1947 in radio

The year 1947 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

• 10 February – The Nederlandse Radio Unie is established.
• 19 February – CBS Radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No. 3"
• March – Margaret Truman, daughter of US President Harry S. Truman, performs in her first vocal debut on national radio.
• 15 April – Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio.
• 1 June – Publication of the first number of Radio Nacional de España's fortnightly programme magazine Sintonía.
• 2 June – The Guiding Light is revived by CBS Radio after being canceled by NBC Radio the previous November. CBS would air "TGL" until 2009 on both radio and television.
• 20 October – Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years.
• Philco Radio Time starring Bing Crosby, on the ABC Radio network, introduces taped broadcasting to primetime network radio.^[1] Formerly, the show was recorded on large wax transcription disks.^[1]

Debuts

• 2 January – The comedy show Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh begins its first series on the BBC Light Programme, having begun life as a recurring sketch in the wartime comedy-variety show Merry-go-round from 31 March 1944.
• 11 January – The Amazing Mr. Malone debuts on ABC.
• 26 January – The Greatest Story Ever Told debuts on ABC.
• 13 February – Family Theater (1947–1957) debuts on Mutual.
• 17 February – The Voice of America begins shortwave radio radio transmissions to the Soviet Union.
• 28 February – BBC radio presents Twenty Questions for the first time.
• 2 April – The Big Story debuts on NBC.
• 7 July – Escape premieres on CBS.
• 6 October – 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.
• 27 October – You Bet Your Life, with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio in the U.S.
• 2 November – BBC radio transmits the first edition of Round Britain Quiz.
• 18 November – The BBC links up with stations around the globe in the programme BBC Covers the World.

Births

• 2 March – Joe Castiglione, radio announcer for the Boston Red Sox, author and college lecturer.
• 17 June – Linda Chavez, Hispanic-American conservative author, commentator, and radio talk show host.
• 1 October – Jane Dornacker (died 1986), American rock musician, actress, comedian and WNBC traffic reporter. Killed in helicopter crash while live on air on 22 October, 1986
• 11 December – Steve Curwood, journalist, author, public radio personality and actor.

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