1923 in British radio

none August 2024 November 2020 1923 British radio British music This is a list of events from British radio in 1923. Events January 8 January – First outside broadcast by the British Broadcasting Company, a British National Opera Company production of The Magic Flute from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 18 January – The Postmaster General grants the BBC a licence to broadcast. February 13 February – First BBC broadcast from Cardiff (station 5WA). Mostyn Thomas opens the programme, singing Dafydd y Garreg Wen and Gwilym Davies becomes the first speaker to broadcast in the Welsh language.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21426191 Broadcasting in Wales: 90 years since BBC went on air Neil Prior 2013-02-13 BBC 2013-02-13 March 6 March – First BBC broadcast from Glasgow (station 5SC).The BBC in Scotland: the first 50 years David Pat Walker Edinburgh Luath 2011 1-908373-00-8 registration https://archive.org/details/bbcinscotlandfir0000walk It broadcasts excerpts from an opera.David Sillito Mystery of BBC radio's first broadcasts revealed 100 years on https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63583081 BBC News 2022-11-14 2022-11-14 19 March – First BBC outside broadcast in Scotland, from the Coliseum Theatre, Glasgow. 26 March – First broadcast of a dance band, by Marius B Winter and his Dance Orchestra. April April – First BBC broadcast of an SOS message, for a woman to attend the bedside of her dying brother.The Daily Mirror Old Codgers Little Black Book Number Two London Mirror Group 1976 0-85939-076-4 70–1 May 2 May – Women's Hour, the first BBC programme for women (and predecessor of the later Woman's Hour), is broadcast. 24 May – The first live broadcast of a dance band, The Carlton Hotel Dance Band, leader Ben Davis.'Stomping at the Savoy', in Storyville No. 30, August/September 1970, p. 222 30 May – BBC Cardiff (station 5WA) broadcasts the first full performance of a new orchestral opera. 31 May – Yorkshire-born Norman Clapham makes his BBC debut as 'John Henry', one of the first comedians to adapt to the medium of radio.Purcell Jennifer J. 'Enthusiasm, Experiment and Gallantry in Action': Developing Light Entertainment on the Fledgling BBC, 1922–1932 Cultural and Social History July 2018 15 3 415–32 10.1080/14780038.2018.1492786 149732018Dibbs Martin Radio Fun and the BBC Variety Department, 1922-67: Comedy and Popular Music on Air 2018 Springer 978-3-319-95609-1 24 https://books.google.com/books?id=-_1uDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA24 June 6 June – Edgar Wallace broadcasts from The Derby for the BBC, becoming the first British radio sports journalist.Patrick Kidd. 'The jockey who died during a race – but still won', in The Times, 9 June 2023 July 18 July – First ever known broadcast of a complete Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night, and the first dramatic production from the BBC Manchester station.Shakespeare – First Shakespeare Night: ‘Twelfth Night’ https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67114 Learning on Screen 2024-12-18 September 28 September – Vol. 1 No. 1 of The Radio Times, the world's first broadcast listings magazine, detailing official programmes of the British Broadcasting Company for the week commencing Sunday 30 September, is published.Radio Times Radio Times 1 1 28 November 1923 1Tony Currie The Radio Times Story Kelly Publishing 2001 978-1903053096 registration https://archive.org/details/radiotimesstory0000curr https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/d58cef702a6a4b26adb3e9df7195cbd4 https://web.archive.org/web/20170404180549/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/d58cef702a6a4b26adb3e9df7195cbd4 dead 4 April 2017 Issue 1 National BBC Genome Project 21 November 2020 September – The BBC delivers its first live spoken word outside broadcast, relaying a speech by Ernest Rutherford from a British Association meeting held at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. The speech is relayed to Manchester and London, and from London to Glasgow, Newcastle, Cardiff and Birmingham, and broadcast from each of those cities.A Miracle of Broadcasting Radio Times 28 November 1923 1 1 2 October 3 October – The first live broadcast of dance music from the Savoy Hotel, by the Savoy Havana Band. 10 October – Official opening of the BBC's 2BD Aberdeen radio station, the first programme of which, at 9 pm, is an address by the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and music from the Pipers and Military Band of 2nd Gordon Highlanders.It is probable that 2BD Aberdeen broadcast on an experimental and testing basis, prior to this date, without being listed in The Radio Times.Listings 2BD Aberdeen 10 October 1923 BBC Genome Project https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/2BD/1923-10-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20141016205321/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/2bd/1923-10-10 dead 16 October 2014 21 November 2020 17 October – Official opening of the BBC's 6BM Bournemouth radio station, the first programme of which, at 8 pm, is the Bournemouth Municipal Military Band conducted by Captain W. Featherston.It is probable that 6BM Bournemouth broadcast on an experimental and testing basis, prior to this date, without being listed in The Radio Times.Schedule Coverage BBC Genome Project labs https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/labs/coverage https://web.archive.org/web/20150302082243/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/labs/coverage dead 2 March 2015 21 November 2020Listings 6BM Bournemouth 17 October 1923 BBC Genome Project https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/6bm/1923-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20170328093502/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/6bm/1923-10-17 dead 28 March 2017 21 November 2020 November 16 November – First BBC broadcast from Sheffield (station 2FL). December 2 December – The first BBC radio broadcast in Gaelic language is broadcast throughout Scotland. It is a 15-minute religious address by Rev. John Bain, recorded in the High United Free Church in Aberdeen. Two weeks later, a recital of Gaelic singing is aired. 19 December – The BBC broadcasts an adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Dickens' seasonal story, made by R. E. Jeffrey.A Christmas Carol http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f8a47638c2584fd396b9275f5c6b2e29 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221095844/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f8a47638c2584fd396b9275f5c6b2e29 dead 21 December 2016 BBC 2016-12-06 31 December – The BBC broadcasts the chimes of Big Ben for the first time.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 Births 15 January – Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist (died 2006) 26 January – Patricia Hughes, continuity announcer (died 2013) 2 March – Jean Metcalfe, radio broadcaster (died 2000) 16 July – Larry Stephens, comedy scriptwriter (died 1959) 10 October – Nicholas Parsons, entertainer (died 2020) 13 October – Cyril Shaps, character actor (died 2003) 3 December – Trevor Bailey, cricketer and commentator (died 2011) 22 December – John Ebdon, radio broadcaster, Graecophile, author and director of the London Planetarium (died 2005) Notes References Category:Years in British radio Radio