1912_in_radio Knowpia

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The year 1912 in radio involved some significant events.

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15 April – Sinking of the RMS Titanic: CQD and SOS radio distress signals are sent.
5 July – International Radiotelegraph Convention signed in London.
13 August – The United States Congress passes the Radio Act of 1912, "An Act to regulate radio communication", requiring that all radio stations be licensed.^[1]
9YV, an experimental station operated by Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, becomes the first radio station in the United States to offer a regularly-scheduled daily broadcast (in morse code) of the weather forecast.^[2]^[3]

12 February – Eric Barker, English comic actor and writer (died 1990)
16 February – Del Sharbutt, American radio and television announcer (died 2002)
8 April – Mary Dee, born Mary Goode, African American DJ (died 1964)
24 June – Brian Johnston, English cricket commentator and radio presenter (died 1994)
1 July – Wallace Greenslade, English radio announcer (died 1961)
5 October – Tony Marvin, American radio and television announcer (died 1998)
25 November – Francis Durbridge, English scriptwriter (died 1998)
26 November – Eric Sevareid, American radio news reporter (died 1992)
Rita Zucca, Italian American Axis propaganda broadcaster (died 1998)

^ Text of the 1912 Act.
^ "A Chronology of AM Radio Broadcasting 1900–1960". Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^ "KKSU History". Retrieved 24 February 2014.