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5 June – Yorkshire-born novelist and playwright J. B. Priestley broadcasts his first Sunday evening radio Postscript, "An excursion to hell", on the BBC Home Service, marking the role of the pleasure steamers in the Dunkirk evacuation, just completed. 8 June – BBC airs the first weekly episode of Radio Rhythm Club, a programme of jazz and ...
12 February: The Adventures of Superman (1940–1951) debuts on WOR. [13] 18 March: Light of the World debuts on NBC Red. 23 March: Truth or Consequences debuts on CBS. 21 April: Take It or Leave It makes its debut on CBS Radio in the United States, with Bob Hawk as host.
By 1964, the Home Service was on the air each day from 6.35 am (7.50 am on Sundays) and would conclude each night at the precise time of 11.48 pm. On 30 September 1967, the BBC split the Light Programme into separate pop music and entertainment stations, becoming BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 respectively. The Third Programme became BBC Radio 3 ...
1954 in British radio – First broadcast of Children's Favourites. 1955 in British radio – Opening of the UK's first VHF / FM transmitter; first broadcast of From Our Own Correspondent. 1956 in British radio –. 1957 in British radio – First broadcast of The Today Programme and Test Match Special. 1958 in British radio –.
The Forces Programme headquarters was at Broadcasting House in London. The BBC Forces Programme was a national radio station which operated from 7 January 1940 until 26 February 1944.
XHECD-FM. XHERJ-FM. XHERL-FM. XHHV-FM. Categories: 1940 in radio. 1940 establishments. Radio stations by year of establishment. Entertainment companies established in 1940.
1940 in British music. Events from the year 1940 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by Britain's involvement in the Second World War, which commenced in September the previous year, as well as the numerous enemy air raids on Britain and thousands of subsequent casualties. Although the war continued, Britain did triumph in the Battle ...
1940s. 1940. 11 May – The BBC starts a news service in Hindi. 1941. No events. 1942. No events. 1943. No events. 1944. No events. 1945. 9 October – The first edition of Today in Parliament is broadcast. 1946. BBC Radio bulletins began to be began simulcast on television with a still picture of Big Ben. 1947. No events. 1948