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Significant events in radio broadcasting in the year 1969 included the debuts of two documentaries on rock and roll.
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Events
- 1 March – NHK begins FM broadcasting in Japan.
- 3 October – The Fernsehturm Berlin, a broadcasting tower, opens in East Berlin.
- The History of Rock & Roll is syndicated.
- WSAU-FM in Wausau, Wisconsin changes to Top 40 as WIFC, and continues with those calls and format nearly 40 years later.
Debuts
- February 9, The Pop Chronicles on KRLA 1110.[1]
- February 21, The History of Rock and Roll on KHJ.[2]
- WCCO-FM in Minneapolis, Minnesota signs on.
Closings
Births
- Craig Carton, American radio personality, co-host of Boomer Esiason's morning show on WFAN in New York City, which became the permanent replacement for Imus in the Morning on September 4, 2007.
Deaths
References
- ^ "Classic DJ and Radio Scrapbook: KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)". Classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com. 2004-02-26. http://classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/04/krla-pop-chronicles-program-1969-1-of-2.html. Retrieved on 2009-04-29.
- ^ Hopkins, Jerry (April 5, 1969), "'Rockumentary' Radio Milestone", Rolling Stone (30): 9
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