1922 in radio

none thumb | right | Radio operator in 1922 1922 radio music film June 2021 1922 in radio details the internationally significant events in radio broadcasting for the year 1922. __TOC__ Events 6 February – Official inauguration of Radio Tour Eiffel from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, transmitting meteorological bulletins.Olivier Wieviorka Michel Winock Les lieux de l'histoire de France Place des éditeurs 2019 9782262083182 PT303 8 February – President of the United States, Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. 19 February – Ed Wynn becomes the first big vaudeville star to join radio. The first broadcast is Wynn's The Perfect Fool and the station is WJZ, New York. This is also the first time in the world that a radio show is broadcast before a studio audience.The Shell Book of Firsts 1983. p. 240. 27 February – The first National Radio Conference, led by Herbert Hoover, is held in Washington, D.C.April 2009 10 March – In the United States, Variety magazine prints as its front-page headline "Radio Sweeping Country - 1,000,000 Sets in Use". 19 March – Broadcasting from the Shukhov Tower in Moscow begins with a concert of Russian music. 11 May – Station 2LO becomes the second radio station to broadcast regularly in the United Kingdom, operating from Marconi House in London, initially for one hour a day. The first radio sports commentary in Britain is made on the station when Arthur Burrows describes a boxing match between Ted "Kid" Lewis and Georges Carpentier at Olympia. No further sports broadcasts are made in the country until 1927 due to pressure from newspapers.The Shell Book of Firsts 1983. p. 149. 18 May – Warren G. Harding becomes the first United States president heard live on radio, when his speech to the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. is carried by Navy broadcasting station NOF."Radio Broadcasts President's Speech on Commerce", Washington Post, 23 May 1922, page 5."'Honest Commerce Is Nation's Need' President Harding Radios World", Radio World, 1 3, 1922, page 3. 28 May – The Detroit News Orchestra, the world's first radio orchestra (a symphonic ensemble organized specifically to play on radio), begins broadcasting from radio station WWJ in Detroit, Michigan.Detroit News 1922 21 June – KZKZ is initiated on radio station 21 July – A limited commercial license is issued for operating radio station WIAE, in Vinton, Iowa, to station manager Marie Zimmerman, making WIAE the first radio station owned and operated by a woman.Von Lackum Karl C. Vinton Boasts Only Broadcasting Station in U.S. Owned By Woman Waterloo Evening Courier Waterloo, Iowa 7 14 October 1922 22 August – The first national wireless exhibition is held at the Champ de Mars in Paris.100 de radio: Les Pionniers de la TSF 7 September – On the occasion of the centennial celebrations of Brazilian independence, President Epitácio Pessoa of Brazil makes the country's first radio broadcast. Vincent Jon S. Culture and customs of Brazil Greenwood 2003 101 0-313-30495-5 https://archive.org/details/culturecustomsof0000vinc/page/101 17 September – First radio broadcasts in Russia.Walter Byron Emery National and international systems of broadcasting: their history, operation and control Michigan State University Press East Lansing 1969 382 2 October – CKAC, the first French language radio station in North America, launches in Montreal, Quebec.Robert Thérien L'histoire de l'enregistrement sonore au Québec et dans le monde, 1878–1950 Presses Université Laval Quebec 2003 9782763779331 108 7 October – Speaking on radio station 2LO, the Prince of Wales becomes the first member of the British royal family to make a public broadcast.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 6 November – The privately owned French radio station Radiola begins regular transmissions. 14 November – London station 2LO transfers to the British Broadcasting Company and transmits its first two news bulletins, each read twice ("once quickly and once slowly" – to determine listener reaction).About BBC News - official site. 15 November – The British Broadcasting Company opens its stations in Birmingham (5IT) and Manchester (2ZY).December 2015 4 December – A broadcasting "music ensemble" is formed in Pittsburgh by that city's KDKA; it will be known as the KDKA Orchestra.December 2015 Walter Camp's "Daily Dozen" exercise regimen is first broadcast in the United States. Births 6 February – Denis Norden, English comedy scriptwriter and broadcast personality (died 2018) 23 April – Jack May, English actor (died 1997) 29 May – Mae Brussell, American radio personality and conspiracy theorist (died 1988) 10 June – Bill Kerr, South African-born Australian actor (died 2014) 17 July – Sid Collins, American motor-racing broadcaster (died 1977) 16 August – James Casey, English variety artist and radio comedy scriptwriter and producer (died 2011) 20 September – Dottie Ray, American radio host (died 2016) 5 October – Janie Joplin, American radio announcer and voice-over artist (died 2007) See also List of oldest radio stations List of initial AM-band station grants in the United States References Sources Detroit News WWJ—The Detroit News, The History of Radiophone Broadcasting https://books.google.com/books?id=h3xIAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Detroit+News+Orchestra%22 1922 Detroit, Michigan The Evening News Association Detroit News External links Marie Zimmerman-- Broadcasting's first female owner Category:Radio by year