1976 in radio
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The year 1976 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.
Events
- September - Fairchild Industries sells WYOO-FM and AM in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The AM becomes WAYL and the FM station becomes a simulcast of KDWB
- KXOL in Dallas, Texas flips from Top 40 to country music
Debuts
- January – WEMO (101.3 FM, now KUUL) of East Moline, Illinois signs on, formating a mix of light adult contemporary and middle of the road music.
- March 8 - Radio 210 (now Heart Berkshire) begins broadcasting to the Reading area.[1]
- March 16 - Downtown Radio, the first Independent Local Radio in Northern Ireland, begins broadcasting to the Belfast area.[1]
- April 12 - Beacon Radio (now Free Radio Shropshire & Black Country) begins broadcasting to the Wolverhampton area; this is the final station in the first wave of Independent Local Radio stations to begin transmission.[1]
- Unknown date - DWLS-FM, the flagship FM station of GMA Radio-Television Arts in the Philippines was launched with a jazz format.
Births
- October 21 - Lindsay Brien, American radio personality in Atlanta, Georgia, entertainment reporter for Headline News, and part of MTV's The Real World Seattle season in 1998.
- December 21 - Clarence Black, Detroit, Michigan sports radio personality and contestant on Survivor Africa.
- Brody, American radio personality on WDGC-FM in Raleigh, North Carolina
Deaths
- March 2 - Hollace Shaw, 62, coloratura soprano on many old-time radio programs.[2]
- March 24 - Nelson Case, 66, an American radio announcer[3]
- June 25 - Jay Jostyn, 74, an American radio and TV actor.[3]
- Santos Ortega, 76, an American actor and comedian.
References
- 1 2 3 Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors); accessed 28 April 2008
- ↑ DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. P. 240.
- 1 2 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.
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