Radio year 1948

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1948: Introduction of the D-Mark

General

January 30th - Gandhi is murdered by a fanatical Hindu in New Delhi .
May 14th - Foundation of the State of Israel , whereby the League of Nations mandate for Palestine expires after more than 30 years .
June 21 - Currency reform in Germany: Introduction of the D-Mark in the Trizone .
June 21 - In New York Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, the company Columbia Records the 33⅓ rpm - LP (LP) to the public. The new sound carrier can store up to 45 minutes of audio information on two pages.
December 10th - Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations .

Radio

January 15 - Radio Wien starts broadcasting commercials .
March 1 - In Austria , the British occupation broadcaster Sendergruppe Alpenland opens a capital city studio on the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace .

April 3 - From Shreveport , Louisiana , the music show Louisiana Hayride hits the airwaves for the first time. It makes musicians like Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash popular.

May 14 - With the establishment of the State of Israel , the radio broadcaster Kol Israel ( Voice of Israel ) begins operations.

October 19 - The evening studio , the most advanced of the German-language night programs , goes on air for the first time on Radio Frankfurt .

December 26 - In honor of John Reith , the BBC's first general manager from 1922–1938, the BBC Home Service broadcasts the first of its annual Reith Lectures series . In the first issue, Bertrand Russell speaks on the subject of “Authority and the Individual”.

watch TV

March 20 - Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini makes his first television appearance on a CBS show.
June 20 - The later Ed Sullivan Show launches on CBS under the name Toast of the Town . Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis appear on television for the first time in their careers on the show, which is considered lost .
July 25th - French television (chaîne télévision) broadcasts the arrival of the Tour de France in Paris . Jacques Sallebert is the commentator on this first live broadcast in French television history.
July 29th - The BBC will broadcast the London Summer Olympics opening ceremony . During the games, the BBC reports for half an hour every day. A temporary television studio will be set up in the Alexandra Palace for this purpose.

Born

January 22nd - Rudi Klausnitzer , Austrian theater manager ( Vereinigte Bühnen Wien ), radio presenter and Ö3 boss 1979–1987 , was born in Piberbach (Upper Austria).
January 29th - Guido Knopp , German television journalist, was born in Schwalmstadt ( Hesse ).
February 6th - Renate Roland , German actress (including eight hours is not a day ) is born in Gelsenkirchen .
April 4 - Towje Kleiner , German actor ( The normal madness ) was born in Föhrenwald († 2012).
April 22nd - Carol Drinkwater , British actress and author, is born in London . She is best known for a leading role in the television series The Doctor and the Dear Cattle .
June 29th - Otto Brusatti , Austrian musicologist and radio presenter ( classical music meeting point ) is born in Zell am See .
June - Rainer Hirsch , German television journalist and u. a. Foreign correspondent for ZDF in Paris was born in Wiesbaden († 2009).
September 17 - John Ritter , American actor and series actor ( Jack of Hearts with two women ) was born in Burbank (Los Angeles County) († 2003).
September 19 - Serge Adda , former president of the French television channel TV5 Monde , was born in Tunis († 2004).

Died

February 9 - Karl Valentin , Bavarian comedian, folk singer and radio personality dies at the age of 65 in Planegg in Upper Bavaria .

Web links

Gijsbert Hinnen: International radio and television chronicle. In: rfcb.ch. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016 ; accessed on December 23, 2016 .
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