1932 in British radio

The following is a list of events from British radio in 1932.

Events

15 March
*First BBC radio broadcast from the new Broadcasting House in London; all programmes transfer from 15 May.
*The BBC Dance Orchestra first broadcasts under the direction of Henry Hall.
May – Radio Luxembourg begins high-powered longwave test transmissions aimed directly at the British Isles.
15 October – First performance before an audience in The Concert Hall of Broadcasting House.
17 October – Novelist J. B. Priestley delivers a radio talk "To a Highbrow", part of an attack on Virginia Woolf and her circle.
30 November – The BBC begins a series of radio broadcasts to mark the 75th birthday of composer Sir Edward Elgar.
19 December – The BBC Empire Service, later known as the BBC World Service, begins broadcasting using a shortwave radio facility at its Daventry transmitting station.
25 December – Inaugural Royal Christmas Message delivered by King George V from Sandringham House; scheduled for approximately 3:05pm; the text has been written by Rudyard Kipling.