Year 1927.




 1 January: The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation, established by Royal Charter, and is granted the broadcasting monopoly by licence for an initial 10-year period. It becomes a public service funded by a licence fee and managed by an independent Board of Governors.

23 February: In the U.S.A. the Radio Act grants radio protection under the First Amendment to the Constitution (on free speech) and sets up the Federal RadioCommission (FRC). From now on a licence is required in order to broadcast. 

The Austrian, Czech, German and Polish radio networks use telephone circuits to exchange symphony concerts. 

The Japanese colonial authorities set up a radio station in Seoul (Korea). 

The Indian BroadcastingCompany Ltd. opens in Bombay and Calcutta. Eindhoven (Netherlands) transmits the first radio broadcasts to the East and WestIndies. The BBC starts educational broadcasting.

 11 November: The BBC starts broadcasting on short wave from Chelmsford. 

The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) is established in the U.S.A.








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