1950 in radio
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The year 1950 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.
Events
- 15 March – the Copenhagen Frequency Plan is implemented by broadcasters throughout Europe.
- 1 May – Springbok Radio, South Africa's first commercial radio station, takes to the airwaves. It will broadcast for 35 years, until 31 December 1985.[1]
Debuts
- 1 January - Hopalong Cassidy debuts on Mutual.[2]
- 6 January - The Halls of Ivy debuts on NBC.[2]
- 22 January - The Adventures of Christopher London debuts on NBC.[3]
- 30 January - Mark Trail debuts on Mutual[2]
- 1 February - Big Jon and Sparkie debuts on ABC.[2]
- 6 February – Dangerous Assignment debuts on NBC.
- 19 April – WTSA Brattleboro, Vermont signs on for the first time.
- 7 May - The Big Guy debuts on NBC.[3]
- 7 May - Cloak and Dagger debuts on NBC.[3]
- 1 June - DZBB, a radio station owned by Republic Broadcasting Systems (now GMA Network) in the Philippines begun broadcasting from its first studios in Calvo Bldg, Manila.
- 3 July - Granby's Green Acres debuts on CBS.[3]
- 24 September Charlie Wild, Private Detective debuts on NBC.[3]
- 8 October – WARA Attleboro, Massachusetts signs on for the first time.
- 29 October - Meet Frank Sinatra debuts on CBS.[4]
- 5 November - The Big Show debuts on NBC.[3]
- 6 December - American Agent debuts on ABC.[3]
Closings
- 6 January - Lora Lawson ends its run on network radio (NBC).[2]
- 19 January - The Better Half ends its run on network radio (Mutual).[3]
- 29 March - Curtain Time ends its run on network radio (NBC).[3]
- 30 April - The Adventures of Christopher London ends its run on network radio (NBC).[3]
- 1 June - The Chesterfield Supper Club ends its run on network radio (NBC).[3]
- 6 July - Blondie ends its run on network radio (ABC).[3]
- 29 August - The Candid Microphone ends its run on network radio (CBS).[3]
- 21 August - Granby's Green Acres ends its run on network radio (CBS).[3]
- 1 September = The Adventures of the Thin Man ends its run on network radio (ABC).[3]
- 6 September - Chandu the Magician ends its run on network radio (ABC).[5]
- 22 October - Cloak and Dagger ends its run on network radio (NBC).[3]
- 29 October - The Big Guy ends its run on network radio (NBC).[3]
Births
- 14 March – Rick Dees, radio and television personality.
- 12 May – Jenni Murray, English journalist, presenter of Woman's Hour
- 24 September – Alan Colmes, American radio and television talk show host.
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, announcer for many programs and the star (following Jack Webb) of Jeff Regan, Investigator.[6]
References
- ↑ Springbok Radio official website
- 1 2 3 4 5 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. P. 6.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
- ↑ "Meet Frank Sinatra". OTRRpedia. Old Time Radio Researchers Group. 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. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8.
- ↑ "Frank Graham" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 11, 1950. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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