1964 in radio

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

Events

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Debuts

• 28 March - Radio Caroline – a pirate radio station based on a ship anchored in international waters off the English coast – debuts as Europe's first all-day English-language pop music station.^[1]

Closings

• 27 March - The BBC's Children's Hour (renamed "For the Young") is broadcast for the last time.

Births

• January 6 - Colin Cowherd, American sports radio and television personality.
• January 24 - Rob Dibble, former Major League Baseball pitcher and sports radio host.
• February 10 - Glenn Beck, American conservative talk radio and television host
• February 29 - Lyndon Byers, former NHL player from Canada, WAAF radio host.
• May 27 - Adam Carolla, American comedian, comedy writer, radio and television personality and actor.
• June 6 - Roe Conn, American radio talk show host on WLS in Chicago, Illinois.
• June 22 - Dicky Barrett , frontman of skacore band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, radio personality and announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live

Deaths

• William Bendix, 58, Academy Award-nominated American film actor and radio personality

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