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The year 1947 in radio involved some significant events.

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Closings
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 Notes

Events

February 10 - The Netherlands Radio Union is established.
February 19 CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No. 3"
March - Margaret Truman, daughter of US President Harry S. Truman, performs in her first vocal debut on national radio.
April 15 - Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio.
October 20 - Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years.
Philco Radio Time starring Bing Crosby, on the ABC network, introduces taped broadcasting to primetime network radio.^[1] Formerly, the show was recorded on large wax transcription disks.^[1]
The Guiding Light is cancelled by NBC and picked up by CBS, where it continues on radio until 1956 and on television from 1952 to 2009.

Debuts

January 2 - Much Binding In The Marsh was first broadcast by the BBC.
January 11 - The Amazing Mr. Malone debuts on ABC.
January 26 - The Greatest Story Ever Told (radio) debuts on ABC.
February 13 - Family Theater (1947–1957) debuts on Mutual.
February 17 - The Voice of America begins to transmit shortwave radio into the Soviet Union.
February 28 - BBC radio presents Twenty Questions
April 2 - The Big Story debuts on NBC.
July 7 - Escape premieres on CBS.
October 6 - Philip Odell, a fictional detective created by Lester Powell and played by Canadian actor Robert Beatty, is heard for the first time on BBC radio in Lady in a Fog.
October 27 - You Bet Your Life, with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio in the U.S.
November 2 - BBC radio transmits the first edition of Round Britain Quiz.
November 18 - The BBC links up with stations around the globe in the programme BBC Covers the World.

Closings

(none listed)

Births

March 2 - Joe Castiglione, radio announcer for the Boston Red Sox, author and college lecturer.
June 17 - Linda Chavez, Hispanic-American conservative author, commentator, and radio talk show host.
October 1 - Jane Dornacker (d. 1986), American rock musician, actress, comedian and WNBC traffic reporter. Killed in helicopter crash while live on air on October 22, 1986
December 11 - Steve Curwood, journalist, author, public radio personality and actor.

Deaths

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Network Radio Days" (events with Bing Crosby), 2006, webpage: MCCKC-Crosby.

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