Radio events
- The New York Philharmonic Orchestra was heard for the first time in a CBS radio broadcast from Carnegie Hall.
- The radio program “15 Minutes with Bing Crosby” premiered on CBS.
- The radio program “Arch Oboler's Plays” was first presented by NBC Symphony.
- The radio show Louisiana Hayride, known as “The Cradle of the Stars”, broadcast its final performance on KWKH in Shreveport after nearly 12 and a half years on the air.
- The first episode of the BBC Radio 2 music program All Time Greats, hosted by Desmond Carrington, was broadcast. The program aired on Sunday afternoons and Carrington's program was later renamed The Music Goes Round.
