1963 in radio

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The year 1963 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

Events[edit]

Debuts[edit]

  • 1 October – KDWA radio in Hastings, Minnesota signs on for the first time as a community talk radio station.
  • 31 October – Detroit gets a new Top 40 radio station as WKNR-AM, "Keener 13," is born. Within months, the former WKMH overcomes a poor signal to become the number one station in the market, and "Keener" is called the "miracle baby" of the industry by record reporter Bill Gavin.
  • Undated – WSLA signs on in 1963 as WBGS. Originally, the station Was known as WSDL.

Closings[edit]

  • 21 March – Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick ends its run on WOR.[2]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

  • 2 January – Jack Carson, comic actor, in Encino, California (born 1910)[3]
  • 10 March – Lindley Fraser, British academic economist and broadcaster (born 1904)
  • 18 March – Peter Eckersley, pioneering British radio engineer (born 1892)
  • 4 October – Claire Niesen, actress, in Encino, California (born 1920)[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1964. p. B-18.
  2. ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 117–118. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  3. ^ 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. P. 8.
  4. ^ "Claire Niesen, Favorite Of Soap Opera Fans, Dies". The San Bernardino County Sun. California, San Bernardino. Associated Press. October 6, 1963. p. 21. Retrieved July 28, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon