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1922 in radio details the internationally significant events inradio broadcasting for the year 1922.

Events

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6 February – Official inauguration ofRadio Tour Eiffel from theEiffel Tower in Paris, transmitting meteorological bulletins.^[1]
8 February –President of the United States,Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in theWhite House.
19 February –Ed Wynn becomes the first bigvaudeville star to join radio. The first broadcast is Wynn'sThe Perfect Fool and the station isWJZ,New York. This is also the first time in the world that a radio show is broadcast before a studio audience.^[2]
27 February – The first National Radio Conference, led byHerbert Hoover, is held inWashington, D.C.^{[citation needed]}
10 March – In the United States,Variety magazine prints as its front-page headline "Radio Sweeping Country - 1,000,000 Sets in Use".
19 March – Broadcasting from theShukhov Tower in Moscow begins with a concert of Russian music.
11 May – Station2LO becomes the second radio station to broadcast regularly in the United Kingdom, operating fromMarconi House in London, initially for one hour a day. The first radio sports commentary in Britain is made on the station whenArthur Burrows describes aboxing match betweenTed "Kid" Lewis andGeorges Carpentier atOlympia. No further sports broadcasts are made in the country until 1927 due to pressure from newspapers.^[3]
18 May –Warren G. Harding becomes the first United States president heard live on radio, when his speech to theUnited States Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. is carried by Navy broadcasting stationNOF.^[4]^[5]
28 May – TheDetroit News Orchestra, the world's firstradio orchestra (a symphonic ensemble organized specifically to play on radio), begins broadcasting from radio stationWWJ inDetroit, Michigan.^[6]
June –KZKZ is initiated on radio station
21 July – A limited commercial license is issued for operating radio stationWIAE, inVinton, Iowa, to station manager Marie Zimmerman, making WIAE the first radio station owned and operated by a woman.^[7]
22 August – The first national wireless exhibition is held at theChamp de Mars inParis.^[8]
7 September – On the occasion of the centennial celebrations ofBrazilian independence, PresidentEpitácio Pessoa ofBrazil makes the country's first radio broadcast.^[9]
17 September – First radio broadcasts in Russia.^[10]
2 October –CKAC, the firstFrench language radio station in North America, launches inMontreal, Quebec.^[11]
7 October – Speaking on radio station2LO, thePrince of Wales becomes the first member of the British royal family to make a public broadcast.^[12]
6 November – The privately owned French radio stationRadiola begins regular transmissions.^[8]
14 November – London station 2LO transfers to theBritish Broadcasting Company and transmits its first twonews bulletins, each read twice ("once quickly and once slowly" – to determine listener reaction).^[13]
15 November – The British Broadcasting Company opens its stations in Birmingham (5IT) and Manchester (2ZY).^{[citation needed]}
4 December – A broadcasting "music ensemble" is formed inPittsburgh by that city'sKDKA; it will be known as the KDKA Orchestra.^{[citation needed]}
Walter Camp's "Daily Dozen" exercise regimen is first broadcast in the United States.

Births

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6 February –Denis Norden, English comedy scriptwriter and broadcast personality (died2018)
23 April –Jack May, English actor (died1997)
29 May –Mae Brussell, American radio personality and conspiracy theorist (died1988)
10 June –Bill Kerr, South African-born Australian actor (died2014)
17 July –Sid Collins, American motor-racing broadcaster (died1977)
16 August –James Casey, English variety artist and radio comedy scriptwriter and producer (died2011)
20 September –Dottie Ray, American radio host (died2016)
5 October –Janie Joplin, American radio announcer and voice-over artist (died2007)

References

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^Wieviorka, Olivier; Winock, Michel (2019).Les lieux de l'histoire de France. Place des éditeurs. p. PT303.ISBN 9782262083182.
^The Shell Book of Firsts 1983. p. 240.
^The Shell Book of Firsts 1983. p. 149.
^"Radio Broadcasts President's Speech on Commerce",Washington Post, 23 May 1922, page 5.
^"'Honest Commerce Is Nation's Need' President Harding Radios World",Radio World, 1 3, 1922, page 3.
^Detroit News 1922, p. 21.
^Von Lackum, Karl C. (14 October 1922). "Vinton Boasts Only Broadcasting Station in U.S. Owned By Woman".Waterloo Evening Courier.Waterloo, Iowa. p. 7.
^^a ^b100 de radio: Les Pionniers de la TSF
^Vincent, Jon S. (2003).Culture and customs of Brazil. Greenwood. pp. 101.ISBN 0-313-30495-5.
^Emery, Walter Byron (1969).National and international systems of broadcasting: their history, operation and control. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. p. 382.
^Thérien, Robert (2003).L'histoire de l'enregistrement sonore au Québec et dans le monde, 1878–1950. Quebec: Presses Université Laval. p. 108.ISBN 9782763779331.
^Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
^About BBC News - official site.