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1 April – The 1930 United States Census is the first in that country's history to require households to report the ownership of a radio-receiving set. 18 April – BBC radio listeners uniquely hear the announcement "Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news." [1]
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A handful of radio programs from the old-time era remain in production, all from the genres of news, music, or religious broadcasting: the Grand Ole Opry (1925), Music and the Spoken Word (1929), The Lutheran Hour (1930), the CBS World News Roundup (1938), King Biscuit Time (1941) and the Renfro Valley Gatherin' (1943). Of those, all but the ...
The early history of radio is the history of technology that produces and uses radio instruments that use radio waves. Within the timeline of radio, many people contributed theory and inventions in what became radio. Radio development began as "wireless telegraphy". Later radio history increasingly involves matters of broadcasting.
The timeline of radio lists within the history of radio, the technology and events that produced instruments that use radio waves and activities that people undertook. Later, the history is dominated by programming and contents, which is closer to general history .
18 April – BBC radio listeners uniquely hear the announcement "Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news." [8] Piano music follows. 28 May – The BBC Symphony Orchestra is formed as a permanent full-scale ensemble under the directorship of Adrian Boult. It gives its first concert on 22 October at the Queen's Hall, London. [9]
The Radio Series Scripts Collections contains scripts from 1930-1990, while the Radio Sound Records Collection contains recordings from 1932-1994. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] The collections include scripts, books, personal papers, sound records, photographs, correspondence, and other material reflecting the history of radio- and TV broadcasting. [ 6 ]
However by the mid-1930s, broadcasting on a Sunday was extended to commence at around 10.30 am. BBC News on the National Programme would not air until at least 6.00 pm each day, this was in agreement with several newspapers to ensure people would buy a morning edition. Thus did not have a dedicated news department until 1934, and only then was ...