1929 in radio
The year 1929 in radio involved some significant events.
Events
- 8 January – CBS purchases New York City radio station WABC from the Atlantic Broadcasting Company.
- 10 January – WTFF in Mt. Vernon, Virginia changes its call letters to WJSV. While the call letters are claimed to stand for "Jesus Saves Virginia", they actually stand for James S. Vance, a Grand Wizard in the state and publisher of the station's owner, "The Fellowship Forum". Vance arranges an affiliation deal with CBS Radio, which also involves operations and programming for WJSV..
- 29 October – Radio Moscow makes its first foreign language broadcast, in German.
Debuts
- – The Chase and Sanborn Hour debuts on NBC.
- 14 January – Empire Builders debuts on NBC-Blue.
- 17 January – Aunt Jemima debuts on CBS.
- January – George Gershwin's An American in Paris
- 15 July – Music & the Spoken Word on KSL and the CBS radio network, the longest-running continuous network radio program in the US.
- 19 August – Amos 'n Andy debuts on the NBC Blue radio network.
- 1 October – Blackstone Plantation debuts on CBS.
- 24 October – Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, starring Rudy Vallee, debuts on NBC.
- 6 November – Week in Westminster debuts on the BBC Home Service; it will still be running more than 90 years later.
- 20 November – The Rise of the Goldbergs, starring Gertrude Berg, debuts on NBC.
Births
- 23 January – Myron Cope, American sports journalist, radio personality and sports broadcaster best known for being the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
- 14 March – Bob Grant, American conservative talk radio host.
- 27 April – Derek Chinnery, British radio controller.
- 20 August – Tom Clay, American radio personality and disc jockey.
- 25 September – Ronnie Barker, English comic actor.
- 25 November – Tim Gudgin, English sports results announcer.
- 29 November – Derek Jameson, English newspaper editor and broadcaster.
- 30 November – Dick Clark, American television and radio personality, game show host and businessman, chairman and CEO of Dick Clark Productions.
- 5 December – Richard Beebe, American radio personality and comedian.
- 28 December – Brian Redhead, English radio news presenter.