1971 in radio

none 1971 radio television music film The year 1971 in radio involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events 2 January: A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States. 3 January: Open University begins broadcasts on the BBC in the United Kingdom. 5 January: FIP (France Inter Paris) begins broadcasting from Paris on 514 m (585 kHz).Brochand, Christian, Histoire générale de la radio et de la télévision en France, tome 2, Paris, Documentation française, 1994, 379 19 January: Moscow Radio broadcasts criticism of the Sultan of Oman in Arabic. One of the accusations against him is that he allowed the setting up of a radio station called "Voice of the Free South" in opposition to the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.Problems of Communism https://books.google.com/books?id=iI4qAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA37 1972 Special Materials Section, United States Information Agency 37 14 February: All of ABC Radio's FM stations change call letters, all on the same day: WABC-FM in New York becomes WPLJ, for White Port & Lemon Juice. KABC-FM in Los Angeles becomes KLOS, for Los Angeles. KGO-FM in San Francisco becomes KSFX, for San Francisco (now KOSF). KQV-FM in Pittsburgh becomes WDVE, for a D o V E, the symbol of peace. WXYZ-FM in Detroit becomes WRIF, for a guitar "R I F F" (legend goes that the calls were meant for WLS-FM to symbolize the cities' jazz scene). WLS-FM in Chicago becomes WDAI (supposedly meant for WXYZ-FM to celebrate the Detroit Auto Industry; it had no meaning in Chicago). KXYZ-FM in Houston becomes KAUM (today KHMX), meaning "Aumm", in Meditation terms; corresponding to Hippie meditative actions. 20 February: The U.S. Emergency Broadcast System sends an erroneous warning; many radio stations just ignore it, while WOWO in Fort Wayne takes it seriously and interrupts programming for 20 minutes. 2 March: 8HA is launched in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. 18 March: Prambors FM is launched in Jakarta, Indonesia. 26 March: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares Bangladesh's independence in a radio message.Dr. Hemant Kumar Pandey & Manish Raj Singh India's Major Military & Rescue Operations https://books.google.com/books?id=nn5IDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA125 1 August 2017 Horizon Books (A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd) 978-93-86369-39-0 125 1 April: Bayern 3, a public radio station owned and operated by Bayerischer Rundfunk, is launched in West Germany. 10 May: Members of the Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire (FHAR) interrupt a live radio broadcast on France's RTL, in which controversial presenter Menie Grégoire is introducing a phone-in on the subject of homosexuality.John Mowitt Radio: Essays in Bad Reception https://books.google.com/books?id=1oNEyZ9UjQ4C&pg=PA105 7 December 2011 University of California Press 978-0-520-95007-8 105–6 24 May: U.S. Senator Clifford Case introduces Senate Bill 18, to remove funding for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty from the CIA's budget.United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Public Financing of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty: Hearing Before ... 92-1 on S. 18, and S. 1936, May 24, 1971 https://books.google.com/books?id=P2xFEha_ihwC&pg=PP3 1971 24 15 July: DXDB Radyo Bandilyo, an AM radio station owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malaybalay, is launched in the Philippines.http://www.claretianpublications.com/index.php/catholic-directory/diocese/diocese-of-malaybalay/107 Diocese of Malaybalay 2020-02-18 2024-06-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20240618095109/http://claretianpublications.com/index.php/catholic-directory/diocese/diocese-of-malaybalay/107 dead 19 September: MBC FM4U, South Korea's second FM station, is launched. 2 November: Radio Waikato begins broadcasting in Hamilton, New Zealand, on 954 kHz AM.The New Zealand Official Year-book https://books.google.com/books?id=iaYrAQAAIAAJ 1984 Government Printer 268 19 November: Triple M Central Coast begins broadcasting from Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, under the name 2GO. December: WNBC in New York lures Don Imus and his Imus in the Morning program away from WGAR (AM) in Cleveland (now WHKW); WGAR replaces him with fellow shock jock John Lanigan. date unknown Radio Malaysia becomes the first radio station in Malaysia to broadcast 24 hours a day, nationwide. The FM- and TV-mast Helsinki-Espoo, the third highest structure in Finland, begins transmission. WLOL-FM and KSJN, both in Minneapolis, Minnesota, participate in "quadcast" (quadraphonic) experiments. Sergiu Celibidache becomes conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra.Randel Don The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA148 1996 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-37299-3 148 David McCallum Sr. ends his tenure as leader of Mantovani's orchestra. Debuts January 18 – La Case Trésor, presented by Guy Lux, is broadcast for the first time in France (runs until 1976). May 3 - All Things Considered, NPR's flagship news program, broadcasts for the first time. October – Odd Grythe begins hosting Husker du..., an entertainment show for the elderly, for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.Odd Grythe Norsk biografisk leksikon Hans Fredrik Dahl Hans Fredrik Dahl Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Odd_Grythe/utdypning Norwegian 20 October 2010 November 7 – WCCI-FM in Savanna, Illinois signs on at 100.1 FM. The station will later move to 100.3 FM. December – KOEL-FM, licensed to Oelwein, Iowa, signs on the air at 92.3 FM. Its initial format is country music. date unknown Bill Ballance begins hosting the Feminine Forum radio show on KGBS in Los Angeles The Music of the NOW Man is launched on the American Forces Network in the Far East.John Eliot Groh Air Force Chaplains, 1971-1980 https://books.google.com/books?id=6xhadhNp9u0C&pg=PA238 1986 Office, Chief of Air Force Chaplains 238 KRWC 1360 AM in Buffalo, MN signs on for the first time. Births January 9 – Angie Martinez, American radio personality January 20 – Pixie McKenna, Irish doctor, radio and TV presenter April 16 High Pitch Eric, member of the Wack Pack from radio's The Howard Stern Show Selena, US Latin singer and radio personality (died 1995) May 20 – Chris Booker, American radio and television personality. May – Frank Brinsley, host of The Frank Show June 10 – Kyle Sandilands, Australian radio presenter June 23 – Alan Cox, American comedian and radio personality, currently on WMMS in Cleveland, Ohio July 21 – Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian and radio host July 30 – Tom Green, Canadian comedian and talk show host August 23 – Hugh Douglas, former NFL player, regular personality on Philadelphia sports radio station WIP August 26 – Thalía, Mexican singer, actress and radio presenter October 13 – Billy Bush, radio personality, co-host of TV show Access Hollywood, first cousin of George W. Bush October 20 – Dannii Minogue, Australian singer and radio presenterhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.party-684082 Dannii Minogue Destra Media Trove/NLA 4 December 2012 December 17 – Alan Khan, South African radio DJ Deaths January 7 – Richard Kollmar, 60, actor and Broadway producer.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. January 13 – Henri Tomasi, 69, French composer and conductor, one of the first radio conductors and a pioneer of "radiophonic" music March 16 – Bebe Daniels, 70, US actress, writer, producer and radio personality (Life with the Lyons)Donnelley Paul Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries Omnibus Press November 1, 2005 301 978-1-84449-430-9 July 6 – Louis Armstrong, 69, African-American jazz musician, actor, singer, radio and TV personalityMeckna, Michael; Satchmo, The Louis Armstrong Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press, Connecticut & London, 2004. July 11 – Carleton G. Young, 64, American radio and television actor October 3 – Seán Ó Riada, 40, Irish composer, former music director at Radio Éireann and presenter of Our Musical HeritageSean Williams Lillis Ó Laoire Bright Star of the West: Joe Heaney, Irish Song Man https://books.google.com/books?id=cXMQSIwXxFEC&pg=PA30 14 April 2011 OUP USA 978-0-19-532118-0 30 References Category:Radio by year