1930 in British radio

none November 2020 November 2020 1930 British radio British television British music This is a list of events from British radio in 1930. Events 8 March – Last day of broadcast for 5GB Daventry, the BBC's experimental National Programme which has been running on a scheduled basis since 21 August 1927; it is replaced by the National Programme Daventry.Schedule Coverage BBC Genome labs https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/labs/coverage BBC 21 November 2020 2 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302082243/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/labs/coverage deadhttps://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/5gbx/1927-08-21 Listings 5GB Daventry 21 August 1927 BBC Genome BBC 22 November 2020https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/5gbx/1930-03-08 Listings 5GB Daventry 8 March 1930 BBC Genome BBC 22 November 2020 9 March – First day of broadcast for the BBC's new National and Regional Programmes, which gradually replace the existing call-signed regional radio stations. 9 May sees three new stations broadcast: the National Programme (aka National Programme Daventry, replacing station 5XX), the Regional Programme London (replacing 2LO) and the Regional Programme Midlands.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/national/daventry/1930-03-09 Listings National Programme (Daventry) 9 March 1930 BBC Genome BBC 22 November 2020https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/regional/london/1930-03-09 Listings Regional Programme (London) 9 March 1930 BBC Genome BBC 22 November 2020https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/regional/midland/1930-03-09 Listings Regional Programme (Midlands) 9 March 1930 BBC Genome BBC 22 November 2020The First Week of Alternative Programmes Radio Times 26 336 7 March 1930 557 https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/d56c359f186f47709eb973c1e54088c2?page=5 The BBC also opens its second high-power medium-wave transmitter at Brookmans Park, north of London. 18 April – BBC radio listeners uniquely hear the announcement "Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news."Cara Giaimo The Day Without News Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bbc-no-news-today 2018-04-18 2020-04-25 Piano music follows. 28 May – The BBC Symphony Orchestra is formed as a permanent full-scale ensemble under the directorship of Adrian Boult. It gives its first concert on 22 October at the Queen's Hall, London.Boult Adrian My Own Trumpet London Hamish Hamilton 1973 0241024455 99 14 June–19 July – The Scoop, a serial written by members of the Detection Club, is broadcast on the BBC National Programme. 12 October – First day of broadcast of the National Programme London, providing better reception for the south of England than is available from Daventry.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/national/london/1930-10-12 Listings National Programme (London) 12 October 1930 BBC Genome BBC 22 November 2020The Development of the Twin Wave Service Radio Times 29 367 10 October 1930 85 https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/07c8a62317154fb29024c62fe3eadd63?page=9 Elsie and Doris Waters introduce the radio comedy characters Gert and Daisy.http://voices-of-variety.com/elsie-and-doris-waters/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140112190231/http://voices-of-variety.com/elsie-and-doris-waters/ usurped 12 January 2014 Stephen Dixon Elsie and Doris Waters Voices of Variety 2013 2020-11-10 Births 6 February – Lionel Blue, reform rabbi and broadcaster (died 2016) 7 February – Peter Jones, Welsh-born sports commentator (died 1990) 7 April – Cliff Morgan, Welsh rugby union player, sports commentator and broadcasting executive (died 2013)https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/aug/29/cliff-morgan Cliff Morgan obituary 2013-08-29 Richard Williams The Guardian London 2019-08-19 4 June – Edward Kelsey, actor (died 2019) 17 July – Ray Galton, comedy scriptwriter (died 2018) References 30em Category:Years in British radio Radio