1931 in British radio

none November 2020 November 2020 1931 British radio British television British music This is a list of events from British radio in 1931. Events 10 January–4 April – Behind the Screen, a serial written by members of the Detection Club, is broadcast on the BBC National Programme. 17 May – Moorside Edge transmitting station in west Yorkshire begins broadcasting the BBC North Regional Programme on 626 kHz and, from 12 July, the BBC National Programme on 995 kHz.http://www.bbceng.info/Technical%20Reviews/dev_am_tx_nw_6a.pdf Development of the BBC A.M. Transmitter Network 2007-05-28 Clive McCarthy bbceng.info 2019-07-22 8 September – W. B. Yeats makes his first BBC talk, an introduction to his version of King Oedipus broadcast from its Belfast studio.Warwick Gould Yeats Annual No. 5 W. B. Yeats's Unpublished Talk on His Version of King Oedipus Broadcast from the BBC Belfast Studio on 8 September 1931 1987 195–199 10.1007/978-1-349-06841-8_14 978-1-349-06843-2 13 September – Westerglen transmitting station begins broadcasting the BBC Regional Programme for Scotland.Y page/c3b20c2ae54b44dbb263a5e80c8384db?page=25 Other Stations' Programmes 11 September 1931 32 415 565 Autumn – The BBC subsumes all its adult education radio broadcasts under the title The Changing World transmitted in the early evening and lasting around 25 minutes each; presenters will include T. S. Eliot, Harold Nicolson, Julian Huxley and William Beveridge who also author accompanying pamphlets.Jones, Allan (2013). "The Changing World: The BBC’s educational response to the economic crisis of 1931". In History of the Media in Transition Periods, 4–6 Sep 2013, Catholic University of Portugal/Lisbon, ECREA – European Communication Research and Education Association. via Open University. Births February – Patricia Greene, actress (died 2026) 2 February – Les Dawson, comedian (died 1993) 18 February – Ned Sherrin, broadcaster and entertainer (died 2007) 7 June – Michael Bakewell, radio and television producer and scriptwriter (died 2023) 9 December – Ian McIntyre, Scottish journalist and BBC Radio executive (died 2014) Edward Taylor, scriptwriter Neville Teller, dramatist References Category:Years in British radio Radio