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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}}{{Refimprove|date=September 2014}}{{Year nav topic5|1954|radio|television|music|film}}The year 1954 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history. Events- 1 February – KECA and KECA-FM, two Los Angeles stations, change their call letters to KABC and KABC-FM respectively, reflecting their new ownership by ABC-United Paramount Theaters.
- 1 April – ABC-United Paramount Theaters, owners of WENR-Chicago, purchase time-share counterpart WLS-Chicago from Sears, Roebuck and Co., and merge both stations under the WLS call sign (their FM sister station would keep the WENR call sign until 1965).
- 15 July – The Nippon Broadcasting System initiates its first official regular broadcasting service in Tokyo, Japan.
- 17 November – WJW (AM) in Cleveland, Ohio, (today WKNR) is sold by William M. O'Neill to Storer Broadcasting.
Debuts- 3 January – WSTN debuts as a 1 kW daytimer at St. Augustine, Florida.
- 9 January – Roadshow debuts on NBC. Starring Bill Cullen, the three-hour weekly program is considered a forerunner of the network's Monitor, which began a year later.[1]
- 20 January – The National Negro Network is formed.
- 6 April – Crime and Peter Chambers debuts on NBC.[2]
- 2 September – Dr. Sixgun debuts on NBC.[2]
- 3 September – The last original episode of the Lone Ranger is broadcast.
Endings- 3 January – Quiz Kids ends its run on network radio (CBS).[1]
- 6 January – Dr. Christian ends its run on network radio (CBS).[1]
- 15 January – Double or Nothing ends its run on network radio (ABC).[1]
- 16 January – The Baron and the Bee ends its run on network radio (NBC).[2]
- 5 March – Family Skeleton ends its run on network radio (CBS).
- 12 March – House of Glass ends its run on network radio (NBC).[2]
- 26 March – Front Page Farrell ends its run on network radio (NBC).[2]
- 27 March – Twenty Questions ends its run on network radio.[1]
- 28 March – Bulldog Drummond ends its run on network radio (Mutual).[2]
- 30 March – Rocky Fortune, a half-hour detective drama starring Frank Sinatra, aired its final episode on NBC.[2]
- 22 May – The Armstrong Theater of Today ends its run on network radio (CBS).[2]
- 27 May – Time for Love ends its run on network radio (CBS).[2]
- 18 June – The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ends its run on network radio (ABC).[2]
- 24 June – The Six Shooter ends its run on network radio (NBC).[2]
- 9 July – Can You Top This? ends its run on network radio (NBC).[2]
- 1 August – Broadway Is My Beat ends its run on network radio (CBS).[2]
- 7 September – Crime and Peter Chambers ends its run on network radio (NBC).[2]
- 25 September – Escape ends its run on CBS.[2]
- 25 September – Stars over Hollywood ends its run on network radio (CBS).[2]
- 27 November – The Falcon ends its run on network radio (Mutual).[2]
- (undated) – The Jack Berch Show ends its run on network radio (ABC).[2]
Births- 12 January – Howard Stern, shock jock radio personality
- 22 August – Kurt Andersen, American novelist, columnist and public radio host
- 8 September – Joe Cipriano, American voice over actor and radio personality
- 20 November – Steve Dahl, has been an American radio personality
- 5 December – Peter Arbogast, American sportscaster
References1. ^1 2 3 4 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}}.
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-507678-3}}.
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