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

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Closings
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

May 27 - Fireside chat: Announcing Unlimited National Emergency (longest fireside chat)
September 11 - Fireside chat: On Maintaining Freedom of the Seas
December 9 - Fireside chat: On the Declaration of War with Japan

Debuts

January 7 - Inner Sanctum Mysteries (1941-1952) debuts on the NBC Blue Network.
March 1 - W47NV starts operations as the first commercial FM radio station.
March 1 - Duffy's Tavern debuts on CBS.
March 28 - Hollywood Premiere, hosted by Louella Parsons, debuts on CBS.
August 31 - The Great Gildersleeve debuts on the NBC Red Network.

Closings

Births

April 2 - Dr. Demento, radio disc jockey specializing in novelty songs and pop music parodies.
May 24 - Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, author, musician, poet and, of late, disc jockey who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades.
July - Gary Burbank, longtime American radio personality on WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Deaths

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