1933 in radio

Events

• 14 January – In Spain, radio station EAJ-24 Radio Córdoba begins transmission, its first broadcast coming from the Conservatorio Superior de Música in the city.
• 24 February – In New Zealand, station 2YC Wellington is opened.
• 12 March – President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt begins a series of radio "Fireside chats" with "On the Bank Crisis".
• 7 May – Fireside chat: "Outlining the New Deal Program".
• 31 May – As the first step towards removing advertising from public radio, the French government introduces a broadcast receiving licence fee payable by owners of radio sets.
• 1 July – In Norway, NRK becomes the national broadcaster.
• 24 July – Fireside chat: "On the Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery Program". Roosevelt introduces the concept of the "first 100 days".
• 28 July – Sheila Borrett becomes the first female BBC Radio broadcaster.
• 18 August – In Germany, the Volksempfänger, a readily affordable radio set designed to be capable, as far as possible, of picking up only the transmissions of government-controlled stations, is presented at the 10th International Radio Show, Berlin.
• 22 October – Fireside chat: "On the Currency Situation"'.

Debuts

• 31 January – The Lone Ranger
• 7 March – Marie the Little French Princess
• 17 March – The Armour Jester
• 11 June – Carefree Carnival
• 23 June – Don McNeill's Breakfast Club
• 31 July – Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy
• 14 August – Ma Perkins. On 4 December, the program moves to the full NBC Red Network.
• 24 September – Broadway Varieties
• 25 September – The Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters
• 2 October – The National Barn Dance
• 8 October – The Baker's Broadcast.
• 22 October – The American Revue.
• 30 October – The Romance of Helen Trent
• 11 November – The Admiral Byrd Broadcasts
• 18 November – In Town Tonight
• 29 November – Calling All Cars
• UNDATED
• *Argonauts Club
• *The Oldsmobile Program
• *''Scrapbook''

Endings

• May – WPAW is merged into WPRO.

Births

• 11 March – Merv Smith, New Zealand radio broadcaster
• 13 March – Gloria McMillan, American actress, plays Harriet Conklin in Our Miss Brooks.
• 17 June – Harry Browne, American libertarian writer, politician, U.S. Presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000, and radio talk show host.
• 3 December – Les Crane, San Francisco-based radio announcer and television talk show host who wins a Grammy for his recording of the poem Desiderata.
• 19 November – Larry King, American radio and television host.