The year 1937 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.

Events [link]

• 9 March: Fireside chat: On the Reorganization of the Judiciary.
• 14 March: The beginning of the Jack Benny - Fred Allen 12-year "feud" begins, when both comedians participate in "The Battle of the Century" at the Hotel Pierre.
• 6 May: The Hindenberg disaster takes place in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Herbert Morrison was assigned by NBC Red affiliate WLS (AM) in Chicago to cover the event; as he had no ability to broadcast the landing of the zeppelin live, he and his engineer decided to record it as an experiment. The ensuing transcription (including the now-famous "Oh, the humanity" idiom) aired on the NBC Red Network the next day, a first for the network given that NBC's policy at the time forbade the use of prerecorded news actualities.
• 12 October: Fireside chat: On Legislation to be Recommended to the Extraordinary Session of the Congress.
• 14 November: Fireside chat: On the Unemployment Census.
• 12 December: Mae West makes a risqué guest appearance on The Chase and Sanborn Hour that eventually results in her being banned from radio.

Debuts [link]

• 18 January: Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories (1937–1956) debuts on CBS.
• 25 January: The Guiding Light (1937–1952) debuts on NBC Red. In June 1952, this series spawned a television version of the same name.
• 1 February: First broadcast of the Swedish radio programme Dagens dikt ("Poem of the day"), still on the air six days a week.^[1]
• 29 March: Our Gal Sunday (1937–1959) debuts on CBS.
• 1 October: First Dagens Eko news broadcast on Swedish radio.
• 19 October: Big Town debuts on CBS.

Closings [link]

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Births [link]

• December 18 - Frankie Crocker (died 2000), famous New York City radio disc jockey.

Deaths [link]

• 20 July - Guglielmo Marconi, physicist and wireless telegraphy pioneer, aged 63.

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