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.
Births
- 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