1972 in radio

1972 in radio

The year 1972 in radio involved some significant events.__TOC__

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).

Debuts

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

Closings

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

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

Deaths

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



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