| DATE | YEAR | COUNTRY | EVENT |
| 1 | 1946 | UK | The radio licence fee was increased to £1. The television licence, covering radio as well, was launched, costing £2. |
| 1954 | UK | The television licence fee was raised to £3. | |
| 1959 | UK | "Juke Box Jury" began on the BBC Television Service. | |
| 1969 | UK | The BBC External Services Eastern relay opened. | |
| 1981 | UK | The Broadcasting Complaints Commission began work. | |
| 2 | 1953 | UK | The BBC broadcast coverage of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. For the first time, the television audience exceeded the radio audience. |
| 3 | 1967 | UK | The BBC2 transmitter at Llanddona entered service. |
| 4 | 1939 | Spain and Portugal | The BBC Spanish and Portugese radio service for Europe was launched. |
| 6 | 1923 | UK | BBC radio broadcast its first eye-witness account of the Derby. |
| 1944 | UK | The BBC reported the D Day landings. | |
| 1954 | Europe | Eight countries participated in the first European exchange of television programmes through "Eurovision". | |
| 7 | 1944 | Europe | The BBC Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme began. |
| 1946 | UK | Television service from Alexandra Palace resumed on channel 1. | |
| 8 | 1946 | UK | The Victory Parade was televised. |
| 1970 | UK | The BBC1 405-line transmitter at Llanelli opened on channel 3. | |
| 9 | 1938 | UK | Trooping The Colour was broadcast on BBC television for the first time. |
| 1975 | UK | Experimental radio broadcasts from Parliament began. | |
| 10 | 1961 | Russia | The first live broadcast from London to Russia was made. |
| 11 | 1924 | UK | The BBC radio transmitter at Liverpool (6LV) opened. |
| 1965 | UK | The ITA 405-line relay at Scarborough opened on channel 6, carrying Granada and ABC. | |
| 1976 | UK | The IBA relay at Torosay, later converted to a main transmitter, began carrying Scottish Television. | |
| 12 | 1924 | UK | BBC radio broadcast its first disc jockey programme. |
| 1932 | UK | The BBC Scottish regional transmitter at Westerglen opened. | |
| 13 | 1970 | UK | The BBC2 transmitter at Hannington entered service. |
| 15 | 1970 | UK | The Oxford 625-line transmitter began broadcasting ATV. |
| 16 | 1971 | UK | Lord Reith died. |
| 17 | 1959 | UK | The first transmission of films for television by Transatlantic cable was carried out. |
| 1963 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Ashkirk opened on channel 1. | |
| 18 | 1940 | UK | Winston Churchill's "their finest hour" speech was broadcast. |
| France | General Charles de Gaulle made his first broadcast. | ||
| 20 | 1960 | UK | The BBC broadcast an in-vision female newsreader (Nan Winton) for the first time. |
| Africa | The BBC West and Equatorial Africa radio service in French began. | ||
| 1970 | UK | The Pontop Pike 625-line transmitter began broadcasting BBC1. | |
| 22 | 1963 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Oban opened on channel 4. |
| 23 | 1940 | UK | "Music While You Work" began on BBC radio. |
| 24 | 1968 | UK | BBC Radio Leeds opened. |
| 25 | 1965 | UK | The ITA transmitter at Rumster Forest opened, carrying Grampian Television on channel 8. |
| 1967 | Worldwide | The first live worldwide television broadcast by satellite, "Our World", was made. | |
| 28 | 1965 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Machynlleth opened on channel 5. |
| 29 | 1960 | UK | The BBC made its first broadcast from Television Centre. |
| 1964 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Canterbury opened on channel 5. | |
| 30 | 1938 | UK | Sir John Reith left the BBC. |
| 1944 | UK | A flying bomb exploded outside Bush House, seriously injuring several staff of the BBC European Service. |