Year 1937.
Number of radio receivers per thousand population Germany: 122 France: 76 Netherlands: 118 Canada: 122 5 January : A radio transmitter is inaugurated at the Albert I college, Kinshasa (Zaire) on the initiative of the Jesuits. It later becomes "Radio-Leo". Radio supports within Japan and externally Japan's military campaign against China. A ban is imposed on listening to foreign radio programmes . The United Kingdom has 10 radio transmitters and over 8 million receivers. The United States adopts a " Radio Code ": information is a social duty and should be in the public interest. Radio should provide entertainment, education and information that is not subject to censorship and serves objective truth . October : Roosevelt gives a radio talk against the rise of fascism, terror and international lawlessness. U.S. commercial radio advertising receipts total $70 million.