1975 in radio

The year 1975 in radio involved some significant events.__TOC__

Events

*WLOL-FM in Minneapolis, Minnesota flips from classical music to beautiful music.
*July - Country music station KRRV in Dallas, Texas becomes Top 40 KIKM.

Debuts

* January 22 - Radio Forth begins broadcasting to the Edinburgh area [ [http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/reference/ilrdates.php Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors)] ; accessed 28 April 2008]
* May 19 - Plymouth Sound begins broadcasting to the Plymouth area [ [http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/reference/ilrdates.php Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors)] ; accessed 28 April 2008]
* June 24 - Radio Tees (now TFM Radio) begins broadcasting to the Stockton-on-Tees area [ [http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/reference/ilrdates.php Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors)] ; accessed 28 April 2008]
* July 3 - Radio Trent (later Trent FM and 96 Trent FM, now reverted to Trent FM) beings broadcasting to the Nottingham area [ [http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/reference/ilrdates.php Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors)] ; accessed 28 April 2008]
* September 16 - Pennine Radio (now The Pulse) begins broadcasting to the Bradford area; the station extends its coverage to Huddersfield in 1984 [ [http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/reference/ilrdates.php Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors)] ; accessed 28 April 2008]
* October 14 - Radio Victory begins broadcasting to the Portsmouth area [ [http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/reference/ilrdates.php Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors)] ; accessed 28 April 2008]
* October 28 - Radio Orwell (later merged with Saxon Radio to form SGR FM) begins broadcasting to the Ipswich area [ [http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/reference/ilrdates.php Radiomusications: Radio Reference: Independent Local Radio Stations (TBS Editors)] ; accessed 28 April 2008]

Closings

* January 26 - Last broadcast of NBC Radio's "Monitor"

Births

* January 13 - George Duran, American chef, television host and radio personality.
* January 15 - Edith Bowman, British radio DJ
* March 11 - Eric the Midget, member of the Wack Pack from radio's "The Howard Stern Show"
* July 31 - Simon Hirst, British DJ
* September 23 - Chris Hawkins, British radio personality
* December 2 - Sam Bromley, former news anchor and reporter for WSAR in Fall River, Massachusetts and WFNR/WPSK in Radford, Virginia. Also a former officer in the US Air Force and Iraq War veteran.

Deaths

* Tom Donahue, 46, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame radio disc jockey and freeform rock pioneer.
* Al Helfer, Major League Baseball announcer

References