| DATE | YEAR | COUNTRY | EVENT |
| 1 | 1936 | UK | King Edward VIII broadcast his first message to the Empire. |
| 1969 | UK | HRH The Prince of Wales made his first broadcast on BBC Radio 4. | |
| 1972 | UK | The Selkirk 625-line transmitter began carrying BBC1 and Border Television. | |
| 1978 | Ireland | RTÉ opened its first UHF television transmitter at Cairn Hill in Co. Longford, to fill a large gap of poor reception in the Midlands. The transmitter is the most powerful in Ireland, radiating each channel with a power of 800kW. At the time of its opening, there was only one channel, but tests for the second channel were carried out. | |
| 1989 | UK | The BBC issued comprehensive new guidelines for producers. | |
| 2 | 1923 | UK | The BBC began broadcasting morning radio programmes. |
| 3 | 1966 | UK | The Postmaster General authorised the introduction of a colour television service on BBC2 from late 1967. |
| 1968 | UK | TWW broadcast its last day of programmes. | |
| 4 | 1968 | UK | Wales and the West of England began receiving temporary ITV services, (ITS), from the St Hilary (ITS-SWW), Arfon, Moel-y-Parc, Presely and Bala (ITSW) transmitters. |
| 5 | 1927 | UK | The ban on broadcasting controversial material was lifted. |
| 6 | 1923 | UK | The BBC radio transmitter for Glasgow (5SC) opened. |
| 1949 | UK | The first "Billy Cotton's Band Show" was broadcast on the BBC Home Service. | |
| 7 | 1966 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Cambridge opened on channel 2. |
| 1968 | UK | BBC2 broadcast the first ever news programme in colour. | |
| 8 | 1965 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Scarborough opened on channel 1. |
| 9 | 1930 | UK | The BBC regional radio scheme began. |
| 1964 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Holyhead opened on channel 4. | |
| 11 | 1991 | Worldwide | BBC World television news service began. |
| 14 | 1952 | UK | The BBC 405-line television transmitter at Kirk O'Shotts opened on channel 3. |
| 1966 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Skriaig opened on channel 3. | |
| 1968 | UK | BBC Radio Stoke-on-Trent opened. | |
| 15 | 1965 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitters at Carmarthen and Newry opened on channels 1 and 4 respectively. |
| 18 | 1940 | Finland | The BBC Finnish radio service began. |
| 1963 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Ballachulish opened on channel 2. | |
| 1967 | UK | The BBC2 transmitter at Divis opened. | |
| 19 | 1969 | UK | At 1706, during the networked programme "Discotheque", the Emley Moor television mast, carrying Yorkshire Television and BBC2, collapsed, putting YTV completely off the air and causing BBC2 to disappear in most of Yorkshire. YTV service was restored using a temporary mast, but coverage was poor in some areas until the completion of the permanent replacement mast. BBC2 was restored later. An investigation later revealed similar faults at Winter Hill and Belmont. |
| 1973 | UK | The Beacon Hill UHF transmitter began carrying BBC1 and Westward Television. | |
| 21 | 1959 | UK | BBC television broadcast the first edition of "Whicker's World". |
| 22 | 1942 | Europe | Broadcasting of daily news in Morse code for the resistance, in multiple languages including English, began. |
| 23 | 1969 | UK | Following the restoration of Yorkshire Television from Emley Moor, a relay opened in Sheffield on channel 6, at the same site as the BBC channel 1 transmitter. Intended only as a temporary fill-in, the transmitter was retained until the 1980s. |
| 26 | 1923 | UK | Daily weather forecasts began on BBC radio. |
| 1960 | UK | The Grand National was televised for the first time. | |
| 1965 | UK | The ITA 405-line television transmitter at Richmond Hill opened, carrying Border Television on channel 8. | |
| 27 | 1956 | UK | The world's first television transmitter, BBC Alexandra Palace, closed. |
| 1960 | UK and France | Colour television transmitted between Paris and London for the first time. | |
| 28 | 1924 | UK | BBC Plymouth (5PY) radio transmitter opened. |
| 1956 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Crystal Palace opened on channel 1, replacing Alexandra Palace. | |
| 1993 | UK | The BBC rebranded its fifth national radio service, Radio 5, as Radio 5 Live, a rolling news and sport service. | |
| 29 | 1949 | UK | The BBC television service broadcast golf for the first time. |
| 30 | 1952 | Belgium | The BBC Belgian radio service closed. |
| 1997 | UK | The last national analogue television service, Channel 5, began broadcasting at 1800, from 33 transmitters. | |
| 31 | 1930 | UK | 30-line television pictures and sound were transmitted experimentally from Brookmans Park after the radio service closed down. |