1964 in radio

The year 1964 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.

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Events

  • January 24 - 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.[1]
  • 29 June – Manx Radio, the national commercial radio station for the Isle of Man, begins broadcasting.
  • 1 July

Births

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.[3]
  • 10 October – Eddie Cantor, 72, American comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter.[4]
  • 14 December – William Bendix, 58, Academy Award-nominated American film actor and radio personality.

References

  1. Don't Get Mad, Get Even Archived 15 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "The Jim Rome Show / Monday - Friday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m." CBS Sports and Radio. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
  4. Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8.


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