; ct2gcal.pl output ; ; Absolutely NO warrenty! ; ; ;# CalenTool V2.2 - nflag=1 range=1,12 - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE ;# $Header: radio,v 1.2 91/03/07 16:21:23 billr Exp $ ;# Special dates in the history of radio ;# Today in History dates provided by Robert Heckendorn at ;# Hewlett-Packard in Fort Collins, Colorado. ;# Any corrections or additions may be sent to robert@fc.hp.com ;# ;# Additional dates provided from ProLine's today file ;# ;# Converted to calentool format by Larry Virden (lwv27%cas.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.Edu) ;# and further edited and merged by Bill Randle (billr@saab.cna.tek.com). ;# 00000105 FCC hears first demonstration of FM radio (1940)%s19400105 00000119 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England. (1903)%s19030119 00000121 First BBC broadcast from London (1930)%s19300121 00000130 First radio broadcast of "The Lone Ranger" (1933)%s19330130 00000208 Radio arrives in the White House. (1922)%s19220208 00000217 The Voice of America started broadcasting to the USSR (1947)%s19470217 00000224 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German). (1942)%s19420224 00000307 The first successful transatlantic radio telephone call took place between London and New York (1926)%s19260307 00000319 'Amos and Andy' debut on radio. (1928)%s19280319 00000416 first Fibber McGee and Molly radio show is aired (1935)%s19350416 00000503 National Public Radio begins (1971)%s19710503 00000603 "Dragnet" is first broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles). (1949)%s19490603 00000701 "Wolfman Jack", a howling success in radio 00000705 1st 'Hawaii Calls' radio program is broadcast. (1935)%s19350705 00000820 WWJ becomes the first radio station (1920)%s19200820 00000828 The first radio commercial aired on station WEAF in New York City. (1922)%s19220828 00000909 NBC created by the Radio Corporation of America. (1926)%s19260909 00000918 the Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air. (1927)%s19270918 00000930 Lowell Thomas' first broadcast (1930)%s19300930 00001005 1st radio broadcast of the World Series. (1921)%s19211005 00001008 "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" made its debut on CBS radio. (1944)%s19441008 00001027 the radio show "You Bet your Life" starring Groucho Marx premiered on ABC (1947)%s19471027 00001030 Orson Welles panics a nation with his broadcast of 'War of the Worlds' (1938)%s19381030 00001102 KDKA (Pittsburgh) on the air as 1st commercial radio station. (1920)%s19201102 00001111 Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on network radio (1939)%s19391111 00001115 National Broadcasting Company goes on-the-air, with 24 stations (1926)%s19261115 00001122 the International Radio Telegraphic Convention adopts "SOS" as the new call for help (1906)%s19061122 00001125 Radio station WTAW of college station, Texas, broadcast the first play-by-play description of a football game (1920)%s19201125 00001128 The Grand Ole Opry made its radio debut on station WSM, Nashville. (1925)%s19251128 00001212 FCC reprimands NBC for allowing Mae West to "sex-up" a skit based on Adam and Eve (1937)%s19371212 00001224 1st known radio program in US is broadcast. (1906)%s19061224