1976 in radio

Overview of the events of 1976 in radio

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The year 1976 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.

## Events

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* September - Fairchild Industries sells WYOO-FM and AM in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The AM becomes WAYL and the FM station becomes a simulcast of KDWB
* September 6: DWRT-FM (Manila, Philippines) signs on the air as 99.5 RT, and it became the first Top 40 station in the Philippines.
* KXOL in Dallas, Texas flips from Top 40 to country music

## Debuts

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* January – WEMO (101.3 FM, now KUUL) of East Moline, Illinois signs on, formating a mix of light adult contemporary and middle of the road music.
* March 8 - Radio 210 (now Heart Berkshire) begins broadcasting to the Reading area.[1]
* March 14 - 951 Remix begins broadcasting in Trinidad and Tobago as 95FM.
* March 16 - Downtown Radio, the first Independent Local Radio in Northern Ireland, begins broadcasting to the Belfast area.[1]
* April 12 - Beacon Radio (now Free Radio Shropshire & Black Country) begins broadcasting to the Wolverhampton area; this is the final station in the first wave of Independent Local Radio stations to begin transmission.[1]
* Unknown date - DWLS-FM, the flagship FM station of GMA Radio-Television Arts in the Philippines was launched with a jazz format.

## Births

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* January 3 - Angela Yee, former co-host of The Breakfast Club
* October 21 - Lindsay Brien, American radio personality in Atlanta, Georgia, entertainment reporter for Headline News, and part of MTV's The Real World Seattle season in 1998.
* December 21 - Clarence Black, Detroit, Michigan sports radio personality and contestant on Survivor: Africa.
* Brody, American radio personality on WDGC-FM in Raleigh, North Carolina

## Deaths

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* March 2 - Hollace Shaw, 62, American coloratura soprano on many old-time radio programs.[2]
* March 24 - Nelson Case, 66, American radio announcer.[3]
* June 25 - Jay Jostyn, 74, American radio and TV actor.[3]
* Santos Ortega, 76, American actor and comedian.

## References

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1. ^ a b c Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors) Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 28 April 2008
2. ^ DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. P. 240.
3. ^ a b 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.

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