List of years in radio (table)
In television
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
+...

Events

Debuts

  • January 22 – Fort Laramie debuts on CBS.
  • January 27 – CBS Radio Workshop debuts on CBS.[2]
  • January 29 – Indictment debuts on CBS.
  • 19 May – First edition of the popular record request programme Sveriges bilradio (1956–1973) on Sveriges Radiotjänst (forerunner of Sveriges Radio).
  • June – My Word! is piloted on the BBC Midland Home Service, chaired by John Arlott.[3]
  • August 15 – WWRI-West Warwick, Rhode Island begins broadcasting.

Closings

Births

Deaths

  • May 20 - Max Beerbohm, British theatre critic, humorist and broadcaster, 83

References

  1. About us: IRIB English Radio Archived May 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 15 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
  3. My Word, My Music ~ A Fond Farewell
  4. 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.
  5. Guiding Light trivia imdb.com. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
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