1932 in British radio

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The following is a list of events from British radio in 1932.

Events

15 March
- First BBC radio broadcast from the new Broadcasting House in London;[1] all programmes transfer from 15 May.
- The BBC Dance Orchestra first broadcasts under the direction of Henry Hall.[2]
May – Radio Luxembourg begins high-powered longwave test transmissions aimed directly at the British Isles (which prove, inadvertently, to be the first radio modification of the ionosphere).[3]
15 October – First performance before an audience in The Concert Hall of Broadcasting House.[4]
30 November – The BBC begins a series of radio broadcasts to mark the 75th birthday of composer Sir Edward Elgar.
19 December – The BBC Empire Service, later known as the BBC World Service, begins broadcasting[5] using a shortwave radio facility at its Daventry transmitting station.[6]
25 December – Inaugural Royal Christmas Message delivered by King George V from Sandringham House; scheduled for approximately 3.05pm;[7][8] the text has been written by Rudyard Kipling.

19 January – George MacBeth, Scottish-born poet and radio poetry producer (died 1992)
28 January – Norman de Mesquita, sports commentator (died 2013)

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"The Man Behind the New BBC Dance Band". Radio Times. 1932-03-11.
"Operations News". Gakona HAARPoon. Alaska. 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
Beckwith, Roger (2013-09-11). "Lower Ground Floor". Broadcasting House in the 1930s. Old BBC Radio Broadcasting Equipment and Memories. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
Tomalin, Norman (1998). Daventry Calling the World (PDF). Whitby: Caedmon. ISBN 0-905355-46-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
"Listings | National Programme (Daventry) | 25 December 1932". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
"Daventry | Christmas Day". Radio Times. Vol. 37, no. 482. 23 December 1932. p. 910.

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