Radio - Notable Historical Events
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Radio - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1891-12-29 |
Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio) |
1894-08-14 |
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge demonstrates wireless telegraphy (radio) using Morse code at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Oxford University |
1895-05-07 |
In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention - the world's first radio receiver. In the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day. |
1896-06-02 |
Guglielmo Marconi applies to patent the radio, accepted 2 July 1897 |
1901-12-11 |
Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian electrical inventor, sends the first transatlantic radio signal |
1901-12-12 |
Guglielmo Marconi sends the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland |
1902-01-01 |
Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn |
1903-01-19 |
1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England |
1904-01-07 |
Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st intl radio distress signal |
1906-01-13 |
1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile |
1906-10-20 |
Dr Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) |
1906-10-25 |
US inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion", a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio & broadcasting |
1906-11-22 |
International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help |
1906-12-24 |
Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass) |
1907-03-05 |
1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired |
1907-12-16 |
Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Bkln Navy Yard NY) |
1908-01-12 |
A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. |
1908-05-12 |
Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield |
1909-01-23 |
1st radio rescue at sea |
1910-02-23 |
1st radio contest held (Philadelphia) |
1915-09-29 |
1st transcontinental radio telephone message is sent |
1919-10-17 |
Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created |
1919-11-05 |
Ir à Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soirée-musical" on Dutch radio |
1919-11-06 |
1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" |
1920-04-20 |
Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio |
1920-07-27 |
Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation |
1920-08-20 |
1st US commercial radio station, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit begins daily broadcasting |
1920-08-31 |
Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air |
1920-09-06 |
Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight |
1920-10-27 |
Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins |
1921-01-02 |
1st religious service radio broadcast in US, KDKA-Pittsburgh |
1921-04-11 |
KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee) |
1921-04-11 |
First sports broadcast on the radio takes place. |
1921-05-21 |
Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co |
1921-08-05 |
1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) |
1921-09-15 |
WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions |
1921-10-05 |
1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0 |
1921-11-15 |
KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions |
1921-12-07 |
KWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions |
1922-01-09 |
KQV-AM in Pittsburgh PA begins radio transmissions |
1922-01-13 |
WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions |
1922-02-04 |
WGY-AM in Schenectady NY begins radio transmissions |
1922-02-08 |
Radio arrives at the White House |
1922-02-18 |
WOC-AM in Davenport IA begins radio transmissions |
1922-02-19 |
Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer |
1922-02-20 |
WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions |
1922-02-21 |
WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions |
1922-02-27 |
Commerce Sec Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference |
1922-02-28 |
KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-02 |
WLW-AM in Cincinnati OH begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-03 |
WWJ-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-09 |
KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-10 |
KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-13 |
WRR-AM in Dallas TX begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-14 |
KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-14 |
KSD-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-14 |
WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-15 |
1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) |
1922-03-16 |
WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-18 |
WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-20 |
WIP-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-21 |
KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-23 |
KMJ-AM in Fresno CA begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-23 |
WEW-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-30 |
KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-30 |
WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions |
1922-03-31 |
KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions |
1922-04-04 |
WAAB (Baton Rouge La) becomes 1st US radio station with "W" calls |
1922-04-05 |
KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions |
1922-04-05 |
WDZ-AM in Decatur IL begins radio transmissions |
1922-04-28 |
WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station |
1922-05-04 |
KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions |
1922-05-10 |
WHB-AM in Kansas City MO begins radio transmissions |
1922-06-14 |
Pres Harding is 1st US president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore |
1922-08-14 |
1st "old time" musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta) |
1922-08-16 |
AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (NYC) |
1922-08-28 |
WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins) |
1922-09-17 |
Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) |
1922-10-04 |
For 1st time, entire World Series broadcast over radio (WJZ & WGY) |
1922-10-07 |
First radio link, WNJ (Newark) & WGY (Senectady) link for World Series |
1922-10-28 |
First US coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game |
1922-11-14 |
BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House |
1922-12-23 |
BBC Radio began daily newscasts |
1922-12-24 |
BBC broadcasts 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas" |
1923-01-18 |
1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies |
1923-01-19 |
WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions |
1923-03-22 |
The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt. |
1923-07-01 |
1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF NY & WMAF Mass) |
1923-07-19 |
WRC-AM in Washington DC begins radio transmissions |
1923-09-28 |
Radio Times 1st published |
1923-11-24 |
Radio Belgium's 1st transmission |
1923-12-03 |
1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC) |
1923-12-04 |
WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show) |
1923-12-06 |
1st US Presidential address broadcast on radio by President Calvin Coolidge |
1923-12-31 |
1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester |
1924-01-22 |
KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions |
1924-02-08 |
1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: Gen John Joseph Carty speech in Chic |
1924-03-21 |
1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC) |
1924-03-28 |
WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions |
1924-04-11 |
WLS-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions |
1924-04-15 |
WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions |
1924-04-16 |
1st radio-transmission of wireless: Mattheus Passion |
1924-06-10 |
1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland |
1924-06-14 |
WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany NY |
1924-06-15 |
1st transmission of radio Bloemendaal |
1924-06-21 |
NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms |
1924-07-06 |
1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, US-England |
1924-10-12 |
Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow |
1924-11-15 |
Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms |
1924-11-30 |
1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC) |
1924-12-13 |
KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions |
1924-12-24 |
1st radio transmission of NCRV in Netherlands |
1925-03-04 |
Pres Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations |
1925-03-24 |
KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions |
1925-03-31 |
WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts) |
1925-04-01 |
1st transmission of Danish state radio |
1925-04-14 |
1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN) |
1925-04-23 |
Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms |
1925-08-01 |
Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies |
1925-08-12 |
KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions |
1925-08-20 |
WJR-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions |
1925-10-05 |
WSM-AM in Nashville Tenn begins radio transmissions |
1925-10-30 |
KUT-AM in Austin TX begins radio transmissions |
1925-11-01 |
VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam |
1925-11-24 |
1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast) |
1925-11-28 |
Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn |
1926-04-12 |
Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms |
1926-04-20 |
1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic |
1926-07-15 |
VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms |
1926-09-09 |
National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America |
1926-11-15 |
1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC) |
1926-11-15 |
AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (NYC) |
1926-11-24 |
KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions |
1926-11-27 |
KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions |
1926-12-10 |
1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS) |
1926-12-16 |
WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions |
1926-12-17 |
KYA-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions |
