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The year 1972 in radio involved some significant events.
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Events
- Bill and Becky Ann Stewart sell WPBC and WPBC-FM, both of Richfield, Minnesota, to Fairchild Industries. Later that year, both stations become WYOO.
- WDRQ Detroit, having debuted the previous year as a news/talk station, flips to Top 40, as does WAAM in nearby Ann Arbor (dropping its longtime MOR format). Detroit also loses a Top 40 station on April 25, 1972, as WKNR changes from "Keener 13" to beautiful music as WNIC, simulcast with its FM sister (formerly WKNR-FM).
Debuts
- 'The Pop Chronicles Presents The Forties' on KSFO.
Closings
- *April 30 - Arthur Godfrey Time ends after a 27-year run.
Births
- March 9 - Spencer Howson, Australian radio announcer
- July 20 - Jay Barker, former American and Canadian football player and Birmingham, Alabama radio personality
- November 9 - Doug Russell, American radio personality
- September 8 - Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, American disc jockey and political satirist
Deaths
- Charles Correll, 82, American radio comedian, best known for his work on the Amos 'n' Andy show with Freeman Gosden
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