1931 in radio
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The year 1931 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.
Events
- 23 April – Inauguration of the Swiss national medium-wave transmitter at Sottens by the French-language Société Romande de Radiophonie (SRR) and Radio-Genève.
- 30 April – In France the Poste Colonial (also known as "Radio Coloniale") begins broadcasting to the French colonies from a shortwave transmitter at Pontoise.
- 1 May – The Los Angeles Police Department's KGPL begins broadcasting.
- 11 May – The Pittsburgh Police begin broadcasting with "radio patrol cars" and the region's first emergency band.
- 24 May – Polskie Radio begins transmitting its national programme from a new long-wave station at Raszyn, outside Warsaw. It is the most powerful transmitter in Europe at the time.
- 24-30 July- Jehovah's Witnesses make the most extensive radio chain broadcast ever to air up to 1931. The broadcast was a portion of a convention held in Columbus, Ohio, USA. The convention was broadcast via more than 450 radio stations in Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States.
- 18 October - NBC replaces its NBC-Pacific nine-station network with two five-station networks, known informally as the Orange and Gold networks. Orange comprises KGO, Oakland; KFI, Los Angeles; KGW, Portland, KOMO, Seattle, and KHQ, Spokane. Gold comprises KPO, San Francisco; KECA, Los Angeles; KEX, Portland; KRJ, Seattle; and KGA, Spokane.[1]
- 10 October - William Randolph Hearst buys WGBS, which was later named WINS after Hearst's International News Service.[2]
- 1 November - NBC acquires half-interest in WMAQ, Chicago, Illinois, from the Chicago Daily News.[3]
- (undated) November - KGKF, Little Rock, Arkansas, changes call letters to KARK.[4]
Debuts
- (undated) - Harold Teen debuts on WGN, Chicago, Illinois. [5]
- 4 January - The Fred Waring Show debuts on NBC.[6]
- 27 January – Clara, Lu, and Em, the first daytime radio serial, debuts on the NBC Blue Network as a late-evening program.[6] On 15 February 1932, the show moves to its morning time slot.
- 5 February – Eddie Cantor has his first radio appearance on Rudy Vallee's The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour.
- 26 April - The Carnation Contented Hour debuts on NBC West Coast.[7]
- 21 May - The Witch's Tale debuts on WOR (AM).[7]
- 1 June - The Camel Quarter-Hour debuts on CBS.[7]
- 2 September – Bing Crosby makes his solo debut on network radio and remains on air with at least one weekly show until the fall of 1962.
- 11 October - The American Album of Familiar Music debuts on NBC.[7]
- 16 October - The Boswell Sisters program debuts on CBS.[7]
- 26 October - Alice Joy, the Dream Singer debuts on NBC.[7]
- 3 November - WJMS, Ironwood, Michigan, begins broadcasting.[8]
- 25 December – The Metropolitan Opera begins broadcasting its regular Saturday afternoon performances on the NBC Blue Network.
Closings
- 30 October - The Federal Communications Commission ordered WJAZ and WCHI, both in the Chicago, Illinois, area, off the air in order to allow full-time operation for WCKY, Covington, Kentucky.[9]
- 18 December - The Federal Communications Commission ordered WOQ, Kansas City, Missouri, and WMAK, Buffalo, New York, off the air -- WOQ "to make way for KFH, Wichita, Kansas" and WMAK "because of an unsatisfactory showing of public interest" as reported in Broadcasting.[10]
Births
- 30 January - Conrad Binyon, who played the mayor's ward, Butch, in Mayor of the Town.[6]
- 18 August – Bernard "Buddy" Diliberto, (died 2005), sports commentator in New Orleans for over 50 years.
- 2 September – Michael Dante, American radio talk show host, actor, stage and screen director and former professional athlete.
References
- ↑ "Two Pacific Coast Networks Are Formed By the NBC After Buying Four Stations" (PDF). Broadcasting. 1 November 1931. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ "Hearst Buys WBGS Plans Improvement" (PDF). Broadcasting. 15 October 1931. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "NBC Acquires WMAQ". Broadcasting in Chicato, 1921-1989. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ↑ "KARK New Call" (PDF). Broadcasting. 1 December 1931. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. Pp. 145-146.
- 1 2 3 Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
- ↑ "Voice of Iron Range" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 15, 1932. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ "Six More Stations Ordered Silenced" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 1, 1931. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ "Two More Stations Ordered Deleted" (PDF). Broadcasting. 1 January 1932. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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