1947 in radio

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Events

February 10 – The Netherlands Radio Union is established
February 17 – Propaganda: The Voice of America begins to transmit shortwave radio into the Soviet Union.
February 19 CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"
February 28 – BBC radio presents the first edition of Twenty Questions [1]
April 15 – Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio
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 20 – Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years
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