This is a list of events from British radio in 1949.

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Events

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January

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  • 9 January – The death today in London of comedian Tommy Handley is announced after the Sunday evening repeat of his popular series It's That Man Again by the Director General of the BBC, Sir William Haley, who insists on making the announcement himself; ITMA is immediately cancelled[1] and succeeded by Ray's a Laugh with Ted Ray,[2] while Take It from Here takes over its repeat slot.[3]

February

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March

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April to August

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  • No events.

September

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  • 5 September – Wagnerian tenor Walter Widdop makes his last appearance at the BBC Proms, singing an aria from Lohengrin, only one day before his sudden death.

October to December

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  • No events.

Debuts

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Continuing radio programmes

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1930s

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1940s

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Ending this year

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Births

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Deaths

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  • 9 January – Tommy Handley, comedian (born 1892)
  • 10 June – Sir Frederick Ogilvie, broadcasting executive and university administrator (born 1893)
  • 9 July – Peter Waring, comedian and fraudster, suicide (born 1916)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Took, Barry (1981). Laughter in the Air. London: Robson Books; BBC. ISBN 978-0-86051-149-6.
  2. ^ Street, Sean (2002). A Concise History of British Radio, 1922–2002. Tiverton: Kelly. p. 103. ISBN 9781903053140.
  3. ^ "Take It From Here". British Comedy. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ Barfe, Louis (2008). Turned Out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment. Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781848877573.
  5. ^ Miall, Leonard (28 March 1996). "Obituary: John Snagge". The Independent. London. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. ^ Elmes, Simon (2013). Hello Again: Nine Decades of Radio Voices. London: Arrow. p. 82. ISBN 9780099559788.
  7. ^ "'Big bang' astronomer dies". BBC News. 22 August 2001. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  8. ^ Croswell, Ken (1995). "Chapter 9". The Alchemy of the Heavens. Anchor Books. ISBN 0-385-47213-7.
  9. ^ Mitton, Simon (2005). Fred Hoyle: a Life in Science. Aurum Press. p. 127. ISBN 1-85410-961-8.