1984 in radio

none March 2024 1984 radio music television film The year 1984 in radio involved some significant events. Events 31 January – Irish schoolgirl Ann Lovett dies after giving birth alone in a Marian grotto. Reporting on the incident on The Gay Byrne Show on RTÉ Radio 1 uncovers many stories from listeners of rape, abortion and sexual abuse.Gay Byrne Gay Byrne http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0213/1224264325263.html The chameleon of Montrose 2010-02-13 2010-02-13 The Irish Times Dublin https://web.archive.org/web/20101118184127/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0213/1224264325263.html 2010-11-18 live 1 June – KOKU (100.3 FM) in Agana, Guam signs on the air for the first time. The first format is contemporary hit radio music. 18 June – Controversial KOA/Denver radio talk show host Alan Berg gunned down in driveway of his home. 4 July – KBQC-FM (93.5 FM) in Bettendorf, Iowa signs on the air for the first time. The first format is middle of the road music with a community emphasis. October – CKLW-AM in Windsor, Ontario, the former "Big 8" Top 40 giant plagued by falling ratings for years, fires 79 staffers and goes mostly automated in preparation for a format change to Music of Your Life on 1 January 1985. CKLW's FM sister station CFXX experiments with a Top 40/Rock hybrid format called "94 Fox FM" in some dayparts, but its application to make "The Fox" a full-time format is denied by the CRTC and the experiment lasts only a few months. 5 November – Morning Ireland, Ireland's highest-rated radio programme, is broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 for the first time. Sports writer Ralph Barbieri joins KNBR to host his own sports talk show. He lasts at the station, which is eventually sold by NBC and converted to a full-time sports radio format, up until 11 April 2012.Spratt Gerry http://blog.sfgate.com/sportsevents/2012/04/11/ralph-barbieri-let-go-by-knbr/ Ralph Barbieri let go by KNBR - Sports Events Blog.sfgate.com 2012-04-11 2015-07-26 Deaths 27 January: Lou Crosby, 64, announcer for Gene Autry's Melody Ranch.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. 6 May: Ned Wever, 85, radio's Dick Tracy and actor in many other old-time radio programs.The voice of Dick Tracy dies at 85 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19840508&id=By9TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7oIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4737,3196898&hl=en 17 September 2016 The Deseret News 8 May 1984 A 3 27 April: Richard Durham, writer and producer of the anthology series Destination Freedom Jim Bannon, 73, actor in radio and Hollywood western films during the 1940s and 1950s. Alan Berg, 50, Denver, Colorado-based liberal radio talk show host and former attorney. Howard Culver, 66, an American radio and television actor. Fred Waring, 84, popular musician, bandleader and radio-television personality, died 29 July.Dunning John On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio The Fred Waring Show https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22He+died+July+29+1994%22&pg=PA271 978-0-19-507678-3 269-271 1998 Revised 2026-10-01 See also Radio broadcasting References Category:Radio by year