1934 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1934.

Events

23 February
*Edward Elgar dies, leaving unfinished his Symphony No. 3, commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, who will premiere its realised version in 1998.
*Benjamin Britten's choral variations A Boy Was Born are premiered in a BBC radio concert of contemporary music with Leslie Woodgate conducting the Wireless Chorus and choirboys of St Mark's, North Audley Street, London.
6 September – The BBC's most powerful long-wave transmitter, Droitwich Transmitting Station, starts transmitting regularly at 200 kilohertz, following test transmissions from 8 May. From 7 October it takes over from Daventry 5XX as the main station radiating the BBC National Programme.
29 November – Marriage of Prince George, Duke of Kent, to Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark at Westminster Abbey, the first wedding to be broadcast live on radio.
25 December – King George V delivers his third Christmas Message.
A former London roller skating rink reopens as the BBC's Maida Vale Studios which becomes the home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
The Northern Studio Orchestra is renamed the BBC Northern Orchestra.
EKCO introduces its distinctive circular bakelite radio cabinets in the United Kingdom.

10 January – Sheila Tracy, broadcast presenter, previously swing trombonist
4 March – John Dunn, radio presenter
5 June – Bryon Butler, radio football correspondent
26 August – Gordon Clough, radio journalist
18 December – Michael Freedland, journalist, biographer and broadcaster in London