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1903 In Radio
The year 1903 in radio involved some significant events. Events * 19 January – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England. * August – Preliminary Conference on Wireless Telegraphy held in Berlin. Births * 17 January – Douglas Cleverdon, English radio producer and bookseller (d. 1987) * 16 February – Norman Shelley, English radio actor (d. 1980) * 31 August – Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (d. 1983) * 1 October – Edward Archibald Fraser Harding, English radio producer (d. 1953) * 29 December – George Elrick, Scottish bandleader and disc jockey (d. 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...) References Radio by year {{radio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preliminary Conference On Wireless Telegraphy
The Preliminary Conference on Wireless Telegraphy, held in Berlin, Germany, in August 1903, reviewed radio communication (then known as "wireless telegraphy") issues, in preparation for the first International Radiotelegraph Convention held three years later. This was the first multinational gathering for discussing the development of worldwide radio standards. Background The immediate cause for the conference was the previous year's ''Deutschland'' incident. Early that year one of the passengers aboard the SS ''Deutschland'', Prince Heinrich of Prussia, brother of the German Kaiser, attempted to send a wireless telegram thanking U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt for his recent hospitality."Objections to Monopoly" ''History of Communications-electronics in the United States Navy'' by Linwood S. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Cleverdon
Thomas Douglas James Cleverdon (17 January 1903 – 1 October 1987) was an English radio producer and bookseller. In both fields he was associated with numerous leading cultural figures. Personal life He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Jesus College, Oxford. At Oxford he became friends with John Betjeman, and was taken up by Roger Fry. He then set up a bookshop in Bristol, modelled on the shop Birrell & Garnett in London, with signboards designed by Eric Gill and Roger Fry. The shop specialized in fine printing and first editions from the sixteenth century onward. From there he also published. He married Elinor Nest Lewis in 1944; she was a secretary at the BBC, and they provided a social focus for producers and performers. The eldest of their three children is Dame Julia Cleverdon. He was the President of the Double Crown Club in the 1950s. He died on 1 October 1987, and is buried with Nest on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery. Publishing and Radio work His fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 In Radio
The year 1987 in radio involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events *January 1 — WBEA-FM in Elyria, Ohio (Cleveland market) drops the "B107" top 40 format to become the second affiliate for the Satellite Music Network's "Z Rock" service, with new WCZR call letters. *February 14 — Dubbed the "Valentine's Day Massacre," KMET-FM in Los Angeles switches formats to new-age music, with no disc jockeys, as KTWV. KMET's entire airstaff is dismissed with the move. *March 30 -- Infinity Broadcasting buys KVIL-AM-FM Dallas from Sconnix Broadcasting. The sale price was $82 million, the largest amount of money for an AM-FM combo up to that date. |
Norman Shelley
Norman Shelley (16 February 1903 – 21 August 1980) was a British actor, best known for his work in radio, in particular for the BBC's '' Children's Hour''. He also had a recurring role as Colonel Danby in the long-running radio soap opera ''The Archers''. Perhaps Shelley's single best-known role was as Winnie-the-Pooh in ''Children's Hour'' adaptations of A.A. Milne's stories; for many British people of the mid-20th century, his is the definitive voice of Pooh. Other roles for ''Children's Hour'' included Dr. Watson (opposite Carleton Hobbs as Holmes) in the 1952–1969 Sherlock Holmes radio series; Toad in Kenneth Grahame's ''The Wind in the Willows''; and the roles of The Magician and Captain Higgins in the specially written ''Toytown'' series. Shelley also played the parts of Gandalf and Tom Bombadil in the 1955-6 radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings''. In the 1973 BBC television series ''Jack the Ripper'' Shelley played Detective Constable Walt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 In Radio
1980 in radio involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * 20 March – The pirate radio station ''Radio Caroline'' sinks. * April – WDLM, a religious station based in East Moline, Illinois, adds an FM signal at 89.3 MHz. It acts as both a repeater of WDLM's AM signal (at 960 AM, which has been on the air since 1960) and adds additional programming. * 29 October – President Carter on a visit to Pittsburgh gives a nationally broadcast campaign interview to KDKA-AM of that city. Debuts * Alex Bennett returns to his native San Francisco to host a comedy-oriented morning show for album-oriented rock station KMEL. The show will last for the next 17 years on three different area radio stations. Closings *11 February – ''Sears Radio Theater'' ends its run on CBS. Episodes are rebroadcast later in 1980 on Mutual as ''Mutual Radio Theater''. Births *9 October – Sarah X Dylan, radio and television personality in Portland, Oregon, United States, where she produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Godfrey
Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer who was sometimes introduced by his nickname The Old Redhead. At the peak of his success, in the early-to-mid 1950s, Godfrey was heard on radio and seen on television up to six days a week, sometimes for as many as nine separate broadcasts for CBS. His programs included ''Arthur Godfrey Time'' (Monday-Friday mornings on radio and television), ''Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts'' (Monday evenings on radio and television), '' Arthur Godfrey and His Friends'' (Wednesday evenings on television), ''The Arthur Godfrey Digest'' (Friday evenings on radio) and ''King Arthur Godfrey and His Round Table'' (Sunday afternoons on radio). The infamous on-air firing of cast member Julius La Rosa in 1953 tainted his down-to-earth, family-man image and resulted in a marked decline in popularity which he was never able to overcome. Over the following two years, Godfrey fired ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 In Radio
