| DATE | YEAR | COUNTRY | EVENT |
| 1 | 1927 | UK | A Royal Charter established the British Broadcasting Corporation, replacing the previous British Broadcasting Company. Sir John Reith was appointed director. |
| 1941 | UK | "The Brains' Trust" was first broadcast on the BBC Home Service. | |
| USA | FM radio broadcasting was authorised as a regular service in the 42-50 MHz band. | ||
| 1948 | UK | The BBC introduced a new television test card, "C". Although a great improvement on the previous broadcast test card "A", the card did not have a specification, and therefore a number of variants appeared. | |
| 1951 | UK | The world's longest running drama serial, "The Archers", began on the BBC Home Service. | |
| 1954 | USA | The first coast-to-coast colour television broadcast, of the "Tournament of the Roses" Parade in Pasadena, California, was transmitted by NBC. Twenty-one cities were able to see the broadcast in colour, with a few thousand people watching two hundred RCA receivers and a few experimental sets from other manufacturers. NBC had previously used colour in 1953, and CBS in 1951, but only a few cities, mainly on the east coast, could receive these "colorcasts". | |
| 1967 | Canada | Following a four-month launch period, a full colour television service began. | |
| 1968 | UK | A supplementary colour television licence was introduced, costing £5. | |
| 1969 | UK | The colour television and radio licence fee was increased to £11. | |
| 1970 | UK | "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" began on BBC1. | |
| 1974 | UK | Following discussions with the IBA, Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television merged to become Trident Television, and the two regions and Anglia were reshaped by the reallocation of the Belmont and Bilsdale transmitters to Yorkshire and Tyne Tees respectively. | |
| 1982 | UK | New ITV franchises came into operation. Television South West, operating as Westward since the previous August, became the franchise holder for the South West. The South and South East were declared a dual region, with Television South taking over the franchise from Southern. The region was also reshaped by the reallocation of the Bluebell Hill transmitter to TVS. In the Midlands, the region became a dual region of East and West Midlands, with ATV undergoing restructure and becoming Central. No other franchises changed hands, but Yorkshire and Tyne Tees became independent and the London handover was moved to 1710 on Friday. | |
| 1990 | UK | BBC Subscription Television Service was formed as a subsidiary of BBC Enterprises Ltd. | |
| 1993 | UK | New ITV franchises came into operation. The London weekday franchise was transferred to Carlton Communications, the South and South East to Meridian Broadcasting, the South West to Westcountry, the breakfast franchise to GMTV and the teletext service to Teletext Ltd. All other franchises remained unchanged, but Yorkshire Television completed a take-over of Tyne Tees. | |
| 2 | 1928 | UK | Regular weekday religious services began on BBC radio. |
| 1947 | UK | "Much Binding In The Marsh" began on the BBC Home Service. | |
| 1964 | UK | The SMPTE 625-line test card made its debut as test transmission for the forthcoming BBC2 began. | |
| 1969 | UK | BBC1 broadcast the first ever edition of "Holiday". | |
| 1971 | UK | BBC Radio Newcastle opened. | |
| 3 | 1938 | Middle East | The first BBC Foreign language service, the Arabic service, began. |
| 1970 | UK | BBC1 began transmission from the 625-line colour transmitter at Dover. | |
| 1985 | UK | The IBA completed the closure of its 405-line transmitters, with Emley Moor being the last to close at 1441. Only a few BBC 405-line transmitters remained after this. | |
| 1988 | UK | The BBC launched the film "See For Yourself", to replace the BBC Handbook. | |
| 1991 | UK | The final issue of "The Listener" was published. | |
| 4 | 1927 | UK | The BBC board of governors met for the first time. |
