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The year 1942 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.
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Events
- 1 January - All radio broadcasting in the Netherlands comes under full control of the country's Nazi occupiers. Publication of the only authorized programme guide, De Luistergids, begins.
- January 9 - Blue Network Company, Inc. was incorporated by RCA to hold the assets of the Blue Network (sold in 1943).
- February 23 - Fireside chat: On Progress of the War
- 24 February - The Voice of America begins short-wave radio broadcasting using CBS and NBC transmitters. Its first programmes are in German.
- February 27 - J.S. Hey, a British Army research officer, helps develop radio astronomy, when he discovers that the sun emits radio waves.
- April 28 - Fireside chat: On Our National Economic Policy
- September 7 - Fireside chat: On Inflation and Progress of the War
- October 12 - Fireside chat: Report on the Home Front
Debuts
- January 24 - Abie’s Irish Rose debuts on NBC.
- March 4 - Junior Miss (1942-1954) debuts on CBS.
- April 3 - People Are Funny debuts on NBC.
- 6 May - The Radio Doctor (Charles Hill) makes his first BBC radio broadcast giving health care advice.
Closings
Births
- September 20 - Dan Davis American radio personality on ESPN Radio.
- December 11 - Bud Ballou, American disc jockey and radio personality during the 1960s and 1970s.
- Bill Brown, New York City television and radio personality (WCBS-FM, WPLJ, WNEW)
Deaths
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