1977 in radio
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The year 1977 in radio involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- March 5 - President Jimmy Carter participates with Walter Cronkite in the Dial-a-President radio program on CBS.
- May 12 - WTIC-FM in Hartford, CT switches from classical music to a new Top 40 format designed by consultant Mike Joseph. This successful new approach will later be termed Hot Hits.
[edit] Debuts
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[edit] Births
- November - Heidi Cortez, American model, writer, and radio host
[edit] Deaths
- Bud Ballou, radio disc jockey
- Sid Collins, (55, American broadcaster best known as the radio voice of the Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network from 1952-1976.
- Bing Crosby, 74, American singer, actor and early radio personality.
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