2005 Radio Canada International celebrates its 60th anniversary
2004 Alistair Cooke, radio commentator/author, Masterpiece Theater, dies at 95
2000 Robert Trout, radio Methuselah, ", coined the term ""fireside chat"" to describe FDR's informal speeches, ", dies at 91
1999 Jean Shepherd, writer/radio artist, ", In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, ", dies at 78
1998 Johnny Roventini, pitchman, Phillip Morris radio and TV ads, dies at 88
1998 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston South Carolina on WAVF 96.1 FM
1998 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Indianapolis IN on WNAP 93.1 FM
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport IA on KORB 93.5 FM
1997 Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville Kentucky on WTFX 100.5 FM
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Montreal Canada on CHOM 97.7 FM
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toronto Canada on CILQ 107.1 FM
1997 Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61
1997 Howard Stern is fired from radio station, KEGL Dallas
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in San Diego, California on KIOZ 105.3 FM
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St. Paul on WRQC 100.3 FM
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte North Carolina on WXRC 95.7 FM
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft. Myers Florida on WRXK 96.1 FM
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville North Carolina on WRCQ 103.5 FM
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit Michigan on WKRK 97.1 FM
1997 Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92
1997 Dennis Main Wilson, TV and radio producer, dies at 72
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM
1996 Leon Lewis, U.S. radio talk show host (WMCA, 1970-80), dies at 81
1996 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania (WZMT 97.9 FM)
1996 Howard Stern radio show premieres in West Palm Beach Florida (WCLB 95.5 FM)
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Panama City Florida on WTBB 97.7 FM
1996 Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer, dies at 91
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse New York on WAQX 95.7 FM
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo OH on WBUZ 106.5 FM
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis Tennessee on WMFS 92.9 FM
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford, Connecticut on WCCC 106.9 FM
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno California on KFRR 104.1 FM
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin Texas on KJFK 98.9 FM
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM
1996 Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York Pennsylvania on WQXA 105.7 FM
1996 WPAT FM New York City radio station switches to English-Spanish format
1995 CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31
1995 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on WXDX 105.9 FM
1995 Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M
1995 Infinity Radio agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to U.S. Treasury
1995 Pierre Schaeffer, composer/radio innovator, dies at 85
1995 David Warrilow, actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60
1995 Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49
1995 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago, Illinois on WCKG 105.9 FM
1995 New York City agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNew York City AM and FM)
1995 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Phoenix Arizona on KEDJ 106.3/100.3 FM
1995 Howard Stern radio show premieres in San Diego, California on KIOZ 105.3 FM
1994 Herman H Felderhof, radio-announcer/head (NRU/NOS Radio), dies at 83
1994 Radio personality Howard Stern talks a man out of attempting suicide
1994 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft. Laud/Miami Fl (WBGG 105.9 FM)
1994 Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52
1994 Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network
1994 Larry King ended his radio show
1994 Radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35)
1994 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Orlando Florida on WTKS 104.1 FM
1994 Radio personality Rush Limbaugh weds wife #3, Marta Fitzgerald
1994 Luther Diamond, radio Personality, dies at 89
1994 Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83
1993 Jim McLaughlin, Buffalo radio newsman (WKBW), dies at 59
1993 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach South Carolina on WYAV 104.1 FM
1993 Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems
1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcasting in El Paso Texas
1993 New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time
1993 New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes
1993 Bob Fitzsimmons, New York radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53
1993 Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91
1993 Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney
1993 Johan Bodegraven, radio host (Purses Open, Dikes Closed), dies at 78
1993 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings)
1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY
1993 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Rochester New York on WNVE 95.1 FM
1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester New York (WRQI)
1993 Ashley Jade Stern, daughter of radio personality Howard Stern
1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo New York (WKBW)
1992 WNEW AM radio on 1130 in New York City ends transmitting after 58 years
1992 WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in New York City
1992 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas NV on KXTE 107.5 FM
1992 Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada (KFBI)
1992 New York Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
1992 New York Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio
1992 Howard Stern radio show begins broadcasting on WLUP-AM, Chicago
1992 Arecibo radio telescope begins Microwave search for occupied planets
1992 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Albany New York (WQBK 103.5 and 103.9 FM)
1992 Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcasting in Dallas (KGEL-FM 97.1)
1992 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Cleveland OH on WNCX 98.5 FM
1992 Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
1992 Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies
1992 Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98
1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin and TV-AM radio licenses
1992 "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC
1991 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 Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network (WJFK-AM)
1991 Andre Baruch, Radio/TV announcer dies at 83
1991 Howard Stern adds a 4th radio market (KLSX FM-97.1 Los Angeles)
1991 Dwight Weist, Radio actor/film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81
1991 Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies
1991 New York City's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio and Television"
