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This is a list of events from British radio in 1920.
Events
- January – The first informal and spasmodic broadcasts in the United Kingdom are made by the Marconi Company from Chelmsford in Essex. These broadcasts include both speech and music.[1]
- 23 February–6 March – The Marconi Company broadcasts from Chelmsford a series of 30-minute shows repeated twice daily. These include live music performances.[1]
- 15 June – Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba becomes history's first well-known professional performer to make a radio broadcast when she sings two arias as part of the series of Marconi broadcasts from Chelmsford.[1]
- November – The Marconi broadcasts from Chelmsford cease after it is claimed they interfere with aircraft and ship communications.[1] They resume in 1922 regularly as 2MT.
Births
- 5 February – Frank Muir, comedy writer (died 1998)
- 2 April – Ian Messiter, panel game creator (died 1999)
- 2 May – Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson, Scottish pianist, composer and broadcaster (died 1980)[2]
- 12 June – Peter Jones, comic actor (died 2000)
- 18 June – Ian Carmichael, actor (died 2010)
- 28 June – Irene Thomas, radio quiz show player (died 2001)
- 12 October – Steve Conway, singer (died 1952)[3]
References
- ^ a b c d The Shell Book of Firsts 1983. pp. 145–8.
- ^ "Joe "Mr. Piano" Henderson Songs, Albums, Revie..." AllMusic. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England, UK; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P72/BAT
