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 New Zealand, station 2YC Wellington is opened.^[1]
12 March – President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt begins a series of radio "Fireside chats" with "On the Bank Crisis".
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]
1 July – In Norway, NRK becomes the national broadcaster.^[3]
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.^[4]
18 August – In Germany, the Volksempfänger ("people's receiver"), a readily affordable radio set designed to be capable, as far as possible, of picking up only the transmissions of government-controlled stations, is presented at the 10th International Radio Show, Berlin.
22 October – Fireside chat: "On the Currency Situation"'.

31 January – The Lone Ranger (1933–1955) (WXYZ Detroit)^[5]
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)^[6]
23 June – Don McNeill's Breakfast Club (NBC Blue Network)^[6]
31 July – Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy (CBS)^[6]
14 August – Ma Perkins (WLW Cincinnati). On 4 December, the program moves to the full NBC Red Network.^[6]
24 September – Broadway Varieties (CBS)^[6]
25 September – The Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters (NBC)^[6]
2 October – The National Barn Dance (NBC Blue Network)
8 October – The Baker's Broadcast (NBC Blue Network).^[6]
22 October – The American Revue (CBS).^[6]
30 October – The Romance of Helen Trent (CBS)
11 November – The Admiral Byrd Broadcasts (CBS)^[6]
18 November – In Town Tonight (BBC National Programme)^[7]
29 November – Calling All Cars (CBS West Coast network)^[6]
UNDATED
- Argonauts Club (ABC Radio Melbourne)
- The Oldsmobile Program (CBS)^[8]
- Scrapbook (BBC)^[9]

11 March – Merv Smith, New Zealand radio broadcaster (died 2018)^[10]
13 March – Gloria McMillan, American actress, plays Harriet Conklin in Our Miss Brooks.^[11]
17 June – Harry Browne (died 2006), American libertarian writer, politician, U.S. Presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000, and radio talk show host.
3 December – Les Crane (died 2008), San Francisco-based radio announcer and television talk show host who wins a Grammy for his recording of the poem Desiderata.
19 November – Larry King (died 2021), American radio and television host (WIOD).

↑ "An Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966". Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
↑ "100 ans de radio (in French)". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
↑ "NRK fyller 80 år" (in Norwegian Bokmål). nrk.no. 29 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
↑ Seatter, Robert; Robinson, Nick (2022). Broadcasting Britain: 100 years of the BBC. London: DK. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-2415-6754-8.
↑ Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
↑ Radio Times (10 November 1933), In Town Tonight, vol. 41, BBC National Programme, p. 50
↑ Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. p. 494.
↑ Seán Street (2009). The A to Z of British Radio. Scarecrow Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780810870130.
↑ Harris M. Lentz, ed. (2019). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2018. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 354. ISBN 9781476670331.
↑ "'Our Miss Brooks' Actress Seems Headed For Stage Stardom". The Times. Louisiana, Shreveport. 1 May 1949. p. A-17. Retrieved 2 February 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

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