1923 in British radio

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This is a list of events from British radio in 1923.

Events

8 January – First outside broadcast by the British Broadcasting Company, a British National Opera Company production of The Magic Flute from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
18 January – The Postmaster General grants the BBC a licence to broadcast.

28 September – Vol. 1 No. 1 of The Radio Times, the world's first broadcast listings magazine detailing Official Programmes of the British Broadcasting Company for the week commencing Sunday 30 September is published.^[1]^[2]^[3]
September – The BBC delivers the first live outside broadcast, relaying a speech by Ernest Rutherford from a British Association meeting held at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. The speech is relayed to Manchester and London, and from London to Glasgow, Newcastle, Cardiff and Birmingham, and broadcast from each of those cities.^[4]

10 October – Official opening of the BBC's 2BD Aberdeen radio station, the first programme of which, at 9 pm, is an address by the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and music from the Pipers and Military Band of 2nd Gordon Highlanders.^[a]^[5]^[6]
17 October – Official opening of the BBC's 6BM Bournemouth radio station, the first programme of which, at 8 pm, is the Bournnemouth Municipal Military Band conduced by Captain W. Featherston.^[b]^[5]^[7]

2 December – The first BBC radio broadcast in Gaelic language is broadcast throughout Scotland. It is a 15-minute religious address by Rev. John Bain, recorded in the High United Free Church in Aberdeen. Two weeks later, a recital of Gaelic singing is aired.
19 December – The BBC broadcasts an adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Dickens' seasonal story, made by R. E. Jeffrey.^[8]
31 December – The BBC broadcasts the chimes of Big Ben for the first time.^[9]

15 January – Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist (died 2006)
26 January – Patricia Hughes, continuity announcer (died 2013)
2 March – Jean Metcalfe, radio broadcaster (died 2000)
10 October – Nicholas Parsons, entertainer (died 2020)
22 December – John Ebdon, radio broadcaster, Graecophile, author and director of the London Planetarium (died 2005)

^ It is probable that 2BD Aberdeen broadcast on an experimental and testing basis, prior to this date, without being listed in The Radio Times.
^ It is probable that 6BM Bournemouth broadcast on an experimental and testing basis, prior to this date, without being listed in The Radio Times.

^ "Radio Times". Radio Times. Vol. 1, no. 1. 28 November 1923. p. 1.
^ Currie, Tony (2001). The Radio Times Story. Kelly Publishing. ISBN 978-1903053096.
^ "Issue 1 National". BBC Genome. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ "A Miracle of Broadcasting". Radio Times. Vol. 1, no. 1. 28 November 1923. p. 2.
^ ^a ^b "Schedule Coverage". BBC Genome labs. BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ "Listings | 2BD Aberdeen | 10 October 1923". BBC Genome. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ "Listings | 6BM Bournemouth | 17 October 1923". BBC Genome. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ "A Christmas Carol". BBC. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.