Elmira Humphreys as the official Radio Queen for the 1939 Radiolympia trade and consumer show
Photo by Keystone-France
Photo by Keystone-France
September 9, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Elmira Humphreys as the official Radio Queen for the 1939 Radiolympia trade and consumer show
Photo by Keystone-France
Photo by Keystone-France
Ms. Elmira Humphries, official Radio Queen for the 1939 #Radiolympia trade and consumer expo in London
January 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Ms. Elmira Humphries, official Radio Queen for the 1939 #Radiolympia trade and consumer expo in London
Aug 1934: Ad for Old Time Music Hall and In Town To-Night
«Radiolympia»
«Radiolympia»
August 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Aug 1934: Ad for Old Time Music Hall and In Town To-Night
«Radiolympia»
«Radiolympia»
OTD in early British television
On the morning of Friday 1 September 1939, AP broadcast an edition of Come and Be Televised from Radiolympia. Among Elizabeth Cowell’s guests were Mr J. McIntyre giving ‘impressions of English life as a West Indian’...
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On the morning of Friday 1 September 1939, AP broadcast an edition of Come and Be Televised from Radiolympia. Among Elizabeth Cowell’s guests were Mr J. McIntyre giving ‘impressions of English life as a West Indian’...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television: 1 September 1939 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes (just after midday): On the morning of Friday 1 September 1939, AP broadcast an edition of Come and Be Televised from Radiolympia. Among Elizabeth Cowell’s guests were Mr J. McIntyre...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
OTD in early British television
On the morning of Friday 1 September 1939, AP broadcast an edition of Come and Be Televised from Radiolympia. Among Elizabeth Cowell’s guests were Mr J. McIntyre giving ‘impressions of English life as a West Indian’...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
On the morning of Friday 1 September 1939, AP broadcast an edition of Come and Be Televised from Radiolympia. Among Elizabeth Cowell’s guests were Mr J. McIntyre giving ‘impressions of English life as a West Indian’...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television
Saturday 29 August 1936 was the fourth day of test transmissions from Alexandra Palace arranged especially for reception at the Radiolympia trade fair in west London.
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Saturday 29 August 1936 was the fourth day of test transmissions from Alexandra Palace arranged especially for reception at the Radiolympia trade fair in west London.
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OTD in early British television: 29 August 1936 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Saturday 29 August 1936 was the fourth day of test transmissions from Alexandra Palace arranged especially for reception at the Radiolympia trade fair in west London. The opening of...
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August 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
OTD in early British television
Saturday 29 August 1936 was the fourth day of test transmissions from Alexandra Palace arranged especially for reception at the Radiolympia trade fair in west London.
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Saturday 29 August 1936 was the fourth day of test transmissions from Alexandra Palace arranged especially for reception at the Radiolympia trade fair in west London.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television
One last Radiolympia post, this time from the final day of the 1936 edition, Saturday 5 September. On this day producer Cecil Lewis...
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One last Radiolympia post, this time from the final day of the 1936 edition, Saturday 5 September. On this day producer Cecil Lewis...
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OTD in early British television: 5 September 1936 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: One last Radiolympia post, this time from the final day of the 1936 edition, Saturday 5 September. On this day producer Cecil Lewis, a radio pioneer and soon to be tempted to Hollyw...
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September 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
OTD in early British television
One last Radiolympia post, this time from the final day of the 1936 edition, Saturday 5 September. On this day producer Cecil Lewis...
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One last Radiolympia post, this time from the final day of the 1936 edition, Saturday 5 September. On this day producer Cecil Lewis...
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Radiolympia wint prijs voor beste radioprogramma
Radiolympia wint prijs voor beste radioprogramma
Het radioprogramma wordt elke twee jaar op NPO Radio 1 uitgezonden tijdens de Olympische Spelen.
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May 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Radiolympia wint prijs voor beste radioprogramma
Aug 1939: Ad for Radio Theatre
«Let's all go to the Radio Show»
«Let's all go to the Radio Show»
August 7, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Aug 1939: Ad for Radio Theatre
«Let's all go to the Radio Show»
«Let's all go to the Radio Show»
OTD in early British television
Tucked into an upbeat, celebratory schedule from Radiolympia in the early evening of Friday 2 September 1938 was a television reminder of the ‘war-mindedness’ of these days running up to the Munich crisis.
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Tucked into an upbeat, celebratory schedule from Radiolympia in the early evening of Friday 2 September 1938 was a television reminder of the ‘war-mindedness’ of these days running up to the Munich crisis.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television: 2 September 1938 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Tucked into an upbeat, celebratory schedule from Radiolympia in the early evening of Friday 2 September 1938 was a television reminder of the ‘war-mindedness’ of these days running ...
