1977 in radio

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In the year 1977, significant events in radio broadcasting included the President of the United States participating in a call-in radio program.

Events

• KSTP-FM in St. Paul, Minnesota adopts its long-running soft rock format.
• 18 February – Belgischer Rundfunk (BRF) is founded and takes over responsibility for public-service radio broadcasting in the German language in Belgium.
• March 5 - President Jimmy Carter participates with Walter Cronkite in the Dial-a-President radio program on CBS.
• May 12 - WTIC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut switches from classical music to a new Top 40 format designed by consultant Mike Joseph. This successful new approach will later be termed Hot Hits.

Debuts

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Closings

• 29 May: NBC Radio's all-news "News and Information Service" ceases operations, citing a low number of affiliates. Most stations switch to different formats, but KQV in Pittsburgh launched a locally-based production for its all-news format, which it maintains to the present day.

Births

• November - Heidi Cortez, American model, writer, and radio host

Deaths

• Bud Ballou, radio disc jockey
• Sid Collins, (55, American broadcaster best known as the radio voice of the Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network from 1952-1976.
• Bing Crosby, 74, American singer, actor and early radio personality.

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