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1980 in radio

Overview of the events of 1980 in radio

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1980 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

20 March – The pirate radio ship Radio Caroline sinks.
April – WDLM, a religious station based in East Moline, Illinois, adds an FM signal at 89.3 MHz. It acts as both a repeater of WDLM's AM signal (at 960 AM, which has been on the air since 1960) and adds additional programming.
29 October – President Carter on a visit to Pittsburgh gives a nationally broadcast campaign interview to KDKA-AM of that city.

Alex Bennett returns to his native San Francisco to host a comedy-oriented morning show for album-oriented rock station KMEL. The show will last for the next 17 years on three different area radio stations.

11 February – Sears Radio Theater ends its run on CBS. Episodes are rebroadcast later in 1980 on Mutual as Mutual Radio Theater.^[1]

20 July – Énora Malagré, French broadcast presenter
9 October – Sarah X Dylan, broadcast personality in Portland, Oregon, United States, producer of The Rick Emerson Show on KUFO
4 November – Laura Stylez, American radio personality

7 January – Irene Beasley, American singer and master of ceremonies best known for her work on old-time radio (born 1904).^[2]
29 January – Jimmy Durante, American singer, pianist, comedian and actor (born 1893).^[3]
1 February – Jack Bailey, American actor and daytime game show host (born 1907).^[3]
4 February – Art Ballinger, American actor, announcer and commercial spokesman (born 1898).^[3]
11 April – Florence Lake, American actress (born 1904).
24 July – Peter Sellers, English actor, comedian and radio personality (born 1925).
22 August – Norman Shelley, English radio actor (born 1903).
20 October – Isobel Barnett, British broadcasting personality (born 1918; suicide).
8 December – Charles Parker, English documentary producer (born 1919).

^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 603. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
^ "Irene Beasley Papers: Historical Note". University of Maryland Libraries. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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 978-0-7864-3848-8.