Debuts
- 24 January: Abie’s Irish Rose debuts on NBC.
- 4 March: Junior Miss (1942–1954) debuts on CBS.
- 3 April: People Are Funny debuts on NBC.
- 6 May: The Radio Doctor (Charles Hill) makes his first BBC radio broadcast giving health care advice.
- September: The Brains Trust first broadcast under this title on BBC Home Service radio.
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