1972 in radio

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Hungarian Radio studio, 1972. 1972 radio television music film The year 1972 in radio involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events Two new Top 40 stations launch in major Canadian cities, as CFTR Toronto abandons its simulcast of beautiful music CHFI-FM for Top 40 early in the year, and in Ottawa, CKPM becomes CFGO on June 21.http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcasting-history.ca%2Flistings_and_histories%2Fradio%2Fhistories.php%3Fid%3D460%26historyID%3D232 CFGO-AM History 2019-08-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034838/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcasting-history.ca%2Flistings_and_histories%2Fradio%2Fhistories.php%3Fid%3D460%26historyID%3D232 2016-03-04 dead http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcasting-history.ca%2Flistings_and_histories%2Fradio%2Fhistories.php%3Fid%3D399%26historyID%3D181 CFTR-AM History 2019-08-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031719/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcasting-history.ca%2Flistings_and_histories%2Fradio%2Fhistories.php%3Fid%3D399%26historyID%3D181 2016-03-04 dead June 6 - KPOO-FM signs on in San Francisco, becoming the first black-owned non-commercial radio station in the western United States.Walker Jesse Jesse Walker Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America NYU Press 2004 New York, NY 138–139 https://books.google.com/books?id=cHMTCgAAQBAJ&q=kpoo 9780814793824 July 7 – WCBS-FM in New York City debuts its Oldies format. August 28 – WOC-FM (103.7 FM) in Davenport, Iowa flips from a format that formatted beautiful music and also simulcasted WOC's AM signal to a contemporary hit radio format, and adopts the call sign KIIK-FM, or KIIK 104 as it would be known to fans. It is the Quad Cities market's first FM top 40 station and – with the advantage of an FM stereo signal – will be the first serious challenge to KSTT (1170 AM), the market's top-rated station at the time."New Sound and Name," Davenport Daily Times and Democrat, August 25, 1972. The initial broadcast day was 5 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. before switching to 24 hours shortly after the new format began. November 19 – Seán Mac Stíofáin, chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, is arrested for membership of the IRA in the Irish Republic after giving an interview on RTÉ's This Week radio programme.https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/may/20/northernireland.theobserver Death of the Englishman who led the Provisionals Hunter John 2001-05-20 2020-05-03 The Observer London 2021-04-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20210410191225/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/may/20/northernireland.theobserver live Fianna Fáil Minister for Posts and Telegraphs Gerry Collins dismisses the entire RTÉ authority for permitting the broadcast. Also Bill and Becky Ann Stewart sell WPBC and WPBC-FM, both of Richfield, Minnesota, to Fairchild Industries. Later that year, both stations become WYOO. WDRQ Detroit, having debuted the previous year as a news/talk station, flips to Top 40, as does WAAM in nearby Ann Arbor (dropping its longtime MOR format). Detroit also loses a Top 40 station on April 25, 1972, as WKNR changes from "Keener 13" to beautiful music as WNIC, simulcast with its FM sister (formerly WKNR-FM). NBC sells off their Cleveland radio stations (WKYC-AM and WKYC-FM) to Ohio Communications, headed by Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers and Cleveland Arena owner Nick Mileti, and radio executive Jim Embrescia. The stations were renamed "3WE" WWWE-AM and "M105" WWWM-FM, with the AM station attaining flagship rights to the Indians and Cavaliers, and hired pioneering sports/talk host Pete Franklin for "Sportsline." Metromedia sells off their Cleveland stations, WHK and WMMS, to the Detroit-based Malrite Communications Group. After protests and pleas from WMMS' devoted following, Malrite vows to maintain the FM stations' progressive rock format, and relocates their corporate headquarters to Cleveland. Farther west in Toledo, progressive rock fans get a Christmas gift as WCWA-FM becomes WIOT-FM on Christmas Day. Exiled Guatemalan activist Alaíde Foppa begins hosting Foro de la Mujer ('Women's Forum') on the UNAM radio station in Mexico, giving advice on domestic matters and recipes, addressing topics such as gender-related violence, parental alienation, reproductive rights and women's role in society.Cocco Elisa Alaíde Foppa: una vita da dissidente Alaíde Foppa: a dissident's life Cuadernos del Hipogrifo 2023 20 11–25 https://www.revistaelhipogrifo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/11-25.pdf 2025-05-27 it 2420-918X Debuts 'The Pop Chronicles Presents The Forties' on KSFO. Closings April 30 - Arthur Godfrey Time ends after a 27-year run. Births January 27 - Wynne Evans, Welsh singer and radio presenterhttps://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/8vnIUK810SdDf2q8RKjeRxKzVvg/appointments James Wynne Evans Companies House March 23, 2021 March 9 - Spencer Howson, Australian radio announcer July 20 - Jay Barker, American and Canadian football player and Birmingham, Alabama radio personality November 9 - Doug Russell, American radio personality September 8 - Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, American disc jockey and political satirist Deaths January 1, Jane Morgan, 92, British-born American actress whose career encompassed concert halls, vaudeville, the legitimate stage, radio, television and film. January 10, Al Goodman, 81, American orchestra leader and music director for various radio network shows including The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air (1932), Palmolive Beauty Box Theater (1935–1937), Your Hit Parade (1935–1938), The Fred Allen Show (1945–1949) and his pet program, The Prudential Family. September 26, Charles Correll, 82, American radio comedian, best known for his work on the Amos 'n' Andy show with Freeman GosdenCox, 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. P. 6. October 15, Douglas Smith, 48, English radio announcer.Mr Douglas Smith The Times London 14 1972-10-16 November 15, Freddie Grisewood, 84, English radio presenter. References Category:Radio by year