1926 in British radio explained

This is a list of events from British radio in 1926.

Events

• 16 January – A British Broadcasting Company radio play by Ronald Knox about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting.^[1]
• 4 May – The British Broadcasting Company broadcasts five news bulletins a day as no newspapers are published due to the general strike.
• 7 October – The first edition of Choral Evensong is relayed by the British Broadcasting Company from Westminster Abbey; it will still be broadcast regularly as of 2022 as the BBC's longest-running outside broadcast programme.^{[2] [3]}
• 31 December – The British Broadcasting Company is dissolved and its assets transferred to the non-commercial and crown-chartered British Broadcasting Corporation.^[4]

Births

• 22 February – Kenneth Williams, comic actor (died 1988)
• 19 May – David Jacobs, broadcast presenter (died 2013)
• 23 May – Desmond Carrington, disc jockey and actor (died 2017)
• 27 August – Pat Coombs, comic stooge (died 2002)
• 8 September – Ronald Mason, radio drama producer (died 1997)
• 31 October – Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, broadcast presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender (died 2011)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The BBC Radio Panic, 1926. Museum of Hoaxes. 2019-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150103085814/http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_bbc_radio_panic. 2015-01-03. live.
2. Web site: Choral Evensong. BBC. 2012-07-10.
3. Web site: Radio Times listing. BBC Genome Project. 2018-07-23.
4. News: A Message from the Earl of Clarendon The New B.B.C. -- 'A Transition Simple and Efficient.'. Radio Times. 14. 170. 31 December 1926. 85.