The year 1936 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.
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- 22 May – The Flying Red Horse Tavern ends its run on network radio (CBS).[5]
- 14 September – Carefree Carnival ends its run on network radio (NBC Red).[5]
- 2 March – John Tusa, Czech-born British broadcast presenter and administrator.
- 30 March – John Tydeman (died 2020), British radio drama producer.
- 21 April – James Dobson, American chairman of the board of Focus on the Family, host of internationally syndicated daily radio show of the same name.
- 16 May – Roy Hudd (died 2020), English comedy performer.
- 1 August – Laurie Taylor, English sociologist and radio presenter.
- 4 September – Wayne Cody (died 2002), American radio and television sportscaster who spends the bulk of his career at KIRO in Seattle, Washington.
- 11 September – Roger Barkley (died 1997), American radio personality and talk show host, best remembered for his work with Al Lohman as part of The Lohman and Barkley Show on KFI Los Angeles, California.
- 20 November – Bill Wallis (died 2013), English character actor.
Stuart, Charles, ed. (1975), The Reith Diaries, London: Collins, pp. 192–193, ISBN 0-00-211174-8
Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8.
Helsingin Sanomat. Obituary. 12 April 1936. Retrieved 18 April 2016.