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1984 in radio

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Overview of the events of 1984 in radio

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The year1984 in radio involved some significant events.

31 January – Irish schoolgirlAnn Lovett dies after giving birth alone in a Marian grotto. Reporting on the incident onThe Gay Byrne Show onRTÉ Radio 1 uncovers many stories from listeners of rape, abortion and sexual abuse.^[1]
1 June –KOKU (100.3 FM) inAgana, Guam signs on the air for the first time. The first format iscontemporary hit radio music.
18 June – ControversialKOA/Denver radio talk show hostAlan Berg gunned down in driveway of his home.
4 July –KBQC-FM (93.5 FM) inBettendorf, Iowa signs on the air for the first time. The first format ismiddle of the road music with a community emphasis.
October –CKLW-AM inWindsor, Ontario, the former "Big 8" Top 40 giant plagued by falling ratings for years, fires 79 staffers and goes mostly automated in preparation for a format change toMusic of Your Life on 1 January 1985. CKLW's FM sister stationCFXX experiments with a Top 40/Rock hybrid format called "94 Fox FM" in some dayparts, but its application to make "The Fox" a full-time format is denied by theCRTC and the experiment lasts only a few months.
5 November –Morning Ireland, Ireland's highest-rated radio programme, is broadcast onRTÉ Radio 1 for the first time.
Sports writerRalph Barbieri joinsKNBR to host his own sports talk show. He lasts at the station, which is eventually sold by NBC and converted to a full-timesports radio format, up until 11 April 2012.^[2]

27 January: Lou Crosby, 64, announcer forGene Autry's Melody Ranch.^[3]
6 May:Ned Wever, 85, radio's Dick Tracy and actor in many otherold-time radio programs.^[4]
27 April:Richard Durham, writer and producer of theanthology seriesDestination Freedom
Jim Bannon, 73, actor in radio and Hollywood western films during the 1940s and 1950s.
Alan Berg, 50,Denver, Colorado-basedliberal radio talk show host and former attorney.
Howard Culver, 66, an American radio and television actor.
Fred Waring, 84, popular musician, bandleader and radio-television personality, died 29 July.^[5]

^Byrne, Gay (13 February 2010)."The chameleon of Montrose".The Irish Times. Dublin.Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved13 February 2010.
^Spratt, Gerry (11 April 2012)."Ralph Barbieri let go by KNBR - Sports Events". Blog.sfgate.com. Retrieved26 July 2015.
^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.
^"The voice of Dick Tracy dies at 85".The Deseret News. 8 May 1984. p. A 3. Retrieved17 September 2016.
^Dunning, John. (1998).On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.

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