The year 1927 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history. Events 1 January NBC in the United States makes the first ever coast-to-coast network radio broadcast of a Rose Bowl Game. NBC takes control of WJZ in New York City—the beginning of the NBC Blue Network. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) takes over the activities and operations of the former British Broadcasting Company (1922–26). John Reith becomes the first Director-General. 2 January – The Reverend Claude Lhande makes the first religious broadcast on French radio, beginning a series of talks on Radio Paris entitled L'Évangile par dessus les Toits. 15 January – First live sports broadcast on BBC Radio in the United Kingdom: the rugby union international England v Wales is commented on by Teddy Wakelam. 21 January – A performance in Chicago, Illinois, of Faust is the first opera to be broadcast over a national radio network. 22 January – The BBC transmits the first ever running commentary on an English Football League match: Arsenal v. Sheffield United at Highbury. 23 February – The Federal Radio Commission (later to be replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) is created by Calvin Coolidge. 4 March – First broadcast from the Wileńskie Biuro Radiotechniczne radio station in Vilnius (then in Poland, now in Lithuania). 11 March – Station PCJJ, based at the Philips Laboratories in Eindhoven, makes the first short-wave broadcasts from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies. PCJJ is thought to be the first distinct short-wave service having its own programming rather than simulcasting a domestic broadcaster. 31 March – The Philips company scores a publicity coup when Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands addresses the colonial population via its PCJJ transmitter. 14 April – Radio PTT Nord begins regular transmissions from Lille. 6 May – Türk Telsiz-Telefon Anonym Şirketi ("Turkish Wireless Telephony Ltd") begins radio broadcasting in Istanbul. 1 June – Radio Rennes PTT begins regular transmissions in Brittany. 1 July – 23 Canadian radio stations combine forces to make the country's first nationwide broadcast, covering celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation. 7 July – Christopher Stone presents a record programme on the BBC, becoming the first British disc jockey. 2 August – Under pressure by the Federal Government on the Ku Klux Klan (owners and operators of WTRC in Brooklyn, New York via their Twentieth [District] Republican Club), the station is relocated to Mount Vernon,