1926-12-23 |
KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions |
1927-01-11 |
Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th NYC |
1927-02-04 |
KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions |
1927-02-18 |
1st US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts" |
1927-02-23 |
Pres Calvin Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FRC) |
1927-12-10 |
Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN |
1928-01-01 |
Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth) |
1928-01-30 |
1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands & US |
1928-03-19 |
"Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) |
1928-03-27 |
KGB-AM in San Diego CA begins radio transmissions |
1928-05-01 |
Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter |
1928-05-02 |
KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions |
1928-06-30 |
Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards |
1928-07-27 |
AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms |
1928-09-13 |
KOH-AM in Reno NV begins radio transmissions |
1928-11-11 |
KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions |
1928-11-11 |
WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions |
1928-11-11 |
WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions |
1928-11-11 |
WOL-AM in Washington DC begins radio transmissions |
1928-11-20 |
WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions |
1928-12-23 |
NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network |
1929-01-08 |
CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC |
1929-01-09 |
KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA begins radio transmissions |
1929-01-18 |
"NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio |
1929-02-08 |
KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions |
1929-02-16 |
KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions |
1929-03-16 |
WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions |
1929-03-22 |
KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions |
1929-04-11 |
KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions |
1929-05-09 |
WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions |
1929-07-04 |
AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down |
1929-09-02 |
WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network |
1929-10-24 |
Rudy Vallee's "The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour" begins broadcasting on NBC radio |
1929-11-20 |
First broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio |
1930-01-20 |
1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit) |
1930-01-23 |
WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions |
1930-03-27 |
1st US radio broadcast from a ship at sea |
1930-06-30 |
1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY |
1930-07-30 |
1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio |
1930-09-29 |
Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons |
1930-09-29 |
NYC College offers 1st course in radio advertising |
1930-10-20 |
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio |
1931-02-12 |
Vatican Radio begins broadcasting with the callsign HVJ |
1931-04-06 |
1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio |
1931-05-01 |
Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS |
1931-06-22 |
RVU, Radio-Volks-University, forms |
1931-10-14 |
1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University |
1931-12-25 |
NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio |
1932-03-24 |
1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD) |
1932-03-29 |
Jack Benny debuts on radio, on Ed Sullivan's New York interview program |
1932-04-28 |
1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio |
1932-05-02 |
Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) |
1932-08-14 |
Philips makes 1 millionth radio |
1932-10-10 |
"Betty & Bob" premieres on radio |
1932-10-19 |
Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech |
1932-10-23 |
"Fred Allen Show" premieres on radio |
1932-11-07 |
1st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio |
1932-11-28 |
Groucho Marx performed on radio for 1st time |
1932-12-02 |
"Adventures of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network |
1932-12-27 |
Radio City Music Hall opens (NYC) |
1933-01-30 |
"Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio |
1933-03-02 |
"King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall & RKO Roxy NYC |
1933-03-18 |
Radio Clube de Mocambique's 1st radio transmission |
1933-04-22 |
Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address |
1933-04-27 |
Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Wash DC |
1933-07-10 |
1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, NY |
1933-07-25 |
1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington |
1933-12-26 |
FM radio is patented. |
1934-02-22 |
"It Happened One Night," opens at NY's Radio City Music Hall |
1934-03-31 |
Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia) |
1934-10-14 |
"Lux Radio Theatre" premieres |
1934-10-17 |
"The Aldrich Family" premieres on radio |
1935-01-04 |
Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue" |
1935-02-26 |
RADAR-Radio Detection & Ranging 1st demonstrated (Robert Watson-Watt) |
1935-03-24 |
Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network |
1935-04-01 |
1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY |
1935-04-16 |
1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly" |
1935-07-05 |
1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast |
1935-07-20 |
1st broadcast of "Gang Busters" on NBC-radio |
1936-01-31 |
"Green Hornet" radio show is 1st heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit |
1936-03-26 |
1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio |
1936-06-01 |
"Lux Radio Theater" moved from NYC to Hollywood |
1936-06-12 |
1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa) |
1936-07-01 |
AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens |
1936-09-28 |
Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am) |
1936-09-29 |
Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign |
1936-10-11 |
"Professor Quiz" first radio quiz show premieres |
1936-11-17 |
Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio |
1936-12-11 |
Edward VIII announces in a radio broadcast that he is abdicating the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson |
1937-01-25 |
1st broadcast of "Guiding Light" on NBC radio |
1937-01-25 |
Soap Opera "Guiding Light" premieres on radio |
1937-03-01 |
Gov Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles |
1937-03-14 |
Battle of the Century: Fred Allen & Jack Benny meet on radio |
1937-08-18 |
1st FM radio construction permit issued (W1X0J (WGTR) in Boston MA) |
1937-11-13 |
NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio |
1937-12-25 |
Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio |
1937-12-27 |
Mae West performs Adam & Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio |
1938-03-13 |
World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States. |
1938-03-26 |
NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony |
1938-05-17 |
Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network |
1938-07-26 |
1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC |
1938-07-31 |
NY Yanks suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" |
1938-09-28 |
Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming" |
1938-11-20 |
1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin) |
1938-12-07 |
W9XZY broadcasts facsimile of St Louis Post-Dispatch by radio |
1939-08-06 |
1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio |
1939-08-31 |
Staged "Polish" assault on radio station in Gleiwitz |
1939-09-07 |
Radio NY Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission |
1939-09-19 |
Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) becomes radio host of Reichsrundfunk Berlin |
1939-09-28 |
Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio |
1939-12-20 |
Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service |
1940-01-05 |
FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal |
1940-01-22 |
1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS |
1940-03-23 |
1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS |
1940-04-21 |
1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio |
1940-04-29 |
1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr Malone" on CBS |
1940-05-24 |
Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio |
1940-06-28 |
"Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio |
1940-07-28 |
Radio Orange, London begins broadcasting |
1940-09-29 |
"Double or Nothing", a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net |
1940-12-08 |
1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0 |
1941-02-08 |
NSB'er Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio |
1941-03-01 |
1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tenn |
1941-03-29 |
WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format) |
1941-05-10 |
Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason |
1941-05-16 |
1st US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers" |
1941-06-09 |
Archbishop De Young bans priests cooperating with Rijks radio |
1941-11-29 |
Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Jap war fleet |
1942-02-05 |
"Woman of the Year," starring Hepburn & Tracy opens at Radio City |
1942-02-26 |
Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies |
1942-02-27 |
J S Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun |
1942-05-01 |
Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" |
1942-08-09 |
CBS radio broadcasts the debut of "Our Secret Weapon." |
1942-09-18 |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service |
1942-10-08 |
Comedy duo Abbott and Costello launch their weekly radio show |
1942-11-05 |
Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission |
1943-02-05 |
Clandestine Radio Atlantiksender, Germany, 1st transmission |
1943-02-06 |
Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade" |
1943-03-18 |
Agnes Moorehead appears in "Sorry, Wrong Number" on the radio program "Suspense", her most successful appearance |
1943-03-25 |
Jimmy Durante & Garry Moore premiere on radio |
1943-03-27 |
Blue Ribbon Town (with Groucho Marx) 1st heard on CBS Radio |
1943-05-31 |
"Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio |
