1 January – In Ireland Erskine Childers, the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, appoints a new executive council, Comhairle Radio Éireann, to take over day-to-day responsibility for the state broadcasting service.
15 January – Harry Truman becomes the first President of the United States to broadcast his farewell address on radio and television.
19 March – For the first time the Academy Awards ceremony (broadcast annually on radio since 1930) is also carried on television.
3 May – German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle begins regular transmissions.
19 October – American CBS presenter Arthur Godfrey dismisses singer Julius La Rosa live on air on the radio-only segment of Godfrey's morning show.[1]
Bob Cruz, American disc jockey on WABC from 1976 (d. 1995).
Deathsedit
9 November – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and radio broadcaster (b. 1914).
Referencesedit
^Ahlfors, Elizabeth. "Julie's Story". Juliuslarosa.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
^ abcdCox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8. p. 6.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvDunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
^"In Review: To Be Perfectly Frank" (PDF). Broadcasting. 23 November 1953. p. 15. Retrieved 27 August 2018.