1922_in_British_radio
1922 in British radio
Overview of the events of 1922 in British radio
This is a list of events from British radio in 1922.
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January
- No events.
February
- 14 February – The world's first regular wireless broadcasts for entertainment, made by Peter Eckersley, begin transmission on radio station 2MT from a hut at the Marconi Company laboratories at Writtle near Chelmsford in England. Initially they are for half an hour on Tuesday evenings.
March
- No events.
April
- No events.
May
- 11 May – Station 2LO becomes the second radio station to broadcast regularly in the United Kingdom, operating from Marconi House in London, initially for one hour a day. The first radio sports commentary in Britain is made on the station when Arthur Burrows describes a boxing match between Ted "Kid" Lewis and Georges Carpentier at Olympia. No further sports broadcasts are made in the country until 1927 due to pressure from newspapers.[1]
June to September
- No events.
October
- 7 October – Speaking on radio station 2LO, the Prince of Wales becomes the first member of the British royal family to make a public broadcast.[2]
- 18 October – The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is formed as a commercial company.[2]
November
- 14 November – London radio station 2LO transfers to the British Broadcasting Company which makes its first ever broadcast,[3][4] transmitting from 18:00 GMT its first two news bulletins, each read by the director of programmes, Arthur Burrows, twice ("once quickly and once slowly") – to determine listener reaction.[5]
- 15 November – The British Broadcasting Company opens its stations in Birmingham (5IT) and Manchester (2ZY), the latter at the Metropolitan-Vickers works in Trafford Park. Manchester broadcasts the BBC's first children's programme, Miss A. Bennie, "The Lady of the Magic Carpet", reading "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde.[6] The 2ZY Orchestra, predecessor of the BBC Philharmonic, is formed.
- 24 November – 2ZY Manchester broadcasts the BBC's first variety act.[6]
December
- 24 December
- First BBC broadcast from Newcastle upon Tyne (station 5NO).
- The BBC (from London) first broadcasts a drama, for children, The Truth about Father Christmas, with Arthur Burrows in the title role.
Undated
- The Central Band of the Royal Air Force becomes the first military band to make a radio broadcast with the BBC.
- 6 February – Denis Norden, comedy scriptwriter and broadcast personality (died 2018)
- 23 April – Jack May, actor (died 1997)
- 10 June – Bill Kerr, South African-born Australian actor working in Britain (died 2014)
- 25 June – Robert Moreton, actor, scriptwriter and comedian (suicide 1957)
- 5 July – Tom Crowe, Irish-born BBC Radio 3 announcer (died 2010)
- 16 August – James Casey, variety artist and radio comedy scriptwriter and producer (died 2011)
- 25 August – Derek Roy, comedian (died 1981)
- 24 September – John Moffatt, actor (died 2012)
- 16 October – Max Bygraves, singer and entertainer (died 2012)
- 1 November – John Westbrook, actor (died 1989)
- The Shell Book of Firsts 1983. p. 149.
- Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 491–493. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- "14 November 1922 – The BBC takes to the airwaves". About BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- Sillito, David (14 November 2022). "Mystery of BBC radio's first broadcasts revealed 100 years on". BBC News. Retrieved 14 November 2022.