1933 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1933.

Events

• 10 March – The BBC holds a memorial concert for its late Director of Music, Percy Pitt, in The Concert Hall of Broadcasting House, London. ^[1]
• 28 May – Washford transmitting station begins broadcasting the BBC Regional Programme for the West of England. ^[2]
• 16 August – The BBC unveils a Compton organ in The Concert Hall of Broadcasting House, London. ^[3]
• 28 August – For the first time, the BBC broadcasts the description of a wanted criminal suspect – Stanley Hobday who has committed murder in the course of a burglary in West Bromwich. He is recognised from the description near Carlisle and in due course tried and executed. ^[4]
• 28 October – Broadcast of the earliest surviving BBC location recording, Night on London’s River: Westminster to the Docks. ^[5]
• BBC executive Colonel Alan Dawnay begins to meet with the head of MI5, Sir Vernon Kell, to trade information informally on potentially subversive staff. ^[6]
• The BBC acquires a roller skating rink in west London and begins its reconstruction as the Maida Vale Studios.

Debuts

• 18 November – In Town Tonight begins on the BBC National Programme. ^[7]

Births

• 16 April – Joan Bakewell, broadcaster
• 12 December – Tony Brandon, presenter

References

1. Ruth, Jennifer (1999). The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 1922–1936: Shaping a Nation's Tastes. Cambridge University Press. p. 467. ISBN   978-0-521-66117-1 . Retrieved 11 November 2019.
2. The BBC Year-book 1933. London: BBC. 1933. OCLC   867862862.
3. Beckwith, Roger (11 September 2013). "Lower Ground Floor". Broadcasting House in the 1930s. Old BBC Radio Broadcasting Equipment and Memories. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
4. "Stanley Eric Hobday". British Executions. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
5. "Radio actuality recordings – Night on London's River". Sound and History. 1933. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
6. "The vetting files: How the BBC kept out 'subversives'". bbc.co.uk. 22 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
7. Radio Times (10 November 1933), In Town Tonight, vol. 41, BBC National Programme, p. 50