1938 in British radio

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This is a list of events from British radio in 1938.

Events[]

• 3 January – The BBC Empire Service, begun in 1932, transmits its first programme in a foreign language: Arabic.
• 30 September – Lieutenant commander Thomas Woodrooffe commentates for BBC radio on Neville Chamberlain's return from signing the Munich Agreement.

Births[]

• 27 June – Alan Coren, humourist (died 2007)
• 3 August – Terry Wogan, Irish-born broadcaster (died 2016)
• 10 September – "Diddy" David Hamilton, born David Pilditch, broadcaster
• 28 October – David Dimbleby, broadcaster
• 1 November – Malcolm Laycock, radio presenter and producer (died 2009)
• 13 December – Chris Emmett, radio comedy actor

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