1991 Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72
1990 KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions
1990 KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
1990 Radio stations around world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon
1990 Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors
1990 Loretta Tupper, radio/TV entertainer, dies of cancer at 84
1990 Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion
1990 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad
1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
1989 Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85
1989 Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander
1989 "Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (New York City)
1989 At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio
1989 Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host, dies at 64
1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
1988 Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs
1988 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses
1988 Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash
1988 WNBC 660 final transmission, WFAN moves from 1050 to 660 and WUKQ begins on 1050 at 5:30 PM (New York City radio)
1988 Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer
1988 WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive
1988 New York City WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of New Jersey Devils
1988 WABC officially becomes the New Jersey Devils new home radio
1987 New York City radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio
1987 Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at 77
1987 Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack
1986 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on WYSP 94.1 FM
1986 Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City morning radio (WXRK 92.3 FM)
1985 Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City (WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons)
1985 U.S. began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti
1985 Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53
1984 During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"
1983 Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)
1983 Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2)
1983 Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air
1982 CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years
1982 NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features
1982 Freeman "Amos" Gosden, U.S. radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83
1982 Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building
1982 FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo
1982 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
1982 ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations
1982 WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network
1982 ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
1982 President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts
1982 CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio
1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall
1982 ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network
1981 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)
1981 Enterprise Radio (all sports) resigns air
1981 RKO radio network is 1st to offer 2 separate overnight services
1981 RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show
1981 Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3
1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
1981 Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3
1981 Elijah Wood, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, Radio Flyer, Good Son
1980 Mutaual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater
1980 Very Large Array radio telescope network dedicated
1980 Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77
1980 Thomas Ian Nicholas, actor, Radio Flyer, Rookie of the Year
1980 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation
1980 Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
1980 "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 105 performances
1979 "1940's Radio Hour" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 105 performances
1979 RKO radio network begins operation
1979 Radio City Music Hall (New York City) reopens
1979 Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80
1979 Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres
1979 Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
1979 Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
1979 Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80
1979 Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS
1978 Blanche Calloway, U.S. singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76
1978 President Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio
1978 Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"
1978 U.S. House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
1978 Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington D.C.
1978 Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio
1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
1977 NBC News and Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio
1977 General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio
1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
1976 Frankie Darro, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men), dies at 58
1976 Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove general theory of relativity
1976 Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter
1975 1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music)
1975 NBC News and Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio
1975 House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time
1974 Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
1974 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away
1974 World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed
1974 "CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio
1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
1973 The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass
1973 Nation Black Network begins operation on radio
1973 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
1973 NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit
1973 CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day
1972 Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres
1972 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
1971 CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts
1971 Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting
1971 Quintis "Chico" Ristie, Suriname radio host
1971 Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed
1971 All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations
1971 Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner"
1971 Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM
1971 National Emergency Center erroneously orders U.S. radio and TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes
1970 Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio
1970 Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
