1903 in radio explained

The year 1903 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

• 19 January  - The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England.
• August  - Preliminary Conference on Wireless Telegraphy held in Berlin.

Births

• 17 January  - Douglas Cleverdon, English radio producer and bookseller (d. 1987)
• 16 February  - Norman Shelley, English radio actor (d. 1980)
• 31 August  - Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (d. 1983)
• 1 October  - Edward Archibald Fraser Harding, English radio producer (d. 1953)^[1]
• 29 December  - George Elrick, Scottish bandleader and disc jockey (d. 1999)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harding, Edward Archibald Fraser (1903–1953), radio producer. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/65420. 2020-05-05.