1. Events

2. Debuts

3. Closings

4. Births

5. References

The year 1955 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.

Events

• 2 May – Opening at Wrotham, Kent, of the United Kingdom's first VHF/FM transmitters.
• 22 September – The character Grace Archer dies in the BBC radio serial The Archers; a spoiler for the launch of ITV in the UK on the same day.^[1]
• 20 October – Disc jockey Bill Randle of WERE (Cleveland) is the key presenter of a concert at Brooklyn High School (Ohio), featuring Pat Boone and Bill Haley & His Comets and opening with Elvis Presley, not only Elvis's first performance north of the Mason–Dixon line, but also his first filmed performance, for a documentary on Randle titled The Pied Piper of Cleveland.
• 17 November – Creation of the Communauté des radios publiques de langue française (CRPLF) - an association of the French-language public broadcasters of France, Switzerland, Belgium, and Canada, later to become, in 2002, the Radios francophones publiques (RFP).
• 26 November – In Sweden, the national public broadcaster Radiotjänst (modern-day Sveriges Radio) begins transmission, via FM, of its second radio channel in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, and Örebro.

Debuts

• June 12 – Monitor debuts^[2] on NBC Radio.
• August 8 – WPLM/1390 signs on.

Closings

• March 10 – The Silver Eagle broadcasts its last episode.
• March 23 – The Big Story ends its run on NBC.^[3]
• March 27 - Hallmark Hall of Fame ends its run on network radio (CBS).^[3]
• May 22 – The Jack Benny Program airs its last radio episode and moves solely to television.
• June 7 – Lux Radio Theater ends its run on CBS.
• June 9 - Sergeant Preston of the Yukon ends its run on network radio (Mutual).^[3]
• June 30 - Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator ends its run on network radio (NBC).^[3]
• July 1 - Joyce Jordan, M.D. ends its run on network radio. (NBC)^[3]
• July 15 - Break the Bank ends its run on network radio (NBC).^[3]
• October 13 - Dr. Sixgun ends its run on network radio (NBC).^[3]

Births

• February 10 – Jim Cramer, American television personality, former hedge fund manager and best-selling author.
• February 23 – Tom Bodett, American author, voice actor, radio host and spokesman for the hotel chain Motel 6.
• April 5 – Janice Long, born Janice Chegwin, English disc jockey.
• October 4 – Dale Connelly, American co-host (with Tom Keith, a.k.a. Jim Ed Poole) of The Morning Show on Minnesota Public Radio.
• Approximate date – Christopher Douglas, English comedy actor-writer.

References

• The Ghost in the Mirror
• The Ghost In The Mirror
• The Ghost In You
• The Ghost in You
• The ghost is dancing
• The Ghost is Dancing
• The Ghost Is Dancing
• The Ghost is Dancing (EP)
• The Ghost is Dancing EP
• The Ghost Is Dancing (EP)
• The Ghost Is Dancing EP
• The Ghost King
• The Ghostly Creep from the Deep
• The Ghost Map
• The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
• The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
• The Ghost Next Door
• The Ghost of 613
• The Ghost of 613 (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody episode)
• The Ghost of a Thousand
• The Ghost of Blackwood Hall
• The Ghost of Cain
• The Ghost Of Cain
• The Ghost of Canterville
• The Ghost of Christmas Past