1969 Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV
1969 BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th and last episode
1969 Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS
1968 After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio
1968 Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion
1968 Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched (o 450 m)
1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
1968 Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting
1968 Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission
1968 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM)
1967 The 1st pulsating radio source (pulsar) detected
1967 1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester)
1967 CBS radio cancels "House Party"
1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station
1967 Radio Malta stops testing
1967 WCBS radio in New York City goes all-news
1967 Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air
1967 Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75
1967 Max Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator, dies at 75
1967 BBC starts their World Radio Club
1967 Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down
1967 Tom Donahue, San Francisco dj begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM)
1966 Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colo
1966 Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland
1966 Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
1966 Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting
1966 Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW
1966 Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
1966 BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island
1965 Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up
1965 ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report
1965 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in New York City) begins operating
1965 1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite
1964 American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded
1964 Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission
1964 1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire
1964 1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire
1963 Dear Abby show premieres on CBS radio (runs 11 years)
1963 Murray The K, a New York DJ plays "She Loves You" on the radio
1963 Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie," radio stations label it obscene
1963 1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio
1962 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars
1962 Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated
1962 US National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope
1962 1st quasar located by radio
1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
1962 Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
1962 Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio
1961 Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36
1961 Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio
1961 CBS radio cancels "Gunsmoke"
1961 Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee and Molly), dies at 62
1961 Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster, Suriname TV/Radio
1960 CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
1960 CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel"
1960 "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
1960 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 "Flair" (CBS' answer to Monitor) premieres on radio with Dick Van Dyke
1960 WRCA radio changes call letters back to WNBC (New York City)
1960 Alan Freed and eight other DJ accused of taking radio payola
1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
1960 Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host, Radio KBC
1960 Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist, I Watched it on the Radio
1959 Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)
1958 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 KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
1958 Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy
1958 Alan Freed joins WABC (New York City) radio
1958 Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting
1958 Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission
1957 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting
1957 Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV
1957 WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions
1957 Larry King's 1st radio broadcast
1956 Charly McClain, born in Jackson, Tennessee, country singer, Radio Heart
1956 Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61
1955 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 Janice Long, British radio host, Crash FM
1955 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent
1954 "The Shadow," airs for last time on radio
1954 WNBC radio changes call letters to WRCA (New York City)
1954 Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer, Evening Rush Hour
1954 Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to New York City for WINS radio
1954 Alison Stern, wife of radio personality Howard Stern, Private Parts
1954 Curtis Sliwa, founder, Guardian Angels, /radio personality, WABC
1954 Edwin H Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63
1954 Howard Stern, born in Roosevelt, New York, Radio's Bad Boy
1953 Roy Ristie, Suriname/Neth radio host, Apintie, Kankantrie
1953 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno
1953 "Amos 'n Andy," TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS
1953 Eric Bogosian, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, actor, Talk Radio
1952 Albert van Raalte, conductor (Radio Philharmonic Orch), dies at 62
1952 Maria Matos, Portuguese actress (Menina da Radio), dies at 61
1952 Robin Quivers, radio/TV personality, Howard Stern's sidekick
1952 "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV
1951 Bob and Ray show premieres on NBC radio
1951 Leidse astronomers discover radio signal out of Milky Way system
1951 Gene Rayburn and Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio
1951 Rick Dees, radio disc jock, KIIS LA
1951 Nicholas Kenyon, controller, BBC Radio 3
1951 Netherlands Radio School forms
1951 Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio
1951 Rush Limbaugh, born in Girardeau, Missouri, radio personality
1950 Jan Rietman, Dutch radio/TV host
1950 Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
1950 Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time
1950 Doug Tract, born in Bronx, New York, radio DJ, Greaseman
1950 Karl G Jansky, Czech discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies at 44
1949 WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta
1949 BBC radio begins broadcasting
1949 "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 and 1967
1949 Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio, KFI in Los Angeles
1949 Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
1948 Donna Summer, Boston, singer, Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio
1948 Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated (Washington D.C.)