The year 1983 in radio involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events *January 3 – Following its sale to Sconnix Broadcasting, WLLR of East Moline, Illinois debuts at 101.3 FM and moves its studios to Davenport, Iowa. The station carries over a country format, which had been used by its previous owner under the previous call letters WZZC, which had been in place since 1978. The station continues its steady climb in the Quad-Cities Arbitron ratings and eventually becomes the market's top-rated station. *July 2 – "Solid Gold Country," a country gold-formatted program, debuts by the United Stations Programming Network. The original format is a three-hour weekly program featuring interviews by a feature artist and song blocks covering various topics. Host is Stan Martin. This original format will run 18 months, until being reformatted as a daily one-hour program. *August 2 – WHTZ (Z100) in New York City debuts, soon becoming one of the most influential CHR stations in the US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio station, while in satellite radio the radio waves are broadcast by a satellite in Earth orbit. To receive the content the listener must have a broadcast radio receiver (''radio''). Stations are often affiliated with a radio network which provides content in a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both. Radio stations broadcast with several different types of modulation: AM radio stations transmit in AM ( amplitude modulation), FM radio stations transmit in FM (frequency modulation), which are older analog audio standards, while newer digital radio stations transmit in several digital audio standards: DAB (digital audio broadcasting), HD radio, DRM ( Digital Radio Mondiale). Television broadcasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 In Radio
The year 1953 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history. Events *1 January – In Ireland Erskine Childers, the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, appoints a new executive council, Comhairle Radio Éireann, to take over day-to-day responsibility for the state broadcasting service. *15 January – Harry Truman becomes the first President of the United States to broadcast his farewell address on radio and television. *19 March – For the first time the Academy Awards ceremony (broadcast annually on radio since 1930) is also carried on television. *3 May – German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle begins regular transmissions. Debuts *1 January – '' Cathy and Elliott Lewis on Stage'' debuts on CBS.Cox, Jim (2008). ''This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . p. 6. *7 January – '' The Crime Files of Flamond'' debuts on Mutual. *15 Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Elrick
George Elrick (29 December 1903 – 15 December 1999), 'The Smiling Voice of Radio', was a British musician, impresario and radio presenter, probably best known for presenting the popular record request show ''Housewives' Choice'' during the 1950s and 1960s as well as his recording of the song "I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones". George Elrick was born in Aberdeen in 1903. His first ambition was to be a physician, doctor but financial constraints prevented this. Still in his teens, he began playing Drum kit, drums for local dance bands and by 1928 had formed his own band, the ''Embassy Band'', which swept the prizes in the All-Scottish Dance Band Championship that year. Elrick turned professional and moved to London where he became friends with the crooner Al Bowlly, and began singing himself. He joined the Henry Hall (bandleader), Henry Hall Orchestra as a vocalist and drummer and their 1936 recording of ''The Music goes Round and Round'' made Elrick a star. In 1937, he l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Radio
The year 1999 in radio involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events *January 4 - KOZN/Kansas City dropped its modern AC format and began stunting with ocean waves. The following morning, KOZN flips to adult contemporary as "Star 102", and adopted the new call letters "KSRC." *January 5 - About an hour after KOZN debuted its new format, modern rocker KNRX/Kansas City dropped its 5-year-old format and begins stunting with a loop of Prince's " 1999." The following afternoon, the station flips to urban oldies as "K107." *January - KHYS/Houston flips from Rhythmic CHR to rhythmic oldies *January - WPYO/Orlando signs on with a dance-leaning Rhythmic CHR format *February 27 - KMGR/Salt Lake City flips from adult standards to Rhythmic CHR as KUUU *March 15 - KRBV/Dallas-Fort Worth flips from Urban AC to Rhythmic CHR *March 26: Billionaire Paul Allen gives Portland, Oregon its first Rhythmic Contemporary station as KXL-FM becomes KXJM ("Jammin' 95.5"). *April 5 - KHOT/Phoenix flips ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 In Radio
The year 1903 in radio involved some significant events. Events * 19 January – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England. * August – Preliminary Conference on Wireless Telegraphy held in Berlin. Births * 17 January – Douglas Cleverdon, English radio producer and bookseller (d. 1987) * 16 February – Norman Shelley, English radio actor (d. 1980) * 31 August – Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (d. 1983) * 1 October – Edward Archibald Fraser Harding, English radio producer (d. 1953) * 29 December – George Elrick, Scottish bandleader and disc jockey (d. 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...) References Radio by year {{radio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
