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The year 1950 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

Contents

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Closings
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 Citations

Events

May 1 - Springbok Radio became the first commercial radio station in South Africa.

Springbok Radio broadcast for 35 years until the 31 December 1985.

Debuts

February 6: Dangerous Assignment debuts on NBC.
April 19: WTSA Brattleboro, Vermont signs on for the first time.
October 8: WARA Attleboro, Massachusetts signs on for the first time.

Closings

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Births

March 14 - Rick Dees, radio and television personality.
September 24 - Alan Colmes, American radio and television talk show host.

Deaths

January 13: Thomas S. "Tommy" Lee, son of pioneering broadcaster Don Lee, of a suicide. His death triggers the sale of the Don Lee Network (a station group including KFRC AM/FM in San Francisco and KHJ AM/FM in Los Angeles) to General Tire, forerunner of RKO General.

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