1964 in radio

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The year 1964 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.

Events

• 27 March – The BBC's Children's Hour (renamed "For the Young" since April 1961) is broadcast for the last time.
• 28 March – Radio Caroline, a pirate radio station based on a ship anchored in international waters off the English coast, opens as Europe's first all-day English-language pop music station.^[1]
• 29 June – Manx Radio, the national commercial radio station for the Isle of Man, begins broadcasting.

Births

• 6 January – Colin Cowherd, American sports radio and television personality.
• 24 January – Rob Dibble, former Major League Baseball pitcher and sports radio host.
• 10 February – Glenn Beck, American conservative talk radio and television host
• 29 February – Lyndon Byers, former NHL player from Canada, WAAF radio host.
• 27 May – Adam Carolla, American comedian, comedy writer, radio and television personality and actor.
• 6 June – Roe Conn, American radio talk show host on WLS in Chicago, Illinois.
• 22 June – Dicky Barrett, frontman of skacore band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, radio personality and announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Deaths

• 27 August - Gracie Allen, comedy star of vaudeville, radio, television and film.^[2]
• William Bendix, 58, Academy Award-nominated American film actor and radio personality
• 10 October - Eddie Cantor, 72, comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter.^[3]
• Kathryn Card, 71, American radio, television and film actress

References

1. Don't Get Mad, Get Even
2. Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
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.