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September 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
OTD in early British television
Tucked into an upbeat, celebratory schedule from Radiolympia in the early evening of Friday 2 September 1938 was a television reminder of the ‘war-mindedness’ of these days running up to the Munich crisis.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
Tucked into an upbeat, celebratory schedule from Radiolympia in the early evening of Friday 2 September 1938 was a television reminder of the ‘war-mindedness’ of these days running up to the Munich crisis.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television
Late August means it’s time for the annual trade show Radiolympia. Manufacturers and consumers gathered for a week in west London to look at the latest radio and television receivers and to be entertained by the BBC.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
Late August means it’s time for the annual trade show Radiolympia. Manufacturers and consumers gathered for a week in west London to look at the latest radio and television receivers and to be entertained by the BBC.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television: 23 August 1939 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Late August means it’s time for the annual trade show Radiolympia. Manufacturers and consumers gathered for a week or so in west London to look at the latest radio and television re...
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August 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
OTD in early British television
Late August means it’s time for the annual trade show Radiolympia. Manufacturers and consumers gathered for a week in west London to look at the latest radio and television receivers and to be entertained by the BBC.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
Late August means it’s time for the annual trade show Radiolympia. Manufacturers and consumers gathered for a week in west London to look at the latest radio and television receivers and to be entertained by the BBC.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television
Perhaps this is a bit of a stretch but I want an excuse to return to 1938’s Radiolympia which closed ‘yesterday’. So I’m speculating that Sunday 4 September would have been the day when...
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Perhaps this is a bit of a stretch but I want an excuse to return to 1938’s Radiolympia which closed ‘yesterday’. So I’m speculating that Sunday 4 September would have been the day when...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television: 4 September 1938 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Perhaps this is a bit of a stretch but I want an excuse to return to 1938’s Radiolympia which closed ‘yesterday’. So I’m speculating that Sunday 4 September would have been the day ...
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September 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
OTD in early British television
Perhaps this is a bit of a stretch but I want an excuse to return to 1938’s Radiolympia which closed ‘yesterday’. So I’m speculating that Sunday 4 September would have been the day when...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
Perhaps this is a bit of a stretch but I want an excuse to return to 1938’s Radiolympia which closed ‘yesterday’. So I’m speculating that Sunday 4 September would have been the day when...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
On 31 August 1936 Elizabeth Cowell became the first female BBC TV announcer. This was before the official launch of the television service on 2 November, when the BBC made test transmissions for the RadiOlympia exhibition.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC - History of the BBC, Elizabeth Cowell first female TV announcer 31 Aug 1936
Elizabeth Cowell first female TV announcer 31 Aug 1936.
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August 31, 2026 at 8:35 AM
On 31 August 1936 Elizabeth Cowell became the first female BBC TV announcer. This was before the official launch of the television service on 2 November, when the BBC made test transmissions for the RadiOlympia exhibition.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
OTD in early British television
Monday 24 September 1928 was the second day of a week of demonstration transmissions by John Logie Baird’s company for the National Radio Exhibition at Olympia.
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Monday 24 September 1928 was the second day of a week of demonstration transmissions by John Logie Baird’s company for the National Radio Exhibition at Olympia.
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OTD in early British television: 24 September 1928 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Monday 24 September 1928 was the second day of a week of demonstration transmissions by John Logie Baird’s company for the National Radio Exhibition at Olympia. Radiolympia attendee...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
OTD in early British television
Monday 24 September 1928 was the second day of a week of demonstration transmissions by John Logie Baird’s company for the National Radio Exhibition at Olympia.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
Monday 24 September 1928 was the second day of a week of demonstration transmissions by John Logie Baird’s company for the National Radio Exhibition at Olympia.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television
(This is a particular favourite)
Saturday 26 August 1939. War is just a week and a day away. The National Radio Show of Radiolympia is in full swing, and on this fourth day there are several broadcasts from here.
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(This is a particular favourite)
Saturday 26 August 1939. War is just a week and a day away. The National Radio Show of Radiolympia is in full swing, and on this fourth day there are several broadcasts from here.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television: 26 August 1939 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Saturday 26 August 1939, and war is just a week and a day away. The National Radio Show of Radiolympia is in full swing, and on this fourth day Come and Be Televised, Picture Page a...
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August 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
OTD in early British television
(This is a particular favourite)
Saturday 26 August 1939. War is just a week and a day away. The National Radio Show of Radiolympia is in full swing, and on this fourth day there are several broadcasts from here.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
(This is a particular favourite)
Saturday 26 August 1939. War is just a week and a day away. The National Radio Show of Radiolympia is in full swing, and on this fourth day there are several broadcasts from here.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television
We are back at Radiolympia today, for the sixth day of the 1938 edition, on Tuesday 30 August. Come and Be Televised played in the morning, just after a broadcast from the fair by Mr Middleton about pruning roses.
