1979 in radio

The year 1979 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

• September - KDWB-FM in Minneapolis, Minnesota breaks away from their Top 40 AM sister, becoming album-oriented rock as "K101"
• October 22 - Pittsburgh court receives a $7 million libel lawsuit from county politician Cyril Wecht over remarks the city controller made of him during a radio interview.

Debuts

• November 5 - The radio news program Morning Edition premieres on National Public Radio.

• WIXK-FM signs on the air

• The engineers and airstaff of WCCO-AM/FM/TV go on strike.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, long time rocker KRST flips to country music, becoming the city's first FM country radio station. 30 years later, 92.3 KRST is still New Mexico's #1 Country.

Births

• May 4 - Wes Butters, British broadcaster

Deaths

• Charles Coughlin, 88, Canadian-born Roman Catholic priest who used radio to reach a mass audience during the 1930s. This radio program included praises of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

This article related to radio is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e