1943-10-24 |
Anti-nazi Clandestine Radio Soldatsender Calais begins transmitting |
1944-08-13 |
Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio |
1944-10-03 |
1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland |
1944-10-08 |
"Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" debut on CBS radio |
1945-01-02 |
Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion |
1945-04-18 |
Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops |
1945-04-25 |
Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission |
1945-04-30 |
"Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio |
1945-05-01 |
Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II |
1945-05-05 |
Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated |
1945-08-15 |
Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually |
1945-10-05 |
"Meet the Press" premieres on radio |
1945-11-06 |
House Committee on Un-American Activities begins investigation of 7 radio commentators |
1946-06-26 |
Fred Allen's last radio show, his guest is Jack Benny |
1946-06-28 |
Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleve Indians games begins |
1946-09-29 |
"Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio |
1946-11-01 |
WABC becomes WCBS radio in NYC |
1946-11-01 |
WEAF radio changes call letters to WNBC (NYC) |
1947-02-10 |
Netherlands Radio Union forms |
1947-02-19 |
CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3" |
1947-04-15 |
Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio |
1947-10-20 |
Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years |
1947-10-27 |
"You Bet Your Life" with Groucho Marx premieres on ABC radio |
1948-02-06 |
1st radio-controlled airplane flown |
1948-03-21 |
"Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio |
1948-05-14 |
Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast |
1948-10-01 |
Radio Denmark begins transmitting |
1948-10-21 |
Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated (Washington DC) |
1949-02-12 |
Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio |
1949-06-03 |
Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles) |
1949-07-07 |
"Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967 |
1949-07-29 |
BBC radio begins broadcasting |
1949-10-03 |
WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta |
1950-07-04 |
The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe. |
1950-08-10 |
"Sunset Boulevard", starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson, premieres at Radio City Music Hall |
1950-09-30 |
Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time |
1950-12-03 |
Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast |
1951-01-29 |
Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million |
1951-01-30 |
Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio |
1951-02-06 |
Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne National Laboratory, a nuclear test site located 20 miles (32 km) west of Chicago |
1951-02-18 |
Netherlands Radio School forms |
1951-06-22 |
Gene Rayburn & Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio |
1951-07-02 |
"Bob & Ray show" premieres on NBC radio |
1951-07-02 |
Leidse astronomers discover radio signal out of Milky Way system |
1952-06-30 |
"Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV |
1953-06-11 |
"Amos 'n Andy" TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS |
1953-07-26 |
Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba |
1953-10-13 |
Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno |
1954-01-20 |
The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations. |
1954-09-08 |
Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to NYC for WINS radio |
1954-10-18 |
WNBC radio changes call letters to WRCA (NYC) |
1954-10-18 |
Texas Instruments Inc. announces the first transistor radio. |
1954-12-26 |
"The Shadow," airs for last time on radio |
1955-03-03 |
Elvis Presley makes his 1st TV appearance on a broadcast of radio show "Louisiana Hayride" |
1955-03-04 |
1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent |
1955-03-17 |
After Maurice Richard is suspended for the remainder of the season, riots break out in Montreal. 37 people are injured and over 100 are arrested. The following morning, Richard goes on the radio to ask citizens to stop vandalizing the city. |
1955-06-12 |
Monitor (full weekend program) begins on NBC radio network |
1955-08-19 |
WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's) |
1955-09-22 |
(ITV) Commercial TV begins in UK; meanwhile on BBC radio Grace Archer is killed in a barn fire on Brookfield Farm - the BBC denied that this was a spoiler! |
1956-12-18 |
Phil Rizzuto signs as NY Yankee radio-TV announcer |
1957-01-13 |
"All that Fall", first radio play by Samuel Beckett, aired on BBC Third Programme |
1957-05-01 |
Larry King's 1st radio broadcast |
1957-05-27 |
Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format. |
1957-08-05 |
WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions |
1957-09-08 |
Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV |
1958-03-20 |
Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting |
1958-03-20 |
Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission |
1958-06-02 |
Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio |
1958-06-17 |
Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy |
1958-08-18 |
Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde |
1958-08-21 |
KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions |
1958-12-19 |
1st radio broadcast from space (Pres Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth & Good Will to Men Everywhere") |
1959-03-06 |
Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles) |
1960-04-04 |
Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center |
1960-05-19 |
Alan Freed & eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola |
1960-05-23 |
WRCA radio changes call letters back to WNBC (NYC) |
1960-10-03 |
"Flair" (CBS' answer to Monitor) premieres on radio with Dick Van Dyke |
1960-10-11 |
Radio/TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers |
1960-11-25 |
"Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio |
1960-11-25 |
CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series |
1960-11-27 |
CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel" |
1960-11-28 |
CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes |
1961-06-18 |
CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke |
1961-09-04 |
Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio |
1961-12-12 |
Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36 |
1962-03-07 |
Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio |
1962-05-28 |
Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio |
1962-06-01 |
Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit |
1962-08-05 |
1st quasar located by radio |
1962-10-01 |
US National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope |
1962-10-28 |
Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated |
1962-11-01 |
USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars |
1963-06-04 |
1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio |
1963-08-08 |
Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie", radio stations label it obscene |
1963-09-28 |
Murray The K, a NY DJ plays "She Loves You" on the radio |
1963-12-31 |
Dear Abby show premieres on CBS radio (runs 11 years) |
1964-03-27 |
1st true Pirate Radio station, Radio Caroline (England) |
1964-03-28 |
1st pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline) |
1964-08-13 |
1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire |
1964-10-01 |
1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire |
1964-11-16 |
Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission |
1964-12-15 |
American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded |
1965-01-27 |
1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite |
1965-04-19 |
1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in NYC) begins operating |
1965-05-03 |
Don Steele, begins a 40+ year radio career at KRTH (Los Angeles California) |
1965-11-19 |
ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report |
1965-12-22 |
Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up |
1965-12-26 |
Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline |
1966-02-05 |
BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island |
1966-04-04 |
Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland |
1966-05-01 |
Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting |
1966-05-14 |
1st reported monitoring of pirate radio station WBBH (NJ) |
1966-06-01 |
Shortwave station Radio NY Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW |
1966-08-02 |
Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting |
1966-08-15 |
Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission |
1966-11-25 |
Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) closes down (reopen 12/31) |
1966-11-30 |
Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland |
1966-12-01 |
Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colo |
1966-12-29 |
Pirate Radio Phoenix, 1st transmission (Worcester, Mass) |
1966-12-31 |
Pirate Radio 390 (Radio Invicata) off England, resumes transmitting |
1967-02-08 |
Pirate Radio UKGM (England) closes down |
1967-02-12 |
Pirate Radio Free Harlem (NYC) begins transmitting |
1967-03-16 |
Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down |
1967-04-07 |
Tom Donahue, SF dj begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM) |
1967-04-09 |
Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide's transmitter burns down |
1967-04-17 |
Shortwave Radio NY Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off |
1967-05-14 |
Pirate Radio Station 270 (England) closes down |
1967-07-01 |
BBC starts their World Radio Club |
1967-07-23 |
Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons |
1967-07-28 |
Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) (England) closes down |
1967-08-04 |
British pirate radio station Radio 355 resigns air |
1967-08-05 |
Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) & Radio London close down |
1967-08-14 |
Pirate radio stations Radio 270, Radio London, Radio Ireland |
1967-08-14 |
Radio Scotland & Radio Swinging Holland go off the air |
1967-08-15 |
UK's Marine Offences Bill making pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect, pirate station Radio 355 closes down |
