1932 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1932.

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Events

• 15 March – First BBC radio broadcast from the new Broadcasting House in London;[1] all programmes transfer from 15 May.
• 30 November – The BBC begins a series of radio broadcasts to mark the 75th birthday of composer Sir Edward Elgar.
• 19 December – The BBC Empire Service, later known as the BBC World Service, begins broadcasting[2] using a shortwave radio facility at its Daventry transmitting station.[3]
• 25 December – Inaugural Royal Christmas Message delivered by King George V from Sandringham House; scheduled for approximately 3.05pm;[4][5] the text has been written by Rudyard Kipling.
• Henry Hall becomes Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra.

Births

• 19 January – George MacBeth, Scottish-born poet and radio poetry producer (died 1992)

References

1. Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 375–376. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
2. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
3. Tomalin, Norman (1998). Daventry Calling the World (PDF). Whitby: Caedmon. ISBN 0-905355-46-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
4. "Listings | National Programme (Daventry) | 25 December 1932". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
5. "Daventry | Christmas Day". Radio Times. 37 (482). 23 December 1932. p. 910.