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1929 In Radio
The year 1929 in radio involved some significant events. Events *8 January – CBS purchases New York City radio station WABC from the ''Atlantic Broadcasting Company''. *10 January – WTFF (The Fellowship Forum, a station formerly owned by the Ku Klux Klan) in Mt. Vernon, Virginia (today WFED) changes its call letters to WJSV. While the call letters were claimed to stand for "Jesus Saves Virginia," it actually stood for James S. Vance, a Grand Wizard in Virginia and publisher of the station's owner, "The Fellowship Forum" (a shell organization for the Ku Klux Klan). Vance arranges an affiliation deal with CBS Radio, which also involved operations and programming for WJSV.. Debuts *(undated) – ''The Chase and Sanborn Hour'' debuts on NBC. *14 January – '' Empire Builders'' debuts on NBC-Blue. *17 January – ''Aunt Jemima'' debuts on CBS.Dunning, Jhn. (1998). ''On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio''. Oxford University Press. . *January – George Gershwin's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCBS (AM)
WCBS (880 AM, "WCBS Newsradio 880") is a radio station licensed to New York, New York and is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. WCBS's studios are located in the combined Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood of lower Manhattan and its transmitter is located on High Island in the Bronx. Its 50,000-watt clear channel signal can be heard at night throughout much of the eastern United States and Canada. History Before the news The station's history traces back to 1924, when Alfred H. Grebe started WAHG at 920 AM. WAHG was a pioneering station in New York, and was one of the first commercial radio stations to broadcast from remote locations including horse races and yachting events. Two years later, in 1926, Alfred Grebe changed the station's call sign to WABC (for his Atlantic Broadcasting Company) after concluding a business arrangement with the Ashland Battery Company (which had owned the call sign for a station in Asheville, North Carolina) and moved his studios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In North American Radio
---- Several events occurred in radio in 2008. __TOC__ Events * January 2: WWFT finished Christmas music stunting, rolling out the red carpet for adult contemporary music branded as "Warm". * January 10: WOCL in Orlando re-brands as "Sunny 105.9", restoring Oldies in the market with a Classic hits format. * January 18: Music of Your Life changes hands from Jones Radio Networks to Concierge Technologies. * January 21: XM Sports Nation begins airing both '' The Dan Patrick Show'' and '' The Tony Kornheiser Show''. Kornheiser's show returns to air on the same date after a seven-month hiatus. * January 28: Tony Bruno leaves Sporting News Radio. * February: Mike McConnell's weekday show is pulled from syndication; it will continue as a local show, and his weekend show will remain syndicated. * February 21: Air America Radio changes hands for the second time in less than a year; Pendulum Media purchases the network from Mark J. Green. * March 1: Citadel Broadcasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Radio
The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ... in 2012. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, and station launches, closures and format changes, as well as information about controversies and deaths of radio personalities. Notable events January February March April May June July August September October November December Debuts Endings Deaths References {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 in Radio 2012 in radio Radio by year Mass media timelines by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Jameson
Derek Jameson (29 November 1929 – 12 September 2012) was a British tabloid journalist and broadcaster. He began his career in the media in 1944 as a messenger at Reuters and worked his way up to become the editor of several British tabloid newspapers in the 1970s and 1980s. Later, he was a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 2 for nearly a decade and a half, including an on-air partnership with his third wife Ellen. When his profile was at its highest, he was described by Auberon Waugh as "the second most famous man in Britain after Prince Charles.""Derek Jameson, Fleet Street veteran and television star, dies at 82" ''London Evening Standard'', 13 September 2012 Early life Born in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In Radio
The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ... in 2017. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, and station launches, closures and format changes, as well as information about controversies. Notable events January February March April May June July August September October November December Debuts Closings Deaths References {{Reflist Radio by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Barker
