1983 in radio

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The year 1983 in radio involved some significant events.

[edit] Events

August 2 - WHTZ (Z100) in New York City debuts, soon becoming one of the most influential CHR stations in the US.
KABG in Cambridge, Minnesota becomes KXLV
KDWB-FM in Minneapolis, Minnesota flips from album-oriented rock to CHR, a format it still carries today.
Emmis Broadcasting purchases CHR-formatted WLOL in Minneapolis, Minnesota
WCCO-FM in Minneapolis, Minnesota flips from adult contemporary to CHR, then back again (as WLTE) later that year.
December - KYA moves to 93.3 FM, AM station becomes KOIT

April 15 - American Public Radio is founded (becomes Public Radio International in 1994).
Joe Castiglione joins the Boston Red Sox broadcast team, teamed with Ken Coleman
Jam Radio, the University of Hull's student radio station becomes the first student station to obtain a medium wave license.

March 16 - The Transmitter Ismaning, the last wooden radio tower in Germany, is demolished.
KMEL ends its weekly countdown show, hosted by 78-year old Ruth Bennett, mother of the station's former morning host Alex Bennett.

March 16 - Arthur Godfrey, 27-year host of Arthur Godfrey Time on CBS, as well as host of Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (on radio from 1946-1956; on TV from 1948-1958). One of history's most influential broadcast personalities.

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