World Radio Day

Meeting in Brussels (Belgium), jurists of the International Wireless Committee  propose a " code of good conduct " An outdoor loudspeaker built to broadcast Hitler's speeches (1933) for international radio broadcasting .  China starts broadcasting to other countries. Radio broadcasting begins in the Gold Coast (now Ghana). Italian radio starts to broadcastin Arabic (anti-British propaganda) and jams broadcasts from Ethiopian radio.  1 June : Japan starts broadcasting programmes to thewest coast of the Americas , Hawaii and the Pacific, in order to defend its foreign policy after leaving the League of Nations .  10 August : A Inter-american radiocommunications agreement between Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay sets up technical co¬ operation and bans broadcasts detrimental to good international relations .

Regular public broadcasting (news and music) begins to spread in many countries, including Argentina, Denmark, Canada, the U.S. S.R. and the United Kingdom.  The Canadian government imposes a one-dollar tax on radioreceivers .  Publication of Spain's first magazine devoted to radio, RadioSport, coincides with the inauguration of the country's first transmitters.  In France a wireless industry employers' federation and an International Wireless Committee are formed to examine legal, economic and administrative issues connected with wireless .  Rules for the control ofwireless telegraphy in time of war are adopted at The Hague (Netherlands).  16 August : AT&T launches ' station WEAF in New York (U.S.A.) , the first station funded by advertising.  17 September : The first programmes are broadcast from Moscow to all Soviet radio stations .  October : The BBC (British Broadcasting Company) is formed. 6 big companies own 60% of the capital, the rest ...