1967-08-18 |
WCBS radio in NYC goes all-news |
1967-09-23 |
Radio Malta stops testing |
1967-09-30 |
BBC starts its own popular music radio station (Radio 1) |
1967-10-13 |
CBS radio cancels "House Party" |
1967-11-08 |
1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester) |
1967-11-28 |
1st pulsating radio source (pulsar) detected by postgraduate Jocelyn Burnell and her supervisor Antony Hewish |
1967-12-24 |
Pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand |
1968-01-01 |
ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM) |
1968-02-26 |
Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission |
1968-02-28 |
Pirate Radio Hauraki, off NZ, returns to the air |
1968-03-01 |
Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting |
1968-03-11 |
Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting |
1968-03-14 |
CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA |
1968-03-31 |
Pirate Radio Station Pegaus (NZ) begins transmitting |
1968-05-03 |
Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica Intl |
1968-05-19 |
Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England 1st heard |
1968-07-04 |
Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched |
1968-08-15 |
Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting |
1968-08-21 |
After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio |
1968-08-21 |
Radio Prague (Czechoslovakia) at 12:50 AM announces a Soviet led invasion |
1968-09-01 |
Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlands) begins transmitting |
1968-12-01 |
Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting |
1969-01-10 |
Pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland |
1969-03-01 |
Pirate Radio 259 begins operation off the French coast |
1969-04-25 |
5,400th & last episode of BBC Radio serial "The Dales" (formerly "Mrs Dale's Diary" ) |
1969-05-01 |
Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting |
1969-06-01 |
Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV |
1969-06-21 |
1st reported hearing of pirate radio WGHP (With God's Help Peace) |
1970-01-23 |
Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California) |
1970-07-04 |
Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio |
1971-02-20 |
Natl Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio & TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes |
1971-03-01 |
Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM |
1971-03-08 |
Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" |
1971-05-03 |
"All Things Considered" premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations |
1971-05-03 |
National Public Radio begins programming |
1971-05-15 |
Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed |
1971-12-17 |
Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting |
1971-12-18 |
CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts |
1972-04-30 |
"Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio |
1972-05-01 |
Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres |
1973-01-16 |
USSR's Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of Moon |
1973-04-02 |
CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day |
1973-06-10 |
NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit |
1973-07-02 |
Nation Black Network begins operation on radio |
1973-08-19 |
Pirate World Music Radio (Holland) closes down after 10 years |
1973-09-19 |
Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May NJ) forms |
1973-10-20 |
The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR & moves station from NYC to Scituate Mass |
1974-01-01 |
NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead) |
1974-01-06 |
"CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio |
1974-07-18 |
World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed |
1974-08-31 |
Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen harbor |
1974-09-01 |
Dutch law against pirate radio goes into effect |
1974-11-16 |
1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away |
1974-12-27 |
Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years |
1975-05-06 |
Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only |
1975-06-09 |
UK House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for first time |
1975-06-18 |
NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio |
1975-12-14 |
WCPR (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM |
1975-12-28 |
1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music) |
1976-02-07 |
FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Brooklyn New York) |
1976-05-14 |
Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter |
1976-11-25 |
Viking 1 radio signals from Mars help prove the general theory of relativity |
1977-02-02 |
Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer |
1977-02-05 |
General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio |
1977-05-29 |
NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio |
1977-08-03 |
Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered |
1977-12-31 |
WFAT (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM |
1978-01-30 |
Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio |
1978-02-08 |
Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time. |
1978-03-08 |
The first-ever radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4. |
1978-04-03 |
Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington DC |
1978-06-12 |
US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage |
1978-07-03 |
US Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words" |
1978-10-13 |
US President Jimmy Carter answers callers' questions on National Public Radio |
1979-02-05 |
Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS |
1979-03-15 |
Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80 |
1979-04-19 |
FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Brooklyn New York) |
1979-05-05 |
Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting |
1979-05-08 |
Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3 |
1979-05-29 |
Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres |
1979-05-30 |
Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80 |
1979-05-31 |
Radio City Music Hall (NYC) reopens |
1979-10-01 |
RKO radio network begins operation |
1979-10-07 |
"1940's Radio Hour" opens at St James Theater NYC for 105 performances |
1980-01-06 |
"1940's Radio Hour" closes at St James Theater NYC after 105 perfs |
1980-02-01 |
Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System |
1980-03-20 |
The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks |
1980-06-23 |
1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation |
1980-09-27 |
WHOT (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM & 92.5 FM |
1980-10-10 |
Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated |
1980-12-19 |
Mutual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater |
1981-05-01 |
Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 |
1981-05-02 |
Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes |
1981-07-01 |
Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3 |
1981-09-01 |
RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show |
1981-09-21 |
Enterprise Radio (all sports) goes off the air |
1981-10-31 |
1st live US radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC) |
1982-01-04 |
ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network |
1982-02-14 |
"Night of 100 Stars" takes place at NY's Radio City Music Hall |
1982-04-26 |
CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio |
1982-05-03 |
ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations) |
1982-05-03 |
President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts |
1982-05-10 |
WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network |
1982-06-18 |
ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations |
1982-07-01 |
ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) |
1982-07-23 |
FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo |
1982-12-07 |
Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building |
1982-12-31 |
CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years |
1982-12-31 |
NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features |
1983-02-26 |
Shortwave pirate Radio USA (Wellsville, NY) begins transmission |
1983-05-23 |
Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air |
1983-09-09 |
Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2) |
1983-11-30 |
Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip) |
1984-08-11 |
During radio voice test US President Reagan jokes he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" |
1985-05-20 |
US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti |
1985-09-18 |
BBC Radio reports prime # 2^216091-1 found in Houston |
1985-11-18 |
Howard Stern radio show returns to NYC (WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons) |
1986-02-17 |
Howard Stern radio show returns to NYC morning radio (WXRK 92.3 FM) |
1986-06-22 |
Pirate Radio Euro Weekend (Holland) begins transmitting |
1986-08-18 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Philadelphia PA on WYSP 94.1 FM |
1987-02-24 |
Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack |
1987-07-01 |
NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio |
1987-07-23 |
RNI (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM |
1988-06-20 |
NYC WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of NJ Devils |
1988-06-20 |
WABC officially becomes the NJ Devils new home radio |
1988-07-14 |
WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive |
1988-07-27 |
Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer |
1988-08-01 |
Rush Limbaugh begins his national radio show. |
1988-10-07 |
WNBC 660 final transmission, WFAN moves from 1050 to 660 & WUKQ begins on 1050 at 5:30 PM (NYC radio) |
1988-11-02 |
Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash |
1988-11-15 |
91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV, collapses |
1988-11-30 |
Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs |
1988-12-27 |
Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades |
1989-05-26 |
At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio |
1989-05-31 |
"Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (NYC) |
1989-07-06 |
US marshals & FCC seize pirate radio station WHOT in Brooklyn |
1989-11-06 |
US marshals & FCC sieze pirate radio station WJPL in Brooklyn |
