1941 in radio

none July 2020 1941 radio television music film The year 1941 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history. Events 1 January – Federal Communications Commission approval of commercial FM radio in the United States takes effect.Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. 978-0-7864-3848-8. P. 5. 29 March – 80 percent of North America's AM broadcasting frequencies are reassigned to new channels pursuant to the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement. April The BBC begins to broadcast its first soap opera, Front Line Family, from the UK on its newly-created shortwave North American Service, intended as soft propaganda to the (at this time) neutral United States.Selling War: The British Propaganda Campaign against American 'Neutrality' in World War II https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_u8p5 registration Cull Nicholas John 1995 135–136 Oxford University Press New York 0-19-508566-3Allies History of the BBC https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/ww2/allies BBC 2026-07-17 American journalist Douglas Chandler begins to broadcast Nazi propaganda from Berlin for the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft, German state radio, in its U.S.A. service under the pseudonym "Paul Revere"/https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2188111 Propaganda Broadcast by "Paul Revere" Department of Justice. Criminal Division. 1919- Series: Sound Recordings of English Language Programs Aired over German Radio Broadcasting Corporation During World War II, 1790–2002 1941-09-09 US National Archives Research Catalog c. May – 6 actors in Norway who refuse to perform on state radio for the Quisling regime during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany have their work permits revoked. 23 May – Gustav Siegfried Eins, a British black propaganda station, begins broadcasting to German troops in Western Europe through shortwave transmitters in southern England, purporting to be an official German military station.Bletchley Park's Secret Sisters: Psychological Warfare in World War II John A. Taylor Dunstable The Book Castle 2005 1-903747-35-X 27 May – Fireside chat by the President of the United States: Announcing Unlimited National Emergency (longest fireside chat). 22 June – The invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany is reported on Radio Moscow by Yuri Levitan (who in the autumn is evacuated to Sverdlovsk).Belenitskaya Olga Moscow is speaking: The voice that brought hope to a nation Russia Behind the Headlines 2015-04-16 http://rbth.co.uk/arts/2015/04/16/moscow_is_speaking_the_voice_that_brought_hope_to_a_nation_45303.html 2015-05-06 26 June – The radio transmission that exposes the 'Red Orchestra' German anti-Nazi resistance group is intercepted by the Funkabwehr.Nelson Anne Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler Random House New York 2009 978-1-4000-6000-9 https://archive.org/details/redorchestrastor00anne 28 June – The first of four broadcasts from Berlin to the neutral United States by English-born humorist P. G. Wodehouse, who has been interned in Nazi Germany, is made. The series, entitled How to be an Internee Without Previous Training and comprising anecdotes about Wodehouse's experiences as a civilian internee, including some gentle mocking of his captors,Sproat, Iain. (2010) "Wodehouse, Sir Pelham Grenville (1881–1975)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 24 April 2015 Connolly Joseph Joseph Connolly (author) P. G. Wodehouse 1987 1979 London Thames and Hudson 978-0-500-26027-2 91 Phelps Barry P. G. Wodehouse: Man and Myth 1992 London Constable 978-0-09-471620-9 211-13, 220 is in August broadcast to the United Kingdom by the German propaganda ministry. McCrum Robert Robert McCrum Wodehouse: A Life 2004 London Viking 978-0-670-89692-9 320 The broadcasts generate a reaction, including, on 15 July, a strongly worded riposte on the BBC by print journalist William Connor. A 1944 official British investigation finds Wodehouse's actions to be no worse than "unwise" but he will never return to the UK. 3 July – Soviet premier Joseph Stalin makes his first radio broadcast to his people following the invasion of their country. 6 August – C. S. Lewis begins a series of BBC Radio broadcasts that will be adapted as Mere Christianity.Publication History of C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity Mike W. Perry 1 July 1998 C. S. Lewis Web https://www.discovery.org/a/519 2 December 2013 11 September – Fireside chat: On Maintaining Freedom of the Seas following the Greer Incident. 