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

Events

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  • 20 January – British composer Sir Granville Bantock writes to fellow composer Rutland Boughton, criticising the BBC Music Department's attitude towards some newer composers.[1]
  • 15 July – The Elizalde brothers together with Bertrand Silen, establish Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation, and at the same time KZRH returns to the air, broadcasting from the Insular Building, Binondo, Manila, Philippines.
  • 1 September – The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Kringkastingsorkestret) is founded.
  • 5 September – In Berlin Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor (RIAS, "Broadcasting in the American Sector") begins mediumwave transmissions. The station, established by the US occupation authorities, had begun its activities on 7 February as the wire-broadcasting service DIAS (Drahtfunk im amerikanischen Sektor). The RIAS Symphonie-Orchester is also founded this year.
  • 29 September – The BBC Third Programme is launched in the UK as a cultural channel.
  • 3 November – In Italy, RAI reorganizes its stations into two new national networks, the Rete Rossa and the Rete Azzurra.
  • 31 December – BBC General Forces Programme closes down.
  • Bush DAC90 bakelite radio introduced in the United Kingdom: it becomes the best-selling model for some years.[2]

Debuts

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Closings

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Jürgen Schaarwächter (27 February 2015). Two Centuries of British Symphonism: From the beginnings to 1945. A preliminary survey. With a foreword by Lewis Foreman. Volume 2. Georg Olms Verlag. pp. 779–. ISBN 978-3-487-15228-8.
  2. ^ Evans, Paul; Doyle, Peter (2009). The 1940s Home. Oxford: Shire Publications. ISBN 978-0-7478-0736-0.
  3. ^ a b c d e f 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.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
  5. ^ Lohman, Sidney (13 January 1946). "One Thing and Another". The New York Times. p. X 5. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  6. ^ "KERA Becomes WFAA-FM" (PDF). Broadcasting. 22 September 1947. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ^ Lohman, Sidney (6 October 1946). "News and Notes from the Studios". The New York Times. p. X 9. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b Lewis, Steven. "Bing Crosby's Network Radio Days". Bing Crosby Internet Museum. Web. 9 January 2015.
  9. ^ a b Terrace, Vincent. (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.