Foundation Anniversary: Radio Belgrade — March 24, 1929

Radio Beograd A.D. officially began regular broadcasting in Belgrade on Sunday, 24 March 1929, at 10:30 a.m., from leased rooms on the second floor of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts building, transmitting on a wavelength of 455 metres. Earlier transmissions under the name Radio Belgrade had aired on 1 October 1924, on the same day as Radio Vienna, using the radio-telegraph station in Rakovica.

A note on this date. Radio Belgrade's history carries two founding dates: regular programme broadcasting by the joint-stock company Radio Beograd A.D. from the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts building began on 24 March 1929, while the first regular broadcast transmitted through the Rakovica radio-telegraph station aired on 1 October 1924, the date the broadcaster still celebrates as its birthday. This anniversary follows 24 March 1929 and states both dates. We publish it with the warning rather than leave the page out, and if you can point us to a register or an archive that carries it we will confirm or correct it.

Dates verified on Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), Audio and Photo Archive and Mediacentar Sarajevo.