1933 in radio

The year 1933 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.

Events

• 14 January – In Spain, radio station EAJ-24 Radio Córdoba begins transmission, its first broadcast coming from the Conservatorio Superior de Música in the city.
• 24 February – In
  2YC Wellington is opened.^[1]
• 12 March – Fireside chat: On the Bank Crisis (the first fireside chat).
• 7 May – Fireside chat: Outlining the New Deal Program.
• 31 May – As the first step towards removing advertising from public radio, the French government introduces a broadcast receiving licence fee payable by owners of radio sets (15 francs per crystal set, 50 francs per valve radio).^[2]
• 24 July – Fireside chat: On the Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery Program. Roosevelt introduces the concept of the "first 100 days".
• 28 July – Sheila Borrett becomes the first female BBC Radio broadcaster.^[3]
• 18 August – In
  International Radio Show, Berlin
  .
• 22 October – Fireside chat: On the Currency Situation.

Debuts

• 31 January –
  The Lone Ranger (1933–1955) (WXYZ Detroit)^[4]
• 7 March – Marie the Little French Princess (CBS; first daytime radio serial)
• 17 March – The Armour Jester (NBC Blue Network)
• 11 June – Carefree Carnival (NBC Red)^[5]
• 23 June – Don McNeill's Breakfast Club (NBC Blue Network)^[5]
• 31 July – Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy (CBS)^[5]
• 14 August –
  NBC Red Network.^[5]
• 24 September – Broadway Varieties (CBS)[5]
• 25 September – The Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters (NBC)^[5]
• 2 October – The National Barn Dance (NBC Blue Network)
• 8 October – The Baker's Broadcast (NBC Blue Network).^[5]
• 22 October – The American Revue (CBS).^[5]
• 30 October – The Romance of Helen Trent (CBS)
• 11 November – The Admiral Byrd Broadcasts (CBS)^[5]
• 18 November – In Town Tonight (BBC National Programme)^[6]
• 29 November – Calling All Cars (CBS West Coast network)^[5]
• UNDATED – The Oldsmobile Program (CBS)^[7]

Endings

• May – WPAW is merged into WPRO.

Births

• 13 March – Gloria McMillan, American actress, plays Harriet Conklin in Our Miss Brooks.^[8]
• 17 June –
  2006), American libertarian writer, politician, U.S. Presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000, and radio talk show
  host.
• 3 December –
  Grammy for his recording of the poem Desiderata
  .
• 19 November – Larry King (died 2021), American radio and television host (WIOD).

References

1. ^ An Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966
2. ^ 100 ans de radio (in French)
3. ISBN 978-0-2415-6754-8
   .
4. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8
   .
5. ^
   ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3
   .
6. ^ Radio Times (10 November 1933), In Town Tonight, vol. 41, BBC National Programme, p. 50
7. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4
   . p. 494.
8. Newspapers.com.

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