1943 in radio

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The year 1943 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Closings 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• May 2 - Fireside chat: On the Coal Crisis.
• 13 May - In the Netherlands, an ordinance issued by the German occupiers requires the surrender to the authorities of all radio sets.
• July 28 - Fireside chat: On Progress of War and Plans for Peace.
• September 8 - Fireside chat: Opening Third War Loan Drive.
• December 3 - Edward R. Murrow delivers his classic "Orchestrated Hell" broadcast over CBS describing a Royal Air Force nighttime bombing raid on Berlin.
• December 24 - Fireside chat: On Tehran and Cairo Conferences.

[edit] Debuts

• January 10 - The Better Half, a quiz show, debuts on Mutual.
• February 15 - My True Story debuts on the NBC Blue Network (later became ABC).
• February 21 - Free World Theatre debuts on the NBC Blue Network (later became ABC).
• March 25 - The Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore Show debuts on the NBC Red Network.
• March 27 - Blue Ribbon Town debuts on CBS for a one year run.
• April 3 - The Billie Burke Show airs on CBS Radio Saturday mornings until September 21, 1946.
• June 28 - The Dreft Star Playhouse debuts on NBC.

[edit] Closings

[edit] Births

• May 6 - Milton Cooper (d. 2001), American writer and shortwave broadcaster.
• July 31 - William Bennett, American conservative pundit, politician and radio talk show host.
• Jaye Michael Davis (d. 2006), American radio disc jockey and voice of Memphis's WDIA starting in 1977.

[edit] Deaths

• Ben Bernie, 52, American jazz violinist and radio personality.