January –WHTZ Z 100Newark, NJ/New York City modifies theirCHR format by mixing large amounts ofModern Rock into the format. They would continue this for over two years.
March –KFMH (99.7 FM) ofMuscatine, Iowa, ceases its longtime progressive and alternative rock format on March 1. Two weeks later, the station's sale to New York-based Connoisseur Communications is completed; days later, the station's newcountry format debuts with call letters KBOB (to compete withthe Quad City market'sWLLR-FM).
March 17 –KRJY/St. Louis flips from 1950s/1960s oldies to classic hits, branded as "K-HITS 96". They will later adopt the KIHT call letters.
March 28 – After about a year of moving most of the station's personalities to then-sisterKUDL and evolving their music, Kansas City'sKMXV "Mix 93.3" officially drops its AC format to go CHR/Top-40, returning the format to a full-market signal. After KBEQ dropped the format a year earlier, the only option for CHR/Top-40 was 107.3 KXXR/KISF with a transmitter about 40 miles (64 km) from downtown KC. KISF would evolve tomodern rock later in the year, with the shift completed in January 1995.
April 15 –Roy Disney'sShamrock Broadcasting, which merged withCleveland-basedMalrite Communications Group's radio group in the previous year, spins off Cleveland stationsWHK andWMMS to OmniAmerica, headed by former Malrite executives Carl Hirsch and Dean Thacker. WHK switches format to all-sports. WMMS' format moved toalternative rock, and the majority of the station's airstaff is replaced.
June 25 –KXRX/Seattle drops itsalbum rock format and begins stunting with comedy routines and an electronic countdown. On July 1, KXRX officially flips toCountry as "Young Country 96.5".
July 4 –WHYT/Detroit shifts to "Planet Jams", a hybridRhythmic CHR/modern rock format. The Rhythmic product will be phased out during the year, resulting in the complete shift to modern rock as "The Planet."
July 9 – The final originalAmerican Top 40 airs in the U.S. The show continues internationally only for six months.
Christian radio personalityHarold Camping predicts three successive dates for the second coming ofJesus Christ.
October 1 –WPAT-FM relaunches itsAdult Contemporary format as more uptempo and now called Today's 93.1.WPAT 930 also simulcasts during the day during the week but runs leftover sports many evenings. WPAT FM drops all weekend specialty programs except forSid Mark'sFrank Sinatra show. The AM retains the other specialty programming and Sunday morning public affairs material.
November – After eight-and-a-half years on the air, 105.5KNAC inLong Beach, California, announces that they will be changing formats.[2] The radio station eventually goes off the air three months later (on February 15, 1995), and is replaced by theMexican music radio stationKBUE (Que Buena).
November 14 – During an interview withABC Radio,ABC News anchorPeter Jennings causes an outcry from conservative commentators and viewers when he makes a statement comparing "angry voters" to two-year-olds with "uncontrollable rage" when asked about his views on the1994 midterm elections. After petitions calling on ABC News to fire Jennings over these comments, and some asking that he be deported to Canada, Jennings apologizes for the statement.
December 24 – First broadcast ofWillem Lange'sFavor Johnson: A Christmas Story onVermont Public radio stations, repeated in subsequent years.[3][4]
