1928 in British radio explained

This is a list of events from British radio in 1928.

Events

2 January – The BBC broadcasts The Daily Service – a 15-minute act of Christian worship – for the first time, from its Savoy Hill studios in London. The programme will still be broadcast five mornings a week on BBC Radio 4 (LW)^[1] until transferred to Radio 4 Extra in 2024.
November – Live broadcast of National Service of Remembrance in Whitehall, London, first made by the BBC.
24 December – First Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols to be broadcast from King's College Chapel, Cambridge, by BBC Radio.^[2]
The BBC Dance Orchestra is formed under the leadership of Jack Payne.

1 June – Bob Monkhouse, comedy writer-performer and television game show host (died 2003)
6 June – R. D. Wingfield, novelist and radio dramatist (died 2007)
19 June – Barry Took, comedy writer and broadcast presenter (died 2002)
2 July – John Timpson, journalist and radio presenter (died 2005)
3 July – Edward Greenfield, classical music critic and presenter (died 2015)
13 August – John Tidmarsh, journalist and radio presenter (died 2019)
17 September – Brian Matthew, disc jockey (died 2017)
20 October – Michael O'Donnell, physician, journalist, medical campaigner and broadcaster (died 2019)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/12_december/27/religious_80th.shtml 80 Years of Religious Broadcasting on the BBC.
Web site: Nine lessons and carols: History of the service . King's College Chapel. Cambridge. 2008-03-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080315084716/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/history.html . 2008-03-15.