broadcaster Sefton Delmer unofficially rejects it at once and Lord Halifax, British foreign minister, flatly rejects peace terms in a broadcast reply on 22 July. October: The evacuated BBC Radio Variety Department relocates to Bangor in north Wales from where it will broadcast until 1943. 15 October: Seven staff are killed when an attempt to eject a delayed-action German bomb from Broadcasting House in London fails. 29 December: Fireside chat: On National Security. Debuts 7 January: Gene Autry's Melody Ranch debuts on CBS. 28 January: Beat the Band debuts on NBC. 5 February: Amanda of Honeymoon Hill debuts on NBC Blue. 11 February: The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street debuts on NBC Blue. 12 February: The Adventures of Superman (1940–1951) debuts on WOR. 29 February: Welsh Rarebit, broadcast by the BBC from its Cardiff studio (until 1944 and then from 1948 until 1952) 18 March: Light of the World debuts on NBC Red. 23 March: Truth or Consequences debuts on CBS. 21 April: Take It or Leave It makes its debut on CBS Radio in the United States, with Bob Hawk as host. 29 April: The Bell Telephone Hour debuts on NBC Red. 23 June: Music While You Work debuts on the BBC Forces Programme. 24 June: The Burl Ives Show debuts on NBC. 3 July: The Abbott and Costello Show debuts on NBC. 29 July: Duffy's Tavern first broadcast as part of the Forecast audition series on CBS. It returns as a regular series 1 March 1941. 4 August: Crime Doctor debuts on CBS. 1 November: Unlimited Horizons debuts on NBC. 9 December: Can You Top This? debuts on WOR (AM). 16 December: Charlie and Jessie debuts on CBS. 29 December: Deadline Dramas debuts on NBC. Closings 19 January: Brenda Curtis ends its run on network radio (CBS). 19 January: Doc Barclay's Daughters ends its run on network radio (CBS). 12 February: Author, Author ends its run on network radio (Mutual). 15 March: Betty and Bob ends its run on network radio NBC. 22 March: The Affairs of Anthony ends its run on network radio (Blue Network). 23 March: Arch Oboler's Plays ends its run on network radio (NBC). 27 April: Art for Your Sake ends its run on network radio (NBC). 1 May: Avalon Time ends its run on network radio (NBC). 4 June: Brenthouse ends its run on network radio (Blue Network). 19 July: Caroline's