1928 in British radio

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 it transfers 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.

Births

• 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)

References

1. 80 Years of Religious Broadcasting on the BBC.
2. "Nine lessons and carols: History of the service". Cambridge: King's College Chapel. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2008.