1925 in radio explained
The year 1925 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.__TOC__
Events
- 1 January - In Sweden, AB Radiotjänst (forerunner of Sveriges Radio) broadcasts its first programme.
- 27 January - Australia's second oldest surviving radio station, 2HD, goes on air for the first time in Newcastle, New South Wales.
- 1 February - The Polish Radiotechnical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Radiotechniczne, PTR) makes its first official broadcast from Warsaw.
- 22 February - First radio transmission of a religious service in Denmark, from the Garrison Church, Copenhagen.
- 4 March - Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as President of the United States, the first inauguration to be broadcast.[1]
- 8 March - Westinghouse Electric, owner of KDKA among other stations, announces from its Pittsburgh headquarters a proposal to form "radio networks" via shortwave technology.
- 22 March - JOAK, NHK Radio One of Tokyo, an official inauguration service start, and a first license radio station in Japan.
- 1 April - In Denmark, Radioordningen (Statsradiofonien from 1926, Danmarks Radio from 1959) is established.
- 23 April - KRO (the Katholieke Radio Omroep) is established in the Netherlands.
- 15 May - Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft established in Berlin[2] as an umbrella organisation[3] by nine German regional broadcasters.
- 1 June - JOBK, NHK Radio One of Osaka, an official inauguration service start in Japan.
- 17 June - In Spain, Unión Radio opens station EAJ-7 Radio Madrid.
- 7 July - Inauguration in France of state radio station Marseille PTT.
- 15 July - JOCK, NHK Radio One of Nagoya, an official inauguration service start in Japan.
- 27 July - The British Broadcasting Company's Daventry transmitting station on Borough Hill, Daventry in central England opens as the world's first longwave broadcast radio transmitter, taking over from its Chelmsford facility.[4]
- 25 September - The Berliner Funkturm (Berlin Radio Tower) begins transmissions.
- 1 November - VARA (the Vereeniging van Arbeiders Radio Amateurs) is established in the Netherlands.
- 16 December - Colombo Radio is launched in Ceylon; the station subsequently becomes known as Radio Ceylon.
Debuts
- 14 January - First broadcast on Swedish national radio (AB Radiotjänst) of one of the world's longest-running radio programmes, Barnens brevlåda ("Children's letterbox"), which will run for 1,785 editions – all presented by "Uncle Sven" (the radio sports commentator Sven Jerring) – until 1972.
- 21 March - Lowell Thomas is first heard on the radio on Pittsburgh station KDKA.
- 31 March - Radio station WOWO in Fort Wayne, Indiana begins broadcasting.
- 8 April - Station WADC commences regular programming in Akron, Ohio. It had debuted earlier (in February 1925) as a temporary station during a car show held at the Central Garage, the call letters standing for the station's sponsor, the Automotive Dealers Company. Known from 2 June 2005 as WARF, it becomes Akron's oldest surviving radio station.
- 23 September - In Decatur IL, WJBL signs on, now referred to as WSOY.
- 4 October - The Atwater Kent Hour debuts on WEAF and 10 other connected stations.
- 5 October - WSM signs on in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 15 November - First transmission from Radio RV-10 in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (modern-day Belarus).
- 28 November - The weekly country music-variety program Grand Ole Opry is first broadcast on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee,[5] as the "WSM Barn Dance".
- 24 December - KMOX begins broadcasting in St. Louis, Missouri.
Closings
- April - WGI-Medford Hillside, Massachusetts declares bankruptcy and shuts down for good; this leaves WBZ-Springfield as the oldest surviving station in New England.
- Undated - WAAB 1150 AM ceases broadcasting. 1150 AM will return the next year as WJBO.
Births
- 17 February - Joy Nichols, Australian-born musical comedy performer (d. 1992)
- 2 April - Hans Rosenthal, German radio editor, director and media host (d. 1987)
- 25 April - Janete Clair, Brazilian broadcast play and novel writer (d. 1983)
- 15 May - Regis Cordic, American radio personality and actor (d. 1999)
- 25 May - Derek Cooper, English food writer and broadcaster (d. 2014)
- 15 June - Richard Baker, English broadcaster (d. 2018)
- 7 July - Wally Phillips, American radio personality (d. 2008)
- 14 July - Pip Freedman, South African radio comedian and film actor (d. 2003)
- 8 September - Peter Sellers, English comic actor (d. 1980)
- 19 September - Pete Murray, English DJ
- 22 September - William Franklyn, English actor (d. 2006)
- 28 September - Jerry Clower, American country music comedian (d. 1998)
- 27 October - Monica Sims, British radio executive (d. 2018)
- 31 October - Shirley Dinsdale, American ventriloquist (d. 1999)
- 11 November - June Whitfield, English comic actress (d. 2018)
Notes and References
- Web site: Facts, Firsts and Precedents. Fifty-Seventh Presidential Inauguration. United States Senate. 2015-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150118104115/http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/about/facts-and-firsts. 18 January 2015. dead.
- Web site: Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft m.b.H. (RRG). dra.de. 2014-12-04. de. 2015-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923222249/http://www.dra.de/rundfunkgeschichte/radiogeschichte/organisation/pdf/RRG_1925-1933.pdf. dead.
- Book: Bressler, Eva Susanne. Von der Experimentierbühne zum Propagandainstrument: die Geschichte der Funkausstellung von 1924 bis 1939. 2009. Böhlau Verlag. Köln; Weimar. 978-3-412-20241-5. 108.
- Book: Tomalin, Norman. Daventry Calling the World. Whitby. Caedmon. 1998. 0-905355-46-6. 2015-05-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224203242/http://www.bbceng.info/Books/dx-world/dx-calling-the-world-2008a.pdf. 24 December 2013. dead.
- Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. .