1976 in radio
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The year 1976 in radio involved some significant events.
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[edit] 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
[edit] Debuts
- March 8 - Radio 210 (now 2-Ten FM) 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.[2]
- April 12 - Beacon Radio (was Beacon Radio, Beacon Radio 303) begins broadcasting to the Wolverhampton area; this is the final station in the first wave of Independent Local Radio stations to begin transmission.[3]
[edit] Closings
[edit] 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
[edit] Deaths
[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
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