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We are back at Radiolympia today, for the sixth day of the 1938 edition, on Tuesday 30 August. Come and Be Televised played in the morning, just after a broadcast from the fair by Mr Middleton about pruning roses.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
OTD in early British television: 30 August 1938 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: We are back at Radiolympia today, for the sixth day of the 1938 edition, on Tuesday 30 August. Come and Be Televised played in the morning, just after a broadcast from the fair by Mr Middleton about pruning roses. In the afternoon and also that evening there were transmissions of Cabaret Cruise, […]
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August 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OTD in early British television
We are back at Radiolympia today, for the sixth day of the 1938 edition, on Tuesday 30 August. Come and Be Televised played in the morning, just after a broadcast from the fair by Mr Middleton about pruning roses.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
We are back at Radiolympia today, for the sixth day of the 1938 edition, on Tuesday 30 August. Come and Be Televised played in the morning, just after a broadcast from the fair by Mr Middleton about pruning roses.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
Ere Zilveren Reissmicrofoon voor RadiOlympia
Ere Zilveren Reissmicrofoon voor RadiOlympia
RadiOlympia heeft dit jaar de Ere Zilveren Reissmicrofoon gekregen, een prijs voor bijzondere radioprestaties. Dat maakte juryvoorzitter Vincent Bijlo woensdagavond bekend in Langs de Lijn op NPO Radio 1.De jury noemt het programma een voorbeeld van "hoe…
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May 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Ere Zilveren Reissmicrofoon voor RadiOlympia
At one of the Radiolympia shows in the 1930s (a sort of motor show for wireless sets held at Olympia in London) Ferguson had a slogan over their stand: "See Ferguson First." Murphy, who rightly claimed to make better sets, topped it with "See Murphy Last!"
October 17, 2024 at 7:00 AM
At one of the Radiolympia shows in the 1930s (a sort of motor show for wireless sets held at Olympia in London) Ferguson had a slogan over their stand: "See Ferguson First." Murphy, who rightly claimed to make better sets, topped it with "See Murphy Last!"
Op #NPORadio1 wordt tussen 14.00 en 19.00 uur #RadiOlympia uitgezonden met: schaatsen 1/4 finale ploegenachtervolging (m) en 500 meter (v) en snowboarden (v) slopestyle kwalificatie. Ook vandaag op het programma: Kunstschaatsen (paren korte kür). #OlympischeSpelen #TeamNL
February 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Op #NPORadio1 wordt tussen 14.00 en 19.00 uur #RadiOlympia uitgezonden met: schaatsen 1/4 finale ploegenachtervolging (m) en 500 meter (v) en snowboarden (v) slopestyle kwalificatie. Ook vandaag op het programma: Kunstschaatsen (paren korte kür). #OlympischeSpelen #TeamNL
And here's a picture from the AP to Radiolympia of Pogo with Miss Lutie (and an Emitron camera):
August 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
And here's a picture from the AP to Radiolympia of Pogo with Miss Lutie (and an Emitron camera):
18/08/1934 Radio Times: Featuring Act I of Wagner's Opera 'Siegfried'; Saturday Night at Radiolympia; The Bouquets Concert Party; The Children's Hour; Egwyl Gymraeg; Conversations at Owdham-s; The First News and more
READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/4fde62f27bd74f1387cf2e08eaef5b1e?page=62
READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/4fde62f27bd74f1387cf2e08eaef5b1e?page=62
August 16, 2026 at 12:10 PM
18/08/1934 Radio Times: Featuring Act I of Wagner's Opera 'Siegfried'; Saturday Night at Radiolympia; The Bouquets Concert Party; The Children's Hour; Egwyl Gymraeg; Conversations at Owdham-s; The First News and more
READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/4fde62f27bd74f1387cf2e08eaef5b1e?page=62
READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/4fde62f27bd74f1387cf2e08eaef5b1e?page=62
(In storage) A bound volume of the BBC in-house magazine, Ariel, from 1936, with general and technical reports of the experimental TV transmissions from the Radiolympia exhibition.
July 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
(In storage) A bound volume of the BBC in-house magazine, Ariel, from 1936, with general and technical reports of the experimental TV transmissions from the Radiolympia exhibition.
Zelden wint een sportprogramma een prijs, nu eindelijk wel. En terecht, van dit programma zijn zoveel mensen blij geworden! 👉🏻RadiOlympia wint ereprijs voor beste radioprogramma
May 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Zelden wint een sportprogramma een prijs, nu eindelijk wel. En terecht, van dit programma zijn zoveel mensen blij geworden! 👉🏻RadiOlympia wint ereprijs voor beste radioprogramma
... We are all standing at the top of the steps outside the front entrance. The rain has cleared and the sun comes out for a moment. Beginners’ luck.'
For more of how this first OB played out, click to the full post:
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#earlytelevision
For more of how this first OB played out, click to the full post:
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#earlytelevision
OTD in early British television: 5 September 1936 - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: One last Radiolympia post, this time from the final day of the 1936 edition, Saturday 5 September. On this day producer Cecil Lewis, a radio pioneer and soon to be tempted to Hollyw...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
... We are all standing at the top of the steps outside the front entrance. The rain has cleared and the sun comes out for a moment. Beginners’ luck.'
For more of how this first OB played out, click to the full post:
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
#earlytelevision
For more of how this first OB played out, click to the full post:
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...
#earlytelevision