10 June – ORAG, the Ostmarken-Rundfunk Aktien-Gesellschaft (Eastern Marches Broadcasting Co. Ltd), begins radio transmissions from Königsberg in Germany (modern-day Kaliningrad in Russia). 2 August – The Deutsche Stunde in Bayern opens its second station, in Nuremberg. 15 August – The British Broadcasting Company's Hull relay station, 6KH, goes on air. 27 August – URI, the Unione Radiofonica Italiana, Italy's first licensed broadcasting company, is formed in Turin with backing from the Marconi Company. 14 September – 2BE Belfast, operated by the British Broadcasting Company, opens as the first official radio station in Northern Ireland. 15 September – Inauguration of Radio Agen in south-west France; the station is privately owned but supported by the département of Lot-et-Garonne. 6 October – Unione Radiofonica Italiana (URI) makes its first broadcast from station 1-RO in Rome. 10 October – WEFAG, the Westdeutsche Funkstunde Aktien-Gesellschaft (West German Radio Hour Ltd), begins radio transmissions from Münster in Germany. 14 November – Station EAJ-1 Radio Barcelona, the first radio station to receive an official licence from the Spanish government, begins regular broadcasting. 15 November – NCRV (the Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging) is established in the Netherlands. 30 November – NORAG opens its second station, in Bremen. 1 October – RAVAG, the Radio-Verkehrs-Aktien-Gesellschaft (Radio Communication Co. Ltd) – a collaboration between government and private industry – is given responsibility for all radio broadcasting in Austria. 12 December – The British Broadcasting Company's Swansea relay station in Wales, 5SX, goes on air. Debuts 12 February – The Eveready Hour debuts on WEAF. It is considered the first commercially sponsored variety program in the history of broadcasting. 4 March – KFOR in Lincoln, Nebraska, begins transmitting. The station is still on the air today. 17 March – The A&P Gypsies musical program begins regularly scheduled broadcasts on WEAF. The group had appeared unsponsored in 1923. 8 July – WNYC, New York City's municipally owned and operated station, officially goes on the air. 16 September – WEBK in Grand Rapids, Michigan, begins transmitting. Because its original owners were backed by the Furniture Manufacturers Association of Grand Rapids, the station later receives the appropriate WOOD call letters. 30 September – WAHG (now WCBS) in New York City begins transmitting. 13 October – 774 ABC Melbourne begins transmitting. 24 October – WGBS (now WINS) in New York City is signed on by the Gimbel Brothers department store. 20 December – First broadcast