1933 in British radio

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This is a list of events from British radio in 1933.

Events

10 March – The BBC holds a memorial concert for its late Director of Music, Percy Pitt, in The Concert Hall of Broadcasting House, London.[1]
28 May – Washford transmitting station begins broadcasting the BBC Regional Programme for the West of England.[2]
16 August – The BBC unveils a Compton organ in The Concert Hall of Broadcasting House, London.[3]
28 October – Broadcast of the earliest surviving BBC location recording, Night on London’s River: Westminster to the Docks.[4]
BBC executive Colonel Alan Dawnay begins to meet with the head of MI5, Sir Vernon Kell, to trade information informally on potentially subversive staff.[5]

Ruth, Jennifer (1999). The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 1922–1936: Shaping a Nation's Tastes. Cambridge University Press. p. 467. ISBN 978-0-521-66117-1. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
The BBC Year-book 1933. London: BBC. 1933. OCLC 867862862.
Beckwith, Roger (2013-09-11). "Lower Ground Floor". Broadcasting House in the 1930s. Old BBC Radio Broadcasting Equipment and Memories. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
"Radio actuality recordings – Night on London's River". Sound and History. 1933. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
"The vetting files: How the BBC kept out 'subversives'". bbc.co.uk. 2018-04-22. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
Radio Times (10 November 1933), In Town Tonight, vol. 41, BBC National Programme, p. 50

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