The year 1939 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting. 1 April – The rumor that Hitler is dead sweeps the United States, as millions of...
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1939. No events. 14 June – Clevedon and Start Point transmitting stations begin broadcasting the BBC Regional...
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1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1939. 1939 (MCMXXXIX)...
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The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten films nominated for Best Picture at the 12th Academy Awards (which...
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Gleiwitz incident (redirect from Attack on Gleiwitz radio station)
on the radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz (then Germany and now Gliwice, Poland) staged by Nazi Germany on the night of 31 August 1939. Along with...
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trailblazer of the talk show in 1939. He wrote and directed the first modern radio play for this station in 1942.[citation needed] In December 1940, The Standing...
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George Brent (section Radio appearances)
Navy (1939) with de Havilland and John Payne. He appeared in Dark Victory (1939) with Davis, which was a huge success. So too was The Old Maid (1939) where...
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Martha Ross (category 1939 births)
Martha Ross (24 March 1939 – 14 January 2019) was a British actress and radio presenter. Ross had six children, including television presenters Jonathan...
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Affair's release had the potential to be premiered in late January or early February 1939 at Radio City Music Hall; later issues would give the initial...
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broadcasting on radio during the 1930s. Thompson is regarded by some as the "First Lady of American Journalism" and was recognized by Time magazine in 1939 as equal...
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Radio broadcasts commenced in what is now known as Bangladesh in 1939 under British rule, as a part of All India Radio. The state-owned Bangladesh Betar...
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flag attack on the tower in 1939, which was used as a pretext for invading Poland, beginning World War II. The Gliwice Radio Tower is 111 m (364 ft) tall...
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to negotiate on August 29, 1939. It was announced on German radio that these points had been rejected on September 1, 1939, even though they were never...
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The 1939–1940 New York World's Fair was a world's fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair included exhibitions...
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Profile Alicoate, Jack, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: New York", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 www...
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Strength Through Joy (section In the workplace)
statistics showed that in 1934, 2.3 million people took KdF holidays. By 1938, this figure rose to 10.3 million. With the outbreak of war in 1939, most of the organization's...
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(1939), "North Carolina", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive "AM Stations in the U.S.: North Carolina", Radio Annual...
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2009-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Georgia", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive Chas. A...
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Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Virginia", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive "AM Stations in the U.S.: Virginia", Radio Annual Television...
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Invasion of Poland (redirect from Polish September Campaign 1939)
Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland...
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips (category Novels set in boarding schools)
and presented by Cecil B. DeMille was first broadcast on 20 November 1939. A radio adaptation by Hallmark Playhouse starring Ronald Colman was broadcast...
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Down to Earth is a 1939 Australian radio play by Catherine Shepherd. The play was produced again in 1941. Leslie Rees said "Miss Shepherd’s detail is based...
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The Polish Radio (PR; Polish: Polskie Radio, PR) is a national public-service radio broadcasting organization of Poland, founded in 1925. It is owned by...
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Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Maryland", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive "AM Stations in the U.S.: Maryland", Radio Annual Television...
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BBC Home Service (category Radio stations established in 1939)
Service was a national and regional radio station that broadcast from 1939 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 4. Between the early 1920s and the...
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Jack, ed. (1939), "Texas", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive "AM Stations in the U.S.: Texas", Radio Annual Television...
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FM Query – FM Radio Technical Information – Audio Division (FCC) USA Archived 2009-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "District of...
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1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving...
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Lord Haw-Haw (category Nicknames in radio)
official reports of British military casualties. In a newspaper article of 14 September 1939, the radio critic Jonah Barrington of the Daily Express wrote...
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April 6, 2017. WZIG.org WZQR.fm Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Florida", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive Chas. A...
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