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1924 in radio details the internationally significant events in radio broadcasting for the year 1924.
The year 1927 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.
The year 1930 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.
1923 in radio details the internationally significant events in radio broadcasting for the year 1923.
The year 1945 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.
The year 1931 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.
The year 1925 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1926.
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- ↑ "The BBC Radio Panic, 1926". Museum of Hoaxes . Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- ↑ "Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft m.b.H. (RRG)" (PDF). dra.de (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ↑ Radio Rewind
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Le Journal Parlé fête ses 80 ans". Cybercommunauté de la Communauté française. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ "Death Notices: Davis". The Washington Post. January 12, 2024. ProQuest 2914142438.
Peter Dixon Davis, 97, of Dorset, Vermont, passed away peacefully on Saturday January 6th, 2024. Peter was born in Beverly Hills, California on September 12th, 1926. Peter was "discovered" as a child and became a star at 5 years old. Peter enjoyed a successful 15-year career as a radio, movie and television actor. He was part of Jack Benny's Gang and was also part of the cast of One Man's Family. He appeared on the Little Rascals, and he worked in film with the likes of William Powell and Shirley Temple.
- ↑ "'Date With Judy' Is Air Offering". Belvidere Daily Republican. June 30, 1943. p. 5. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL4-SS5M : Sun Oct 15 14:58:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Dixon Davis and Fredrick Duane Davis, 12 Sep 1926.