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1962 in radio

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The year 1962 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

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  • May 19 – XHDL-FM begins broadcasting on 98.5 FM in Mexico City under the name XELA-FM.[1]
  • July – After its first few months on the air with a community format, KHAK (98.1 FM) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, takes up a country music format at the station, a format that has remained intact to this day.
  • July 1 – KRSI-FM in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, signs on the air as KRSI-FM.[2]
  • October 2 – KUAC, Fairbanks, first FM Station, begins broadcasting at 104.7, with the morning Show AM on October 3.
  • December – KLOU 103.3 in St. Louis, Missouri, begins broadcasting as KMOX-FM.
  • December 15 – Storm over the North Sea: Belgian pirate radio station Radio Uylenspiegel is knocked off the airwaves, never to operate again.

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  • In Sweden, Sveriges Radio begins trial broadcasts in preparation for the establishment of a third national channel – P3 – as an alternative to commercial pirate radio.
  • KRZY in Dallas, Texas, becomes KPCN and flips to a country music format.

Debuts

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  • October 13 – Svensktoppen, a weekly record chart, is launched by Sveriges Radio.
  • Bud Ballou begins his radio career as disc jockey at WOLF.

Closings

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Births

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  • June 10 – Akie Abe, Japanese radio DJ
  • September 20 – Jim Al-Khalili, Iraqi-born British science broadcaster
  • October 12 – Chris Botti, American jazz trumpeter, composer and radio host
  • October 28 – Dan "Elvis" Lay, American radio personality, co-host of The Dog House
  • November 6 – Frank DeCaro, American writer, performer and SIRIUS OutQ radio show host
  • November 22 – Steve DeOssie, American sportscaster, former NFL player
  • December 12 – Mike Golic, American football player and radio host

Deaths

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  • February 17 – Joseph Kearns, 55, American radio and television actor
  • October 2 – Frank Lovejoy, 50, American radio and television actor
  • December 7 – Kirsten Flagstad, 67, Norwegian soprano whose nationwide personal appeals to radio listeners during Saturday matinee intermissions raised money for the Metropolitan Opera.[4]
  • December 31 – Bella Alten, 85, Polish-born operatic soprano who gave concerts and radio broadcasts until 1936

References

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  1. ^ 1962 concession
  2. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1963 page B-100
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Vogt, Howard: Flagstad: Singer of the Century (Specker and Warburg, London, 1987)