1990-04-09 |
World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC) |
1990-06-26 |
8 KS & OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad |
1990-08-03 |
Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion |
1990-09-16 |
Pirate Radio NY International begins transmissions on WWCR |
1990-10-02 |
Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors |
1990-10-09 |
Radio stations around world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon |
1990-12-16 |
KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions |
1990-12-17 |
KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions |
1991-04-11 |
NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television" |
1991-07-25 |
Howard Stern adds a 4th radio market (KLSX FM-97.1 Los Angeles) |
1991-08-08 |
The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses. |
1991-10-01 |
Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network (WJFK-AM) |
1991-10-17 |
News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby |
1992-01-22 |
Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation. |
1992-02-06 |
"Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC |
1992-04-06 |
Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses |
1992-08-31 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Cleveland OH on WNCX 98.5 FM |
1992-09-08 |
Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcasting in Dallas (KGEL-FM 97.1) |
1992-10-12 |
Arecibo radio telescope begins Microwave search for occupied planets |
1992-10-12 |
Howard Stern radio show premieres in Albany NY (WQBK 103.5 & 103.9 FM) |
1992-10-15 |
Howard Stern radio show begins broadcasting on WLUP-AM, Chicago |
1992-11-04 |
NY Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR |
1992-11-04 |
NY Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio |
1992-11-09 |
Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada (KFBI) |
1992-11-18 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas NV on KXTE 107.5 FM |
1992-12-02 |
WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in NYC |
1992-12-11 |
WNEW AM radio on 1130 in NYC ends transmitting after 58 years |
1993-01-11 |
Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo NY (WKBW) |
1993-02-11 |
Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY (WRQI) |
1993-02-15 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Rochester NY on WNVE 95.1 FM |
1993-02-18 |
Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY |
1993-03-03 |
Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings) |
1993-03-12 |
Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney |
1993-04-30 |
Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom. |
1993-08-02 |
NYC radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes |
1993-08-15 |
NYC radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time |
1993-10-27 |
Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcasting in El Paso Texas |
1993-11-01 |
Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems |
1993-11-15 |
Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach SC on WYAV 104.1 FM |
1994-03-28 |
BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for first time in United Kingdom |
1994-05-16 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Orlando FL on WTKS 104.1 FM |
1994-05-27 |
Larry King ended his radio show |
1994-06-20 |
Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network |
1994-09-21 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft Laud/Miami Fl (WBGG 105.9 FM) |
1994-12-07 |
Radio personality Howard Stern talks a man out of attempting suicide |
1995-02-13 |
Howard Stern radio show premieres in San Diego CA on KIOZ 105.3 FM |
1995-03-06 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Phoenix AZ on KEDJ 106.3/100.3 FM |
1995-03-21 |
NYC agrees to sell its 2 owned radio stations (WNYC AM & FM) |
1995-03-29 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago IL on WCKG 105.9 FM |
1995-09-01 |
Infinity Radio agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to US Treasury |
1995-11-02 |
Spanish Broadcasting System buys NY radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M |
1995-11-07 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh PA on WXDX 105.9 FM |
1995-12-12 |
CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31 |
1996-01-20 |
WPAT FM NYC radio station switches to English-Spanish format |
1996-02-19 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York PA on WQXA 105.7 FM |
1996-03-31 |
Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast |
1996-04-01 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM (morn) |
1996-04-04 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM |
1996-04-23 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM |
1996-04-29 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno CA on KFRR 104.1 FM |
1996-04-30 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM |
1996-05-06 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM |
1996-06-05 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis, TN, on WMFS 92.9 FM |
1996-06-10 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo OH on WBUZ 106.5 FM |
1996-06-17 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse NY on WAQX 95.7 FM |
1996-09-16 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Panama City FL on WTBB 97.7 FM |
1996-09-23 |
Howard Stern radio show premieres in Wilkes-Barre PA (WZMT 97.9 FM) |
1996-09-23 |
Howard Stern radio show premieres in West Palm Beach FL (WCLB 95.5 FM) |
1997-01-02 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM |
1997-01-20 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM |
1997-02-03 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM |
1997-03-03 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville NC on WRCQ 103.5 FM |
1997-04-07 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft Myers FL on WRXK 96.1 FM |
1997-04-15 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte NC on WXRC 95.7 FM |
1997-04-16 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul on WRQC 100.3 FM |
1997-05-01 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in San Diego CA on KIOZ 105.3 FM |
1997-07-25 |
Howard Stern is fired from radio station, KEGL Dallas |
1997-09-02 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Montreal Canada on CHOM 97.7 FM |
1997-09-02 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toronto Canada on CILQ 107.1 FM |
1997-09-04 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville KY on WTFX 100.5 FM |
1997-12-01 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport IA on KORB 93.5 FM |
1998-01-30 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Indianapolis IN on WNAP 93.1 FM |
1998-02-23 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston SC on WAVF 96.1 FM |
1999-12-03 |
NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere. |
2005-09-12 |
Mark Messier announces on ESPN radio that he will retire from the NHL |
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Radio - Notable Birthdays
Radio - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1851-06-12 |
Oliver Joseph Lodge, England, early radio pioneer |
1857-02-22 |
Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves |
1865-06-15 |
L H Perquin, Dutch religious radio speaker |
1873-08-26 |
Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube) |
1874-04-25 |
Guglielmo Marconi, Bologna Italy, inventor (radio, Nobel 1909) |
1874-06-14 |
Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour) |
1875-08-23 |
William Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966) |
1876-06-26 |
Nico[laas P] de Jong, Dutch radio play actor (Laughter & Tears) |
1882-03-16 |
William A. Crinley, The Radio Detective |
1882-11-13 |
John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall) |
1886-03-08 |
Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis) |
1886-08-07 |
Louis Hazeltine, inventor (neutrodyne circuit, making radio possible) |
1888-03-31 |
Archie de Bear, Radio Parade |
1888-08-12 |
Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder (AVRO) |
1889-08-19 |
Don Carney, Rambling 'Round Radio Row #6 |
1890-10-09 |
Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist (Pentecostal)/radio preacher |
1890-12-18 |
Edwin Howard Armstrong, NYC, radio pioneer inventor (FM) |
1891-02-27 |
David Sarnoff, US, radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA) |
1891-08-09 |
Max Tak, Dutch violinist/radio commentator |
1891-10-25 |
Father Coughlin, Roman Catholic priest and pro-Fascist radio broadcaster (d. 1979) |
1893-06-12 |
Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/radio play director (Paul Vlaanderen) |
1894-05-31 |
Fred Allen, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show) |
1896-11-06 |
Jim Jordan, Peoria IL, radio comedian (Fibber McGee) |
1898-04-15 |
Marian Jordan, actress, radio comedienne (Molly-Fibber McGee & Molly) |
1898-07-11 |
Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], Dutch writer/Radio Orange |
1899-01-15 |
Goodman Ace, radio/TV actor/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman) |
1899-05-05 |
Freeman Gosden, Richmond Va, radio actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy) |
1899-11-16 |
Mary Margaret McBride, Paris Mo, radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC) |
1900-02-20 |
Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer |
1900-05-01 |
Nat Bonx, Radio Days |
1902-11-21 |
Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (d. 1985) |
1903-08-31 |
Arthur Godfrey, NYC, radio/TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout) |
1904-05-11 |
Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer |
1904-10-02 |
Godfrey Baseley, radio executive |
1904-11-07 |
Arthur Young, Radio Parade of 1935 |
1905-01-19 |
Anne Schumacher Hummert, Baltimore US, leading creator of daytime radio serials during the 1930s and 1940s |
1905-01-27 |
Luther Diamond, radio personality |
1905-10-22 |
Karl Jansky, Czech, discoverer (cosmic radio emissions in 1932) |
1906-01-19 |
Lanny Ross, Seattle, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show) |
1906-05-07 |
Howard Enstedt, The Radio Detective |
1907-02-10 |
The Radio Rascals, The True Story of Lilli Marlene |
1907-10-11 |
Elma Dangerfield, Radio Lover |
1907-12-25 |
Matt Brooks, Radio City Revels |
1909-02-09 |
Carmen Miranda, Radio Days |
1909-03-24 |
Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English radio comic/actor (Phoenix) |
