Events
- 2 January: Bing Crosby becomes full-time host of the Kraft Music Hall, following Paul Whiteman, after having been a guest host on December 5, 1935.
- 20 March - The Lisnagarvey transmitter begins service, broadcasting the Northern Ireland Regional Programme of the BBC on a frequency of 977 kHz.
- 25 March: First radio broadcast from the Parliament of New Zealand.
- 30 March: Backstage Wife moves from Mutual to the NBC Blue Network.
- 12 June: Pittsburgh becomes the first city in the U.S. to have a 50,000 watt ("blowtorch") station.
- 6 September: Fireside chat: On Drought Conditions
- 17 September: Major Bowes Amateur Hour moves from the NBC Red Network to CBS.
- 2 November: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) takes over responsibility for public service broadcasting in Canada from the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC).
- 11 December: King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom broadcasts a speech from Windsor Castle concerning his abdication of the throne.
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