1992 in radio

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The year 1992 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

• January 22 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
• February 12 - Washington, D.C. area Top 40 radio station WAVA changes to a religious format, which continues to this day.
• February 18 - WBSB drops Top 40/CHR and becomes Gold-based Hot AC as "Variety 104.3."
• June 22 - Radio Wimbledon, the Official Radio Station of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships is launched.
• September 8 - KJJO in Minneapolis, Minnesota flips from modern rock to country music.
• October 26 - Power 99 (WAPW)/Atlanta flips to Modern rock as "99X" at Noon. "99X" debuted with "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles.
• November 6 - "CD 107.5" in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas switched from Classic rock to Smooth Jazz.
• November 9 -*WIBF/Philadelphia flipped from ethnic to modern rock as "WDRE".

Debuts

• January 4 — ESPN Radio debuts as a weekend service (under the name "SportsRadio ESPN"), with Keith Olbermann, Tony Bruno and Chuck Wilson among the first group of hosts for the flagship program GameNight.
• April — Country Countdown USA, a countdown program spotlighting the top 30 songs of the week, as reported by Radio & Records magazine. The show is hosted by Lon Helton, country editor for R&R, and features an in-studio interview with a currently popular country music singer or act.
• October 10 - Billboard reintroduces the Crossover chart publishing its last chart after nearly 22 months. This time it is renamed the Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover chart, which would later be christened as the Rhythmic Contemporary chart in 1997.

No dates

• WTCX in Lakeville, Minnesota signs on the air with a Hot AC format.
• Armstrong & Getty show debuts

Closings

• December 30 - English service of Radio Luxembourg closes down after 59 years of broadcasting.

Deaths

• Shirley Booth 94, award-winning American actress and radio personality
• Lawrence Welk, American musician, radio and television personality (born 1903)