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| List of years in radio (table) |
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| … 1949 . 1950 . 1951 . 1952 . 1953 . 1954 . 1955 … 1956 1957 1958 -1959- 1960 1961 1962 … 1963 . 1964 . 1965 . 1966 . 1967 . 1968 . 1969 … In television: 1956 1957 1958 -1959- 1960 1961 1962 In music: 1956 1957 1958 -1959- 1960 1961 1962 In film: 1956 1957 1958 -1959- 1960 1961 1962 |
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The year 1959 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.
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Events
- May 11 - At 10AM, KROW 960 AM in San Francisco switched call letters to KABL. The KABL name stayed with the station until September 2004.
Debuts
- German-American musicologist Karl Haas started Adventures in Good Music at WJR in Detroit, Michigan.
Closings
- January 2 - CBS ends Our Gal Sunday, This is Nora Drake, Backstage Wife, and Road of Life.
Births
- January 27 - Cris Collinsworth, former American football player and radio and television sportscaster.
- April 30 - Matt Casey, American radio personality.
- June 3 - John Carlson, American conservative talk radio host on KVI in Seattle.
- August 13 - Danny Bonaduce, American comedian, actor and radio and television personality.
- Joe Bevilacqua, award-winning voice actor, radio producer, dramatist, humorist, and documentary film producer.
Deaths
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