1909-05-06 |
Loyd Sigmon, American amateur ("ham") radio broadcastor (d. 2004) |
1910-03-13 |
Sammy Kaye, Radio Days |
1910-05-03 |
Norman Corwin, American radio pioneer |
1910-07-20 |
Jaakko Hurme, Radio tekee murron |
1910-9-07 |
Don Reid, Radio Days |
1910-9-29 |
Ruby Payne, Radio Days |
1911-02-09 |
John 'Slim' Furness, Rambling 'Round Radio Row #6 |
1911-04-10 |
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Historias de la radio |
1911-04-10 |
Victor Lombardo, Rambling 'Round Radio Row #3 |
1911-08-23 |
Carl Dolmetsch, Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio |
1911-12-22 |
Grote Reber, US, astronomer (1st parabolic radio telescope) |
1912-01-17 |
Olavi Suominen, Radio tekee murron |
1912-01-22 |
Harry Parry, Harry Parry and His Radio Rhythm Club Septet |
1912-02-28 |
Kullervo Kalske, Radio tekee murron |
1912-05-25 |
Leah Carrey, Radio Days |
1912-06-24 |
Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator & cake connoisseur) |
1912-06-30 |
Bon Bon, Rambling 'Round Radio Row #6 |
1912-10-15 |
Bonnie Poe, Rambling 'Round Radio Row #9 |
1913-01-08 |
Joan Wheeler, Radio Scout |
1913-01-08 |
Kunto Karapää, Radio tekee murron |
1913-01-30 |
Percy Thrower, English radio host |
1913-05-08 |
Melissa Mason, Radio City Revels |
1913-08-31 |
Sir Bernard Lovell, Bristol England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank Observatory, (d. 2012) |
1914-04-25 |
Hannes Häyrinen, Radio tekee murron |
1914-07-28 |
Dana Raymond, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio |
1914-12-30 |
Aloysio De Oliveira, Radio Days |
1915-10-31 |
Jane Jarvis, Radio Days |
1916-04-05 |
Kauko Käyhkö, Radio tekee murron |
1916-07-02 |
Barry Gray, [Bernard Yaroslaw], interviewer (started call-in radio) |
1916-12-27 |
Alfonso del Real, Aquí radio Sardina |
1917-04-11 |
Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d. 1993) |
1917-04-30 |
Bea Wain, US singer/radio host (Lucky Strike Hit Parade) |
1917-11-28 |
Kees Schilperoort, Dutch radio/TV host |
1918-04-07 |
Peter Aryans, [PCJ Vander], Dutch radio actor (Shoot Out) |
1918-09-27 |
Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer/astronomer royal (1972-82) |
1918-12-22 |
Frankie Darro, Chicago IL, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men) |
1919-04-13 |
Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (d. 2000) |
1919-06-22 |
Stanley Burns, Radio Days |
1920-01-25 |
Roy Rowan, Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio |
1921-05-31 |
Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer |
1922-02-24 |
Sonia Holm, Radio Cab Murder |
1922-06-09 |
Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist - Radio and TV animator (d. 1988) |
1922-07-19 |
Harold Camping, American evangelist, founder of Family Radio |
1922-09-07 |
Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007) |
1923-05-09 |
Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (d. 2008) |
1924-03-03 |
Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter |
1924-04-24 |
Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician |
1924-05-11 |
Antony Hewish, radio astronomer |
1924-05-23 |
Desmond Carrington, British radio host (Jim-Calamity the Cow) |
1924-06-03 |
Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (d. 1999) |
1924-06-28 |
Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host |
1924-9-20 |
Albert Marre, The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio |
1925-01-29 |
Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting) |
1925-05-12 |
Luis Molowny, Historias de la radio |
1925-07-07 |
Wally Phillips, American radio personality (d. 2008) |
1926-9-19 |
Margarita Andrey, Historias de la radio |
1927-10-22 |
Ray Stern, mother of radio personality Howard Stern |
1928-04-26 |
Pentti Valkeala, Radio tekee murron |
1928-07-30 |
John Smitherman, Radio Bikini |
1928-08-17 |
Willem Duys, Dutch radio/TV host |
1928-11-09 |
Wim Bosboom, Dutch radio/TV host |
1928-11-12 |
Robert Holness, Natal, South Africa, English radio and television presenter (BBC), (d. 2012) |
1929-06-24 |
John Leake, The Radio Sky |
1929-12-25 |
Stuart Hall, British radio and television presenter |
1930-05-10 |
June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist (World of Islands) |
1930-05-10 |
Scott Muni, American radio DJ (d. 2004) |
1930-06-21 |
Patricia Lindop, radio biologist |
1930-08-19 |
D[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author (Synthajoy, Radio Plays) |
1930-11-30 |
G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, head CIA/ate a rat/Watergate felon/radio host |
1930-9-04 |
Jerry Ragovoy, Pirate Radio |
1931-05-04 |
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio) |
1931-09-02 |
Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host |
1931-9-28 |
Ramon Boza, Penny Drop/Deadly Microwaves/Radio Tooth Fillings |
1932-02-16 |
Nand Baert, Belgian radio/TV-host |
1932-04-27 |
Casey Kasem, Detroit Mich, radio personality (American Top 40) |
1932-10-31 |
Kenneth H. Callender, Radio |
1933-06-20 |
Danny Aiello, NYC, actor (Moonstruck, Radio Days) |
1933-11-19 |
Larry King, NYC, radio/TV host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show, CNN) |
1934-07-02 |
Tom Springfield, Pirate Radio |
1934-11-30 |
Edward M. Fouhy, Chatham Radio Goes to War |
1934-12-28 |
David Warrilow, actor (Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink) |
1934-9-07 |
Dan Ingram, Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio |
1935-08-08 |
John Laws, Australia radio personality |
1935-10-12 |
Peter Lombard, Radio Days |
1936-01-10 |
Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel laureate |
1936-08-01 |
Laurie Taylor, Liverpool, English sociologist and broadcaster (BBC Radio 4) |
1937-05-08 |
Dragomir Cumic, Radio Vihor zove Andjeliju |
1937-05-13 |
Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio |
1937-12-11 |
Stephen Moore, Pirate Radio |
1938-01-17 |
Donald Shebib, Radio Free Roscoe |
1938-01-30 |
Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO (VARA Radio/TV) |
1938-05-06 |
Larry Gogan, Irish radio personality |
1938-08-03 |
George Fischoff, Pirate Radio |
1938-08-18 |
Joe Frank, American radio personality |
1938-11-05 |
Milovan Ilic-Minimaks, Radio Vihor zove Andjeliju |
1939-04-22 |
Simon Napier-Bell, Pirate Radio |
1940-05-07 |
Jim Connors, American Radio personality (d. 1987) |
1940-06-14 |
Francesco Guccini, Radio Arrow |
1940-07-03 |
Jerry Blavat, Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio |
1940-07-23 |
Don Imus, radio disc jockey (WNBC) |
1941-06-30 |
Mike Leander, Pirate Radio |
1941-08-30 |
Sue MacGregor, BBC-radio hostess |
1941-08-31 |
Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio/TV-host (Paul Meier Show) |
1942-03-31 |
Michael Savage, American talk radio host and commentator |
1942-05-22 |
Pallo Jordan, South African ANC member/heads (Radio Freedom) |
1942-08-07 |
Garrison Keillor, Minn, PBS radio personality (Prairie Home Companion) |
1942-10-15 |
Chris Andrews, Pirate Radio |
1942-9-08 |
Julie Kurnitz, Radio Days |
1943-03-14 |
Jim Pons, Pirate Radio |
1943-05-10 |
Edward S. Kotkin, Radio Days |
1943-12-21 |
André Arthur. Quebec radio host |
1943-12-25 |
Angus G. Wynne III, Talk Radio |
1944-01-17 |
Françoise Hardy, Pirate Radio |
1944-03-20 |
Steve Post, Radio Unnameable |
1944-05-07 |
John Heard, actor (Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big) |
1944-07-23 |
Judith A Bosch, Dutch radio/TV-hostess (Tweekamp, Zeskamp) |
1944-08-19 |
Buzz Kilman, Chicago radio personality |
1945-04-06 |
Neal Boortz, American talk radio personality |
1945-08-28 |
Bob Segarini, Musician and radio personality |
1945-09-30 |
Bob Lassiter, American radio personality |
1946-03-29 |
Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest |
1946-07-26 |
Renée Lippin, Radio Days |
1946-08-14 |
Marga van Praag, Dutch radio hostess |
1946-08-22 |
Felix Meurders, Dutch radio host |
1946-10-14 |
James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, American football coach |
1946-10-14 |
James Robert 'Radio' Kennedy, Radio |
1946-11-23 |
Hans Hoekman, Dutch radio play actor |
1946-12-30 |
Patti Smith, Chicago Il, rock vocalist (Radio Ethiopia) |
1947-03-31 |
Chip Moody, Talk Radio |
1947-05-15 |
Lucy Fleming, Pirate Radio |
1947-06-22 |
Howard Kaylan, Pirate Radio |
1947-12-15 |
Rodney Bingenheimer, Pioneering American radio personality |
1947-9-27 |
Jürgen Zöller, BAP - Unplugged: Radio Pandora |
1948-01-29 |
Pat Kenny, Irish TV presenter & radio host |
1948-03-18 |
Lockwood Phillips, American radio host |
1948-03-28 |
Gerry House, American radio personality |
1948-12-31 |
Donna Summer, Boston, singer (Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio), (d. 2012) |
1949-07-10 |
Greg Kihn U.S. pop musician & radio personality. |
1950-08-01 |
Doug Tract, Bronx NY, radio DJ (Greaseman) |
1950-11-10 |
Stephen Singular, Talk Radio |
1950-12-04 |
Jan Rietman, Dutch radio/TV host |
1951-01-07 |
Mike Ward, Democratic Congressman for Kentucky & radio talk show host |
1951-01-12 |
Rush Limbaugh, Girardeau Missouri, American right wing radio personality |
1951-02-23 |
Nicholas Kenyon, controller (BBC Radio 3) |
1951-03-14 |
Rick Dees, radio disc jock (KIIS LA) |
1951-05-03 |
Jacek Latallo, Radio Romans |
1951-06-24 |
David Rodigan, radio DJ/actor |
1951-10-07 |
David J. Halberstam, American radio executive |
1952-08-08 |
Robin Quivers, radio/TV personality (Howard Stern's sidekick) |
1952-10-01 |
Peter Bostjancic, Radio.doc |
1952-9-12 |
Gerry Beckley, Radio |
1953-04-24 |
Eric Bogosian, Woburn MA, actor (Talk Radio) |
1953-04-24 |
Eric Bogosian, Talk Radio |
1953-06-12 |
Allan Weiner, American radio station owner |
1953-07-24 |
Philip Shultz, Radio Days |
1953-10-16 |
Bruce Beesley, Radio Free Steve |
1953-10-22 |
Roy Ristie, Suriname/Neth radio host (Apintie, Kankantrie) |
1954-01-12 |
Howard Stern, Roosevelt NY, "Radio's Bad Boy" (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK) |
1954-03-26 |
Curtis Sliwa, founder (Guardian Angels)/radio personality (WABC) |
1954-05-25 |
Alison Stern, wife of radio personality Howard Stern (Private Parts) |
1954-09-27 |
Ray Hadley, Australian radio broadcaster |
1954-10-12 |
Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer (Evening Rush Hour) |
1955-04-05 |
Janice Long, British radio host (Crash FM) |
1956-03-20 |
Werner Kopal, BAP - Unplugged: Radio Pandora |
1956-03-26 |
Charly McClain, Jackson Tn, country singer (Radio Heart) |
1956-06-07 |
Bonnie Lee Bakley, Radio Days |
1956-06-17 |
Peter McAlevey, Radio Flyer |
1956-08-01 |
Tom Leykis, American radio personality |
1956-12-08 |
Melanie Morgan, Talk Radio and the Presidential Election |
1957-01-10 |
Igor Michalski, Radio Romans |
1957-01-17 |
Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian and radio personality |
1957-08-08 |
Eddie Flowers, Border Radio |
1958-04-20 |
William Ilkley, Pirate Radio |
1958-05-03 |
Sandi Toksvig, Danish comedian and radio presenter |
1958-08-27 |
Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and television and radio host |
1958-09-18 |
Don Geronimo, American radio personality |
1959-01-28 |
Randi Rhodes, Nova M Radio personality |
1959-02-23 |
Linda Nolan, The James Whale Radio Show |
1959-03-10 |
Roger Bennett, Turn Your Radio On |
1959-11-18 |
Guido Chiesa, Working Slowly (Radio Alice) |
1960-02-10 |
Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio) |
1960-02-18 |
Carol McGiffin, British TV and radio presenter |
1960-02-27 |
Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC) |
1960-03-13 |
Luciano Ligabue, Radio Arrow |
1960-06-27 |
Nick Els, Ham Radio |
1961-03-29 |
Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster (Suriname TV/Radio) |
1961-10-18 |
Gerry Red Wilson, Radio Daze |
1961-12-22 |
Helmut Krumminga, BAP - Unplugged: Radio Pandora |
1962-05-24 |
Charles Rettinghaus, Radio Silence |
1963-02-12 |
Ed Lover, American radio personality |
1963-02-20 |
Rick Washburn, The Radio Gamers |
1963-03-04 |
Janey Lee Grace, English singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey |
1963-05-08 |
Terry Christian, British radio presenter |
1963-11-28 |
Armando Iannucci, Glasgow, Scotland, comedian and radio producer |
1963-12-05 |
Doctor Dre, American radio personality |
1964-02-10 |
Glenn Beck, American radio and television host |
1964-07-18 |
Wendy Williams, radio host |
1964-08-04 |
Gary King, British radio presenter |
1964-11-17 |
Ralph Garman, American actor and radio personality |
1965-02-02 |
Enrico Salimbeni, Radio Arrow |
1965-04-18 |
Rob Stenders, Dutch radio discjockey |
1965-07-04 |
Jo Whiley, English radio DJ |
1965-09-27 |
Alexis Stewart, American radio personality |
1965-10-05 |
Sven Hasper, Radio Silence |
1965-12-05 |
Dietmar Wunder, Radio Silence |
1966-06-21 |
Mancow Muller, American radio personality |
1967-03-21 |
Adrian Chiles, British television and radio presenter |
1967-06-02 |
Raquel Carreras, Destiny Turns on the Radio |
1967-06-14 |
Kelly Nash, American radio personality |
1967-9-06 |
Amy Lynn Baxter, Playboy Girls of Radio: Talk, Rock and Shock |
1968-02-12 |
Grégory Charles, French Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host |
1968-05-23 |
Troy Antoine LaFaye, Radio Goo Goo |
1968-10-02 |
Victoria Derbyshire, British radio presenter |
1969-03-07 |
Shin Ae Ra, Korean actress and radio DJ |
1970-04-30 |
Ken Stanton, American Radio Personality |
1970-11-23 |
Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter |
1971-01-31 |
Danielle Ferland, Radio Days |
1971-06-16 |
Daliah Wachs "Dr. Daliah", Los Angeles Ca., radio host |
1971-07-21 |
Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian and radio host |
1971-07-28 |
Jeff Biederman, Radio Free Roscoe |
1971-08-25 |
Quintis "Chico" Ristie, Suriname radio host |
1971-10-30 |
John Alford, Talk Radio |
1971-10-31 |
Toby Anstis, British radio presenter |
1971-12-01 |
Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio-presenter |
1972-01-09 |
Angie Martinez, American radio and television personality |
1972-03-09 |
Spencer Howson, Australian radio broadcaster |
1972-06-14 |
Shaun Keaveny, British radio DJ |
1972-09-23 |
Karl Pilkington, British radio personality |
1972-11-09 |
Doug Russell, American radio personality |
1972-12-05 |
Brian Alexander, Radio Lochdubh |
1973-04-01 |
Rachel Maddow, American radio personality and political analyst |
1973-04-20 |
Geoff Lloyd, British radio presenter |
1973-9-15 |
Michael Gelbart, Radio Free Roscoe |
1974-01-18 |
Michael Tunn, Australian television and radio |
1974-02-11 |
Alex Jones, American radio host |
1974-02-13 |
Jeff Duran, American radio personality |
1974-03-28 |
Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey |
1974-04-24 |
Dave Vitty, British radio personality |
1974-04-26 |
Adil Ray, English radio presenter (BBC Asian Network) |
1974-04-28 |
Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter |
1974-05-29 |
Myf Warhurst, Australian radio presenter on Triple J and TV personality on Spicks and Specks |
1974-06-09 |
Tim Shaw, British radio personality |
1974-06-21 |
Natasha Desborough, British radio personality |
1974-12-13 |
Sara Cox, English TV and radio presenter |
1974-12-24 |
María Paz Grandjean, Radio Corazón |
1975-01-06 |
Jason King, English radio DJ (Radio 1) |
1975-01-15 |
Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter |
1975-01-27 |
Katherine Halliday, T is for Talk Radio |
1975-01-31 |
Jackie O, Australian radio host |
1975-03-11 |
Eric the Midget [Eric S. Lynch], Rodeo, California, American radio personality |
1975-03-12 |
Annabel Port, English radio presenter |
1975-04-29 |
Béres Zoo, Hungarian radio DJ |
1975-06-11 |
Frédéric Barbusci, Pseudo-Radio |
1975-07-31 |
Simon Hirst, British radio DJ |
1975-08-14 |
Aurora Carbonell, Radio Pirata |
1975-09-23 |
Chris Hawkins, British radio personality |
1976-04-14 |
Lennard Camarillo, Radio Flyer |
1976-08-09 |
Aled Haydn Jones, Radio 1's The Chris Moyles show Producer |
1977-02-07 |
Jennifer Bangs, Radio America |
1977-03-10 |
Colin Murray, British radio DJ |
1977-05-25 |
Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ |
1977-06-10 |
Mike Rosenthal, American football player, sports radio talk show host |
1978-01-31 |
Ray Shah, Irish DJ, TV, radio presenter |
1978-04-12 |
Riley Smith, Radio |
1978-07-22 |
Martyn Lee, English radio presenter |
1978-12-07 |
Chad Dukes, Radio Personality |
1978-9-07 |
Coleby Lombardo, Radio Flyer |
1979-01-21 |
Dmitry Bushny, Radio |
1979-05-06 |
Nikki Hayes, Irish radio personality |
1979-09-11 |
Steve Hofstetter, comedian & radio personality |
1980-06-09 |
Selena Brown, A Radio Drama Goodbye |
1980-07-10 |
Thomas Ian Nicholas, actor (Radio Flyer, Rookie of the Year) |
1980-10-01 |
Sarah Drew, Radio |
1981-01-28 |
Elijah Wood, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (Radio Flyer, Good Son) |
1982-04-08 |
Juana Viale, Radio Corazón |
1982-06-24 |
Clint Bajada, Maltese television and radio presenter |
1982-10-22 |
Daniel M. Johnson "The Untouchable DJ Drastic", American DJ, music industry professional, and radio presenter |
1982-12-21 |
Erica Hayden, American journalist and radio personality |
1983-07-11 |
Evan Roberts, American radio broadcaster |
1983-10-07 |
Hannah Wood, Radio Flyer |
1984-08-21 |
Justin Wolffing, Radio Frequency |
1985-12-21 |
Tom Sturridge, Pirate Radio |
1986-9-14 |
Francis Dumais, Radio Enfer |
1987-08-30 |
Brett Murray, Radio Inside |
1988-07-14 |
Akash Chopra, Mr. Lieutenant Radio |
1989-08-08 |
Chad Hively, Radio Rebel |
1990-04-14 |
Adam DiMarco, Radio Rebel |
1990-10-16 |
Shae Padilla, Radio Disney Jams 11: Bonus DVD |
1992-9-15 |
Sam Laird, Radio Rebel |
1993-01-24 |
Ashley Jade Stern, daughter of radio personality Howard Stern |
1994-02-08 |
Joseph E.G. Barrett, Radio |
1995-01-04 |
Maddie Kelly, Radio Treason |
1996-04-23 |
Charlie Rowe, Pirate Radio |
2003-05-17 |
Monique Schröder, Radio Silence |
Radio - Notable Weddings
Radio - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1940-06-04 |
Radio broadcaster Paul Harvey (21) weds radio producer Lynne Cooper |
1970-10-18 |
Actor Lee Marvin (46) weds radio producer Pamela Marvin (40) |
1989-10-07 |
Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander |
1994-05-27 |
Radio personality Rush Limbaugh weds wife #3, Marta Fitzgerald |
1997-09-05 |
TV and radio host Larry King (64) weds singer Shawn Southwick (38) at the hospital room in Los Angeles, California |
2005-11-02 |
Irish TV and radio presenter Sile Seoige (26) weds Glen Mulcahy at St. Brendan's Church in County Offaly |
2006-11-04 |
Radio and television journalist Alison Stewart (40) weds MSNBC vice-president of prime-time programming Bill Wolff (40) at the stylish New York restaurant Cipriani 23rd Street |
2008-10-03 |
Radio personality Howard Stern (54) weds actress Beth Ostrosky (36) in Manhattan, New York |
2010-11-22 |
Radio and TV personality Danny Bonaduce (51) weds his manager Amy Railsback (28) at the Four Seasons on Maui, Hawaii |
2011-04-20 |
"Hollywood Confidential" radio host Leeza Gibbons (54) weds Steven Fenton (41) at the rooftop of the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills |
2011-10-09 |
TV personality Layla Kayleigh (22) weds Radio Talk Show Host/DJ Steve Covino (36) in Las Vegas, Nevada |
Radio - Notable Deaths
Radio - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1926-12-28 |
William A. Crinley, The Radio Detective |
1928-12-13 |
Howard Enstedt, The Radio Detective |
1932-07-22 |
Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and radio pioneer (b. 1866) |
1937-07-20 |
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies of a heart attack at 63 |
1938-08-04 |
L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73 |
1943-01-23 |
Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56 |
1944-03-11 |
Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 |
1944-11-28 |
Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25 |
1946-06-13 |
Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71 |
1946-11-14 |
Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies |
1950-02-14 |
Karl G Jansky, Czech discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies at 44 |
1950-10-23 |
Nat Bonx, Radio Days |
1952-11-23 |
Albert van Raalte, conductor (Radio Philharmonic Orch), dies at 62 |
1954-01-14 |
Don Carney, Rambling 'Round Radio Row #6 |
1954-01-31 |
Edwin H Armstrong, US radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63 |
1955-08-05 |
Carmen Miranda, Radio Days |
1956-03-17 |
Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61 |
1956-10-11 |
Harry Parry, Harry Parry and His Radio Rhythm Club Septet |
1961-04-07 |
Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 62 |
1967-08-07 |
Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75 |
1967-08-07 |
Max Tak, Dutch violinist/radio commentator, dies at 75 |
1972-03-30 |
Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (b. 1890) |
1973-06-18 |
Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84 |
