Today in Radio History (Part 6)
Sub-Topics: BBC Radio - Howard Stern Radio Show - Pirate Radio - Radio Broadcaster - Radio DJ
Historical Events
Results 501 - 537 of 537
1988-11-02 - Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash
1988-11-15 - 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses
1988-11-30 - Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs
1988-12-27 - Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
1989-05-26 - At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio
1989-05-31 - "Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (NYC)
1990-04-09 - World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC)
1990-06-26 - 8 KS & OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad
1990-08-03 - Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion
1990-10-02 - Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors
1990-10-09 - Radio stations around world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon
1990-12-16 - KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
1990-12-17 - KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions
1991-04-11 - NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television"
1991-08-08 - The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
1991-10-17 - News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby
1992-01-22 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
1992-02-06 - "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC
1992-04-06 - Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses
1992-10-12 - Arecibo radio telescope begins Microwave search for occupied planets
1992-11-04 - NY Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
1992-11-04 - NY Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio
1992-12-02 - WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in NYC
1992-12-11 - WNEW AM radio on 1130 in NYC ends transmitting after 58 years
1993-03-12 - Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney
1993-04-30 - Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
1993-11-01 - Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems
1994-05-27 - Larry King ended his radio show
1994-05-27 - Radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35)
1995-03-21 - NYC agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNYC AM & FM)
1995-09-01 - Infinity Radio agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to US Treasury
1995-11-02 - Spanish Broadcasting System buys NY radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M
1995-12-12 - CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31
1996-01-20 - WPAT FM NYC radio station switches to English-Spanish format
1996-03-31 - Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
1999-12-03 - NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
2000-02-15 - Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
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