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1976 in radio
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
September 6:
DWRT-FM
(
Manila, Philippines
) signs on the air as 99.5 RT, and it became the first Top 40 station in the Philippines.
KXOL
in
Dallas, Texas
flips from
Top 40
to
country music
Debuts
January âÂÂ
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.
March 14 -
951 Remix
begins broadcasting in
Trinidad and Tobago
as
95FM
.
March 16 -
Downtown Radio
, the first
Independent Local Radio
in
Northern Ireland
, begins broadcasting to the
Belfast
area.
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.
Unknown date -
DWLS-FM
, the flagship FM station of
GMA Radio-Television Arts
in the
Philippines
was launched with a jazz format.
Births
January 3 -
Angela Yee
, former co-host of
The Breakfast Club
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
'.
Brody
, American radio personality on
WDGC-FM
in
Raleigh, North Carolina
Deaths
March 2 -
Hollace Shaw
, 62, American coloratura soprano on many
old-time radio
programs.
March 24 -
Nelson Case
, 66, American radio announcer.
June 25 -
Jay Jostyn
, 74, American radio and TV actor.
Santos Ortega
, 76, American actor and comedian.
References