1984 in radio

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The year1984 in radioinvolved some significant events.

Events

• 31 January – Irish schoolgirlAnn Lovettdies after giving birth alone in a Marian grotto. Reporting on the incident onThe Gay Byrne ShowonRTÉ Radio 1uncovers many stories from listeners of rape, abortion and sexual abuse.
• 1 June –KOKU(100.3 FM) inAgana, Guamsigns on the air for the first time. The first format iscontemporary hit radiomusic.
• 18 June – ControversialKOA/Denverradio talk show hostAlan Berggunned down in driveway of his home.
• 4 July –KBQC-FM(93.5 FM) inBettendorf, Iowasigns on the air for the first time. The first format ismiddle of the roadmusic 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 Lifeon 1 January 1985. CKLW's FM sister stationCFXXexperiments 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 theCRTCand the experiment lasts only a few months.
• 5 November –Morning Ireland,Ireland's highest-rated radio programme, is broadcast onRTÉ Radio 1for the first time.
• Sports writerRalph BarbierijoinsKNBRto host his own sports talk show. He lasts at the station, which is eventually sold by NBC and converted to a full-timesports radioformat, up until 11 April 2012.

Deaths

• 27 January: Lou Crosby, 64, announcer forGene Autry's Melody Ranch.
• 6 May:Ned Wever,85, radio's Dick Tracy and actor in many otherold-time radioprograms.
• 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-basedliberalradio 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.

See also

• Radio broadcasting