1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Radio broadcasts have been a popular entertainment since the 1910s though popularity has declined some since television became widespread. ... Radio comedy, or comedic radio programming, is a radio broadcast that may involve sitcom elements, sketches or any other form of comedy found on other mediums. ... Radio drama, which had its greatest popularity in the U. S. and in most other countries before the spread of television, depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story in her or his minds eye. It resembles reading, in some ways, more than... Old-Time Radio (OTR) and the Golden Age of Radio are phrases used to refer to radio programs mainly broadcast during the 1920s through the late 1950s. ...

Events

• January 2 - Much Binding In The Marsh was first broadcast by the BBC
• February 10 - The Netherlands Radio Union is established
• February 17 - Propaganda: The Voice of America begins to transmit shortwave radio into the Soviet Union.
• February 19 CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"
• February 28 - BBC radio presents the first edition of Twenty Questions [1]
• March - Margaret Truman, daughter of US President Harry S. Truman, performs in her first vocal debut on national radio.
• April 15 - Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio
• October 6 - Philip Odell, a fictional detective created by Lester Powell and played by Canadian actor Robert Beatty, is heard for the first time on BBC radio in Lady In a Fog
• October 20 - Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years
• October 27 - You Bet Your Life, with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio in the U.S.
• November 2 - BBC radio transmits the first edition of Round Britain Quiz
• November 18 - The BBC linked up with stations around the globe in the programme BBC Covers the World

January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol building. ... The Voice of America (VOA) is the official broadcasting service of the United States government. ... A Grundig Shortwave receiver Shortwave radio operates between the frequencies of 3,000 kHz and 30 MHz (30,000 kHz) and came to be referred to as such in the early days of radio because the wavelengths associated with this frequency range were shorter than those commonly in use at... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... Twenty Questions is a popular spoken parlour game for two or more players. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Mary Margaret Truman Daniel (born February 17, 1924 in Independence, Missouri) is an American writer and the author of biographies, books on the White House and several best-selling mystery novels. ... For the victim of Mt. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... Radio Netherlands (RNW, short for Radio Nederland Wereldomroep in Dutch) is a public radio and television network based in Hilversum, the Netherlands. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... A detective is an officer of the police who performs criminal or administrative investigations, in some police departments, the lowest rank among such investigators (above the lowest rank of officers and below sergeants), a civilian licensed to investigate information not readily available in public records (a private investigator, also called... This is a list of well-known Canadians. ... Robert Beatty (born 19 October 1909, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and died 3 March 1992, London, England, UK) was a Canadian actor who worked in radio, film and television for most of his career and was especially known in the United Kingdom. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... You Bet Your Life was an American radio and television quiz show. ... Groucho Marx poses for an NBC promotional photograph Julius Henry Marx, known as Groucho Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own. ... The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... Round Britain Quiz (or RBQ for short) is a panel game that has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 1947, making it the oldest quiz still broadcast on British radio. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ...

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