1950 in radio

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The year 1950 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

Events

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Debuts

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Programs

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Stations

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  • 12 February – WPAW Pawtucket, Rhode Island signs on for the first time.
  • 1 March –WBUR-FM on the air with studios and a 400 watt transmitter located at 84 Exeter Street in Boston.
  • 1 March – DZBB, a radio station owned by Republic Broadcasting Systems (later GMA Network) in the Philippines begins broadcasting from its first studios in Calvo Bldg, Bindondo, Manila.
  • 19 April – WTSA Brattleboro, Vermont signs on for the first time.
  • 8 October – WARA Attleboro, Massachusetts signs on for the first time.

Closings

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Births

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  • 2 February – Libby Purves, English radio presenter.
  • 14 March – Rick Dees, American radio and television personality.
  • 12 May – Jenni Murray, English journalist, presenter of Woman's Hour.
  • 21 May – Marian Finucane, Irish radio presenter (died 2020).
  • 24 September – Alan Colmes, American radio and television talk show host (died 2017).

Deaths

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  • 13 January – Thomas S. "Tommy" Lee, son of pioneering broadcaster Don Lee, of a suicide. His death triggers the sale of the Don Lee Network (a station group including KFRC AM/FM in San Francisco and KHJ AM/FM in Los Angeles) to General Tire, forerunner of RKO General.
  • 26 July – Austin E. Lathrop, owner of Midnight Sun Broadcasting (KFAR, KENI), rail car collision.
  • 2 September – Frank Graham, American announcer for many programs and the star (following Jack Webb) of Jeff Regan, Investigator.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e 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 978-0786438488. p. 6.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195076783.
  3. ^ a b Kynaston, David (2007). Austerity Britain 1945–1951. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0747579854.
  4. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0141027150.
  5. ^ "Meet Frank Sinatra". OTRRpedia. Old Time Radio Researchers Group. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  6. ^ Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Deaths, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786438488.
  7. ^ "Frank Graham" (PDF). Broadcasting. 11 September 1950. Retrieved 24 August 2014.[dead link]