1926 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1926.

Events

16 January – A British Broadcasting Company radio play by Ronald Knox about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting.
4 May – The British Broadcasting Company broadcasts five news bulletins a day as no newspapers are published due to the general strike. John Reith, the BBC's general manager, resists government attempts to take it over during the strike.
4 September – Opening of first Radiolympia show of consumer radio apparatus at Olympia, London. The first mains-powered radio receiver, the Gambrell Baby Grand, is launched.
7 October – The first edition of Choral Evensong is relayed by the British Broadcasting Company from Westminster Abbey; it will still be broadcast regularly as of 2024 as the BBC's longest-running outside broadcast programme.
31 December – The British Broadcasting Company is dissolved and its assets transferred to the non-commercial and crown-chartered British Broadcasting Corporation.

27 January – Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born flautist, radio broadcaster, writer and theme tune composer
22 February – Kenneth Williams, comic actor
19 May – David Jacobs, broadcast presenter
23 May – Desmond Carrington, disc jockey and actor
27 August – Pat Coombs, comic stooge
8 September – Ronald Mason, radio drama producer
31 October – Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, broadcast presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender