1972 in radio

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The year 1972 in radio involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Closings 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Bill and Becky Ann Stewart sell WPBC and WPBC-FM, both of Richfield, Minnesota, to Fairchild Industries. Later that year, both stations become WYOO.
• WDRQ Detroit, having debuted the previous year as a news/talk station, flips to Top 40, as does WAAM in nearby Ann Arbor (dropping its longtime MOR format). Detroit also loses a Top 40 station on April 25, 1972, as WKNR changes from "Keener 13" to beautiful music as WNIC, simulcast with its FM sister (formerly WKNR-FM).

[edit] Debuts

• 'The Pop Chronicles Presents The Forties' on KSFO.

[edit] Closings

• *April 30 - Arthur Godfrey Time ends after a 27-year run.

[edit] Births

• March 9 - Spencer Howson, Australian radio announcer
• July 20 - Jay Barker, former American and Canadian football player and Birmingham, Alabama radio personality
• November 9 - Doug Russell, American radio personality
• September 8 - Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, American disc jockey and political satirist

[edit] Deaths

• Charles Correll, 82, American radio comedian, best known for his work on the Amos 'n' Andy show with Freeman Gosden