station during a car show held at the Central Garage, the call letters standing for the station's sponsor, the Automotive Dealers Company. Known from 2 June 2005 as WARF, it becomes Akron's oldest surviving radio station. 23 September – In Decatur IL, WJBL signs on, now referred to as WSOY. 4 October – The Atwater Kent Hour debuts on WEAF and 10 other connected stations. 5 October – WSM signs on in Nashville, Tennessee. 15 November – First transmission from Radio RV-10 in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (modern-day Belarus). 28 November – The weekly country music-variety program Grand Ole Opry is first broadcast on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, as the "WSM Barn Dance". 24 December – KMOX begins broadcasting in St. Louis, Missouri. Closings April – WGI-Medford Hillside, Massachusetts declares bankruptcy and shuts down for good; this leaves WBZ-Springfield as the oldest surviving station in New England. Undated – WAAB 1150 AM ceases broadcasting. 1150 AM will return the next year as WJBO. Births 17 February – Joy Nichols, Australian-born musical comedy performer (d. 1992) 2 April – Hans Rosenthal, German radio editor, director and media host (d. 1987) 25 April – Janete Clair, Brazilian broadcast play and novel writer (d. 1983) 15 May – Regis Cordic, American radio personality and actor (d. 1999) 25 May – Derek Cooper, English food writer and broadcaster (d. 2014) 15 June – Richard Baker, English broadcaster (d. 2018) 7 July – Wally Phillips, American radio personality (d. 2008) 14 July – Pip Freedman, South African radio comedian and film actor (d. 2003) 8 September – Peter Sellers, English comic actor (d. 1980) 19 September – Pete Murray, English DJ 22 September – William Franklyn, English actor (d. 2006) 28 September – Jerry Clower, American country music comedian (d. 1998) 27 October – Monica Sims, British radio executive (d. 2018) 31 October – Shirley Dinsdale, American ventriloquist (d. 1999) 11 November – June Whitfield, English comic actress (d. 2018) References Radio by year