European Radio History

1924

January

06: UK - The BBC starts with religeous programming.
15: Sweden - One of the first Swedish radiostations in Sweden starts in Göteborg, led by K.G. Eliassion.

Image of KG Eliasson (courtesy of SM6UQP) 101 kB (jpg)

Programme schedule of KG Eliasson's broadcast (courtesy of SM6UQP) 99 kB (jpg)

KG Eliassons 100 watt transmitter (courtesy of SM6UQP) 75 kB (jpg)

Teather ”Tiggarstundenten” that KG Eliasson broadcasted LIVE from ”Stora Teatern” in Göteborg (courtesy of SM6UQP) 108 kB (jpg)

February

05: UK - The BBC adopts the Greenwich time.
17: UK - The BBC starts transmitting the Big Ben time signal on the hour.

March

01: Germany - Sender Leipzig starts broadcasting on 664 kHz with 0.25 kW.
23: Finland - In Helsinki MW station Radiola (2NBI) starts with a power of 500 W. The station goes bankrupt after six months.
28: UK - BBC 5PY Plymouth starts broadcasting on 330 metres.
30: Germany - The "Südwestdeutsche Rundfunkdienst AG" started broadcasting from Frankfurt.

May

01: UK - BBC 2EH Edinburgh starts broadcasting on 325 metres.
10: Germany - The Süddeutsche Rundfunk AG starts broadcasting on 686 kHz with 0.25 kW.

June

11: UK - BBC 6LV Liverpool starts broadcasting on 318/315 metres.
15: Netherlands - Radio Bloemendaal starts broadcasting on 1116 kHz.

Extract of Radio Bloemendaal on 1116 kHz (courtesy of Han Hardonk) 00:25, 40 kbps, 125 kB (MP3)

July

08: UK - BBC 2LS Leeds (346 metres) and 2LS Bradford (310 metres) start broadcasting.
21: UK - The BBC starts broadcasting on long wave via 5XX Chelmsford on 1600 metres with 15 kW.

August

05: Austria - Official broadcaster "Radio-Verkehrs-AG" (RAVAG) takes over from Radio Hekaphon.
15: UK - BBC 6KH Hull starts broadcasting on 320 metres.

September

14: UK - BBC 2BE Belfast starts broadcasting on 435 metres.
16: UK - BBC 5NG Nottingham starts broadcasting on 340 metres.

October

1: Austria - The transmitter Wien-Stubenring (0.35 kW, 566 kHz) replaces the one of Radio Hekaphon.
10: Germany - The Münster transmitter of WEFAG went on air with 0.25 kW on 737 kHz.