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This is a list of events from British radio in 1946.

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Events

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July

August

September

October

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December

Unknown

Station debuts

Closing this year

Debuts

Continuing radio programmes

1930s

1940s

Births

Deaths

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The BBC Third Programme was a national radio station produced and broadcast from 1946 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 3. It first went on the air on 29 September 1946 and became one of the leading cultural and intellectual forces in Britain, playing an important role in disseminating the arts, broadcasting music, plays, documentary features and talks. It was the BBC's third national radio network, the other two being the Home Service and the Light Programme, principally devoted to light entertainment and music.

Tord Alvar Quan Lidell was an English radio announcer and newsreader for the BBC and compere. He joined BBC Birmingham as chief announcer in 1932 before moving to London the following year. Lidell was made deputy chief announcer of the BBC in 1937 and announced important events such as Edward VIII's abdication and Britain's declaration of war with Germany in 1939.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1946 in the United Kingdom</span> UK-related events during the year of 1946

Events from the year 1946 in the United Kingdom.

The year 1946 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.

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