1939 in radio
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*1 April – The rumor that [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] is dead sweeps the United States, as millions of [[CBS]] radio listeners hear the Führer cut off in mid-speech during a shortwave relay of his address at the dedication of the [[German battleship Tirpitz|German battleship ''Tirpitz'']] in [[Wilhelmshaven]].{{cite book|last=Shirer|first=William L.|authorlink=William L. Shirer|date=2011|title=[[The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich]]|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=9781451651683}} |
*1 April – The rumor that [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] is dead sweeps the United States, as millions of [[CBS]] radio listeners hear the Führer cut off in mid-speech during a shortwave relay of his address at the dedication of the [[German battleship Tirpitz|German battleship ''Tirpitz'']] in [[Wilhelmshaven]].{{cite book|last=Shirer|first=William L.|authorlink=William L. Shirer|date=2011|title=[[The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich]]|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=9781451651683}} |
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*22 April – Premiere of [[Gian Carlo Menotti]]'s [[radio opera]] ''[[The Old Maid and the Thief]]'' on [[NBC Radio]] in New York.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/04/23/archives/new-radio-opera-of-menotti-given-the-old-maid-and-thief-in-one-act.html|title=New Radio Opera of Menotti Given: ''The Old Maid and Thief'' in One Act of 14 Scenes, Heard from Radio City Studio|first=Olin|last=Downes|author-link=Olin Downes|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=1939-04-23}} |
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*17 June – A trans-Atlantic radio broadcast features [[coloratura]] soprano [[Ewa Bandrowska-Turska]] singing four songs by [[Karol Szymanowski]] from [[Wawel Castle]] in [[Kraków]], Poland, for a United States audience on [[WENR (Chicago)|WENR]].{{cite news|title=From Poland|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4012019/from_poland_the_capital_times/|accessdate=2016-02-10|newspaper=[[The Capital Times]]|date=1939-06-16|location=Madison, Wisconsin|page=15|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}} |
*17 June – A trans-Atlantic radio broadcast features [[coloratura]] soprano [[Ewa Bandrowska-Turska]] singing four songs by [[Karol Szymanowski]] from [[Wawel Castle]] in [[Kraków]], Poland, for a United States audience on [[WENR (Chicago)|WENR]].{{cite news|title=From Poland|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4012019/from_poland_the_capital_times/|accessdate=2016-02-10|newspaper=[[The Capital Times]]|date=1939-06-16|location=Madison, Wisconsin|page=15|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}} |
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*15 July – Inauguration of [[DZRH]], one of the oldest radio stations in the [[Philippines]]. |
*15 July – Inauguration of [[DZRH]], one of the oldest radio stations in the [[Philippines]]. |
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