1948 Radio Denmark begins transmitting
1948 Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced, Bell Labs
1948 Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast
1948 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
1947 "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio
1947 Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years
1947 Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio
1947 CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"
1947 Netherlands Radio Union forms
1946 Patti Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock vocalist, Radio Ethiopia
1946 Hans Hoekman, Dutch radio play actor
1946 Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies
1946 WABC becomes WCBS radio in New York City
1946 WEAF radio changes call letters to WNBC (New York City)
1946 "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio
1946 Felix Meurders, Dutch radio host
1946 Marga van Praag, Dutch radio hostess
1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
1946 Fred Allen's last radio show, his guest is Jack Benny
1946 Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71
1946 Ronald Farrow, radio producer and priest
1945 HUAC begins investigation of 7 radio commentators
1945 "Meet the Press" premieres on radio
1945 Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually
1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) British radio traitor charged with treason
1945 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated
1945 Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II
1945 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission
1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
1945 Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion
1944 Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25
1944 "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debut on CBS radio
1944 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland
1944 Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio
1944 Judith A Bosch, Dutch radio/TV-hostess, Tweekamp, Zeskamp
1944 John Heard, actor, Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big
1944 Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62
1943 Anti-nazi Clandestine Radio Soldatsender Calais begins transmitting
1943 "Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio
1943 Blue Ribbon Town (with Groucho Marx) 1st heard on CBS Radio
1943 Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiere on radio
1943 Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"
1943 Clandestine Radio Atlantiksender, Germany, 1st transmission
1943 Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56
1942 Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission
1942 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service
1942 Garrison Keillor, born in Minnesota, PBS radio personality, Prairie Home Companion
1942 Pallo Jordan, South African ANC member/heads, Radio Freedom
1942 Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star"
1942 J. S. Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun
1942 Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies
1942 "Woman of the Year," starring Hepburn and Tracy opens at Radio City
1941 Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Jap war fleet
1941 Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio/TV-host, Paul Meier Show
1941 Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio
1941 1st U.S. radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers"
1941 Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason
1941 WPAT radio in New Jersey begins broadcasting (country music format)
1941 1st U.S. commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee
1941 NSB'er Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio
1940 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
1940 "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net
1940 Radio Orange, London begins
1940 Don Imus, radio disc jockey, WNBC
1940 "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio
1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio
1940 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr. Malone" on CBS
1940 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio
1940 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS
1940 1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS
1940 FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal
1939 Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service
1939 Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio
1939 Lord Haw-Haw becomes radio host of Reichsrundfunk Berlin
1939 Radio New York Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission
1939 Staged "Polish" assault on radio station in Gleiwitz
1938 W9XZY broadcasts facsimile of St. Louis Post-Dispatch by radio
1938 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over U.S. radio (by Father Coughlin)
1938 Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming"
1938 L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73
1938 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 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC
1938 Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network
1938 NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony
1938 Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO, VARA Radio/TV
1937 Mae West performs Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio
1937 Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio
1937 NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
1937 1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA)
1937 Guglielmo Marconi, Ital engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies
1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio
1937 Governer Wouters inaugurates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles
1937 1st broadcast of Soap Opera "Guiding Light" on NBC radio
1936 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
1936 "Professor Quiz," 1st radio quiz show premieres
1936 Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign
1936 Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am)
1936 AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens
1936 1st 50 KW U.S. radio station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1936 "Lux Radio Theater" moved from New York City to Hollywood
1936 1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio
1936 "Green Hornet" radio show is 1st heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit
1935 1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast
1935 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee and Molly"
1935 "Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio
1935 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York
1935 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network
1935 "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio
1935 Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue"
1934 David Warrilow, actor, Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink
1934 "The Aldrich Family" premieres on radio
1934 "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres
1934 Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)
1934 "It Happened One Night," opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall
1933 Larry King, New York City, radio/TV host "143 Arivadechi", Larry King Show, CNN
1933 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington
1933 1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, New York
1933 Danny Aiello, born in New York City, actor, Moonstruck, Radio Days
1933 Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington D.C.
