1950 in radio

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The year 1950 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

Events

• 15 March – the Copenhagen Frequency Plan is implemented by broadcasters throughout Europe.
• 1 May – Springbok Radio, South Africa's first commercial radio station, takes to the airwaves. It will broadcast for 35 years, until 31 December 1985.^[1]

Debuts

• 1 January - Hopalong Cassidy debuts on Mutual.^[2]
• 6 January - The Halls of Ivy debuts on NBC.^[2]
• 22 January - The Adventures of Christopher London debuts on NBC.^[3]
• 30 January - Mark Trail debuts on Mutual^[2]
• 1 February - Big Jon and Sparkie debuts on ABC.^[2]
• 6 February – Dangerous Assignment debuts on NBC.
• 19 April – WTSA Brattleboro, Vermont signs on for the first time.
• 7 May - The Big Guy debuts on NBC.^[3]
• 7 May - Cloak and Dagger debuts on NBC.^[3]
• 1 June - DZBB, a radio station owned by Republic Broadcasting Systems (now GMA Network) in the Philippines begun broadcasting from its first studions in Calvo Bldg, Manila.
• 3 July - Granby's Green Acres debuts on CBS.^[3]
• 24 September Charlie Wild, Private Detective debuts on NBC.^[3]
• 8 October – WARA Attleboro, Massachusetts signs on for the first time.
• 29 October - Meet Frank Sinatra debuts on CBS.^[4]
• 5 November - The Big Show debuts on NBC.^[3]
• 6 December - American Agent debuts on ABC.^[3]

Closings

• 6 January - Lora Lawson ends its run on network radio (NBC).^[2]
• 19 January - The Better Half ends its run on network radio (Mutual).^[3]
• 29 March - Curtain Time ends its run on network radio (NBC).^[3]
• 30 April - The Adventures of Christopher London ends its run on network radio (NBC).^[3]
• 1 June - The Chesterfield Supper Club ends its run on network radio (NBC).^[3]
• 6 July - Blondie ends its run on network radio (ABC).^[3]
• 29 August - The Candid Microphone ends its run on network radio (CBS).^[3]
• 21 August - Granby's Green Acres ends its run on network radio (CBS).^[3]
• 1 September = The Adventures of the Thin Man ends its run on network radio (ABC).^[3]
• 6 September - Chandu the Magician ends its run on network radio (ABC).^[5]
• 22 October - Cloak and Dagger ends its run on network radio (NBC).^[3]
• 29 October - The Big Guy ends its run on network radio (NBC).^[3]

Births

• 14 March – Rick Dees, radio and television personality.
• 12 May – Jenni Murray, English journalist, presenter of Woman's Hour
• 24 September – Alan Colmes, American radio and television talk show host.

Deaths

• 13 January – Thomas S. "Tommy" Lee, son of pioneering broadcaster Don Lee, of a suicide. His death triggers the sale of the Don Lee Network (a station group including KFRC AM/FM in San Francisco and KHJ AM/FM in Los Angeles) to General Tire, forerunner of RKO General.
• 2 September - Frank Graham, announcer for many programs and the star (following Jack Webb) of Jeff Regan, Investigator.^[6]

References

1. Springbok Radio official website
2. Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8. P. 6.
3. Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
4. "Meet Frank Sinatra". OTRRpedia. Old Time Radio Researchers Group. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
5. Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Deaths, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8.
6. "Frank Graham" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 11, 1950. Retrieved 24 August 2014.