Radio year 1924
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Other events
The Papal Nuncio Eugenio Pacelli Visiting the Radio Broadcasting Station in the Vox House in Berlin (January 1924)
Radio
- January 15 - In Great Britain, the British Broadcasting Company's 2LO station broadcasts Europe's first original radio play . It comes from Richard Hughes and is called Danger or A Comedy of Danger (German title: danger ).
- January 22nd - Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk AG (MIRAG) is founded and goes on air on March 2nd.
- February 12 - Calvin Coolidge delivers the first US President's speech on the radio. Broadcast from New York , it has an estimated 5 million listeners.
- February 12 - The Eveready Hour premieres on US radio station WEAF (1922–1946). The program is considered to be the first commercially sponsored variety program in the history of broadcasting.
- March 30th - German hour starts broadcasting in Bavaria (entertainment company founded by Munich business people)
- May 2nd - Nordische Rundfunk AG (NORAG) goes on air.
- August 2nd - German hour's subsidiary station Nuremberg in Bavaria goes into operation
- September 1st - German hour's subsidiary station Augsburg starts operating in Bavaria
- September 14th - 2BE Belfast , operated by the British Broadcasting Company (now British Broadcasting Corporation ), goes on air as the first radio broadcaster in Northern Ireland .
- November 30th - NORAG starts its second program based in Bremen .
- October 1st - Radio Verkehrs AG (RAVAG) starts its official broadcasting operations from a provisional studio in Vienna on Stubenring.
watch TV
- In 1924 the Scot John Logie Baird transmits shadow images over a distance of three meters with his "Televisor" based on the Nipkow disk.
Born
- January 21 - Benny Hill , British comedian ( The Benny Hill Show , 1969–1989) was born Alfred Hawthorn Hill in Southampton († 1992).
- January 29th - Edi Finger , Austrian sports reporter was born in Klagenfurt († 1989).
- March 2 - Wolf in der Maur , Austrian journalist, radio and television director of ORF between 1974 and 1984, was born in Klagenfurt († 2005).
- March 27th - Claus Gatterer , Austrian television journalist, was born in Sexten († 1984).
- May 4th - Otto Grünmandl , Austrian cabaret artist, director and writer was born in Hall in Tirol († 2000). Grünmandl, who was head of the literature department of the ORF regional studio in Tyrol in the 1970s , is best known for his satirical Alpine interviews .
- May 11th - Jörg Mauthe , Austrian liberal-conservative cultural politician, writer and radio editor (satirical program Der Watschenmann , 1950–1955, 1967–1974) was born in Vienna († 1986).
- June 21 - Fritz Bauchwitz , Austrian-American radio journalist and presenter, was born in Vienna († 2009).
- July 12th - Heinz von Cramer , German author and radio play director was born in Stettin († 2009).
- August 2nd - OF Weidling , German television entertainer, was born Otto Franz Weidling in Piesau († 1985).
- August 15 - Werner Abrolat , German actor and voice actor ( Gonzo in the Muppet Show , caretaker Willie in The Simpsons ) was born in Munich († 1997).
- August 17th - Peter Garden , German actor, singer and showmaster is born in Munich . († 2015)
- November 30th - Allan Sherman , American television producer, actor and parodist was born in Chicago († 1973).
- December 20 - Walter Davy , Austrian actor and television director was born in Vienna († 2003). Davy became known to the general public primarily in the role of Schremser in the crime parody Kottan .
See also
Web links
- Nicole Kiefer: Timeline of the history of broadcasting / broadcasting legislation In: Saarland University
- International radio and television chronicle. In: rfcb.ch. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016 ; Retrieved November 26, 2016 .