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The year 1948 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.
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Events
- March 22 – The Voice of Firestone becomes the first radio program to be aired on both AM and FM radio stations.
Debuts
- 5 January – The first episode of the radio serial drama Mrs Dale's Diary is broadcast in the BBC Light Programme.
- March 23 – Take It From Here is first broadcast by the BBC.
- April 3 – The Louisiana Hayride from Shreveport makes its debut.
- September 21 – Life with Luigi premieres on CBS.
Closings
Births
- February 4 – Alice Cooper, American rock singer, songwriter, musician and radio host.
- John Batchelor, author and syndicated talk show host.
- Fritz Coleman, former disc jockey and current weathercaster for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, California.
- Chet Coppock, American sports radio broadcaster.
- Citizen Kafka, New York City-based radio personality and folk musician.
Deaths
- Tom Breneman, 46, radio talk show host from 1941-1948, best known for the radio program, Breakfast in Hollywood.
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