1928 in British radio

none November 2020 November 2020 1928 British radio British television British music This is a list of events from British radio in 1928. Events 2 January – The BBC broadcasts The Daily Service – a 15-minute act of Christian worship – for the first time, from its Savoy Hill studios in London. The programme will still be broadcast five mornings a week on BBC Radio 4 (LW)80 Years of Religious Broadcasting on the BBC. until it transfers to Radio 4 Extra in 2024. November – Live broadcast of National Service of Remembrance in Whitehall, London, first made by the BBC. 24 December – First Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols to be broadcast from King's College Chapel, Cambridge, by BBC Radio.Nine lessons and carols: History of the service http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/history.html King's College Chapel Cambridge 2008-03-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080315084716/http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ninelessons/history.html 2008-03-15 The BBC Dance Orchestra is formed under the leadership of Jack Payne. Births 1 June – Bob Monkhouse, comedy writer-performer and television game show host (died 2003) 6 June – R. D. Wingfield, novelist and radio dramatist (died 2007) 19 June – Barry Took, comedy writer and broadcast presenter (died 2002) 2 July – John Timpson, journalist and radio presenter (died 2005) 3 July – Edward Greenfield, classical music critic and presenter (died 2015) 13 August – John Tidmarsh, journalist and radio presenter (died 2019) 17 September – Brian Matthew, disc jockey (died 2017) 20 October – Michael O'Donnell, physician, journalist, medical campaigner and broadcaster (died 2019) References Category:Years in British radio Radio