1920 in radio

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Generally

Radio

  • January - Lee De Forest has the operation of his station " 2XG " Set after him from the Bronx (where he was licensed ) has relocated to Manhattan.
  • February 23 - 15 kW Marconi station in Chelmsford begins on longwave 107 kHz with a test program. News and music are sent twice a day. The trial lasts until March 6, 1920.
  • April - Lee DeForest installed at the California Theater in San Francisco a 1 kW transmitter and transfers from now on daily musical performances from the concert hall. The station with the call sign " 6XC " working first at 1450 m, and later at 1260m.
  • 15 June - The Australian opera singer Nellie Melba occurs as the first music star live on British radio.
  • August 20 - The transmitter " 8MK " (now WWJ ) in Detroit, in collaboration with the Detroit News as the first radio station regular messages.
  • August 27 - The Sociedad Radio Argentinia radiates a performance of Wagner 's Parsifal opera from. At this time, the transmission but are received by not more than 20 sets in all of Buenos Aires.
  • November 2nd - KDKA in Pittsburgh will be the first private radio station in the United States on his program.
  • December 22 - From the Editor king Wusterhausen a Christmas concert will be aired for the first time with instrumental music. On the live concert followed by letters from private audience from Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the UK and the Nordic countries. From Germany came no reactions because broadcasting ( from ) hearing was a punishable offense.

Born

  • March 3 - James Doohan, Canadian actor born in Vancouver. Doohan was mainly in the role of Lt.. Cmdr. Montgomery Scott ( " Scotty" ) is known in the television series Star Trek. († 2005)
  • March 23 - Alfred Böhm, Austrian actor ( The Leihopa ) was born in Vienna († 1995).
  • May 23 - Annette of Aretino, in 1954 first television announcer at BR, throughout the German speaking as a member of the team rate the game show What am I? is born as Marie Elisabeth Adelhaid Cunegonde Felicitas Baroness of Aretino in Bamberg ( † 2006).
  • June 18 - Roman Brodmann, Swiss documentary filmmaker born in Binningen ( † 1990).
  • July 19 - Heini Kaufeld, German actor born in Hamburg. He was best known for the numerous television broadcasts from the Hamburg Ohnsorg Theater. († 1996)
  • September 20 - William Conrad, American actor ( Gunsmoke ), synchronous and radio speaker is born as William Cann in Louisville (Kentucky ) ( † 1994).
  • September 21 - Vico Torriani, Swiss pop singer and moderator of ZDF game show The Golden Shot is born as Ludovico oxens Torriani in Geneva († 1998).
  • October 15 - Heribert Meisel, Austrian sports journalist is born in Baden (Lower Austria ). († 1966)
  • November 17 - Camillo rims, Luxembourgish radio and television presenter born in Kayl, Canton Esch- sur -Alzette. Rims moderated in the 1950s for Radio Luxembourg, the first German charts. († 2005)
  • November 25 - Hilda Sicks, German actress born in Hamburg. She was best known for the numerous television broadcasts from the Hamburg Ohnsorg Theater. († 2007)
San Remo conference Battle of Warsaw (1920) Telent KDKA (AM) Star Trek: The Original Series Der Leihopa Annette von Aretin Bayerischer Rundfunk Binningen, Switzerland Louisville (Kentucky) Camillo Felgen
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