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 .

 27 April : The UnioneRadiofónica Italiana (URI) , a jointly-owned company with a majority participation by the state) is set up in Italy.  October : Radio broadcasting begins in Austria with the founding of the RAVAG, a semi-public body that takes over from the Viennese Radio-Hekophonexperimental station , inaugurated in 1923.  Regular broadcasting beginsin Sweden . It is funded by licence fees , carries no advertising and has an educational mission.  Radiojänst (Sverige Radio) is granted exclusive rights .  In France Paris- PTT broadcasts debates at the League of Nations .  14 December : URI obtains exclusive rights to broadcast in Italy. A long-wave broadcast station is founded in Mexico and a state-run educational station is opened.  The Philips Company launches the Hilversum (Netherlands) Radio station . Programmes are managed by a listeners' association.  Experimental broadcasts in Ceylon .  In the U.K. the BBC broadcastsits first ...