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.
