1912 in radio

The year 1912 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

• 15 April – Sinking of the RMS Titanic: CQD and SOS radio distress signals are sent.
• 5 July – International Radiotelegraph Convention signed in London.
• 13 August – The United States Congress passes the Radio Act of 1912, "An Act to regulate radio communication", requiring that all radio stations be licensed.
• 9YV, an experimental station operated by Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, becomes the first radio station in the United States to offer a regularly scheduled daily broadcast (in morse code) of the weather forecast.

Births

• 12 February – Eric Barker, English comic actor and writer (died 1990)
• 16 February – Del Sharbutt, American radio and television announcer (died 2002)
• 8 April – Mary Dee, born Mary Goode, African American DJ (died 1964)
• 24 June – Brian Johnston, English cricket commentator and radio presenter (died 1994)
• 1 July – Wallace Greenslade, English radio announcer (died 1961)
• 5 October – Tony Marvin, American radio and television announcer (died 1998)
• 25 November – Francis Durbridge, English scriptwriter (died 1998)
• 26 November – Eric Sevareid, American radio news reporter (died 1992)
• Rita Zucca, Italian American Axis propaganda broadcaster (died 1998)

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