| 1964 | UK | A special film, "The Way To Wimbledon", began at 0915, as part of the test transmissions for BBC2. | |
| 6 | 1985 | UK | In the early hours, the world's last remaining 405-line transmitter, Sutton Coldfield, closed, after just over 35 years in service. |
| 7 | 1940 | UK | The BBC Forces Programme began. |
| 1967 | UK | BBC2 broadcast the first episode of "The Forsyte Saga". | |
| 8 | 1923 | UK | The BBC made its first outside radio broadcast, from Covent Garden. |
| 10 | 1971 | UK | Open University television programmes began on the BBC's 625-line services. |
| 11 | 1954 | UK | First on-screen appearance by a weatherman. |
| 14 | 1941 | Belgium | The BBC's Belgian Service began the "V for Victory" campaign broadcasts. |
| 1958 | UK | After some delay, the ITA transmitter at St Hilary entered programme service on channel 10. Television Wales and West (TWW) served South East Wales and the West of England. | |
| 15 | 1927 | UK | The BBC transmitted its first running commentary news broadcast, under a new agreement with the press. |
| 1929 | UK | The first edition of "The Listener" was published. | |
| 1966 | UK | Two new BBC2 transmitters, at Rowridge and Emley Moor, the latter using a temporary aerial, came into service. | |
| 16 | 1950 | UK | "Listen With Mother" began on the BBC Home Service. |
| 17 | 1959 | UK | Tyne Tees Television began broadcasting on the ITA's Burnhope transmitter, on channel 8. |
| 1983 | UK | The BBC broadcast the first edition of Breakfast Time, beating ITV by 15 days. | |
| 18 | 1923 | UK | The Postmaster General granted the BBC a licence to broadcast. |
| 1933 | UK | The BBC opened Broadcasting House, Leeds. | |
| 1971 | UK | Sandy Heath 625-line transmitter began transmitting BBC1 and Anglia Television. | |
| 19 | 1972 | UK | The Post Office ceased to control broadcasting hours. |
| 20 | 1936 | UK | Stuart Hibberd broadcast a report every fifteen minutes on BBC radio that "The King's life is moving peacefully towards its close." |
| 1967 | Albania | The BBC Albanian radio service closed. | |
| 21 | 1936 | UK | Sir John Reith announced the death of King George V. |
| 23 | 1923 | UK | The first military band concert was broadcast on BBC radio. |
| 1985 | UK | A six-month experiment in televising the House of Lords began. | |
| 24 | 1972 | UK | The BBC broadcast an electronically generated colour test card, "G", a modified version of the Philips PM5544 pattern, for the first time. |
| 25 | 1964 | UK | WWN made its last broadcast. |
| 1990 | UK | The BBC report, "Funding the Future", was presented. | |
| 26 | 1964 | UK | TWW became the first ITV company to take over another, WWN, amalgamating their existing South East Wales and West of England franchise with WWN's North and West Wales franchise. TWW began broadcasting on the Presely, Arfon and Moel-y-Parc transmitters. |
| 1971 | UK | BBC Radio Blackburn opened. | |
| 27 | 1926 | UK | John Logie-Baird demonstrated his new invention, television. |
| 28 | 1936 | UK | BBC radio broadcast coverage of the King's funeral. |
| 1963 | UK | The ITA transmitter at Moel-y-Parc entered service, carrying WWN on channel 11. | |
| 29 | 1962 | UK | The BBC 405-line television transmitter at Oxford entered service on channel 2. |
| 30 | 1923 | UK | The first Variety programme was broadcast on BBC radio. |
| 1957 | UK | The BBC demonstrated colour television to Parliament, transmitting a form of NTSC from the Crystal Palace transmitter. | |
| 1968 | UK | The ITA relay at Whitehaven opened, carrying Border Television on channel 7. | |
| 1980 | UK | BBC2's late night news programme, "Newsnight", began. | |
| 31 | 1924 | UK | The first broadcast story was aired on BBC radio. |
| 1949 | UK | "A Book at Bedtime" began on the BBC Home Service. | |
| 1960 | UK | The ITA transmitter at Dover began programme service, carrying Southern Television on channel 10. | |
| 1968 | UK | BBC Radio Nottingham began broadcasting. | |
| 1969 | UK | The ITA relay at Lethanhill opened, carrying Scottish Television on channel 12. |