1975-12-01 |
Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality (b. 1906) |
1976-12-25 |
Frankie Darro, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men), dies at 58 |
1978-12-16 |
Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76 |
1980-08-23 |
Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77 |
1981-01-07 |
Alvar Lidell, UK radio broadcaster (b. 1908) |
1982-12-10 |
Freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83 |
1983-04-08 |
Kauko Käyhkö, Radio tekee murron |
1984-06-18 |
Alan Berg, American radio talk show host |
1984-10-14 |
Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1918) |
1985-01-07 |
Mary Hardy, Australian radio and television presenter (b. 1931) |
1985-03-28 |
Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53 |
1985-04-21 |
Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (b. 1902) |
1987-02-17 |
Romola Remus, The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays |
1987-02-24 |
Jim Connors, Legendary Radio personality (b. 1940) |
1987-03-19 |
Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at 77 |
1987-06-02 |
Sammy Kaye, Radio Days |
1988-01-13 |
Shirley Howard, Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8 |
1989-01-10 |
Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905) |
1989-03-01 |
Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host, dies at 64 |
1989-08-19 |
Warren Jenkins, Radio Pirates |
1989-11-24 |
Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85 |
1990-02-06 |
Pat Padgett, Captain Henry's Radio Show |
1990-09-16 |
Loretta Tupper, radio/TV entertainer, dies of cancer at 84 |
1990-11-25 |
Matt Brooks, Radio City Revels |
1991-03-18 |
Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72 |
1991-04-26 |
Howard Lanin, Rambling 'Round Radio Row #3 |
1991-05-14 |
Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies |
1991-07-16 |
Dwight Weist, Radio actor/film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81 |
1991-09-15 |
Andre Baruch, Radio/TV announcer dies at 83 |
1991-12-21 |
Hannes Häyrinen, Radio tekee murron |
1992-05-03 |
Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98 |
1992-07-31 |
Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies |
1992-08-18 |
Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies |
1992-11-04 |
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Historias de la radio |
1993-02-24 |
Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (b. 1917) |
1993-03-08 |
Johan Bodegraven, radio host (Purses Open, Dikes Closed), dies at 78 |
1993-05-26 |
Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 |
1993-06-03 |
Bob Fitzsimmons, NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53 |
1993-06-16 |
Lebert Lombardo, Rambling 'Round Radio Row #3 |
1993-08-14 |
Ralph Kirbery, Rah, Rah, Radio |
1993-10-16 |
Bonnie Poe, Rambling 'Round Radio Row #9 |
1993-11-13 |
Jack Fulton, Radio Days |
1993-11-21 |
Jim McLaughlin, Buffalo radio newsman (WKBW), dies at 59 |
1994-01-05 |
Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator for 40 yrs), dies |
1994-01-22 |
Victor Lombardo, Rambling 'Round Radio Row #3 |
1994-02-01 |
Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83 |
1994-03-22 |
Luther Diamond, radio Personality, dies at 89 |
1994-07-12 |
Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52 |
1994-07-27 |
H Minderop, founder/chairman (TROS-radio/TV), dies |
1994-08-03 |
John van Raay, [John Oradi], radio-imitator (Paul Flanders) |
1994-12-12 |
Herman H Felderhof, radio-announcer/head (NRU/NOS Radio), dies at 83 |
1995-02-20 |
Aloysio De Oliveira, Radio Days |
1995-07-01 |
Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49 |
1995-08-17 |
David Warrilow, actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60 |
1995-08-19 |
Pierre Schaeffer, composer/radio innovator, dies at 85 |
1995-10-13 |
Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter |
1996-04-18 |
Mike Leander, Pirate Radio |
1996-07-05 |
Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer, dies at 91 |
1996-07-17 |
Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer (NSW 1933-37) and radio commentator (1935-85), dies at 85 |
1996-09-16 |
Don Reid, Radio Days |
1996-10-30 |
Leon Lewis, US radio talk show host (WMCA, 1970-80), dies at 81 |
1997-01-21 |
Dennis Main Wilson, TV/radio producer, dies at 72 |
1997-02-02 |
Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92 |
1997-07-11 |
Carl Dolmetsch, Radio Night: The Seven Ages of Radio |
1997-08-05 |
Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61 |
1997-09-06 |
P. H. Newby, British author and BBC radio director (b. 1918) |
1997-10-09 |
Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98 |
1998-05-10 |
Roy Rowan, Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio |
1998-07-29 |
Stanley Burns, Radio Days |
1998-11-21 |
Gerry Red Wilson, Radio Daze |
1999-01-25 |
Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (b. 1924) |
1999-09-05 |
Allen Funt, American radio and television personality (b. 1914) |
2000-02-04 |
Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919) |
2000-02-08 |
Bob Collins, American radio broadcaster (b.1942) |
2001-05-04 |
Bonnie Lee Bakley, Radio Days |
2001-05-24 |
Ruby Payne, Radio Days |
2001-08-04 |
Melissa Mason, Radio City Revels |
2001-08-29 |
Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, Australian singer (Skyhooks), TV and radio star (b. 1952) |
2001-09-04 |
Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality (b. 1962) |
2001-12-20 |
Joan Wheeler, Radio Scout |
2001-12-26 |
Chip Moody, Talk Radio |
2002-01-16 |
Alfonso del Real, Aquí radio Sardina |
2002-01-23 |
Nunzio Filogamo, Ecco la radio! |
2002-09-23 |
Veteran BBC/Radio Ceylon Broadcaster, Vernon Corea died in New Malden, Surrey, UK at 75 |
2003-03-06 |
Edward S. Kotkin, Radio Days |
2003-08-03 |
Dana Raymond, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio |
2004-01-08 |
John A. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (b. 1930) |
2004-01-28 |
Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923) |
2004-06-02 |
Loyd Sigmon, American amateur ("ham") radio broadcaster (b. 1909) |
2004-06-05 |
Ronald Reagan, 40th US President, Governor of California and radio and film actor, dies aged 93 |
2004-07-15 |
Julie Kurnitz, Radio Days |
2004-11-20 |
David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955) |
2004-11-23 |
Pete Franklin, American talk radio host (b. 1928) |
2004-12-09 |
David Brudnoy, American radio personality (b. 1940) |
2005-02-06 |
Karl Haas, American radio presenter (b. 1913) |
2005-02-09 |
Milovan Ilic-Minimaks, Radio Vihor zove Andjeliju |
2005-03-06 |
Tommy Vance, British radio disc jockey (b. 1943) |
2005-06-16 |
Leah Carrey, Radio Days |
2005-07-10 |
Freda Wright-Sorce, American radio performer (b. 1955) |
2006-01-22 |
Elma Dangerfield, Radio Lover |
2006-11-23 |
Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948) |
2006-12-18 |
Mike Dickin, British radio broadcaster (b. 1943) |
2007-03-17 |
Roger Bennett, Turn Your Radio On |
2007-07-12 |
Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b.1947) |
2007-12-29 |
Kevin Greening, British radio presenter (b. 1962) |
2008-01-09 |
Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (b. 1923) |
2008-03-12 |
Jorge Guinzburg, Argentine journalist, producer, humorist, and TV, theater and radio host (b. 1949) |
2008-03-26 |
Wally Phillips, American radio personality (b. 1925) |
2008-04-30 |
John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919) |
2008-08-03 |
Skip Caray, American TV and radio broadcaster (b. 1939) |
2009-02-28 |
Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster, dies at 90 |
2009-08-21 |
John Leake, The Radio Sky |
2009-11-20 |
Max Robertson, British sports commentator, radio and television presenter and author (b. 1915) |
2010-01-25 |
Jane Jarvis, Radio Days |
2010-02-12 |
Luis Molowny, Historias de la radio |
2010-02-22 |
Nick Els, Ham Radio |
2010-03-17 |
Charlie Gillett, British musicologist and radio presenter (b. 1942) |
2010-04-30 |
Gerry Ryan, Irish radio broadcaster (b. 1956) |
2010-05-26 |
Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television personality (b. 1912) |
2010-12-22 |
Fred Foy, American radio and television announcer (b. 1921) |
2011-03-19 |
Kym Bonython, Australian radio broadcaster, jazz musician, speedway promoter (b. 1920) |
2011-07-13 |
Jerry Ragovoy, Pirate Radio |
2011-10-20 |
Bruce Beesley, Radio Free Steve |
2011-11-04 |
Andy Rooney, American radio and television writer (b. 1919) |
2012-01-06 |
Robert Holness, English radio and television presenter, dies at 83 |
2012-04-18 |
Dick Clark, American radio and television personality, dies from a heart attack at 82 |
2012-08-06 |
Sir Bernard Lovell, English radio astronomer, dies at 98 |
2012-09-04 |
Albert Marre, The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio |
2013-11-10 |
Dragomir Cumic, Radio Vihor zove Andjeliju |
2013-12-24 |
Ramon Boza, Penny Drop/Deadly Microwaves/Radio Tooth Fillings |
2014-08-03 |
Steve Post, Radio Unnameable |
2014-08-15 |
Peter McAlevey, Radio Flyer |
2015-05-13 |
Edward M. Fouhy, Chatham Radio Goes to War |
2015-11-03 |
Peter Donaldson dead: BBC Radio 4 newsreader dies aged 70 |
2016-03-17 |
Cliff Michelmore: BBC radio and TV broadcaster dies aged 96 |
2016-03-18 |
Cliff Michelmore, veteran BBC TV and radio presenter dies aged 96 |
2016-04-17 |
Television and radio broadcaster Bruce Mansfield dies aged 71 |
2016-04-28 |
Radio pioneer and Hauraki founder Chris Parkinson dies aged 74 |
2016-06-24 |
Perth radio king Eoin Cameron dies aged 65 |
2016-06-25 |
Perth radio king Eoin Cameron dies aged 65 |
2016-09-01 |
Anglian radio pioneer David Cocks dies aged 71 |
2016-10-05 |
Hanoi Hannah, Vietnam war propaganda radio presenter, dies aged 87 |
2016-10-13 |
Downtown Radio's Harry Castles dies aged 67 |
2017-01-03 |
Former BBC radio presenter Brian Widlake dies aged 85 |
2017-02-02 |
Radio 2 presenter Desmond Carrington dies, aged 90 |
2017-02-06 |
BBC Radio 4 newsreader Howard Philpott dies aged 63 after cancer battle |
2017-02-21 |
BBC Radio 4 presenter Steve Hewlett dies aged 58 after cancer battle |
2017-08-19 |
Breakfast radio pioneer Gary O'Callaghan dies aged 83 |
2018-02-05 |
Dr Hugh Wirth, animal advocate and much-loved radio vet, dies aged 79 |
2018-04-15 |
Art Bell, whose 'Coast to Coast AM' radio show reveled in the paranormal, dies at 72 |
2018-04-19 |
Dale Winton, TV presenter and radio DJ, dies aged 62 |
