1976 in radio

none 1976 radio television music film The year 1976 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting. __TOC__ Events September - Fairchild Industries sells WYOO-FM and AM in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The AM becomes WAYL and the FM station becomes a simulcast of KDWB September 6: DWRT-FM (Manila, Philippines) signs on the air as 99.5 RT, and it became the first Top 40 station in the Philippines. KXOL in Dallas, Texas flips from Top 40 to country music Debuts January – WEMO (101.3 FM, now KUUL) of East Moline, Illinois signs on, formating a mix of light adult contemporary and middle of the road music. March 8 - Radio 210 (now Heart Berkshire) begins broadcasting to the Reading area.Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors) https://web.archive.org/web/20101114020730/http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/reference/ilrdates.php 2010-11-14 ; accessed 28 April 2008 March 14 - 951 Remix begins broadcasting in Trinidad and Tobago as 95FM. March 16 - Downtown Radio, the first Independent Local Radio in Northern Ireland, begins broadcasting to the Belfast area. April 12 - Beacon Radio (now Free Radio Shropshire & Black Country) begins broadcasting to the Wolverhampton area; this is the final station in the first wave of Independent Local Radio stations to begin transmission. Unknown date - DWLS-FM, the flagship FM station of GMA Radio-Television Arts in the Philippines was launched with a jazz format. Births January 3 - Angela Yee, former co-host of The Breakfast Club October 21 - Lindsay Brien, American radio personality in Atlanta, Georgia, entertainment reporter for Headline News, and part of MTV's The Real World Seattle season in 1998. December 21 - Clarence Black, Detroit, Michigan sports radio personality and contestant on Survivor: Africa. Brody, American radio personality on WDGC-FM in Raleigh, North Carolina Deaths March 2 - Hollace Shaw, 62, American coloratura soprano on many old-time radio programs.DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. 978-0-7864-2834-2. P. 240. March 24 - Nelson Case, 66, American radio announcer.Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. 978-0-7864-3848-8. June 25 - Jay Jostyn, 74, American radio and TV actor. Santos Ortega, 76, American actor and comedian. References Category:Radio by year