, started call-in radio 1915 Event - 1st transcontinental radio telephone message is sent 1914 Birthday - Richard Widmark, born in Minnesota, American actor in films, theater, radio, television 1913 Birthday - Percy Thrower, English radio host 1912 Birthday - Kenny Baker, radio singer and actor, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back 1912 Birthday - Brian Johnston, cricketer, BBC radio commentator and cake connoisseur 1911 Birthday - Grote Reber, U.S., astronomer, 1st parabolic radio telescope 1911 Birthday - Benny Lee, born in Glasgow, Scotland, entertainer, comedy actor, singer, appeared in radio comedy programs, including It's a Square World, appeared in episodes of Are You Being Served?, and the television series Minder 1910 Event - 1st radio contest held (Philadelphia) 1909 Birthday - Cleo Brown, born in Mississippi, pianist, vocalist, stage name Cleo Patra Brown, performed on National Public Radio, stride piano playing was compared to Fats Waller 1909 Birthday - Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English radio comic/actor, Phoenix 1909 Event - 1st radio rescue at sea 1908 Event - Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubblefield 1907 Event - Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York) 1907 Birthday - Arlene Francis, Boston, radio/TV host, What's My Line? 1907 Event - 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired 1906 Event - Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass) 1906 Event - International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help 1906 Event - U.S. inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting 1906 Event - Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) 1906 Birthday - Lanny Ross, Seattle, radio singer, Show Boat, The Swift Show 1906 Event - 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile 1905 Birthday - Karl Jansky, Czechoslovakia, discoverer, cosmic radio emissions in 1932 1905 Birthday - Luther Diamond, radio personality 1905 Birthday - Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer 1904 Birthday - Paul Arma, born in Budapest, born Weisshaus Imre, pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, studied under Bela Bartok, piano soloist with Radio Paris 1904 Birthday - Godfrey Baseley, radio executive 1904 Event - Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st International radio distress signal 1903 Birthday - Arthur Godfrey, New York City, radio/TV host, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout 1903 Birthday - Bernard Lovell, England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank 1903 Event - 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between U.S. and England 1902 Event - Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn 1901 Event - Marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal, England to US 1901 Event - Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld 1901 Birthday - Conrad Beck, born in Lohn, Switzerland, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, composed concertos, symphonies, oratorio, elegy, instrumental, vocal music, and one ballet 1900 Birthday - Graham Spry, St. Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer 1899 Birthday - Mary Margaret McBride, Paris, Missouri, radio personality, WOR-AM, New York City 1899 Birthday - Freeman Gosden, Richmond, Virginia, radio actor, Amos-Amos 'n' Andy 1899 Birthday - Goodman Ace, radio/TV actor/columnist/humorist, Better of Goodman 1898 Event - Guglielmo Marconi patents radio 1898 Birthday - Herman de Man, Salomon H Hamburger, Dutch writer/Radio Orange 1898 Birthday - Marian Jordan, Peoria, Illinois, radio comedienne, Fibber McGee and Molly 1896 Birthday - Jim Jordan, Peoria, Illinois, radio comedian, Fibber McGee 1896 Event - Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio 1894 Birthday - Fred Allen, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Fred Allen Radio Show 1893 Birthday - Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/radio play director, Paul Vlaanderen 1891 Event - Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio) 1891 Birthday - Max Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator 1891 Birthday - David Sarnoff, U.S., radio/TV pioneer/CEO, RCA 1890 Birthday - Edwin Armstrong, born in New York City, radio pioneer inventor, FM 1890 Birthday - Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, Pentecostal, radio preacher 1890 Birthday - Maria Matos, Lisbon Portugal, actress, Menina da Radio 1889 Birthday - Ralph W. Sockman, born in New York, New York, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S. 1888 Birthday - Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder, AVRO 1886 Birthday - Louis Hazeltine, inventor, neutrodyne circuit, making radio possible 1886 Birthday - Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director, Artis 1882 Birthday - John Lowry, Mount Vernon, New York, New York City builder, Radio City Music Hall 1876 Birthday - Nico[laas P] de Jong, Dutch radio play actor, Laughter and Tears 1874 Birthday - Edward Bowes, radio host, Major Bowes Amateur Hour 1874 Birthday - Guglielmo Marconi, born in Bologna, Italy, inventor, radio, Nobel 1909 1873 Birthday - Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor, Audion vacuum, radio, tube 1872 Event - Mahlon Loomis patents wireless radio 1865 Birthday - L H Perquin, Dutch religious radio speaker 1857 Birthday - Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast and receive radio waves 1851 Birthday - Oliver Joseph Lodge, born in England, early radio pioneer |
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