Ronald William George Barker (25 September 1929 – 3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as '' Porridge'', ''The Two Ronnies'', and ''Open All Hours''. Barker began acting in Oxford amateur dramatics whilst working as a bank clerk, having dropped out of higher education. He moved into repertory theatre with the Manchester Repertory Company at Aylesbury and decided he was best suited to comic roles. He had his first success at the Oxford Playhouse and in roles in the West End including Tom Stoppard's ''The Real Inspector Hound''. During this period, he was in the cast of BBC radio and television comedies such as ''The Navy Lark''. He got his television break with the satirical sketch series ''The Frost Report'' in 1966, where he met future collaborator, Ronnie Corbett. He joined David Frost's production company and starred in ITV shows. After rejoining the BBC, Barker achieved signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Radio
The year 1995 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting. Events * January 1 – KAEV in Lake Arrowhead, California changes to KCXX with an alternative rock format. * January 28 - The final original American Top 40 airs internationally only. The final Long Distance Dedication is "Move On" by James Brown, from host Shadoe Stevens to the show's listeners. * February 15 – After nine years as a "Pure Rock" station, Long Beach's 105.5 KNAC flips to a Mexican music format as KBUE (Que Buena). KNAC was, however, resurrected in 1998 as the internet-based radio station knac.com. * March – After several years of playing contemporary Christian music, KQCS (93.5 FM) in Bettendorf, Iowa switches to an active rock format and adopts the call letters KORB. * March – After 22 years as KRVR (106.5 FM), under a format that had evolved from beautiful music to a hybrid of beautiful, easy listening and adult contemporary and had been known to locals as "K-River," the call letter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Clay
Tom Clay (born Thomas Clague; August 20, 1929 – November 22, 1995) was an American radio personality and disc jockey. Clay was born in New York, and in the 1950s he was popular in the Detroit area on WJBK-AM both as a DJ, and for his on-air comic characterizations; he became a local celebrity. In the early 1950s Clay, using the pseudonym "Guy King", "The Clay" or "The magnificient Tom" worked for WWOL-AM/ FM in Buffalo, New York; on July 3, 1955, he conducted a stunt in which he played "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets repeatedly from atop a billboard in Buffalo's Shelton Square, an incident that led to his firing and arrest (Danny Neaverth later repeated Clay's stunt but did not suffer the same consequences). In the mid-1950s he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and was equally popular. He was caught up in the payola scandal of the late 1950s, and admitted to having accepted thousands of dollars for playing certain records. After being fired from WJBK, Clay w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 In Radio
The following is a list of events that affected radio broadcasting in 2015. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, station launches, closures and format changes, as well as information about controversies. Notable events January February March April May June July August September October November December Debuts Closings Deaths *January 1: Mario Cuomo, 82. Former Governor of New York and early progressive talk radio host. *January 2: Little Jimmy Dickens, 94. Frequent host and member of the ''Grand Ole Opry''; country musician and comedian. *January 4: Lance Diamond, 68. Radio host on WJYE and musician. *January 7: Bernard Maris, 68, French journalist and radio presenter (killed in the terrorist attack on the ''Charlie Hebdo'' offices in Paris. *January 9: Bud Paxson, 79. Radio and television owner, founder of Paxson Communications. *January 15: Raoul Pantin, 71, Trinidadian journalist and broadcaster *January 17: Justin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Chinnery
Charles Derek Chinnery (27 April 1925 – 22 March 2015) was the controller of BBC Radio 1 from 1978 to 1985. Early life and career Chinnery was born in Richmond, London, and attended Gosforth Grammar School. He joined the BBC in 1941 aged 16. From 1943 to 1947 he was in the Royal Air Force, RAF. He returned to the BBC in 1947, becoming a producer in 1952. BBC Radio 1 controller He took over from Charles McLelland and was succeeded by Johnny Beerling."Friends pay tribute to ex-Radio 1 boss" ''Ariel'', 24 March 2015 He relaxed the guidelines on banning records, allowing records to mention a commercial product, and ended the ''Sounds of the 70s, Sounds of the Seventies'' programme. Chinnery admitted that while he was controller he confronted Jimmy Savile over allegations of inappropriate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
