1948 in radio

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The year 1948 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Closings 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• March 22 – The Voice of Firestone becomes the first radio program to be aired on both AM and FM radio stations.

[edit] Debuts

• 5 January – The first episode of the radio serial drama Mrs Dale's Diary is broadcast in the BBC Light Programme.
• March 23 – Take It From Here is first broadcast by the BBC.
• April 3 – The Louisiana Hayride from Shreveport makes its debut.
• September 21 – Life with Luigi premiers on CBS.

[edit] Closings

[edit] Births

• February 4 – Alice Cooper, American rock singer, songwriter, musician and radio host.
• John Batchelor, author and syndicated talk show host.
• Fritz Coleman, former disc jockey and current weathercaster for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, California.
• Chet Coppock, American sports radio broadcaster.
• Citizen Kafka, New York City-based radio personality and folk musician.

[edit] Deaths

• Tom Breneman, 47, radio talk show host from 1941-1948, best known for the radio program, Breakfast in Hollywood.