Editing 1947 in radio (section)

==Events==
*10 February – [[Nederlandse Radio Unie]] is established.
*17 February – [[Voice of America]] begins [[shortwave]] radio transmissions to the [[Soviet Union]].
*19 February – [[CBS Radio]] premiere performance of [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos]]' ''[[Bachianas Brasileiras]]'' No. 3.
*16 March – [[Margaret Truman]], daughter of US President [[Harry S. Truman]], performs in her vocal debut on national radio.
*15 April – Operations begin at [[Radio Netherlands]] World radio.
*21 April – On her 21st birthday, a speech by Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen [[Elizabeth II]], is broadcast from [[Cape Town]] (where the royal family is on tour), delivering a pledge of service to the [[British Commonwealth]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A speech by the Queen on her 21st birthday|date=1947-04-21|url=https://www.royal.uk/21st-birthday-speech-21-april-1947|publisher=Royal Household|access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref>
*1 June – Publication of the first number of [[Radio Nacional de España]]'s fortnightly programme magazine ''Sintonía''.
*2 June – ''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' is revived by [[CBS Radio]] after being canceled by [[NBC Radio Network|NBC Radio]] the previous November. CBS would air ''"TGL"'' until 2009 on both radio '''and''' television.
*20 October – Radio rights for the [[World Series]] in North American baseball sell for $475,000 for 3 years.
*24 October – [[Francis Poulenc]]'s [[Sinfonietta (Poulenc)|Sinfonietta]] receives its world premiere in a broadcast concert from London having been commissioned by the [[BBC]] for the first anniversary of their [[BBC Third Programme|Third Programme]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Morgan|first=Dan|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2018/May/Poulenc_biches_8573739.htm|title=Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) / Les biches / Les animaux modèles / Sinfonietta|website=musicweb-international.com|date=May 2018|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>
*18 November – The BBC links up with stations around the globe in the programme ''BBC Covers the World''.
*(date unknown) – ''[[Philco Radio Time]]'' starring [[Bing Crosby]], on the [[Citadel Media|ABC Radio]] network, introduces taped broadcasting to primetime network radio.<ref name=NRDays/> The show has formerly been recorded on large wax transcription disks.<ref name="NRDays">"Network Radio Days" (events with Bing Crosby), 2006, webpage: [http://community.mcckc.edu/crosby/radio2.htm MCCKC-Crosby] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821022706/http://community.mcckc.edu/crosby/radio2.htm |date=21 August 2006 }}.</ref>