1926 in radio
The year 1926 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.
Events
1 January: 2RN, the first radio broadcasting station in the Irish Free State, goes on air.
18 April: The Polskie Radio company begins regular broadcasts from Warsaw, Poland.
May 15: American Telephone & Telegraph establishes the Broadcasting Company of America; containing WCAP in Washington, D.C., WEAF in New York, and the mini-network between both stations.
29 May: The Finnish national broadcasting company Yleisradio is founded.
29 May: VPRO (the Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep) is established in the Netherlands.
12 June: Radio Kaunas begins regular broadcasting in Lithuania.
July 1: American Telephone & Telegraph exits the station ownership realm, selling off WEAF, WCAP, and their mini-network, to RCA. The latter station is merged into time-share WRC (AM) and takes the latter stations' callsign.
September 13: Formation of the National Broadcasting Company by RCA is announced in newspaper advertisements around the country.
