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The year 1995 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.


Events

* January 1 – KAEV in
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changes to KCXX with an
alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...
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 Shadoe Stevens (; ) is an American radio host, voiceover actor, and television personality. He was the host of '' American Top 40'' from 1988 to 1995. He currently hosts the internationally syndicated radio show ''Top of the World,'' and co-host ...
to the show's listeners. * February 15 – After nine years as a "Pure Rock" station,
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's 105.5
KNAC KBUE (105.5 FM, "Que Buena 105.5/94.3 FM") is a commercial radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In te ...
flips to a
Mexican music The music of Mexico is very diverse and features a wide range of musical genres and performance styles. It has been influenced by a variety of cultures, most notably deriving from the culture of the Europeans, Indigenous, and Africans. It also ...
format as
KBUE KBUE (105.5 FM, "Que Buena 105.5/94.3 FM") is a commercial radio station licensed to Long Beach, California, that serves the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is owned by Estrella Media and airs a Regional Mexican radio format. Studios and of ...
(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
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switches to an active rock format and adopts the call letters KORB. * March – After 22 years as
KRVR KRVR (105.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Copperopolis, California, and serving the Modesto and Stockton radio markets. Its studios and offices are on North Emerald Avenue in Modesto. The transmitter is on Route 4 between ...
(106.5 FM), under a format that had evolved from
beautiful music Beautiful music (sometimes abbreviated as BM, B/EZ or BM/EZ for "beautiful music/easy listening") is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in North American radio from the late 1950s through the 1980s. Easy listening, elevator mu ...
to a hybrid of beautiful,
easy listening Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, n ...
and
adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...
and had been known to locals as "K-River," the call letters and format are changed for this Davenport, Iowa station. The new call sign is KCQQ and – known as Q106 and Q106.5 – the format is switched to
classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980 ...
, eventually evolving to
classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, prima ...
. * March 4- Partners For Christian Media signs Contemporary Christian station J103 on the air in Chattanooga TN. * March 28 – KJJO in Minneapolis, Minnesota flips to
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as KMJZ. * May 12-
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gets its first radio outlet, as new FM station
KBEK KBEK (95.5 FM; "Nice 95.5") is a radio station licensed to Mora, Minnesota, and serving east-central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. The station is owned by Alan R. Quarnstrom, through licensee KBEK 95.5FM Inc. KBEK previously aired an ecle ...
signs on with 25 kW of power on 95.5 MHz. * June: WUAE/Providence signs on for the first time. * July - Evergreen Media acquires Pyramid Broadcasting's 12 station group for $306.5 million; the sale closes the following January. * August - Chancellor Broadcasting announces it will acquire
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's 19 station group for $365 million. * September 27 – The
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in the United Kingdom and Sveriges Radio in Sweden both begin
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. * September 30 – "SoundWave" (now known as 96.4FM The Wave) – sister network to
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's first local commercial radio station Swansea Sound – goes on air.


Debuts

* July – Cigar Dave hosts the first broadcast of ''Smoke This!'' * August - '' 95.1 RW'' begins broadcast in San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines.


Closings

* January 28 – Final broadcast of the original '' American Top 40''. * October 6 —
Ken Beatrice Kenneth Edward Beatrice (July 28, 1943 – December 6, 2015) was an American radio personality. He hosted a Washington, D.C.-area radio call-in sports show for 23 years, first on WMAL between 1973 and 1995, later on WTEM from 1995 to 2000. Early l ...
's last show on WMAL in Washington, DC. * December 1 – Final broadcast of ''
Chippie ''Chippie'' (''hr2-Computermagazin'') was a German radio program. It was one of the first programs on computer topics, produced by the Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Broadcasting). History ''Chippie'' started in 1990. At first it was broadcast to ...
'', a German program on computer topics, produced by the
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(Hessian Broadcasting).


Deaths

* Tom Clay, 66, American radio personality and disc jockey. * Bob Cruz, 42, American Disc Jockey hired to replace Jay Reynolds at
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in 1976. *
Gary Dee Gary David Gilbert, (January 13, 1935 – November 10, 1995) on-air name Gary Dee, was a pioneer in controversial talk radio. He worked for stations which included WERE, WHK, and WWWE (now WTAM) in Cleveland, Ohio. He spent a short time in New Yor ...
, 60, pioneer in controversial talk radio, mostly in
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. *
Gerald Durrell Gerald Malcolm Durrell, (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter. He founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island o ...
, 70, British naturalist, zookeeper, author, and radio and television presenter * Simon Gellar, 75, owner of WVCA: Gloucester, Ma. (now
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) on July 11. * J. P. McCarthy, 62, American radio personality *
Vivian Stanshall Vivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall; 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper ...
, 51, English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster, and musician (born 1943) * 1 June, Dallas Townsend, 76, an American
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who worked for
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and television for over 40 years.Cox, Jim (2008). ''This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . * 2 February,
Willard Waterman Willard Lewis Waterman (August 29, 1914 – February 2, 1995)Cox, Jim (2008). ''This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . was an American ...
, 80, a
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in films, TV and on radio, remembered best for succeeding
Harold Peary Harold "Hal" Peary (July 25, 1908 – March 30, 1985) was an American actor, comedian and singer in radio, films, television, and animation. His most memorable role is as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, which began as a supporting character on r ...
as the title character of ''
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'' at the height of that show's popularity. *
Wolfman Jack Robert Weston Smith (January 21, 1938July 1, 1995), known as Wolfman Jack, was an American disc jockey active from 1960 till his death in 1995. Famous for his gravelly voice, he credited it for his success, saying, "It's kept meat and potatoes ...
, 57, American disc jockey


See also

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