1940 in British radio

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This is a list of events from British radio in 1940.

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Station debuts

Debuts

Programme endings

Continuing radio programmes

1930s

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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