1934 in radio

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The year 1934 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

1 January - In New Zealand, station 3YL Christchurch is opened.^[1]
26 March - In New Zealand, station 4YO Dunedin is opened.^[2]
28 June: Fireside chat: Review of the Achievements of the Seventy-third Congress
1 July: The Federal Communications Commission is created, replacing the Federal Radio Commission.
30 September: Fireside chat: On Moving Forward to Greater Freedom and Greater Security
December:WJBO is relocated from New Orleans to Baton Rouge & relaunched as simply WJBO 1150AM in Baton Rouge.

13 January: Al Pearce and His Gang debuts on NBC Blue.^[3]
10 March: Beatrice Fairfas debuts on NBC.^[4]
26 March: The Adventures of Frank Merriwell debuts on NBC.^[4]
16 April: Babe Ruth debuts on the Blue Network.^[4]
April: Major Bowes Amateur Hour debuts on the New York City station WHN.
29 September: The Quality Network cooperative is reorganized and renamed the Mutual Broadcasting System. The stations participating in the co-op, all serving as part-owners, include WOR-New York (Bamberger Broadcasting Service/Macy's), WGN-Chicago (The Chicago Tribune), WLW-Cincinnati (Crosley Broadcasting Corporation) and WXYZ-Detroit (Kunsky-Trendle Broadcasting).
14 October: Lux Radio Theater debuts on NBC Blue for its first year, before moving to CBS for the remainder of its run.

25 February: The American Revue ends its run on network radio (CBS).^[4]
16 November: Bring 'Em Back Alive ends its run on network radio (Blue Network).^[4]
17 December: The Atwater Kent Hour ends its run on network radio (CBS).^[4]

January: Alan Berg (died 1984), Denver-based liberal radio talk show host and former attorney.
30 January: Tammy Grimes, an American actress and singer who hosted the final season of CBS Radio Mystery Theater.^[3]
25 April: George Bogle, a minister and religious broadcaster in Detroit, Michigan.
10 May: Gary Owens, American radio host and voice actor (d. 2015)

↑ An Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966
↑ An Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.

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