- 1940 in radio
The year
1940 in radio involved some significant events.__TOC__Events
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January 5 – FM radio is demonstrated for the FCC for the first time.
*May 26 – Fireside chat: "On National Defense"
*18 June – GeneralCharles de Gaulle , "de facto" leader of theFree French Forces inWorld War II , uses the airwaves of theBBC to make his 18th of June Appeal to the French people for resistance to the Nazi German occupation of France.
*15 October – Seven staff are killed when an attempt to eject a delayed-action German bomb fromBroadcasting House inLondon fails. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/spl/hi/history/noflash/html/1940s.stm About BBC News - official site]
*December 29 – Fireside chat: "On National Security"Debuts
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The Bell Telephone Hour (1940-1958)
*January 28 – "Beat the Band " debuts onNBC .
*February 5 – "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill " debuts onNBC .
*February 11 – "The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street " debuts on theBlue Network .
*February 12 – "The Adventures of Superman" (1940-1951) debuts on WOR.
*March 18 – "Light of the World " debuts onNBC .
*March 23 – "Truth or Consequences " debuts onCBS .Closings
Births
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May 7 - Legendary Radio personalityJim Connors
*June 5 –David Brudnoy (d. 2004), populartalk radio host inBoston, Massachusetts from 1976 to 2004.Deaths
References
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