1975 in radio
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The year 1975 in radio involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- WLOL-FM in Minneapolis, Minnesota flips from classical music to beautiful music.
- July - Country music station KRRV in Dallas, Texas becomes Top 40 KIKM.
[edit] Debuts
- January 22 - Radio Forth begins broadcasting to the Edinburgh area[1]
- May 19 - Plymouth Sound begins broadcasting to the Plymouth area[2]
- June 24 - Radio Tees (now TFM Radio) begins broadcasting to the Stockton-on-Tees area[3]
- July 3 - Radio Trent (later Trent FM and 96 Trent FM, now reverted to Trent FM) beings broadcasting to the Nottingham area[4]
- September 16 - Pennine Radio (now The Pulse) begins broadcasting to the Bradford area; the station extends its coverage to Huddersfield in 1984[5]
- October 14 - Radio Victory begins broadcasting to the Portsmouth area[6]
- October 28 - Radio Orwell (later merged with Saxon Radio to form SGR FM) begins broadcasting to the Ipswich area[7]
[edit] Closings
- January 26 - Last broadcast of NBC Radio's Monitor
[edit] Births
- January 13 - George Duran, American chef, television host and radio personality.
- January 15 - Edith Bowman, British radio DJ
- March 11 - Eric the Midget, member of the Wack Pack from radio's The Howard Stern Show
- July 31 - Simon Hirst, British DJ
- September 23 - Chris Hawkins, British radio personality
- December 2 - Sam Bromley, former news anchor and reporter for WSAR in Fall River, Massachusetts and WFNR/WPSK in Radford, Virginia. Also a former officer in the US Air Force and Iraq War veteran.
[edit] Deaths
- Tom Donahue, 46, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame radio disc jockey and freeform rock pioneer.
- Al Helfer, Major League Baseball announcer
[edit] References
- ^ Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors); accessed 28 April 2008
- ^ Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors); accessed 28 April 2008
- ^ Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors); accessed 28 April 2008
- ^ Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors); accessed 28 April 2008
- ^ Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors); accessed 28 April 2008
- ^ Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors); accessed 28 April 2008
- ^ Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors); accessed 28 April 2008
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