Today in Radio History (Part 5)
Sub-Topics: BBC Radio - Howard Stern Radio Show - Pirate Radio - Radio Broadcaster - Radio DJ
Historical Events
Results 401 - 500 of 537
1967-09-23 - Radio Malta stops testing
1967-09-30 - BBC starts their own popular music radio station
1967-10-13 - CBS radio cancels "House Party"
1967-11-08 - 1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester)
1967-11-28 - The 1st pulsating radio source (pulsar) detected
1968-01-01 - ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)
1968-02-26 - Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission
1968-03-11 - Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting
1968-03-14 - CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
1968-07-04 - Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched
1968-08-21 - After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio
1968-08-21 - Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion
1969-04-25 - Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS
1969-06-01 - Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV
1970-01-23 - Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
1970-07-04 - Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio
1971-02-20 - Natl Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio & TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes
1971-03-01 - Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM
1971-03-08 - Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner"
1971-05-03 - All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations
1971-05-03 - National Public Radio begins programming
1971-05-15 - Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed
1971-12-17 - Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting
1971-12-18 - CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts
1972-04-30 - "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
1972-05-01 - Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres
1973-01-16 - USSR's Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of Moon
1973-04-02 - CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day
1973-06-10 - NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit
1973-07-02 - Nation Black Network begins operation on radio
1973-08-19 - Pirate World Music Radio (Holland) closes down after 10 years
1973-10-20 - The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR & moves station from NYC to Scituate Mass
1974-01-01 - NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
1974-01-06 - "CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio
1974-07-18 - World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed
1974-11-16 - 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away
1974-12-27 - Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
1975-05-06 - Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only
1975-06-09 - House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time
1975-06-18 - NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio
1975-12-28 - 1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music)
1976-05-14 - Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter
1976-11-25 - Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove genl theory of relativity
1977-02-02 - Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
1977-02-05 - General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio
1977-05-29 - NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio
1977-08-03 - Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
1978-01-30 - Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio
1978-02-08 - Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
1978-04-03 - Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington DC
1978-06-12 - US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
1978-07-03 - Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"
1978-10-13 - Pres Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio
1979-02-05 - Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS
1979-03-15 - Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80
1979-05-05 - Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
1979-05-08 - Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
1979-05-29 - Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres
1979-05-30 - Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80
1979-05-31 - Radio City Music Hall (NYC) reopens
1979-10-01 - RKO radio network begins operation
1979-10-07 - "1940's Radio Hour" opens at St James Theater NYC for 105 performances
1980-01-06 - "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St James Theater NYC after 105 perfs
1980-02-01 - Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
1980-06-23 - 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation
1980-10-10 - Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated
1980-12-19 - Mutaual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater
1981-05-01 - Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3
1981-05-02 - Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
1981-07-01 - Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3
1981-09-01 - RKO radio network is 1st to offer 2 separate overnight services
1981-09-01 - RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show
1981-09-24 - Enterprise Radio (all sports) resigns air
1981-10-31 - 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)
1982-01-04 - ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network
1982-02-14 - "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at NY's Radio City Music Hall
1982-04-26 - CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio
1982-05-03 - ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
1982-05-03 - Pres Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts
1982-05-10 - WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network
1982-06-18 - ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations
1982-07-01 - ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
1982-07-23 - FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo
1982-12-07 - Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building
1982-12-31 - CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years
1982-12-31 - NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features
1983-01-23 - Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean
1983-05-23 - Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air
1983-09-09 - Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2)
1983-11-30 - Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)
1984-08-11 - During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"
1985-05-20 - US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti
1986-07-24 - SF Federal jury convicts navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage
1987-07-01 - NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio
1988-06-20 - NYC WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of NJ Devils
1988-06-20 - WABC officially becomes the NJ Devils new home radio
1988-07-14 - WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive
1988-07-27 - Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer
1988-08-01 - Rush Limbaugh begins his national radio show.
1988-10-07 - WNBC 660 final transmission, WFAN moves from 1050 to 660 & WUKQ begins on 1050 at 5:30 PM (NYC radio)
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