1926 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1926.

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Events

• 16 January – A British Broadcasting Company radio play by Ronald Knox about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting.[1]
• 4 May – The British Broadcasting Company broadcasts five news bulletins a day as no newspapers are published due to the general strike.
• 31 December – The British Broadcasting Company is dissolved and its assets transferred to the non-commercial and crown-chartered British Broadcasting Corporation.[2]

Births

• 22 February – Kenneth Williams, comic actor (died 1988)
• 19 May – David Jacobs, broadcast presenter (died 2013)
• 23 May – Desmond Carrington, disc jockey and actor (died 2017)
• 27 August – Pat Coombs, comic stooge (died 2002)
• 31 October – Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, broadcast presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender (died 2011)

References

1. "The BBC Radio Panic, 1926". Museum of Hoaxes. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
2. "A Message from the Earl of Clarendon | The New B.B.C. -- 'A Transition Simple and Efficient.'". Radio Times. 14 (170). 31 December 1926. p. 85.