1995 in radio

The year 1995 in radio involved some significant events.__TOC__

Events

* April - KJJO in Minneapolis, Minnesota flips to smooth jazz as KMJZ.

Debuts

* July - Cigar Dave hosted the first broadcast of "Smoke This!"
* September - The Sister network to Wales' first local commercial radio station (Swansea Sound) airs on the 30th. Named "SoundWave" - now called 96.4FM The Wave.

Closings

* January 28 — Final broadcast of the original "American Top 40."
* October 6 - Ken Beatrice's last show on WMAL in Washington, DC

Deaths

* Tom Clay, 66, American radio personality and disc jockey.
* Bob Cruz, 42, American Disc Jockey hired to replace Jay Reynolds at WABC (AM) in 1976.
* Gary Dee, 60, pioneer in controversial talk radio, mostly in Cleveland, Ohio.
* Gerald Durrell, 70, British naturalist, zookeeper, author, and radio and television presenter
* Vivian Stanshall, 51, English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster, and musician (b. 1943)
* Wolfman Jack, 57, American disc jockey