1932 in radio
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The year 1932 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.
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[edit] Events
- March 1 – Both NBC and CBS go to Hopewell, New Jersey to provide live coverage of the Lindbergh kidnapping.
- March 24 – A radio variety show is broadcast from a moving train for the first time, when Belle Baker hosts a show on a train traveling around the New York area. It was broadcast on the New York City station WABC. She talked first about the weather then, about local news regarding home-towns or stations of the train with the radio.
- 14 May – The BBC moves into its new headquarters, Broadcasting House in London.
- 26 May – The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Act is passed, providing for the establishment of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission.
- 19 December – The BBC Empire Service (ancestor of the BBC World Service) begins transmissions.
[edit] Debuts
- January 4 – The Carnation Contented Hour debuts on NBC Red Network.
- January 12 – Ed Sullivan joins CBS.
- February 15 – George Burns and Gracie Allen become regulars on The Guy Lombardo Show on CBS.
- March 29 – Jack Benny is heard on the radio for the first time on Ed Sullivan's show.
- May 2 – The Jack Benny Program debuts on the NBC Blue Network.
- June 29 – The comedy serial Vic and Sade debuts on NBC Blue Network.
- October 23 – Fred Allen's first radio program, the Linit Bath Club Revue, debuts on CBS.
[edit] Closings
[edit] Births
- September 13 - Dick Biondi, Radio Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Top 40 and Oldies disc jockey.
- December 9 - Morton Downey, Jr. (d. 2001), controversial and influential American radio and television talk show host of the 1980s who pioneered the "trash talk show" format.