World Radio Day

  There are many types of news broadcasts , each one presented in a different manner and prepared in a different style. Probably the most elementary type of news broadcast is the one presenting news of the Associated Press, the United Press, or the International News Service. These various services were originally organized to serve newspapers and the items that come over the teletype are written in newspaper style rather than radio style. Consequently, radio reporters find it necessary to "process" such items, making them bearable rather than readable. These reports are generally presented by the station announcer, who concerns himself merely with the narrative news lead of the newspaper article. Everyone experienced in the field of journalism knows that this news lead is an abstract of a whole news item, answering the questions what, why, where, and when, who, and how. In the same category are the news items transmitted by wire by the Trans-Radio News Service. These it...

  Radio broadcasting starts in Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania and Yugoslavia.  A radio station is establishedin Beijing (China) .  The Indian Broadcasting Company (an affiliate of British Marconi ) is authorized to open radio stations in India.  A radio broadcasting monopoly is set up in Japan with the establishment of NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) , a public utility incorporating the existing Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stations.  Following a resolution from the UIR and seeking to avoid or settle differences between radio broadcasting bodies , the League of Nations examines the dangers of international radio for world peace.  3 to 12 May : In Britain the general strike hits the press , and the BBC becomes the only source of news and public information .  In the U.S.A. RCA sets up the NBC (National BroadcastingCompany) network , based on two existing networks.  Radio Zagreb is opened in Yugoslavia.