14 October – BBC programmes in the United Kingdom are first interrupted by Nazi German propaganda transmissions.Mysterious Nazi voice breaking down the BBC The Manchester Guardian 20 October 1941 21 November – The live blues radio program King Biscuit Time is broadcast for the first time on KFFA in Helena, Arkansas; it will attain its 17,000th broadcast in 2014 making it the longest-running daily American radio broadcast. 7 December – At 2:26 p.m. EST (19:26 GMT), the Mutual Broadcasting System in the United States interrupts its play-by-play commentary on the New York Giants/Brooklyn Dodgers NFL game to announce the attack on Pearl Harbor. At around the same time, NBC Red breaks into Sammy Kaye's musical program, NBC Blue suspends National Vespers, and CBS Radio interrupts a concert by the New York Philharmonic for an announcement made by John Charles Daly. Other sources suggest the first coverage on CBS is in its scheduled news program, World News Today, at 2:30 p.m. EST when Daly reads the initial report and that the first report on NBC cuts into a play, a dramatization of The Inspector-General, at 2:33 p.m. EST, lasting just 21 seconds.cs2 McDonough John 1991-12-06 Hear It Now: Pearl Harbor Day Radio Wall Street Journal A13 News of the attack is first broadcast in Japan at 11:30 a.m. Japan Standard Time; however it has already been announced "shortly after" 7:00 a.m. JST that Japan had "entered into a situation of war with the United States and Britain in the Western Pacific before dawn", after the attacks had finished.Hotta Eri https://books.google.com/books?id=pOS_5EfYtEEC Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy Knopf Doubleday Publishing 2013 Prologue: What A Difference a Day Makes 978-0-385-35051-8 2024-02-22 Google Books 8 December – The President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, delivers the Presidential Address to Congress of 8 December 1941, commonly referred to as the "Infamy Speech" to a Joint Session of Congress at 12:30 p.m. EST (17:30 GMT). Transmitted live over all four major American radio networks, it attracts the largest audience ever measured for an American radio broadcast, with over 81 percent of homes tuning in.Robert J. Brown, Manipulating the Ether: The Power of Broadcast Radio in Thirties America, pp. 117–120. McFarland & Company, 1998. 0-7864-2066-9 9 December – Fireside chat: On the Declaration of War with Japan. Debuts 2 January – City Desk debuts on CBS. 6 January – Home of the Brave debuts on CBS. 7 January – Inner Sanctum Mysteries (1941–1952) debuts on the NBC Blue Network. 13 February – Joe and Mabel (1941–1942) debuts on NBC. 1 March – W47NV starts operations as the first commercial FM radio station. 1 March – Duffy's Tavern debuts on CBS. 5 March – Author's Playhouse debuts on NBC. 28 March – Hollywood Premiere, hosted by Louella Parsons, debuts on CBS. 31 March – The Story of Bess Johnson debuts on CBS and NBC.Cox Jim The Great Radio Soap Operas 2015 McFarland 9781476604145 71–76 https://books.google.com/books?id=d7nwCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Hilltop+House%22+radio&pg=PA73 14 December 2018 en Hilltop House 5 April – WFCI signs on from Pawtucket, Rhode Island. There was an earlier WFCI owned by the same company which signed on in April 1927. 7 April – The Amazing Mr. Smith debuts on Mutual. 13 April – Bulldog Drummond debuts on Mutual. 27 April – Ed Sullivan Variety debuts on CBS. 30 April – WLAG, La Grange, Georgia, began broadcasting at 1240 kHz.WLAG, in La Grange, Ga. Makes Its Formal Debut Broadcasting Broadcast Advertising 12 May 1941 68August 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 26 May – Buck Private and His Girl debuts on NBC. 31 May – Stars over Hollywood debuts on CBS.Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-507678-3. 23 June – Front Page Farrell debuts on Mutual. 26 June – WINC signs on in Winchester, Virginia, operating on 1400 AM.Broadcasting 21 July 1941 Broadcasting Publications 31 Grant Pollock Appointed To Direct WINC SalesWinchester Star Winchester, Virginia Byrd Newspapers Local radio station WINC celebrates 75 years on air 25 June 2016 Castiglia Onofrio A1, A6 1 July – Bringing Up Father debuts on NBC. 2 July – The Adventures of the Thin Man debuts on NBC. 4 July – Claudia and David debuts on CBS. 18 July – The Avenger debuts on WHN in New York City. 29 July – Harold Teen debuts on Mutual.Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920–1960, 2nd Edition. McFarland & Company, Inc. 978-0-7864-5149-4. Pp. 145–146. 25 August – Bright Horizon debuts on CBS 31 August – The Great Gildersleeve debuts on the NBC Red Network. 22 September – Helpmate debuts on NBC. 28 September – Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt debuts on the Blue Network.wpota 4 October – The Armstrong Theater of Today debuts on CBS. 4 October – Hot Copy debuts on NBC. 22 October – The American Melody Hour debuts on the Blue Network. 2 November – Songs by Dinah Shore debuts on NBC-Blue. 30 December – The Brains Trust first broadcast under this title on BBC Home Service radio.http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/brainstrust.htm The Brains Trust Radio Days 6 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101008172200/http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/brainstrust.htm 8 October 2010 live 31 December – Anchors Aweigh debuts on Mutual. Undated Sincerely Yours, presented by Vera Lynn, debuts on the BBC. WFMF commences operations as an FM counterpart to WJBO at 98.1 Mc/s. Eventually WDGL would sign on in 1968 and take over the 98.1 frequency, forcing WFMF to change its frequency to 102.5. Closings Programs 17 January – Charlie and Jessie ends its run on network radio (CBS). 10 April – The Ask-It Basket ends its run on network radio (CBS). 30 June – The Amazing Mr. Smith ends its run on network radio (Mutual). 22 August – Buck Private and His Girl ends its run on network radio (NBC). 19 September – Home of the Brave ends its run on network radio (NBC-Red). 26 September – By Kathleen Norris ends its run on network radio (CBS). 26 September – Claudia and David ends its run on network radio (CBS). 27 September – City Desk ends its run on network radio (CBS). 28 September – Ed Sullivan Variety ends its run on network radio (CBS). 30 September – Bringing Up Father ends its run on network radio (NBC). Stations 28 March – KYAN, Cheyenne, Wyoming, ended broadcast operations, selling its transmitter site and tower to KFBC, Cheyenne.Competition Puts KYAN Off the Air Broadcasting Broadcast Advertising 7 April 1941 54 Births 31 March – Johnny Midnight, Filipino radio presenter (died 2014). 2 April – Dr. Demento, American radio disc jockey specializing in novelty songs and pop music parodies. 30 April – Chris Parkinson, New Zealand broadcaster, co-founder of Radio Hauraki (died 2016)https://www.audioculture.co.nz/scenes/radio-hauraki-the-pirate-days-the-good-guys Radio Hauraki: the pirate days – the good guys 4 March 2014 Murray Cammick Audio Culture: the noisy library of New Zealand music 28 April 2016 24 May – Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, author, musician, poet and, later, disc jockey, a major figure in popular music for five decades. 21 June – Totto Osvold, Norwegian radio entertainer (died 2023)Totto Osvold Øyvind Holen Øyvind Holen Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Totto_Osvold Norwegian 6 June 2023 July – Gary Burbank, longtime American radio personality on WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio. 20 July – Ed Doolan, Australian-born British radio presenter (died 2018). 28 July – Peter Marinker, actor. 4 August – Martin Jarvis, English voice and stage actor. 30 August – Sue MacGregor, British radio presenter.https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/sue_macgregor.shtml BBC – Radio 4 – Presenter – Sue MacGregor 20 July 2013 unfit https://web.archive.org/web/20080628020053/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/sue_macgregor.shtml 28 June 2008 Deaths 4 January – Henri Bergson, French philosopher, writer and broadcaster, 81http://www.egs.edu/library/henri-bergson/biography/ Henri Bergson – Philosopher – Biography www.egs.edu 3 January 1941 17 February 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100527113913/http://www.egs.edu/library/henri-bergson/biography/ 27 May 2010 10 July – Jelly Roll Morton, American jazz pianist, 50Yanow Scott https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jelly-roll-morton-mn0000317290/biography Jelly Roll Morton – Biography & History AllMusicMichael A. Martini Cincinnati Radio https://books.google.com/books?id=4PSXS9LPPyAC&pg=PA63 2011 Arcadia Publishing 978-0-7385-8864-3 63 19 September – Enrique Saborido, Uruguayan tango musician and composer, 64 21 December – Peetie Wheatstraw, African-American blues singer, 39 Bob Eagle Eric S. LeBlanc 2013 Blues: A Regional Experience Praeger Santa Barbara, California 240 978-0313344237 References Category:Radio by year