1990 in radio: Difference between revisions

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The year '''1990 in radio''' involved some significant events.

*[[Emmis Communications]] sells several of their most noteworthy stations to offset losses from the purchase of the [[Seattle Mariners]], including [[KMVQ|KXXX]] in San Francisco, [[WAVA-FM]] in Washington, DC and [[WLOL (Defunct)|WLOL]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]].

*[[WHTE-FM]] signs in as Adult Contemporary format in the Charlottesville, Virginia Area.

*March 13 – WLVK/Charlotte flips to "high octane country" as "Thunder 96.9"; this direction last only a few months, with the station shifting back to a more traditional country format.

*June – KNRJ/Houston flips from [[Rhythmic CHR]] to [[Alternative Rock]]. The Alternative format will last only 5 weeks, and is promoted as temporary while the station's owners, Nationwide Communications, begin researching the market for a new format.

*July 13 – [[Nationwide Communications]] sells off [[WHKW|WGAR]] 1220-AM in [[Cleveland]], which was a direct simulcast of country [[WGAR-FM|WGAR]] 99.5-FM, to Douglas Broadcasting. WGAR-AM signs off at midnight on July 13 after airing a brief retrospective on the station, highlighted with tributes from station alumni [[Jack Paar]] and [[Don Imus]]. The station relaunches as [[WKNR]] a few minutes later, carrying a satellite-delivered oldies format, but will gradually assume an all-sports lineup in less than a year.

*July 20 – Nationwide's KNRJ flips to [[Hot AC]] as [[KHMX]], "Mix 96.5."

*August 22 – [[Echo of Moscow]] ({{lang-ru|Э́хо Москвы́|translit=Ekho Moskvy}}), a 24/7 independent commercial station, begins broadcasting from Moscow.

*October 2 – [[Radio Berlin International]] ceased its operation. The following day, [[Germany]] [[German reunification|reunified]].

* ''[[Chippie]]'', a radio program on computer topics, debuts on [[Hessischer Rundfunk]] in [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]].

==Deaths==

*July 7 – [[Bill Cullen]], American radio personality, game show host (born 1920)

*July 8 – [[Evelyn Kaye]], American violinist, "Evelyn and Her Magic Violin" on ''[[The Hour of Charm]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=Deaths|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/90-OCR/BC-1990-07-23-OCR-Page-0096.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=July 23, 1990|page=102}}</ref>

*July 30 – [[Karl Weber (actor)|Karl Weber]], American actor in [[old-time radio]] (born 1916)<ref name="lat">{{cite news|title=Karl Weber; Longtime Radio Actor|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-08-06/news/mn-154_1_karl-weber|accessdate=11 September 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 6, 1990}}</ref>

*October 26 – [[William S. Paley]], American chief executive who built [[Columbia Broadcasting System|Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)]] from a small [[radio network]] into one of the foremost [[radio]] and [[television network]] operations in the [[United States]] (born 1901)<ref name="coxotd">Cox, Jim (2008). ''This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-3848-8}}.</ref>

==See also==

*[[Radio broadcasting]]

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