1928 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1928.

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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) as of 2020.[1]
• 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.[2]
• The BBC Dance Orchestra is formed under the leadership of Jack Payne.

Births

• 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)
• 17 September – Brian Matthew, disc jockey (died 2017)
• 20 October – Michael O'Donnell, physician, journalist, medical campaigner and broadcaster (died 2019)

References

1. 80 Years of Religious Broadcasting on the BBC
2. Nine lessons and carols: History of the service, Cambridge: King's College Chapel, archived from the original on 15 March 2008, retrieved 9 March 2008.