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The year 1956 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.
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Events
Debuts
- January 22 - Fort Laramie debuts on CBS.
- January 27 - CBS Radio Workshop debuts with Brave New World.
- January 29 - Indictment debuts on CBS.
- 19 May - First edition of the popular record request programme Sveriges bilradio (1956-1973) on Sveriges Radiotjänst (forerunner of Sveriges Radio).
Closings
- June 30 - The Guiding Light officially ends its 19 year run on CBS radio, having spent the previous four years on both radio and television. It continues on television until September 2009.[1]
Births
- February 27 - Tim Brando, radio host and sportscaster.
- March 27 - Dale Arnold, American sportscaster
- July 4 - Mark Belling, radio talk-show host for WISN in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- July 16 - Jerry Doyle, American actor and radio talk show host.
- September 1 - Bernie Wagenblast, American editor and broadcaster
- October 6 - Jimmy Cefalo, American sportscaster, game show host and former NFL player. Currently does play-by-play for the Miami Dolphins.
- December 31 - Shelagh Rogers, Canadian radio host
- Steve Buckley, Boston Herald sports columnist, joined Boston, Massachusetts sports radio station WEEI in 1993
- Christopher O'Riley, American classical pianist and host of the weekly National Public Radio program From the Top
Deaths
References
- ^ Guiding Light trivia imdb.com. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
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