1945 in Radio - Events

Events

  • 25 February – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's International Service (to be renamed Radio Canada International in 1970) begins regular broadcasts in English and French.
  • 15 March – For the first time, radio listeners are able to hear the whole of the Academy Awards ceremony – in a broadcast made by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and relayed on the American Forces Network (AFN).
  • 6 April – The Nazi-controlled Reichssender Wien makes its last broadcast from Vienna.
  • 15 June – The Blue Network is formally renamed the American Broadcasting Company; occasional references to "Blue Network" or "Blue Network of the American Broadcasting Company" will continue to surface during the next few years. (The rights to the "ABC" name is purchased from a third party that December.)
  • 29 July – From a studio set up in the Musikhalle Hamburg, the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) transmits its first programme for British soldiers stationed in Germany.
  • 29 July – The BBC Light Programme opens, taking over the longwave frequency which had been used until the outbreak of World War II by the BBC National Programme.

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