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1980 in radio

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1980 in radio involved some significant events.

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Events

  • 20 March – The pirate radio station Radio Caroline sinks.
  • April - WDLM, a religious station based in East Moline, Illinois, adds an FM signal at 89.3 MHz. It acts as both a repeater of WDLM's AM signal (at 960 AM, which had been on the air since 1960) and adds additional programming.
  • 29 October – President Carter on a visit to Pittsburgh gives a nationally broadcast campaign interview to KDKA-AM of that city.

    • Debuts

  • Alex Bennett returned to his native San Francisco to host a comedy-oriented morning show for album-oriented rock station KMEL. The show would last for the next 17 years on three different area radio stations.

    • Closings

  • 11 February - Sears Radio Theater ends its run on CBS. Episodes were rebroadcast later in 1980 on Mutual as Mutual Radio Theater.

    • Births

  • 9 October – Sarah X Dylan, radio and television personality in Portland, Oregon, United States, where she produced The The Rick Emerson Show on KUFO

    • Deaths

  • 7 January - Irene Beasley, an American singer and master of ceremonies best known for her work on old-time radio.
  • 29 January - Jimmy Durante, an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor (born 1893)
  • 1 February - Jack Bailey, 72, an American actor and daytime game show host.
  • 4 February - Art Ballinger, actor, announcer and commercial spokesman.
  • 24 July – Peter Sellers, English actor, comedian and radio personality (born 1925)

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