1933 Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address
1933 Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission
1933 "King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy New York City
1933 "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio
1932 Radio City Music Hall opens (New York City)
1932 "Adv of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network
1932 Groucho Marx performed on radio for 1st time
1932 "Fred Allen Show" premieres on radio
1932 Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech
1932 "Betty and Bob" premieres on radio
1932 Philips makes 1 millionth radio
1932 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
1932 Casey Kasem, born in Detroit, Michigan, radio personality, American Top 40
1932 Jack Benny debuts on radio
1932 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)
1932 Nand Baert, Belgian radio/TV-host
1931 NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio
1931 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
1931 Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host
1931 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, U.S.S.R. State Radio
1931 Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS
1930 G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, head CIA/ate a rat/Watergate felon/radio host
1930 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio
1930 Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons
1930 New York City College offers 1st course in radio advertising
1930 D[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author, Synthajoy, Radio Plays
1930 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY
1930 Patricia Lindop, radio biologist
1930 June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist, World of Islands
1930 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a ship at sea
1930 WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia South Carolina begins radio transmissions
1930 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
1929 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on U.S. radio
1929 Ruby Vallee's Fleishmann Hour begins broadcasting on NBC radio
1929 WOR (New York City) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
1929 AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down
1929 WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions
1929 KLO-AM in Ogden, Utah begins radio transmissions
1929 KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions
1929 WHP-AM in Harrisburg Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions
1929 KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions
1929 KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
1929 "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio
1929 KDB-AM in Santa Barbara, California begins radio transmissions
1929 CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City
1928 NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network
1928 WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia begins radio transmissions
1928 KXO-AM in El Centro California begins radio transmissions
1928 WGL-AM in Ft. Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
1928 WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions
1928 WOL-AM in Washington D.C. begins radio transmissions
1928 Wim Bosboom, Dutch radio/TV host
1928 KOH-AM in Reno NV begins radio transmissions
1928 Willem Duys, Dutch radio/TV host
1928 AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms
1928 Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards
1928 KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions
1928 KGB-AM in San Diego, California begins radio transmissions
1928 "Amos and Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
1928 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US
1928 Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
1927 Ray Stern, mother of radio personality Howard Stern
1927 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is New York City affiliate)
1927 President Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC)
1927 1st U.S. radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts"
1927 KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
1927 Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th New York City
1926 KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1926 KYA-AM in San Francisco, California begins radio transmissions
1926 WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions
1926 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)
1926 KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1926 KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
1926 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC)
1926 AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (New York City)
1926 National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America
1926 VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms
1926 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic
1926 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
1925 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn
1925 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
1925 VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam
1925 KUT-AM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
1925 WSM-AM in Nashville, Tenn begins radio transmissions
1925 WJR-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions
1925 KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions
1925 Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms
1925 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN)
1925 1st transmission of Danish state radio
1925 WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)
1925 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
1925 President Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations
1925 Pier Tania, Meinte Piet, radio/TV host, ANP, De Bezetting
1924 1st radio transmission of NCRV in Netherlands
1924 KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
1924 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC)
1924 Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms
1924 Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
1924 1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, U.S. - England
1924 Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host
1924 NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms
1924 1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal
1924 WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany NY
1924 1st political convention broadcast on radio - Republicans at Cleveland
1924 Desmond Carrington, British radio host, Jim-Calamity the Cow
1924 Antony Hewish, radio astronomer
1924 WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions
1924 WLS-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions
1924 WGN-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions
1924 1st foreign language course broadcast on U.S. radio (WJZ, New York City)
1924 1st presidential radio address (Calvin Coolidge)
1924 President Calvin Coolidge makes 1st presidential radio speech
1924 1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: Gen John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago
1924 KGO-AM in San Francisco, California begins radio transmissions
1923 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester
1923 1st presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge)
1923 WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
1923 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington D.C.)
