1932 in radio

The year 1932 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.__TOC__

Events

*March 1 – Both NBC and CBS go to Hopewell, New Jersey to provide live coverage of the Lindbergh kidnapping.
*March 24 – A radio variety show is broadcast from a moving train for the first time, when Belle Baker hosts a show on a train traveling around the New York area. It was broadcast on the New York City station WABC. She talked first about the weather then, about local news regarding home-towns or stations of the train with the radio.
*14 May – The BBC moves into its new headquarters, Broadcasting House in London.
*26 May – The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Act is passed, providing for the establishment of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission.
*19 December – The BBC Empire Service (ancestor of the BBC World Service) begins transmissions.

Debuts

*January 4 – "The Carnation Contented Hour" debuts on NBC Red Network.
*January 12 – Ed Sullivan joins CBS.
*February 15 – George Burns and Gracie Allen become regulars on The Guy Lombardo Show on CBS.
*March 29 – Jack Benny is heard on the radio for the first time on Ed Sullivan's show.
*May 2 – "The Jack Benny Program" debuts on the NBC Blue Network.
*June 29 – The comedy serial "Vic and Sade" debuts on NBC Blue Network.
*October 23 – Fred Allen's first radio program, the "Linit Bath Club Revue", debuts on CBS.

Closings

Births

*September 13 - Dick Biondi, Radio Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Top 40 and Oldies disc jockey.
*December 9 - Morton Downey, Jr. (d. 2001), controversial and influential American radio and television talk show host of the 1980s who pioneered the "trash talk show" format.

Deaths