Today in BBC Radio History
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 9 of 9
1922-12-23 - BBC Radio began daily newscasts
1940-05-24 - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio
1949-07-29 - BBC radio begins broadcasting
1962-03-07 - Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio
1963-06-04 - 1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio
1969-04-25 - BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th & last episode
1978-03-08 - The first-ever radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
1985-09-18 - BBC Radio reports prime # 2^216091-1 found in Houston
1994-03-28 - BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for first time in United Kingdom
Famous Birthdays
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1912-06-24 - Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator & cake connoisseur)
1951-02-23 - Nicholas Kenyon, controller (BBC Radio 3)
1975-01-06 - Jason King, English radio DJ (Radio 1)
1976-08-09 - Aled Haydn Jones, Radio 1's The Chris Moyles show Producer
Famous Deaths
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1994-01-05 - Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator for 40 yrs), dies
1997-09-06 - P. H. Newby, British author and BBC radio director (b. 1918)