1923 Radio Belgium's 1st transmission
1923 Radio Times 1st published
1923 WRC-AM in Washington D.C. begins radio transmissions
1923 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF New York and WMAF Mass)
1923 WMC-AM in Memphis Tennessee begins radio transmissions
1923 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies
1922 BBC sends 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas"
1922 BBC Radio began daily newscasts
1922 BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
1922 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game
1922 1st radio link, WNJ (Newark) and WGY (Senectady) link for World Series
1922 For 1st time, entire World Series broadcast over radio (WJZ and WGY)
1922 Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station)
1922 WEAF in New York City airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins)
1922 AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (New York City)
1922 1st "old time" musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta)
1922 President Harding is 1st U.S. president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore
1922 WHB-AM in Kansas City Missouri begins radio transmissions
1922 KNX-AM in Los Angeles, California begins radio transmissions
1922 WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station
1922 KOB-AM in Albuquerque, New Mexico begins radio transmissions
1922 WDZ-AM in Decatur, Illinois begins radio transmissions
1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls
1922 KFI-AM in Los Angeles California begins radio transmissions
1922 KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions
1922 WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions
1922 KMJ-AM in Fresno California begins radio transmissions
1922 WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions
1922 KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1922 WIP-AM in Philadelphia Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions
1922 WBT-AM in Charlotte North Carolina begins radio transmissions
1922 WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
1922 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
1922 KGU-AM in Honolulu Hawaii begins radio transmissions
1922 KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions
1922 WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions
1922 WRR-AM in Dallas Texas begins radio transmissions
1922 KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
1922 KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions
1922 WWJ-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions
1922 WLW-AM in Cincinnati OH begins radio transmissions
1922 KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
1922 Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference
1922 WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions
1922 WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions
1922 Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer
1922 WOC-AM in Davenport, Iowa begins radio transmissions
1922 Radio arrives at the White House
1922 WGY-AM in Schenectady New York begins radio transmissions
1922 WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions
1922 KQV-AM in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions
1921 KWG-AM in Stockton California begins radio transmissions
1921 KYW-AM in Philadelphia Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions
1921 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0
1921 WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions
1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts)
1921 Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co
1921 KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1921 1st religious service radio broadcast in U.S., KDKA-Pittsburgh
1920 KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station
1920 Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins
1920 Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight
1920 Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air
1920 1st U.S. coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting
1920 Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation
1920 Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio
1919 1st Dutch radio program: Soiree Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel"
1919 Ir Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soiree-musical" on Dutch radio
1919 Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created
1918 Frankie Darro, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men
1918 Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer/astronomer royal, 1972-82
1918 Peter Aryans, [PCJ Vander], Dutch radio actor, Shoot Out
1917 Kees Schilperoort, Dutch radio/TV host
1917 Bea Wain, U.S. singer/radio host, Lucky Strike Hit Parade
1916 Barry Gray, [Bernard Yaroslaw], interviewer, started call-in radio
1915 1st transcontinental radio telephone message is sent
1913 Percy Thrower, English radio host
1912 Kenny Baker, radio singer and actor, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back
1912 Brian Johnston, cricketer, BBC radio commentator and cake connoisseur
1911 Grote Reber, U.S., astronomer, 1st parabolic radio telescope
1910 1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)
1909 Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English radio comic/actor, Phoenix
1909 1st radio rescue at sea
1908 Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubblefield
1907 Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York)
1907 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
1906 Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass)
1906 International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help
1906 U.S. inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting
1906 Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube)
1906 Lanny Ross, Seattle, radio singer, Show Boat, The Swift Show
1906 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile
1905 Karl Jansky, Czechoslovakia, discoverer, cosmic radio emissions in 1932
1905 Luther Diamond, radio personality
1905 Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer
1904 Godfrey Baseley, radio executive
1904 Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st International radio distress signal
1903 Arthur Godfrey, New York City, radio/TV host, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout
1903 Bernard Lovell, England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank
1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between U.S. and England
1902 Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn
1901 Marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal, England to US
1901 Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld
1900 Graham Spry, St. Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer
1899 Mary Margaret McBride, Paris, Missouri, radio personality, WOR-AM, New York City
1899 Freeman Gosden, Richmond, Virginia, radio actor, Amos-Amos 'n' Andy
1899 Goodman Ace, radio/TV actor/columnist/humorist, Better of Goodman
1898 Guglielmo Marconi patents radio
1898 Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], Dutch writer/Radio Orange
1898 Marian Jordan, Peoria, Illinois, radio comedienne, Fibber McGee and Molly
1896 Jim Jordan, Peoria, Illinois, radio comedian, Fibber McGee
1896 Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
1894 Fred Allen, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Fred Allen Radio Show
1893 Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/radio play director, Paul Vlaanderen
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