1999 in radio

none August 2013 1999 radio music television film The year 1999 in radio involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events March 31 – Chilean radio station Radio Minería closes down.Mönckeberg María Olivia Los Magnates de la Prensa: Concentracion de los medios de Comunicacion en Chile https://books.google.com/books?id=Fy7fXMmQNxsC&pg=PT366 1 April 2011 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Chile 978-956-8410-48-3 366 May 4 – Clear Channel Communications' official merger with Jacor is consummated.Yorke Jeffrey Clear Channel Closes on its $6.5-Billion Jacor Purchase R&R May 7, 1999 4 & 9 https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/1990s/1999/RR-1999-05-07.pdf May 14 – US radio station WENZ/Cleveland flips from modern rock to mainstream urban as "Kiss 107.9."Feran Tom May 19, 1999 WJMO gives up soul for gospel 2E The Plain Dealer Cleveland, Ohio https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=1082885C71926A79&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F80D3C45AEBAAFF live subscription March 27, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220329015022/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/0F80D3C45AEBAAFF&f=basic March 29, 2022 NewsBank May 20 – US radio station WZLE/Lorain flips from Christian contemporary to Top 40/CHR as "KISS 104.9", targeting Greater Cleveland.O'Connor Clint May 22, 1999 Different tunes found on familiar radio dials 5B The Plain Dealer Cleveland, Ohio https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=1082885C71926A79&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F80D3D5DD6E4150 live subscription March 27, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220329015022/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/0F80D3D5DD6E4150&f=basic March 29, 2022 NewsBank WZLE owner Clear Channel subsequently filed a cease and desist order against WENZ claiming rights to the KISS-FM brand in Ohio;Feran Tom May 26, 1999 One station may have to kiss name goodbye 1E The Plain Dealer Cleveland, Ohio https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=1082885C71926A79&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F80D3F05A747711 live subscription March 27, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220329015024/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/0F80D3F05A747711&f=basic March 29, 2022 NewsBank WENZ ultimately rebranded as "Z-107.9" on September 1.Feran Tom September 25, 1999 Swoboda backs to news as anchor on TV-5 at 11 6E The Plain Dealer Cleveland, Ohio https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=1082885C71926A79&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F34546C21CE32E4 live subscription March 27, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220329015023/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/0F34546C21CE32E4&f=basic March 29, 2022 NewsBank August 28 – US radio station WAKS/Tampa flips formats from Top 40/CHR to hot AC as "Mix 100.7";Scire Dawn E. September 12, 1999 Jazz station cuts morning team, extra talk 13 Sarasota Herald-Tribune CLICK Sarasota, Florida https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=1082885C71926A79&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EAFED7F050C8B04 live subscription March 27, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220329030217/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/0EAFED7F050C8B04&f=basic March 29, 2022 NewsBank the station assumes the WMTX calls, while the WAKS calls are transferred to the former WZLE/Lorain. October 4 – Clear Channel announces a nearly $23.5 billion merger with AMFM, creating America's largest radio group. The deal would close the following year after selling off surplus in multiple markets. This would be the largest broadcast deal in American history, a record that would stand until Clear Channel itself was bought out by private equity in 2007. September – The United Press International Radio Network closes down after 41 years.http://downhold.org/lowry/radioworld1999.html End of UPI Radio in 1999 Tom Foty 9 February 2025 November 14 – Smoke Rings breaks the record for the longest-running Swedish radio programme, previously held by Barnens brevlåda.https://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/9911/18/smoke.html Leif "Smoke Rings" Anderson är död Aftonbladet Swedish 18 November 1999 5 April 2011 Debuts October 23 – The BJ Shea Morning Experience makes its debut on KQBZ in Seattle, Washington. Closings April 17 – The Mutual Broadcasting System name was retired by owner Westwood One, with remaining affiliates switching to CNN Radio in a deal with Turner Broadcasting. On that same day, "NBC Radio"-branded newscasts (by this point, "Mutual" and "NBC" newscasts were produced and anchored by CBS Radio personnel) were also limited only to 5 a.m. – 10 a.m. on weekday mornings, with CNN Radio newscasts airing at all other times. Deaths January 11 – Frank Parker, 95, American singer and television personality January 30 – Ed Herlihy, 89, American radio and television announcer for NBCCox, 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. April 16 – Regis Cordic, 72, American radio personality and actor May 9 – Shirley Dinsdale, 72, American ventriloquist and television and radio personality of the 1940s and early 1950s December 15 – George Elrick, 95 Scottish bandleader and DJ Laure Leprieur (Madame Leprieur d'Agon-Coutainville), c.80, French radio quiz-setterhttp://www.lexpress.fr/mag/sports/dossier/jeuradio/dossier.asp Madame "80 000 Questions" L'Express 2006-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20070311032635/http://www.lexpress.fr/mag/sports/dossier/jeuradio/dossier.asp 2007-03-11 dead Ted Mallie, 74, American radio and television announcer References See also Radio broadcasting Category:Radio by year