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1946 in radio

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The year 1946 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.

Events

  • 20 January – British composer Sir Granville Bantock writes to fellow composer Rutland Boughton, criticising the BBC Music Department's attitude towards some newer composers.[1]
  • 15 July – The Elizalde brothers together with Bertrand Silen, establish Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation, and at the same time KZRH returns to the air, broadcasting from the Insular Building, Binondo, City of Manila, Philippines. KZRH's comeback will feature the first ever Filipino language dramas on radio postwar while retaining programming from NBC Radio in a nod to its prewar affiliation.
  • 1 September – The Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Kringkastingsorkestret) is founded.
  • 5 September – In Berlin Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor (RIAS, "Broadcasting in the American Sector") begins mediumwave transmissions. The station, established by the US occupation authorities, had begun its activities on 7 February as the wire-broadcasting service DIAS (Drahtfunk im amerikanischen Sektor). The RIAS Symphonie-Orchester is also founded this year.
  • 29 September – The BBC Third Programme is launched in the UK as a cultural channel.
  • 3 November – In Italy, RAI reorganizes its stations into two new national networks, the Rete Rossa and the Rete Azzurra.
  • 31 December – BBC General Forces Programme closes down.
  • Bush DAC90 bakelite radio introduced in the United Kingdom: it becomes the best-selling model for some years.[2]
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