• 9 January –
Nature magazine takes up physicist
S. K. Mitra's campaign to persuade the
Government of India to establish a Radio Research Board. • 1 February – First broadcast of the continuing
Swedish radio programme
Dagens dikt ("Poem of the day"). • 9 March –
Fireside chat by the
President of the United States:
On the Reorganization of the Judiciary. • 14 March – The
Jack Benny -
Fred Allen 12-year "feud" begins, when both comedians participate in "The Battle of the Century" at the Hotel Pierre. • 6 May – The
Hindenburg disaster takes place in
Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Herbert Morrison is assigned by
NBC Red affiliate
WLS (AM) in Chicago to cover the landing of the zeppelin; as he has no ability to broadcast the event live, he and his engineer decide to record it as an experiment. The ensuing transcription (including the now-famous "
Oh, the humanity" idiom) airs from Chicago that evening and on the
NBC Red Network the next day, a first for the network given that NBC's policy at the time forbade the use of prerecorded news actualities. • 12 May –
Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at
Westminster Abbey in
London. The
BBC makes its first outside broadcast covering the event. • 4 July – Following the alteration of frequencies at the
BBC's
Washford transmitter to enable it to radiate separate regional services for Wales and the West of England, a new
Welsh Regional Programme begins, broadcast from Washford on 1050 kHz and Penmon on 804 kHz. • 13 July – Schools in
France are sent a list of state-approved radio receivers from which they can choose in order to obtain a government subsidy of 400 francs on the purchase. • 8 September –
CBS broadcasts a two-and-a-half hour memorial concert in the US in memory of George Gershwin, live from the
Hollywood Bowl. It features such stars as
Oscar Levant,
Fred Astaire,
Otto Klemperer,
Lily Pons and the
Los Angeles Philharmonic. • 1 October – First
Dagens Eko news broadcast on
Swedish radio. • 12 October –
Fireside chat:
On Legislation to be Recommended to the Extraordinary Session of the Congress. • 14 November –
Fireside chat:
On the Unemployment Census. • 12 December – American actress
Mae West makes a
risqué guest appearance on
The Chase and Sanborn Hour that eventually results in her being banned from radio. • Undated – In the United States: •
Frederic Ziv and John L. Sinn form the
Ziv Company for syndication of radio programs. • The Oklahoma Network Inc. begins operation with eight stations in Oklahoma as initial members. ==Debuts==