The year 1941 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

List of years in radio (table)
In television
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
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Events

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Debuts

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Closings

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Programs

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  • 17 January – Charlie and Jessie ends its run on network radio (CBS).[11]
  • 10 April – The Ask-It Basket ends its run on network radio (CBS).[11]
  • 30 June – The Amazing Mr. Smith ends its run on network radio (Mutual).[11]
  • 22 August – Buck Private and His Girl ends its run on network radio (NBC).[11]
  • 19 September – Home of the Brave ends its run on network radio (NBC-Red).[11]
  • 26 September – By Kathleen Norris ends its run on network radio (CBS).[11]
  • 26 September – Claudia and David ends its run on network radio (CBS).[11]
  • 27 September – City Desk ends its run on network radio (CBS).[11]
  • 28 September – Ed Sullivan Variety ends its run on network radio (CBS).[11]
  • 30 September – Bringing Up Father ends its run on network radio (NBC).

Stations

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  • 28 March – KYAN, Cheyenne, Wyoming, ended broadcast operations, selling its transmitter site and tower to KFBC, Cheyenne.[18]

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  2. ^ Taylor, John A. (2005). Bletchley Park's Secret Sisters: Psychological Warfare in World War II. Dunstable: The Book Castle. ISBN 1-903747-35-X.
  3. ^ Belenitskaya, Olga (16 April 2015). "Moscow is speaking: The voice that brought hope to a nation". Russia Behind the Headlines. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  4. ^ Nelson, Anne (2009). Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6000-9.
  5. ^ Sproat, Iain. (2010) "Wodehouse, Sir Pelham Grenville (1881–1975)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 24 April 2015 (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  6. ^ a b Connolly, Joseph (1987) [1979]. P. G. Wodehouse. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-500-26027-2.
  7. ^ a b c Phelps, Barry (1992). P. G. Wodehouse: Man and Myth. London: Constable. p. 211-13, 220. ISBN 978-0-09-471620-9.
  8. ^ McCrum, Robert (2004). Wodehouse: A Life. London: Viking. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-670-89692-9.
  9. ^ Perry, Mike W. (1 July 1998). "Publication History of C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity". C. S. Lewis Web. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  10. ^ Robert J. Brown, Manipulating the Ether: The Power of Broadcast Radio in Thirties America, pp. 117–120. McFarland & Company, 1998. ISBN 0-7864-2066-9
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
  12. ^ Cox, Jim (2015). "Hilltop House". The Great Radio Soap Operas. McFarland. pp. 71–76. ISBN 9781476604145. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  13. ^ "WLAG, in La Grange, Ga. Makes Its Formal Debut". Broadcasting. Broadcast Advertising: 68. 12 May 1941.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Grant Pollock Appointed To Direct WINC Sales". Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications: 31. 21 July 1941.
  15. ^ Castiglia, Onofrio (25 June 2016). "Local radio station WINC celebrates 75 years on air". Winchester Star. Winchester, Virginia: Byrd Newspapers. pp. A1, A6.
  16. ^ Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920–1960, 2nd Edition. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. Pp. 145–146.
  17. ^ "The Brains Trust". Radio Days. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  18. ^ "Competition Puts KYAN Off the Air". Broadcasting. Broadcast Advertising: 54. 7 April 1941.
  19. ^ Cammick, Murray (4 March 2014). "Radio Hauraki: the pirate days – the good guys". Audio Culture: the noisy library of New Zealand music. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  20. ^ Holen, Øyvind. "Totto Osvold". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  21. ^ "BBC – Radio 4 – Presenter – Sue MacGregor". Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  22. ^ "Henri Bergson – Philosopher – Biography". www.egs.edu. 3 January 1941. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  23. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Jelly Roll Morton – Biography & History". AllMusic.
  24. ^ Michael A. Martini (2011). Cincinnati Radio. Arcadia Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7385-8864-3.
  25. ^ Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. p. 240. ISBN 978-0313344237.