1930

• The Smart Set magazine ceases publication.
• The first issues of Astounding Science-Fiction are published.
• On January 13, the Mickey Mouse daily comic strip, drawn by Floyd Gottfredson until 1975, makes its debut. A Sunday page is added on January 10, 1932.
• On January 20, radio station WXYZ in Detroit airs the first episode of the drama The Lone Ranger.
• In February, the first issue of Henry Luce's Fortune magazine is published.
• In April, Ham Fisher's comic strip Joe Palooka makes its debut, reflecting a contemporary interest in boxing and in adventure comics.
• On July 30, Death Valley Days debuts on the NBC-Blue Network. The series moves to CBS in 1941 and continues until 1945.
• On September 8, Chic Young's Blondie first appears in newspapers.
• On September 29, Lowell Thomas begins a nightly radio news...