1938 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1938.

Events

 * 3 January – The BBC Empire Service, begun in 1932, transmits its first programme in a foreign language: Arabic.
 * 13 January – The BBC makes a radio broadcast of a matinee performance of the musical Me and My Girl live from the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, following cancellation of a sporting event.
 * 30 September – Lieutenant commander Thomas Woodrooffe commentates for BBC radio on Neville Chamberlain's return from signing the Munich Agreement.

Debuts

 * 5 January – Band Waggon, BBC (1938–1940)

Births

 * 17 February – Jo Kendall, radio comedy actress (died 2022)
 * 27 June – Alan Coren, humourist (died 2007)
 * 3 August – Terry Wogan, Irish-born broadcaster (died 2016)
 * 10 September – "Diddy" David Hamilton, born David Pilditch, broadcaster
 * 28 October – David Dimbleby, broadcaster
 * 1 November – Malcolm Laycock, radio presenter and producer (died 2009)
 * 13 December – Chris Emmett, radio comedy actor