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The year 1964 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.
Events
5 January – Invention for Radio #1: The Dreams is broadcast on BBC's Third Programme.Butler David https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/156080096/Inventing_for_Radio_Revised_Shorter_Dutch_Cut.pdf The Origins of Certain Lives: The Development, Reception and Influence of the 'Inventions for Radio' by Barry Bermange and Delia Derbyshire Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 4 December 2019 40 4 823–846 10.1080/01439685.2019.1697034
24 January – WBZY 990 AM in Torrington, CT signs off for the last time.
27 March – The BBC's Children's Hour (renamed For the Young since April 1961) is broadcast for the last time.
28 March – Radio Caroline, a pirate radio station based on a ship anchored in international waters off the English coast, opens as Europe's first all-day English-language pop music station.Don't Get Mad, Get Even https://web.archive.org/web/20070815134758/http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/history2.asp 15 August 2007
29 June – Manx Radio, the national commercial radio station for the Isle of Man, begins broadcasting.
1 July
In Sweden Sveriges Radio launches its third national channel – P3 – as an alternative to commercial pirate radio.
In the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission adopts the FM Non-Duplication Rule, prohibiting broadcasters in cities with more than 100,000 people from simulcasting the same programming on their AM and FM stations.
WPEA, the oldest high school radio station, belonging to Phillips Exeter Academy, begins broadcasting.
16 November – Invention for Radio #2: Amor Dei is broadcast by the BBC.
Births
6 January – Colin Cowherd, American sports radio and television personality.
24 January – Rob Dibble, former Major League Baseball pitcher and sports radio host.
10 February – Glenn Beck, American conservative talk radio and television host.
29 February – Lyndon Byers, former NHL player from Canada, WAAF radio host.
27 May – Adam Carolla, American comedian, comedy writer, radio and television personality and actor.
6 June – Roe Conn, American radio talk show host on WLS in Chicago, Illinois.
22 June – Dicky Barrett, American frontman of skacore band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, radio personality and announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!
23 June – Jane Garvey, English radio presenter.
18 July – Wendy Williams, American radio personality.
1 September – Ray D'Arcy, Irish radio and television host
14 October – Jim Rome, American radio and TV personalityThe Jim Rome Show / Monday - Friday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. https://wnsr.com/live-shows/the-jim-rome-show CBS Sports and Radio 14 October 2019
Deaths
1 March – Kathryn Card, 71, American radio, television and film actress.
27 August – Gracie Allen, 69, American comedy star of vaudeville, radio, television and film.Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-507678-3.
10 October – Eddie Cantor, 72, American comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter.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.
14 December – William Bendix, 58, Academy Award-nominated American film actor and radio personality.
References
Category:Radio by year